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Search Publications by: Julie A. Borchers (Fed)

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Tailoring Exchange Couplings in Magnetic Topological Insulator/Antiferromagnet Heterostructures

January 1, 2017
Author(s)
Qing Lin He, Xufeng Kou, Alexander Grutter, Gen Yin, Lei Pan, Xiaoyu Che, Yuxiang Liu, Tianxiao Nie, Bin Zhang, Steven M.T. Disseler, Brian Kirby, William D. Ratcliff, Qiming Shao, Koichi Murata, Xiaodan Zhu, Guoqiang Yu, Yabin Fan, Mohammad Montazeri, Xiaodong Han, Julie Borchers, Kang L. Wang
Magnetic topological insulators such as Cr-doped (Bi,Sb) 2Te 3 provide a platform for the realization of versatile time-reversal symmetry-breaking physics. By constructing heterostructures with the unique Neel order in an antiferromagnetic CrSb and the

Atomically Engineered Ferroic Layers Yield a Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Multiferroic

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Julia A. Mundy, Charles M. Brooks, Megan E. Holtz, Jarrett A. Moyer, Hena Das, Alejandro F. Rebola, John T. Heron, James D. Clarkson, Steven M.T. Disseler, Zhiqi Liu, Alan Farhan, Rainer Held, Robert Hovden, Elliot Padgett, Qingyun Mao, Hanjong Paik, Rajiv Misra, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Elke Arenholz, Andreas Scholl, Julie Borchers, William D. Ratcliff, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Craig J. Fennie, Peter Schiffer, David A. Muller, Darrell G. Schlom
The defining feature of ferroics is the ability of an external stimulus - electric field, magnetic field, or stress-to move domain walls. These topological defects and their motion enables many useful attributes, e.g., memories that can be reversibly

Interfacial Symmetry Control of Emergent Ferromagnetism at the Nanoscale

September 14, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander J. Grutter, A. Vailionis, Julie A. Borchers, Brian J. Kirby, C. L. Flint, C. He, E. Arenholz, Y. Suzuki
We demonstrate tunable switching between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic order at the CaRuO 3/CaMnO 3 interface that originates from symmetry differences in the tilt and rotation of the oxygen octahedra across the boundary. Interfaces which are

Large Energy Product Enhancement in Perpendicularly Coupled MnBi/CoFe Magnetic Bilayers

August 29, 2016
Author(s)
T. R. Gao, L. Fang, S. Fackler, S. Maruyama, X. H. Zhang, L. L. Wang, T. Rana, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, K. Janicka, A. L. Wysocki, A. T. N'Diaye, E. Arenholz, Julie Borchers, Brian Kirby, Brian B. Maranville, K. W. Sun, M. J. Kramer, V. P. Antropov, D. D. Johnson, R. Skomski, J. Cui, I. Takeuchi
Finding rare-earth free alternatives to Nd and Sm based permanent magnets has emerged as an urgent technological challenge due to the global economic impact of price instability of rare-earth elements. Among possible candidates, MnBi is one of the few

Structural and Magnetic Depth Profiles of Magneto-Ionic Heterostructures Beyond the Interface Limit

July 22, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin A. Gilbert, Alexander J. Grutter, Elke Arenholz, Kai Liu, Brian J. Kirby, Julie A. Borchers, Brian B. Maranville
Electric-field control of magnetism provides a promising route towards ultralow power information storage and sensor technologies. The effects of magneto-ionic motion have so far been prominently featured in the direct modification of interface chemical

Controllable Positive Exchange Bias via Redox-Driven Oxygen Migration

March 21, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin A. Gilbert, Justin Olamit, Randy K. Dumas, Brian J. Kirby, Alexander J. Grutter, Brian B. Maranville, Elke Arenholz, Julie A. Borchers, Kai Liu
We have observed oxygen migration across buried interfaces in Gd^xdx^Fe 1-x/NiCoO films, which leads to tunable positive exchange bias over a relatively small cooling field range of 300 mT. The tunability is shown to be the result of an interfacial layer

Reversible Control of Magnetism in La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 through Chemically-Induced Oxygen Migration

February 24, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander J. Grutter, Dustin A. Gilbert, U. S. Alaan, E. Arenholz, Brian B. Maranville, Julie A. Borchers, Y. Suzuki, Kai Liu, Brian J. Kirby
We demonstrate reversible control of magnetization and anisotropy in La 0.67Sr 0.33MnO 3 films through interfacial oxygen migration. Gd metal capping layers deposited onto La 0.67Sr 0.33MnO 3 leach Oxygen from the film through a solid-state redox reaction

Realization of Ground-State Artificial Skyrmion Lattices at Room Temperature

October 8, 2015
Author(s)
Dustin A. Gilbert, Brian B. Maranville, Andy L. Balk, Brian J. Kirby, Peter Fischer, Daniel T. Pierce, John Unguris, Julie A. Borchers, Kai Liu
The topological nature of magnetic skyrmions deriving from broken symmetries leads to extraordinary static and dynamic properties that provide new insight in fundamental problems of magnetism and exciting potentials for exploitation in novel magnetic

Electric Field Control of Interfacial Ferromagnetism in CaMnO 3 /CaRuO 3 Heterostructures

July 24, 2015
Author(s)
Alexander J. Grutter, Brian J. Kirby, M. T. Gray, C. L. Flint, U. S. Alaan, Y. Suzuki, Julie A. Borchers
A key milestone for the development of low-power spintronic devices is electric field control of ferromagnetism. To that end, we have probed the electric field dependence of the emergent ferromagntic layer at CaRuO 3/CaMnO 3 interfaces in bilayers

