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Brian Kirby (Fed)
Group Leader, Research Facility Operations, NCNR
Research Interests:
Advanced neutron scattering techniques
Magnetic multilayers and thin films
Magnetic property localization in nanostructured materials
Electric field control of magnetism
Magnetism at complex oxide interfaces
Awards
2012 NIST Bronze Medal, "For the elucidation of complex magnetic coupling in ferromagnetic, semiconducting multilayers using innovative polarized neutron reflectivity methods"
M. J. Roos, Patrick Quarterman, Jinjun Ding, Mingzhong Wu, Brian Kirby, B. L. Zink
We present evidence for and characterization of a ≈ 4 nm thick (Y1−xGdx)3Fe5O12 layer with x ≥ 0.4 formed at the interface between a gadolinium gallium garnet
X. H. Zhang, T. R. Gao, L. Fang, S. Fackler, Julie Borchers, Brian Kirby, Brian B. Maranville, S. E. Lofland, A. T. N'Diaye, E. Arenholz, A. Ullah, J. Cui, R. Skomski, Ichiro Takeuchi
The spin structure of exchange-coupled MnBi:Co-Fe bilayers is investigated by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR)
Peyton Murray, Christopher Jensen, Alberto Quintana, Junwei Zhang, Xixiang Zhang, Alexander Grutter, Brian Kirby, Kai Liu
Electrically induced ionic motion offers a new way to realize voltage-controlled magnetism, opening the door to a new generation of logic, sensor, and data
Graded magnetic materials represent a promising new avenue in modern material science from both fundamental and application points of view. Over the course of
Sisi Li, Qinghua Zhang, Shan Lin, Xiahan Sang, Ryan F. Need, Manuel A. Roldan, Wenjun Cui, Zhiyi Hu, Qiao Jin, Shuang Chen, Jiali Zhao, Jia-Ou Wang, Jiesu Wang, Meng He, Chen Ge, Can Wang, Hui-Bin Lu, Zhenping Wu, Haizhong Guo, Xin Tong, Tao Zhu, Brian Kirby, Lin Gu, Kui-juan Jin, Er-Jia Guo
Low-dimensional quantum materials that retain strong ferromagnetism down to monolayer thickness hold great potential for spintronic applications. However