Condensed Matter Journal Club
2009 talks

02/05/2009: Samir Garzon
Electrical Detection of Spin Pumping due to the Precessing Magnetization of a Single Ferromagnet
Costache, M. V.; Sladkov, M.; Watts, S. M.; van der Wal, C. H. & van Wees, B. J. (Groningen group)
PRL 97, 216603 (2006)

02/12/2009: Longfei Ye
Ultrafast non-thermal control of magnetization by instantaneous photomagnetic pulses
A. V. Kimel, A. Kirilyuk, P. A. Usachev, R. V. Pisarev, A. M. Balbashov, Th. Rasing
Nature 435, 655-657 (25 May 2005) doi:10.1038/nature03564 Letter

02/19/2009: Bochen Zhongs
Giant spin-accumulation signal and pure-current-induced reversible magnetization switching
Tao Yang, Takashi Kimura and Yoshichika Otani
Nature Physics,Vol 4,Novermber 2008, PP851-854

02/26/2009: Inti Sodemann
Perpendicular Torques in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Z. Li, et al.
PRL 100, 246602 (2008)

03/05/2009: Yuqing Mao
Chirality-Induced Spin-Selective Properties of SAM of DNA on Gold
S. G. Ray, S. S. Daube, G. Leitus, Z. Vager,3 and R. Naaman1
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03/12/2009: Shifan Shi
Nanopatterning self-assembled nanoparticle superlattices by moulding microdroplets
Wenlong Cheng, Nokyoung Park, M.Todd Walter, Mark R. Harman and Dan Luo,
Nature, Nanotechnology, Vol. 3 (2008)

04/09/2009: Samir Garzon
Observation of the Spin Hall Effect in Semiconductors
Kato, Y. K.; Myers, R. C.; Gossard, A. C. and Awschalom, D. D. (UC Santa Barbara group)
SCIENCE 306, 1910 (2004)

04/16/2009: Longfei Ye
Spin-torque diode effect in magnetic tunnel junctions
A. A. Tulapurkar, A. Fukushima, H. Kubota, H. Maehara, K. Tsunekawa, D. D. Djayaprawira, N. Watanabe, S. Yuasa, Y. Suzuki
Nature 438, 339-342 (17 November 2005) doi:10.1038/nature04207 Letter

04/23/2009: Bochen Zhong
Giant tunneling magnetoresistance effect in low-resistance CoFeB/MgO(001)/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions for read-head applications
K.Tsunekawa, D.Djayaprawira, M.Nagai, H.Maehara, S.Yamagata, N.Watanabe, S.Yuasa, Y.Suzuki, and K.Ando
APL 87, 072503 (2005)

04/29/2009: Inti Sodemann
Measurement of spin-transfer-torque vector in magnetic tunnel junctions
J. Sankey, et al.
Nature Physics 4, 67 (2008)

06/04/2009: Yuqing Mao
Effect of molecular adsorption at the liquid–metal interface on electronic conductivity: the role of surface morphology
Glenn A. Fried, Yumo Zhang, Paul W. Bohn
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06/11/2009: Shifan Shi
Magnetic assembly of colloidal superstructures with multipole symmetry
Randall M. Erb, Hui S. Son, Bappaditya Samanta, Vincent M. Rotello & Benjamin B. Yellen

06/25/09: Misha Katkov
Direct electronic measurement of the spin Hall effect
S. O. Valenzuela1 and M. Tinkham
Nature Vol 442, 13 July 2006, doi:10.1038/nature04937

07/02/2009: Samir Garzon
Electromotive force and huge magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions
Pham Nam Hai, Shinobu Ohya, Masaaki Tanaka, Stewart E. Barnes & Sadamichi Maekawa (Japan, S.E. Barnes at Miami/Cambridge) NATURE 458, 489 (2009)

07/09/2009: Longfei Ye
Femtosecond modification of electron localization and transfer of angular momentum in nickel
C. Stamm, T. Kachel, N. Pontius, R. Mitzner, T. Quast, K. Holldack, S. Khan, C. Lupulescu, E. F. Aziz, M. Wietstruk, et al.
Nature Materials 6, 740-743 (26 August 2007) doi:10.1038/nmat1985 Letter

08/06/2009: Bochen Zhong
Spin-current-induced dynamics in ferromagnetic nanopillars of lateral spin-valve structures
J-B Laloe, T.Yang, T.Kimura and Y.Otani Journal of Applied Physcis 105, 07D110(2009)

08/20/2009: Yuqing Mao
Permanent Magnetism, Magnetic Anisotropy, and Hysteresis of Thiol-Capped Gold Nanoparticles
P. Crespo, R. Litran, T.C. Rojas, M. Multigner, J.M. de la Fuente, J. C. Sanchez-Lopez, M. A. Garcıa, A. Hernando, S. Penades, and A. Fernandez
PRL 93, 087204 (2004)

09/03/2009: Shifan Shi
Measuring the Charge State of an Adatom with Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy
Leo Gross, Fabian Mohn, Peter Liljeroth, Jascha Repp, Franz J. Giessibl, Gerhard Meyer
SCIENCE 324, 1428 (2009)

09/25/2009: Yaroslaw Bazaliy
Current-Induced Spin-Wave Doppler Shift
V. Vlaminck and M. Bailleul
Science 322, 410 (2008).

10/16/2009: Samir Garzon
Control of Spin Precession in a Spin-Injected Field Effect Transistor
Hyun Cheol Koo, Jae Hyun Kwon, Jonghwa Eom, Joonyeon Chang, Suk Hee Han, Mark Johnson
Science 325, 1515 (2009).

10/30/2009: Julian Martinez
Atomtronics: Ultracold-atom analogs of electronic devices
B. T. Seaman, M. Kramer, D. Z. Anderson, and M. J. Holland
PRA 75, 023615 (2007).

11/13/2009: Longfei Ye
Observation of the spin Seebeck effect
K. Uchida, S. Takahashi, K. Harii, J. Ieda, W. Koshibae, K. Ando, S. Maekawa & E. Saitoh
Nature 455,778-781 (9 October 2008)

12/11/2009: Bochen Zhong
Enhanced spin injection and detection in spin valves with integrated tunnel barriers
Andreas Vogel,Jeannette Wulfhorst, and Guido Meier
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 94, 122510 (2009)