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Local Moments And Itinerant Electrons: Gaining New Insights Through Investigating Electronic And Dynamical Properties, Nicholas Steven Sirica
Local Moments And Itinerant Electrons: Gaining New Insights Through Investigating Electronic And Dynamical Properties, Nicholas Steven Sirica
Doctoral Dissertations
Magnetic materials are often categorized in terms of either a purely local or a purely itinerant picture despite the fact that the vast majority actually fall within a spectrum that ranges between these two extremes. It is from such a starting point that this thesis aims at developing an understanding of how the complex interplay between local moments and itinerant electrons ultimately affects the electronic and dynamical properties. Such ideas are explored in greater detail using two materials as case studies: the chiral helimagnet Cr1/3NbS2 [Cr intercalated Niobium Disulfide] and YFe2Ge2 [Yttrium Iron Germanide] …
Morphology-Properties Studies In Laser Synthesized Nanostructured Materials, Nozomi Shirato
Morphology-Properties Studies In Laser Synthesized Nanostructured Materials, Nozomi Shirato
Doctoral Dissertations
Synthesis of well-defined nanostructures by pulsed laser melting is an interesting subject from both a funda- mental and technological point of view. In this thesis, the synthesis and functional properties of potentially useful materials were studied, such as tin dioxide nanostructured arrays, which have potential applications in hydrogen gas sensing, and ferromagnetic Co nanowire and nanomagnets, which are fundamentally im- portant towards understanding magnetism in the nanoscale. First, the formation of 1D periodic tin dioxide nanoarrays was investigated with the goal of forming nanowires for hydrogen sensing. Experimental obser- vations combined with theoretical modeling successfully explained the mechanisms of structure …