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Observation of the magnetisation profile in a ferromagnetic semiconductor/fer...
Ferromagnetic III-V semiconductors lie at the confluence of magnetic storage and optoelectronic technologies, allowing the development of semiconductor heterostructure devices... -
Neutron scattering from chiral magnetic textures in Fe1-xCoxGe
We wish to investigate helimegnetic ordering in epilayers of Fe1-xCoxGe known from bulk measurements as a helimagnetic material with a high ordering temperature. Strain in... -
Temperature dependence of magnetic dead-layers: a possible route to novel 2D ...
We propose to investigate the temperature dependence of magnetic dead-layer thickness in amorphous ferromagnetic CoFeTaB films on Si and GaAs semiconductor substrates. Magnetic... -
Artificial spin triplet superconductors
There is currently tremendous interest in unconventional superconductors where p-wave, d-wave or f-wave angular momentum states exist. The existence of p or f-wave odd symmetry... -
An externally controllable, purely magnetic interface in spatially doped FeRh
We intend the measure the neutron reflectivity of a purely magnetic interface generated at a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnet phase boundary within an FeRh epilayer, a material... -
Quantification of the temperature dependent magnetisation profile in a ferrom...
The realisation of room temperature magnetic semiconductors would be a significant milestone on the route to the next generation of spintronic materials. Raising the ordering... -
Determining the Induced Magnetism in Graphene by High-Angle Polarised Neutron...
The aim of this proposal is to measure the induced magnetic moment in graphene arising from the proximity effect in the vicinity of a ferromagnetic substrate using high-angle... -
Thermal and spin currents: making them work for us
The spin Seebeck effect is a newly discovered phenomenon that if harnessed, could result in a significant improvement of the efficiency of thermoelectric energy generators. In... -
Ex-situ reflectometry studies of surface iron/ruthenium nitriding under ammon...
Ammonia decomposition will be performed ex situ at different temperatures on silicon surfaces with 50 nm of either iron or ruthenium. The main objective of the neutron... -
Phase retrieval for non-trivial systems
Neutron reflectometry (NR) is a very powerful technique for the study of thin layers. It is able to measure composition, thickness and roughness and is a very penetrating... -
Structure and thermodynamics of polyethylene glycol chusions
A long term goal for biophysical studies has been to fabricate bio-membranes on solid supports. A highly hydrated ¿cushion¿ between the membrane and the underlying support can... -
Thermal and spin currents: making them work for us
The spin Seebeck effect is a newly discovered phenomenon that if harnessed, could result in a significant improvement of the efficiency of thermoelectric energy generators. In... -
Neutron scattering from topological magnetic structures in Fe1-xCoxSi
FeSi is a member of the transition metal (TM) monosilicides. The crystal structure is isostructural from MnSi through to CoSi with magnetic properties that alter dramatically... -
Polarised neutron investigations of the spin Seebeck effect
The spin Seebeck effect generates spin currents in various materials when they are subjected to a temperature gradient. These spin currents persist over length scales many...
