2006 Research with MRSEC as Primary or Partial Support

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  1. F. Q. Zhu, G. W. Chern, O. Tchernyshyov, X. C. Zhu, J. G. Zhu, and C. L. Chien, "Magnetic Bistability and Controllable Reversal of Asymmetric Ferromagnetic Nanorings," Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 027205 (2006).
  2. H. Sang, C. L. Chien and F. Y. Yang, "Periodicity Dependence of Exchange Bias in [Co/Pt]n/Co/CoO Multilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 013906 (2006).
  3. L. Y. Zhu, X. M. Cheng, and C. L. Chien, "Magnetic Properties of One-dimensional Quasiperiodic Co/Pt Multilayers," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08C902 (2006).
  4. X. M. Cheng, V. I. Nikitenko, A. J. Shapiro, R. D. Shull, and C. L. Chien, "Unusual Magnetization Reversal in [Co/Pt]4 Multilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08C905 (2006).
  5. J. M. Valentine and C. L. Chien, "Determination of Spin Polarization of Gd and Dy by Point-Contact Andreev Reflection," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08P902 (2006).
  6. M. Chen, C. L. Chien, and P. C. Searson, "Potential Modulated Multilayer Deposition of Multisegment Cu/Ni Nanowires with Tunable Magnetic Properties," Chem. Mater., 18, 1595 (2006).
  7. G.-W. Chern, H. Youk, and O. Tchernyshyov, "Topological Defects in Flat Nanomagnets: the Magnetostatic Limit," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08Q505 (2006).
  8. M. Chen, L. Guo, R. Ravi, and P. C. Searson, "Receptor Directed Assembly of Nanowires," J. Phys. Chem. 110, 211-217 (2006).
  9. S. Urazhdin, C. L. Chien, K. Y. Guslienko, and L. Novozhilova, "Effects of Current on the Magnetic States of Permalloy Nanodiscs," Phys., Rev. B 75, 054416 (2006).
  10. A. Radisic, P. M. Vereecken, J. B. Hannon, P. C. Searson, and F. M. Ross, "Quantifying Electrochemical Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms using Real-Time Imaging," Nano Letters 6, 238-242 (2006).
  11. H. Youk, G.-W. Chern, K. Merit, B. Oppenheimer, and O. Tchernyshyov, "Composite Domain Walls in Flat Nanomagnets: the Magnetostatic Limit," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08B101 (2006).
  12. Z. Liu and P. C. Searson, "Single Nanoporous Gold Nanowires Sensors," J. Phys. Chem 110, 4318 (2006).
  13. W. L. Lee, F. Q. Zhu, and C. L. Chien, "Determination of Domain Wall Resistance in a Cobalt Thin Film by Means of Thickness Modulation," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 122503 (2006).
  14. R. S. Keizer, S. T. B. Goennenwein, T. M. Klapwijk, G. Miao, G. Xiao, and A. Gupta, "A Spin Triplet Supercurrent Through Half-Metallic Ferromagnet CrO2" Nature 439, 825 (2006).
  15. A. Anguelouch, R. L. Leheny, and D. H. Reich, "Application of ferromagnetic nanowires to interfacial microrheology," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 111914 (2006).
  16. Noshir S. Pesika, A. Radisic, K. J. Stebe, and P. C. Searson "Fabrication of Complex Architectures Using Electrodeposition into Patterned Self Assembled Monolayers" Nanoletters, 6 (5), 1023-1026, (2006).
  17. Noshir S. Pesika, K. J. Stebe, and P. C. Searson "The Kinetics of Desorption of Alkanethiolates on Gold", Langmuir, 22(8), 3474-3476, (2006).
  18. T. Y. Chen, S. X. Huang, C. L. Chien and M. D. Stiles, "Enhanced magnetoresistance induced by spin transfer torque in granular films with a magnetic field," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 207203 (2006).
  19. L. Wang. T. Y. Chen, C. L. Chien, and C. Leighton, "Sulfur stoichiometry effects in spin polarized CoS2 single crystals," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 232509 (2006).
  20. D. L. Fan, F. Q. Zhu, R. C. Cammarata, and C. L. Chien, "Efficiency of assembling of nanowires in suspension by AC electric fields," Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 223115 (2006).
  21. V. S. Gornakov, Yu. P. Kabanov, O. A. Tikhomirov, V. I. Nikitenko, S. V. Urazhdin, F. Y. Yang, C. L. Chien, A. J. Shapiro, and R. D. Shull, "Experimental study of the microscopic mechanisms of magnetization reversal in FeNi/FeMn exchange-biased ferromagnet/antiferromagnet polycrystalline bilayers using the magneto-optical indicator film technique," Phys. Rev. B 73, 184428 (2006).
  22. X. Zhu and J.-G. Zhu, "Spin torque and field driven MRAM designs scalable to multi Giga bits storage density per chip," IEEE Trans. Magn., 42, 2739 (2006).
  23. X. Zhu and J.-G. Zhu, "Bias field free microwave oscillator driven by perpendicularly polarized spin current", IEEE Trans. Magn. 42, 2670 (2006).
  24. W. Shen, D. Mazumdar, X. Zou, X. Liu, B. D. Schrag, G. Xiao, "Effect of film roughness in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 182508 (2006).
  25. X. Liu, D. Mazumdar, W. Shen, B. D. Schrag, and G. Xiao, "Thermal stability of magnetic tunneling junctions with MgO barriers for high temperature spintronics," Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 023504 (2006).
Through Dec 1, 2006