We thought we understood magnetron plasmas, but the discovery of spokes shows that we did not!
Thin films
Insights from Emerging Leaders: Hexagonal ferrites get a matched substrate
Crystalline thin films may be grown on crystalline surfaces, but not necessarily matching atom-by-atom. Can hexagonal ferrites, a new family of multiferroic materials for energy-efficient applications, have a matching substrate?
Neutron reflectometry reveals the spiral magnetic phase in thin film Erbium
Nathan satchel et al. investigate the magnetic phase transition of thin film Erbium.
Image of the week: common domain boundaries in silica bilayers
This week’s image of the week comes from a recent Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter paper by Dr Markus Heyde et al. of the Fritz Haber Institut der Max Planck Gesellschaft.
A new two-dimensional material
Combining silica (SiO2) with silicon-carbide (Si2C3) to produce a new porous film – Silicatene
Spin dynamics in p-doped Germanium
Matthieu Jamet et al introduce their latest work, explaining the principles behind spintronics and the spin current in Germanium films.
Reproducible formation of single magnetic bubbles
A robust method to nucleate well-centered bubbles in patterned dots
Image of the week: Gold (frankincense and myrrh)
Our last Christmas image of the week.
David B. Cassidy: trapping positronium
We talk to Professor David B. Cassidy from the Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Positron Physics group at University College London about his work with positronium – an exotic atom made of matter and antimatter – and more. Q: Which research… Read More ›
JPhysD mid-year highlights
We’re coming up to almost halfway through 2015; where has the time gone?! In this years’ volume of JPhysD (48) we’ve published over 350 papers, including two special issues; Heusler compounds and Aluminium Plasmonics, and filled more than half of the years’ issues already. So let’s cast our eye over some of my highlights of 2015 so far in each section of JPhysD.
JPCM Spring into action at E-MRS Lille
Come and visit the IOP Publishing booth at the E-MRS Spring 2015 meeting in Lille, from 12-14 May.
March’s LabTalks in JPCM
Superconducting topological insulators, efficient solar cells and transcription factors acting like buoys. JPCM’s authors explain all in March’s LabTalks.
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