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Control of Magnetoelectric Coupling in the Co 2 Y-Type Hexaferrites

March 16, 2021
Author(s)
Chang B. Park, Kwang W. Shin, Sae H. Chun, Jun H. Lee, Yoon S. Oh, Steven M. Disseler, Colin A. Heikes, William D. Ratcliff, Woo-Suk Noh, Jae-Hoon Park, Kee H. Kim
We comprehensively investigated the magnetic, ferroelectric, and ME properties of Ba 2-xSr xCo 2(Fe 1-yAl y) 12O 22 single crystals in broad doping ranges of Sr (1.0 less than or equal to} x less than or equal to} 1.8) and Al (0.00 less than or equal to} y

Classical Spin Liquid or Extended Critical Range in h-YMnO 3 ?

March 11, 2021
Author(s)
Sofie Janas, Jakob Lass, Ana-Elena Tutueanu, Morten L. Haubro, Christof Niedermayer, Uwe Stuhr, Guangyong Xu, Dharmalingam Prabhakaran, Pascale P. Deen, Sonja Holm-Dahlin, Kim Lefmann
Inelastic neutron experiments on the classical triangular-lattice frustrated antiferromagnet h-YMnO 3 reveal diffuse, gapless magnetic excitations present both far below and far above the ordering temperature, TN. The correlation length of the excitations

Phonon redshift and Hubble friction in an expanding BEC

March 11, 2021
Author(s)
Stephen Eckel, Ted Jacobson
We revisit the theoretical analysis of an expanding ring-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate. Starting from the action and integrating over dimensions orthogonal to the phonon's direction of travel, we derive an effective one-dimensional wave equation for

A new model dielectric function for loss functions and electron damping

March 10, 2021
Author(s)
Eric L. Shirley
Trends in the zeroth frequency moment of the imaginary part of the dielectric function are studied for a wide range of metals, semiconductors and insulators. These results are combined with estimates for the inverse-first moment (related by Kramers-Kronig

Charge-transfer satellites in the photoemission and x-ray absorption spectra of SrTiO3 and TiO2: Experiment and first-principles theory

March 10, 2021
Author(s)
Eric L. Shirley, Joseph Woicik, Cherno Jaye, Daniel A. Fischer, Abdul K. Rumaiz, Joshua J. Kas, John J. Rehr, Conan Weiland
Complete ab initio real-time cumulant and Bethe-Salpeter-equation calculations accurately capture the detailed satellite structure observed in both the photoemission and x-ray absorption spectra of the transition-metal compounds SrTiO3 and TiO2. Real-space

Core-hole processes in photoemission and x-ray absorption by resonant-Auger electron spectroscopy and first-principles theory

March 10, 2021
Author(s)
Eric L. Shirley, Joseph Woicik, Conan Weiland, James M. Ablett, Abdul K. Rumaiz, Michael T. Brumbach, Joshua J. Kas, John J. Rehr
The electron-core-hole interaction is critical for proper interpretation of core-level spectroscopies commonly used as structural tools in materials' science. Resonant Auger- electron spectroscopy can uniquely identify exciton, shake, and charge-transfer

The OCEAN Project

March 10, 2021
Author(s)
Eric L. Shirley, John T. Vinson, Keith Gilmore
This chapter presents a high-level description of a suite of programs denoted by the acronym OCEAN (Obtaining Core Excitation spectra ab initio and with NBSE), where NBSE denotes the underlying NIST Bethe-Salpeter Equation program. The main computational

Uncertainty Quantification of Atomistic (DFT and MD), Mesoscale (PFM) and Continuum (CALPHAD) Methods and the Impact on Thermodynamic Models of Metals: A Review

March 5, 2021
Author(s)
Gabriel Joshua, Noah Paulson, Thien Duong, Francesca Tavazza, Chandler Becker, Santanu Chaudhuri, Stan Marious
Design of improved metals relies on multi-scale computer simulations to provide thermodynamic properties when experiments are difficult to conduct. In particular, atomistic methods such as Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) have

Charge Transfer Enhanced Magnetic Correlations in Type-II Multiferroic Co 3 TeO 6

March 1, 2021
Author(s)
Chi-Hung Lee, Erdembayalag Batsaikhan, Ma-Hsuan Ma, Wen-Hsien Li, Chin-Wei Wang, Chun-Min Wu, Hung-Duen Yang, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Helmuth Berger
Magnetic structure of the Co ions in monoclinic Co 3TeOd6^ in the antiferroelectric state at 16 K has been determined by neutron powder together with single crystal diffractions. The indices of the magnetic reflections that appear at the incommensurate

