Critical magnetic behavior of the rare earth-based alloy GdN: Monte Carlo simulations and density functional theory method

S Idrissi, S Ziti, H Labrim, L Bahmad - Journal of Materials Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, we use Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) and DFT method in order to deduce the
critical magnetic behavior of the rare earth-based alloy GdN. The Monte Carlo method is …

Nucleation control of high crystal quality heteroepitaxial Sc0. 4Al0. 6N grown by molecular beam epitaxy

MT Hardy, AC Lang, EN Jin, N Nepal… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
High ScN fraction Sc x Al 1− x N has promise in important application areas including wide
bandwidth RF resonators and filters, and ferroelectric devices such as non-volatile memory …

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 …

Investigation of ferromagnetic semiconducting and opto-electronic properties of Zn1− xMnxS (0≤ x≤ 1) alloys: A DFT-mBJ approach

M Hassan, NA Noor, Q Mahmood, B Amin - Current Applied Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we report the mechanical, structural, electronic, magnetic and optical behaviors
in Zn 1− x Mn x S (0≤ x≤ 1), which are determined by employing Wein2K code. The …

Spin splitting tunable optical band gap in polycrystalline GdN thin films for spin filtering

GLS Vilela, GM Stephen, X Gratens, GD Galgano… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Rare-earth nitrides, such as gadolinium nitride (GdN), have great potential for spintronic
devices due to their unique magnetic and electronic properties. GdN has a large magnetic …

Superconductivity in the ferromagnetic semiconductor samarium nitride

EM Anton, S Granville, A Engel, SV Chong… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Conventional wisdom expects that making semiconductors ferromagnetic requires doping
with magnetic ions and that superconductivity cannot coexist with magnetism. However …

Highly resistive epitaxial Mg-doped GdN thin films

CM Lee, H Warring, S Vézian, B Damilano… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report the growth by molecular beam epitaxy of highly resistive GdN, using intentional
doping with magnesium. Mg-doped GdN layers with resistivities of 10 3 Ω cm and carrier …

Epitaxial growth of (100)-oriented SmN directly on (100) Si substrates

JF McNulty, K Temst, MJ Van Bael, A Vantomme… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We demonstrate growth of epitaxial (100) SmN thin films directly on (100) Si surfaces. By
using physical vapor deposition of Sm metal in an N 2 atmosphere we show that careful …

Epitaxial HoN thin films: An investigation of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties

VM Pereira, A Meléndez-Sans, CF Chang, CY Kuo… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We report our study on the growth of HoN thin films on MgO (100) and LaAlO 3 (100)
substrates. By using molecular beam epitaxy, we thermally evaporate holmium in an …

Growth of epitaxial (100)-oriented rare-earth nitrides on (100) LaAlO3

EM Anton, E Trewick, WF Holmes-Hewett… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Epitaxial growth of (100)-oriented rare-earth nitrides (RENs) SmN, GdN, and DyN on (100)
LaAlO 3 (LAO) substrates is demonstrated using molecular beam epitaxy. RHEED and ϕ …