Perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions (p-MTJs) that contain synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) frames show promise as reliable building blocks to meet the demands of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA)-based spintronic devices. In particular, Co/Pd multilayer-based SAFs have been widely employed due to their outstanding PMA features. However, the widespread utilization of Co/Pd multila...

We brie#y review the active areas of current research in magnetic superlattices, emphasizing later years. With recent widening use of advanced technologies, more emphasis has been made on quantitative atomic level chemical and structural characterization. Examples where the multilayer structure has been controlled, characterized and correlated with the physical properties are discussed. The phy...

The magnetic microstructure responsible for the metastable high resistance state of weakly coupled, as-prepared [Co(6nm)/Cu(6nm)]20 multilayers was analyzed using polarized neutron reflectivity (PNR) and scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA). This paper focuses and expands on the SEMPA measurements. In multilayer structures such as these, SEMPA can be combined with ion...

The new application aspect of spin labels technique to macromolecular adsorption on magnetic nanoparticles and quantitative adsorption layer characterization was developed. The technique is based on measurement of ESR signal intensity of stable nitroxide radicals, covalently bound to macromolecules. As a result of spin-labeled macromolecules adsorption on the nanoparticles surface ESR spectra l...

We study spatial symmetry in general ABA-stacked multilayer graphene to illustrate how electronic spectra at the two valleys are related in a magnetic field. We show that the lattice of multilayers with an even number of layers as well as that of monolayer graphene satisfy spatial inversion symmetry, which rigorously guarantees valley degeneracy in the absence of time-reversal symmetry. A multi...

We propose a three-dimensional micromagnetic model that dynamically solves the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation coupled to the full spin-diffusion equation. In contrast to previous methods, we solve for the magnetization dynamics and the electric potential in a self-consistent fashion. This treatment allows for an accurate description of magnetization dependent resistance changes. Moreover, the...

The present paper reports on the detailed studies concerning the neutron spin interference visibility observed after transmitting through multilayer magnetic resonators in a spin echo condition with very cold neutrons from a high flux reactor. The observed visibility of the interference between upward and downward spin components perpendicular to the Larmor precession plane of the neutron spin ...

We apply the theory of Takahashi and Tachiki in order to explain theoretically the dependence of the upper critical magnetic field of a S/N multilayer on the temperature. This problem has been already investigated in the literature, but with a use of an unphysical scaling parameter for the coherence length. We show explicitly that, in order to describe the data, such an unphysical parameter is ...

Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) can be used to acquire elemental distribution maps at high lateral resolution within short acquisition times, which makes it quite efficient for a detailed characterization of nanostructures, as illustrated with examples concerning a nanostructured substituted La-based cermet compound and a nanoscale multilayer. In the first example, we s...