AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Wednesday Sessions

Session MI+NC-WeM
Magnetic Thin Films, Nanoparticles and Nanostructures

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:00 am, Room 206
Moderator: D.P. Pappas, National Institute of Standards and Technology


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8:00am MI+NC-WeM1
Reactive Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition of AlOx Barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
W. Chen, J. Lu, K. West, University of Virginia, W. Egelhoff, National Institute of Standards and Technology, S.A. Wolf, University of Virginia
8:20am MI+NC-WeM2
Anisotropic Competition in FM/AFM Bilayers: The Influence on Magnetic Easy Axis, FM/AFM Exchange Coupling, and Interfacial Coupled Spins
B.Y. Wang, National Taiwan University and TIGP, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, W.C. Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, N.Y. Jih, C.-H. Chuang, C.W. Peng, S.S. Wong, National Taiwan University, Y.L. Chan, D.H. Wei, National Synchrotron Radiation Center, Taiwan, M.-T. Lin, National Taiwan University
8:40am MI+NC-WeM3
Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Study of Manganese Diffusion in Annealed MnAs/GaAs Layered Structures
R.E. Goacher, H. Luo, J.A. Gardella, Jr., University at Buffalo
9:00am MI+NC-WeM4
Molecular Beam Epitaxy Integration of Barium Hexaferrite on Wide Bandgap 6H-SiC
Z. Cai, T.L. Goodrich, Z. Chen, F. Yang, V.G. Harris, K.S. Ziemer, Northeastern University
9:20am MI+NC-WeM5
Exploring Complexity through Reduced Dimensionality: Novel Transport Properties of La5/8-xPrxCa3/8MnO3 Wires
T.Z. Ward, S. Liang, Univ. of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Lab., K. Fuchigami, Univ. of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Lab. and IHI Corp., Japan, L.F. Yin, Oak Ridge National Lab., E. Dagotto, Univ. of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Lab., E.W. Plummer, Univ. of Tennessee, J. Shen, Univ. of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Lab.
9:40am MI+NC-WeM6
Controlling Magnetic Anisotopy in Epitaxial FePt(100) Films
Z. Lu, M.J. Walock, P. LeClair, W.H. Bulter, G.J. Mankey, University of Alabama
10:40am MI+NC-WeM9 Invited Paper
Nanopatterning with Self-assembled Nanoparticle Arrays
S.A. Majetich, C. Hogg, J.A. Bain, Carnegie Mellon University
11:20am MI+NC-WeM11
Functionalized Gd2O3 Nanoparticles to be used for MRI Contrast Enhancement
M. Ahren, L. Selegard, N. Abrikossova, A. Klasson, F. Soderlind, M. Engstrom, P.-O. Käll, K. Uvdal, Linköping University, Sweden
11:40am MI+NC-WeM12
Interfacial Interactions of Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Spacer Layers in FeCo/Pd and FeCo/Ru Multilayer Stacks
M.J. Walock, The University of Alabama, H. Ambaye, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, G.J. Mankey, The University of Alabama