Crystallization at Nanodroplet Interfaces in Emulsion Systems: A Soft-Template Strategy for Preparing Porous and Hollow Nanoparticles

Langmuir American Chemical Society (ACS) 32:49 (2016) 13116-13123

Authors:

H Samet Varol, Olaia Álvarez-Bermúdez, Paolo Dolcet, Barat Achinuq, Silvia Gross, Katharina Landfester, Rafael Muñoz-Espí

Experimental and density functional study of Mn doped Bi₂Te₃ topological insulator

APL Materials American Institute of Physics 4:12 (2016) 126103-1

Authors:

Arsham Ghasemi, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Adriana I Figueroa, Genadi A Naydenov, Phil J Hasnip, Matt IJ Probert, Quentin Ramasse, Gerrit van der Laan, Thorsten Hesjedal, Vlado Lazarov

Abstract:

We present a nanoscale structural and density functional study of the Mn doped 3D topological insulator Bi2Te3. X-ray absorption near edge structure show that Mn has valency of nominally 2+. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy in combination with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) shows that Mn is a substitutional dopant of Bi and Te and also resides in the van der Waals gap between the quintuple layers of Bi2Te3. Combination of aberration-corrected scanningtransmission electron microscopy and EELS show that Mn substitution of Te occurs in film regions with increased Mn concentration. First-principles calculations show that the Mn dopants favor octahedral sites and are ferromagnetically coupled.

Imaging and manipulation of skyrmion lattice domains in Cu2OSeO3

(2016)

Authors:

SL Zhang, A Bauer, H Berger, C Pfleiderer, G van der Laan, T Hesjedal

Strain in epitaxial MnSi films on Si(111) in the thick film limit studied by polarization-dependent extended x-ray absorption fine structure

(2016)

Authors:

AI Figueroa, SL Zhang, AA Baker, R Chalasani, A Kohn, SC Speller, D Gianolio, C Pfleiderer, G van der Laan, T Hesjedal

Realisation of magnetically and atomically abrupt half-metal/semiconductor interface: Co2FeSi0.5Al0.5/Ge(111)

Scientific Reports Springer Nature 6:1 (2016) 37282

Authors:

Zlatko Nedelkoski, Balati Kuerbanjiang, Stephanie E Glover, Ana M Sanchez, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Arsham Ghasemi, Christopher W Burrows, Shinya Yamada, Kohei Hamaya, Quentin M Ramasse, Philip J Hasnip, Thomas Hase, Gavin R Bell, Atsufumi Hirohata, Vlado K Lazarov