Rare-earth mononitrides

F Natali, BJ Ruck, NOV Plank, HJ Trodahl… - Progress in Materials …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
When the rare earth mononitrides (RENs) first burst onto the scientific scene in the middle of
last century, there were feverish dreams that their strong magnetic moment would afford a …

Optical and magnetic studies on Gd doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method

G Vijayaprasath, R Murugan, Y Hayakawa… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Gadolinium (Gd) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) with hexagonal wurtzite
structure was synthesized via a co-precipitation method. The structural properties of …

Colossal magnetoresistance in a nonsymmorphic antiferromagnetic insulator

P Rosa, Y Xu, M Rahn, J Souza, S Kushwaha… - npj Quantum …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Here we investigate antiferromagnetic Eu5In2Sb6, a nonsymmorphic Zintl phase. Our
electrical transport data show that Eu5In2Sb6 is remarkably insulating and exhibits an …

Rare-earth pnictides and chalcogenides from first-principles

L Petit, Z Szotek, M Lüders… - Journal of Physics …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This review tries to establish what is the current understanding of the rare-earth
monopnictides and monochalcogenides from first principles. The rock salt structure is …

Evidence of magnetism-induced topological protection in the axion insulator candidate EuSn2P2

GM Pierantozzi, A De Vita, C Bigi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - National Acad Sciences
We unravel the interplay of topological properties and the layered (anti) ferromagnetic
ordering in EuSn2P2, using spin and chemical selective electron and X-ray spectroscopies …

Magnetic circular dichroism in the hard X-ray range

A Rogalev, F Wilhelm - The Physics of Metals and Metallography, 2015‏ - Springer
An overview of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectroscopy in the hard X-ray
range is presented. A short historical overview shows how this technique has evolved from …

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 …

Magnetic Field Induced Triple-q Magnetic Order in Trillium Lattice Antiferromagnet EuPtSi Studied by Resonant X-ray Scattering

C Tabata, T Matsumura, H Nakao… - Journal of the Physical …, 2019‏ - journals.jps.jp
Magnetic order in the magnetic-field-induced so-called A phase of cubic chiral
antiferromagnet EuPtSi was investigated by resonant X-ray scattering (RXS) near the Eu L 2 …

Spin/orbit moment imbalance in the near-zero moment ferromagnetic semiconductor SmN

EM Anton, BJ Ruck, C Meyer, F Natali, H Warring… - Physical Review B …, 2013‏ - APS
SmN is ferromagnetic below 27 K, and its net magnetic moment of 0.03 Bohr magnetons per
formula unit is one of the smallest magnetizations found in any ferromagnetic material. The …

Electronic structure of EuN: Growth, spectroscopy, and theory

JH Richter, BJ Ruck, M Simpson, F Natali… - Physical Review B …, 2011‏ - APS
We present a detailed study of the electronic structure of europium nitride (EuN), comparing
spectroscopic data to the results of advanced electronic structure calculations. We …