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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

Ferromagnetism in van der Waals Compound MnSb 1.8 Bi 0.2 Te 4

June 11, 2020
Author(s)
Yangyang Chen, Ya-Wen Chuang, Seng Huat Lee, Yanglin Zhu, Kevin Honz, Yingdong Guan, Yu Wang, Ke Wang, Zhiqiang Mao, Jun Zhu, Colin A. Heikes, Patrick Quarterman, P. Zajdel, Julie Borchers, William D. Ratcliff
The intersection of topology and magnetism represent a new playground to discover novel quantum phenomena and new device concepts. In this work, we show that a van der Waals compound MnSb 1.8 Bi 0.2Te 4 exhibits a ferromagnetic ground state with a Curie

Observation of Strong Polarization Enhancement in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions

October 9, 2019
Author(s)
Linze Li, Xiaoxing Cheng, Thomas Blum, Huaixun Huyan, Yi Zhang, Colin A. Heikes, Xingxu Yan, Chaitanya Gadre, Toshihiro Aoki, Mingjie Xu, Lin Xie, Zijian Hong, Carolina Adamo, Darrell G. Schlom, Long-Qing Chen, Xiaoqing Pan
Ferroelectric heterostructures, with capability of storing data at ultrahigh densities, could act as the platform for next-generation memories. The development of new device paradigms has been hampered by the long-standing notion of inevitable

Spin Scattering and Noncollinear Spin Structure-Induced Intrinsic Anomalous Hall Effect in Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator MnBi 2 Te 4

August 19, 2019
Author(s)
Seng Huat Lee, Yanglin Zhu, Yu Wang, Leixin Miao, Timothy Pillsbury, Hemian Yi, Susan Kempinger, Jin Hu, Colin A. Heikes, Patrick Quarterman, William D. Ratcliff, Julie Borchers, Heda Zhang, Xianglin Ke, David Graf, Nasim Alem, Cui-Zu Chang, Nitin Samarth, Zhiqiang Mao
MnBi 2Te 4 has recently been established as an intrinsic antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological insulator - an ideal platform to create quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator and axion insulator states. We performed comprehensive studies on the structure

Modification of Spin-Ice Physics in Ho 2 Ti 2 O 7 Thin Films

August 16, 2019
Author(s)
Kevin Barry, Biwen Zhang, Naween Anand, Yan Xin, Arturas Vailionis, Jennifer Neu, Colin A. Heikes, Charis Cochran, Haidong Zhou, Yiming Qiu, William D. Ratcliff, Theo Siegrist, Christianne Beekman
We report on a study of the structural and magnetic properties of strained Ho 2Ti 2O 7 thin films. Structural characterization via synchrotron x-ray diffraction confirms good crystallinity of our films and shows a critical thickness slightly below 50 nm

Mechanical Control of Crystal Symmetry and Superconductivity in Weyl Semimetal MoTe 2

July 30, 2018
Author(s)
Colin A Heikes, I Lin NMN Liu, Tristin Metz, Christoper Eckberg, Paul Michael Neves, Yan Wu, Linda NMN Hung, Phil Piccoli, Huibo Cao, Juscelino Leao, Johnpierre Paglione, Taner Yildirim, Nicholas P. Butch, William D. Ratcliff
The concept of topological order applied to condensed matter systems has inspired extensive experimental and theoretical searches for novel types of quantum matter. Topological superconductivity, where a bulk superconducting state and non-trivial topology

Rapid Microwave Preparation and Composition Tuning of the High-Performance Magnetocalorics (Mn,Fe) 2 (P,Si)

February 28, 2018
Author(s)
Jason H. Grebenkemper, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Emily E. Levin, Gareth Seward, Colin A. Heikes, Craig Brown, Sumohan Misra, Fabian Seeler, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Stephen D. Wilson, Ram Seshadri
A rapid preparation utilizing assisted microwave heating has been developed for (Mn,Fe) 2(P,Si) and used to prepare samples of (Mn,Fe) 2-δPd0.5^Si 0.5 with δ=0, 0.06, and 0.12. To fully understand the effects of processing and composition changes on

Large-Area TKIDs for a New Generation of Neutron Beta Decay Experiments

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Elizabeth Scott, Jimmy P. Caylor, Maynard S. Dewey, Jiansong Gao, Colin A. Heikes, Shannon Hoogerheide, Hans Pieter Mumm, Jeffrey S. Nico, Joel Ullom, Michael Vissers
Nuclear physics has long played a central role in our efforts to better understand the natural world. Several experiments are well positioned to improve limits in searches for physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). Many of the experiments in nuclear