Vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films with ordered two phases, grown epitaxially on
substrates, have attracted tremendous interest in the past decade. These unique …

Self-assembled nanocomposite thin films couple two materials into a single film, typically, in
the form of vertically aligned nanopillars embedded in a matrix film. High-density vertical …

Flexible electronics integrating spintronics are of great potential in the areas of lightweight
and flexible personal electronics. The integration of ferromagnetic and other functional …

Epitaxial vertically aligned nanocomposites (VANs) and their related architectures have
shown many intriguing features that are not available from conventional two-dimensional …

Room-temperature ferromagnetic materials with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are
widely sought after for spintronics, magnetic data storage devices, and stochastic computing …

The emerging field of self-assembled vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) thin films
effectively enables strain, interface, and microstructure engineering as well as (multi) …

High-quality epitaxial growth of nanocomposite thin-films typically requires a high-
temperature process on single-crystal oxide substrates, which limits their potential for …

Silicon (Si) integration is a critical step toward future applications of multifunctional oxides as
nanoscale electronics and spintronic devices, because of the low cost and scalability of …

Materials with magneto-optic coupling properties are highly coveted for their potential
applications ranging from spintronics and optical switches to sensors. In this work, a new …

The next-generation spintronic devices including memristors, tunneling devices, or
stochastic switching exert surging demands on magnetic nanostructures with novel coupling …