Experimental Studies of Thin Film Magnetism

w：\awards\awards96\*.doc 9623494埃尔斯金 本计画利用材料合成的最新进展，先进的结构测定方法， 和 磁敏的 光谱 和显微技术。主要的科学目标是探索结构和磁性之间的关系，在几个长度尺度和探测超薄膜，界面和纳米结构的人工稳定阶段的磁性现象。这些实验解决了目前理论上的问题， 兴趣，包括二维缩放普适性类和相关缩放参数的概念。 是 相关 最近的倡议， 在 一 磁阻随机存取存储器（MRAM）技术的更广泛的商业化由于最近旨在磁阻随机存取存储器（MRAM）技术的更广泛的商业化的倡议，对薄膜结构、表面和界面的电子和磁性的基本理解是当前感兴趣的。该项目致力于解决当前理论上的问题，并利用材料合成的新进展，新颖的结构测定方法和最先进的磁敏感技术来探测磁现象 和 人工相变 生产结构。该计划旨在为当地的科学/技术基础设施和路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的先进微结构中心（CAMD）做出重大贡献。 ***

w:\awards\awards96\*.doc 9623494 Erskine This project investigates the electronic and magnetic properties of thin film structures, surfaces, and interfaces using recent progress in materials synthesis, advanced structure determination methods, and magnetically-sensitive spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The principle scientific objectives are to explore the relationship between structure and magnetism on several length scales and to probe magnetic phenomenon in artificially-stabilized phases of ultra-thin films, interfaces, and nanostructures. The experiments address issues of current theoretical interest including the notion of 2-dimensional scaling universality classes and related scaling parameters. It is relevant to recent initiatives aimed at a broader commercialization of Magneto-resistance Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology %%% The fundamental understanding of the electronic and magnetic properties of thin film structures, surfaces, and interfaces is of current interest due to the recent initiatives aimed at a broader commercialization of Magneto-resistance Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology. The project addresses issues of current theoretical interest and exploits new advances in materials synthesis, novel structural determination methods, and state-of- the-art magnetically sensitive techniques to probe magnetic phenomena and phase transitions in artificially produced structures. The program is aimed at making major contributions to the local scientific/ technological infrastructure and to the Center for Advanced Microstructures (CAMD) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ***