U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Spin-Polarized Electron Transport in Heusler Alloyed-Based Magnetic Nanostructures

这项为期三年的凝聚态物理美法合作研究奖由佛罗里达大学的杰弗里·柴尔德里斯（Jeffrey Childress）和法国奥赛国家科学研究中心/汤姆森物理组的弗雷德里克·彼得罗夫（Frederic Petroff）组成。该奖项为Childress博士和他的研究生提供旅行支持和生活费。他们的研究目的是研究含铁磁三元合金的磁性多层结构的制备、磁性、磁输运性质和自旋极化性质。该项目利用了法国在多层和纳米结构系统的磁输运特性方面的专业知识。这个法国小组以发现巨磁阻效应而闻名，该效应在磁记录、检测和存储设备中有应用。这项合作将促进对高质量超薄膜生长技术的理解。

This three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research in condensed matter physics involves the research group of Jeffrey Childress at the University of Florida and Frederic Petroff of the CNRS/Thomson Physics Unit in Orsay, France. The award provides travel support and living expenses to Dr. Childress and his graduate student. The objective of their research is to investigate the fabrication, magnetic properties, magnetotransport properties and spin polarized properties of magnetic multilayer structures containing ferromagnetic ternary alloys. The project takes advantage of French expertise in magnetotransport properties of multilayer and nanostructured systems. This French group is renown for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance effects which have applications in magnetic recording, detection and memory devices. This collaboration will advance understanding of techniques for growing high quality ultrathin films with good properties.