Self Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles at Silicon Surfaces

June 21, 2015
Author(s)
Katharina Theis-Brohl, Philipp Gutfreund, Alexei Vorobiev, Max Wolff, Boris P. Toperverg, Joseph Dura, Julie Borchers
Neutron reflectometry was used to study the assembly of magnetite nanoparticles in a water-based ferrofluid close to a silicon surface, Under three conditions, static, under shear and with a magnetic field, the depth profile is extracted. The particles

Internal Magnetic Structure of Nanoparticles Dominates Time-Dependent Relaxation Processes in a Magnetic Field

June 2, 2015
Author(s)
Cindi L. Dennis, Kathryn L. Krycka, Julie Borchers, Ryan D. Desautels, Johan van Lierop, Natalie F. Huls, Andrew J. Jackson, Cordula Gruettner, Robert Ivkov
Time-dependent relaxation of nanomagnets, such as magnetic nanoparticles, have applications in many disciplines of science and technology because these magnets can exhibit hysteresis and loss power when exposed to AC magnetic fields. In particular, the

Magnetic Structure and Ordering of Multiferroic Hexagonal LuFeO 3

May 29, 2015
Author(s)
Steven M. Disseler, Julie A. Borchers, Charles M. Brooks, Julia A. Mundy, Jarrett A. Moyer, Daniel A. Hillsberry, Eric L. Thies, Dmitri A. Tenne, John Heron, Megan Holtz, James D. Clarkson, Gregory M. Stiehl, Peter Schiffer, David A. Muller, Darrell G. Schlom, William D. Ratcliff
We report on the magnetic structure and ordering of hexagonal LuFeO 3 films of variable thickness grown by molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) on YSZ (111) and Al 2O 3 (0001) substrates. These crystalline films exhibit long-range structural uniformity dominated

Particle Moment Canting in CoFe 2 O 4 Nanoparticles

November 19, 2014
Author(s)
K. Hasz, Y. Ijiri, Kathryn L. Krycka, Julie Borchers, R. A. Booth, S. Oberdick, S. A. Majetich
Polarization-analyzed small-angle neutron scattering methods are used to determine the spin morphology in high crystalline anisotropy, 11 nm diameter CoFe 2O 4 nanoparticle assemblies with randomly oriented easy axes. In moderate to high magnetic fields

Origin of Surface Canting Within Fe 3 O 4 Nanoparticles

October 2, 2014
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Krycka, Julie A. Borchers, R. A. Booth, Y. Ijiri, K. Hasz, J. J. Rhyne, S. A. Majetich
The nature of near-surface spin canting within Fe 3O 4 nanoparticles is highly debated. Here we develop a neutron scattering asymmetry analysis which quantifies the spin canting angle to between 23° and 42° at 1.2 T. Simultaneously, an energy-balance model

Deposition Order Dependent Magnetization Reversal of Pressure Graded Co/Pd Films

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
P. K. Greene, Brian Kirby, June W. Lau, Julie Borchers, M .R. Fitzsimmons, Kai Liu
Magnetization reversal mechanisms have been investigated in pressure graded Co/Pd multilayer thin films with inverted deposition orders. Structural and magnetic properties have been investigated using x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy

Interdependence Between Training and Magnetization Reversal in Granular Co-CoO Exchange Bias Systems

April 9, 2014
Author(s)
E. Menendez, T. Dias, J. Geshev, J. F. Lopez-Barbera, J. Nogues, R. Steitz, Brian Kirby, Julie Borchers, L.M.C. Pereira, A. Vantomme, K. Temst
The interdependence between training and magnetization reversal in granular Co-CoO exchange bias systems prepared by O ion implantation in Co thin films is demonstrated by polarized neutron reflectometry. The implantations result in rather uniform O depth

Effect of Capping Material on Interfacial Ferromagnetism in FeRh Thin Films

January 31, 2014
Author(s)
C. Baldasseroni, G. K. Palsson, C. Bordel, S. Valencia, A. A. Unal, F. Kronast, S. Nemsak, C. S. Fadley, Julie Borchers, Brian B. Maranville, F. Hellman
The role of the capping material in stabilizing a thin ferromagnetic layer at the interface between an FeRh film and cap in the nominally antiferromagnetic phase at room temperature was studied by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in photoemission electron

Ferromagnetism in Bi 2 Se 3 :Mn Epitaxial Layers

August 30, 2013
Author(s)
H.J. von Bardeleben, J.L. Cantin, D. M. Zhang, A. Richardella, D. W. Rench, N. Samarth, Julie Borchers
The magnetism in approximatley}1at% Mn doped nanometric Bi 2Se 3 epitaxial layers has been studied by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), magnetometry and polarized neutron reflectivity (PNR) measurements. The FMR results reveal the formation of an intrinsic

Polarization-Analyzed Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. II. Mathematical Angular Analysis

June 1, 2012
Author(s)
Kathryn L. Krycka, Julie A. Borchers, Yumi Ijiri, Ryan Booth, Sara Majetich
SANS with longitudinal polarization analysis is a powerful technique to study magnetic morphology and domain interactions with directional sensitivity on the nancoscale. Here, by explicitly isolating the various nuclear-magnetic and magnetic-magnetic

Optimization of Spin-triplet Supercurrent in Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions

March 20, 2012
Author(s)
Benjamin James McMorran, Theresa Ginley, Julie Borchers, Brian Kirby, Brian B. Maranville, John Unguris
In the past year, several groups have observed evidence for long-range spin-triplet, supercurrent in Josephson junctions containing ferromagnetic (F) materials. In our work, the spin-triplet pair correlations are created by non-collinear magnetizations