Field-Tuned Magnetic Structure and Phase Diagram of the Honeycomb Magnet YbCl 3

March 1, 2021
Author(s)
Yiqing Hao, Hongliang Wo, Yimeng Gu, Xiaowen Zhang, YiQing Gu, ShiYi Zheng, Yang Zhao, Guangyong Xu, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Naoki Murai, Wenbin Wang, Jun Zhao
We report thermodynamic and neutron diffraction measurements on the magnetic ordering properties of the honeycomb lattice magnet YbCl 3. We find YbCl 3 exhibits a Neel type long-range magnetic order at the wavevector (0,0,0) below T N = 600 mK. This

Operando Study of Thermal Oxidation of Monolayer MoS2

March 1, 2021
Author(s)
Sangwook Park, Angel Garcia-Esparza, Hadi Abroshan, Baxter Abraham, John Vinson, Allesandro Gallo, Dennis Nordlund, Joonsuk Park, Taeho R. Kim, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Xiaolin Zheng
Monolayer MoS2 is a promising semiconductor to overcome the physical dimension limits of the microelectronic devices. Understanding the thermochemical stability of MoS2 is essential since these devices generate heat and are susceptible to oxidative

Topological surface states of MnBi2Te4 at finite temperatures and at domain walls

February 24, 2021
Author(s)
Kevin F. Garrity, Sugata Chowdhury, Francesca Tavazza
MnBi2Te4 has recently been the subject of intensive study, due to the prediction of axion insulator, Weyl semimetal, and quantum anomalous Hall insulator phases, depending on the structure and magnetic ordering. Experimental results have con firmed some

The anisotropy in the optical constants of quartz crystals for soft X-rays

February 19, 2021
Author(s)
Anna Andrle, Phillipp H?nicke, John Vinson, Richard Quintanilha, Qais Saadeh, Sebastian Heidenreich, Frank Scholze, Victor Soltwisch
The refractive index of a y-cut SiO2 crystal surface is reconstructed from orientation-dependent soft X-ray reflectometry measurements in the energy range from 45 to 620 eV. Owing to the anisotropy of the crystal structure in the (100) and (001) directions

A NIST facility for Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering measuring nano-scale soft matter structure at NSLS-II

January 26, 2021
Author(s)
Eliot Gann, Glenn Holland, Regis Kline, Peter Beaucage, Dean DeLongchamp, Daniel Fischer, Brian Collins, Terry McAfee, Christopher McNeill, Thomas Crofts
We present the design and performance of a Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (RSoXS) station designed for soft matter characterization built by the National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II)

Thermomagnetic properties of Bi2Te3 single crystal in the temperature range from 55 K to 380 K

January 21, 2021
Author(s)
Md S. Akhanda, S. Emad Rezaei, Keivan Esfarjani, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, Mona Zebarjadi
Magneto-thermoelectric transport provides an understanding of coupled electron-hole-phonon current in topological materials and has applications in energy conversion and cooling. In this work, we investigate the effects of an external magnetic field ( 3 T)

Two-beam coupling by a hot electron nonlinearity

January 15, 2021
Author(s)
Jagannath Paul, Mario Miscuglio, Yaliang Gui, Volker Sorger, Jared Wahlstrand
Transparent conductive oxides such as indium tin oxide (ITO) have attracted much recent interest for their enhanced optical nonlinearity near the epsilon near zero wavelength. The nonlinearity of these materials is caused by laser heating of electrons

Chemical Bonding Governs Complex Magnetism in MnPt 5 P

January 14, 2021
Author(s)
Xin Gui, Ryan Klein, Craig Brown, Weiwei Xie
Subtle changes in chemical bonds may result in dramatic revolutions in magnetic properties in solid state materials. MnPt 5P, a new derivative of the rare-earth-free ferromagnetic MnPt5As, was discovered and is presented in this work. MnPt 5P was

Frustrated Heisenberg J 1 -J 2 Model within the Stretched Diamond Lattice of LiYbO 2

January 14, 2021
Author(s)
Mitchell M. Bordelon, Chunxiao Liu, Lorenzo Posthuma, Eric Kenney, M. J. Graf, Nicholas Butch, Arnab Banerjee, Stuart Calder, Leon Balents, Stephen Wilson
We investigate the magnetic properties of LiYbO 2, containing a three-dimensionally frustrated, diamondlike lattice via neutron scattering, magnetization, and heat capacity measurements. The stretched diamond network of Yb 3+ ions in LiYbO 2 enters a long

Field-Induced Topological Hall Effect and Double-Fan Spin Structure with a c-Axis Component in the Metallic Kagome Antiferromagnetic Compound YMn 6 Sn 6

January 12, 2021
Author(s)
Qi Wang, Kelly J. Neubauer, Chunruo Duan, Qiangwei Yin, Satoru Fujitsu, Hideo Hosono, Feng Ye, Rui Zhang, Songxue Chi, Kathryn L. Krycka, Hechang Lei, Pengcheng Dai
The geometrical frustration nature of the kagome lattice makes it a great host to flat electronic band, non-trivial topological properties, and novel magnetisms. Metallic kagome antiferromagnet YMn 6Sn 6 exhibits the topological Hall effect (THE) when an
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