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Bulk crystal growth and surface preparation of NiSb, MnSb, and NiMnSb
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Maskery, Ian, Burrows, Christopher W., Walker, Marc, Singh, R. P., Balakrishnan, Geetha, Duffy, J. A. and Bell, Gavin R. (2016) Bulk crystal growth and surface preparation of NiSb, MnSb, and NiMnSb. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, 34 (4). 041219. doi:10.1116/1.4953549
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4953549
Abstract
Bulk single crystal and polycrystalline samples of NiSb, MnSb, and NiMnSb have been grown and characterized. The lattice parameter of NiMnSb was found to be 5.945 ± 0.001 Å, around 0.25% larger than previous reports. The surface preparation of these materials was investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Wet etching with HCl and argon ion sputtering were used in tandem with vacuum annealing. For both binary materials, a clean and stoichiometric surface could be regained by HCl etching and annealing alone. However, clean and stoichiometric ternary NiMnSb was not successfully prepared by these methods. The transition metal 2p and 3p levels are analyzed for all three materials.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Engineering Faculty of Science > Physics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ferromagnetic materials , Spintronics | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena | ||||||||
| Publisher: | A I P Publishing LLC | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2166-2746 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 13 June 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 34 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 041219 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1116/1.4953549 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Advantage West Midlands (AWM), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Birmingham Science City | ||||||||
| Grant number: | EP/K032852/1, EP/I007210/1, EP/M028771/1, EP/ I00114X/1 |
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