Influence of nitrogen stoichiometry and the role of Sm states in SmN thin films

A Meléndez-Sans, VM Pereira, CF Chang, CY Kuo… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We report a comprehensive study of the synthesis of epitaxial SmN thin films on LaAlO 3
(100) by molecular beam epitaxy under slow-growth conditions. By carefully tuning the …

A nonvolatile memory element for integration with superconducting electronics

C Pot, WF Holmes-Hewett, EM Anton, JD Miller… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a nonvolatile cryogenic magnetic memory element needed to support
emerging superconducting-and quantum-computing technologies. The central element is a …

Synthesis, Structural, and Raman Investigation of Lanthanide Nitride Powders (Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Lu)

K Kneisel, M Maddah, J Chan, Y Xu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lanthanide nitride (Ln N) materials have garnered significant interest in recent years due to
their promising potential as heterogeneous catalysts for green ammonia synthesis under low …

Magnetic Devices Using Rare-Earth Nitrides

C Pot - 2024 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
This thesis uses (Gd, Sm) N as the ferromagnetic layers in a thin film tri-layer magnetic
memory element. The relative alignment of the (Gd, Sm) N layers were written with an …