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Precise control of interface anisotropy during deposition of Co/Pd multilayers (2014)
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Barton, C., Slater, T., Rowan-Robinson, R., Haigh, S., Atkinson, D., & Thomson, T. (2014). Precise control of interface anisotropy during deposition of Co/Pd multilayers. Journal of Applied Physics, 116(16), Article 203903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902826

We demonstrate the control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in multilayer films without modification of either the microstructure or saturation magnetization by tuning the Ar+ ion energy using remote plasma sputtering. We show that for [Co/... Read More about Precise control of interface anisotropy during deposition of Co/Pd multilayers.

Control of domain wall pinning by localised focused Ga  + ion irradiation on Au capped NiFe nanowires (2014)
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Burn, D., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Control of domain wall pinning by localised focused Ga  + ion irradiation on Au capped NiFe nanowires. Journal of Applied Physics, 116(20), Article 163901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4900437

Understanding domain wall pinning and propagation in nanowires are important for future spintronics and nanoparticle manipulation technologies. Here, the effects of microscopic local modification of the magnetic properties, induced by focused-ion-bea... Read More about Control of domain wall pinning by localised focused Ga  + ion irradiation on Au capped NiFe nanowires.

Time-domain detection of current controlled magnetization damping in Pt/Ni81Fe19 bilayer and determination of Pt spin Hall angle (2014)
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Ganguly, A., Rowan-Robinson, R., Haldar, A., Jaiswal, S., Sinha, J., Hindmarch, A., …Barman, A. (2014). Time-domain detection of current controlled magnetization damping in Pt/Ni81Fe19 bilayer and determination of Pt spin Hall angle. Applied Physics Letters, 105(11), Article 112409. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896277

The effect of spin torque from the spin Hall effect in Pt/Ni81Fe19 rectangular bilayer film was investigated using time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr microscopy. Current flow through the stack resulted in a linear variation of effective damping up to... Read More about Time-domain detection of current controlled magnetization damping in Pt/Ni81Fe19 bilayer and determination of Pt spin Hall angle.

Enhanced electron-magnon scattering in ferromagnetic thin films and the breakdown of the Mott two-current model (2014)
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Rowan-Robinson, R., Hindmarch, A., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Enhanced electron-magnon scattering in ferromagnetic thin films and the breakdown of the Mott two-current model. Physical review B, 90(10), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.90.104401

Electron-magnon spin-flip scattering in thin films was studied by investigating the thickness dependence of the anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) effect and spin-wave stiffness. The absolute resistivity change due to the AMR effect (Δρ) in Ni, Ni:V... Read More about Enhanced electron-magnon scattering in ferromagnetic thin films and the breakdown of the Mott two-current model.

Temperature Dependence of Electrical Transport in a Pressure-Sensitive Nanocomposite (2014)
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Webb, A. J., Bloor, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Temperature Dependence of Electrical Transport in a Pressure-Sensitive Nanocomposite. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(15), 12573-12580. https://doi.org/10.1021/am502515u

Printed nanocomposites are of significant application potential in numerous technologies, such as touch-sensitive sensors and surfaces. Here, temperature dependent electrical transport measurements were undertaken on a recently developed screen-print... Read More about Temperature Dependence of Electrical Transport in a Pressure-Sensitive Nanocomposite.

Local control of magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic bilayers by interfacial intermixing induced by focused ion-beam irradiation (2014)
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King, J., Ganguly, A., Burn, D., Pal, S., Sallabank, E., Hase, T., …Atkinson, D. (2014). Local control of magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic bilayers by interfacial intermixing induced by focused ion-beam irradiation. Applied Physics Letters, 104(24), Article 242410. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883860

The influence of interfacial intermixing on the picosecond magnetization dynamics of ferromagnetic/non-magnetic thin-film bilayers was studied. Low-dose focused-ion-beam irradiation was used to induce intermixing across the interface between a 10 nm... Read More about Local control of magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic bilayers by interfacial intermixing induced by focused ion-beam irradiation.

Focused-ion-beam induced interfacial intermixing of magnetic bilayers for nanoscale control of magnetic properties (2014)
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Burn, D., Hase, T., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Focused-ion-beam induced interfacial intermixing of magnetic bilayers for nanoscale control of magnetic properties. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26(23), Article 236002. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/26/23/236002

Modification of the magnetic properties in a thin-film ferromagnetic/non-magnetic bilayer system by low-dose focused ion-beam (FIB) induced intermixing is demonstrated. The highly localized capability of FIB may be used to locally control magnetic be... Read More about Focused-ion-beam induced interfacial intermixing of magnetic bilayers for nanoscale control of magnetic properties.

Characterisation of Charge Conduction Networks in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Polystyrene Blends using Noise Spectroscopy (2014)
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Williams, A., Farrar, P., Gallant, A., Atkinson, D., & Groves, C. (2014). Characterisation of Charge Conduction Networks in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Polystyrene Blends using Noise Spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 2(9), 1742-1748. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc31849d

1/f noise spectroscopy is used to investigate charge conduction networks within polymer blend space-charge-limited diodes (SCLDs) fabricated from regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and either isotactic-polystyrene (i-PS) or amorphous-polystyr... Read More about Characterisation of Charge Conduction Networks in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Polystyrene Blends using Noise Spectroscopy.