Neutron and x-ray reflectometry : emerging phenomena at heterostructure interfaces

Neutron and x-ray reflectometry : emerging phenomena at heterostructure interfaces / Saibal Basu, Surendra Singh.

This book presents x-ray and neutron reflectometry techniques and how they can be used to explore interface structure and magnetism at mesoscopic length scale in thin films and multilayers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Basu, Saibal (Author), Singh, Surendra (Ph. D. in physics) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Subjects:
Thin films > Optical properties.
Neutrons > Scattering.
X-rays > Scattering.
Reflection (Optics)
x-ray scattering.
reflections (perceived properties)
Atomic & molecular physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism.
Neutrons > Scattering
Thin films > Optical properties
X-rays > Scattering
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Interface-driven properties using neutron/x-ray reflectometry
  • 1.2. Emerging phenomena at interfaces using polarized neutron reflectometry
  • 1.3. Thin-film growth mechanisms
  • 1.4. Thin-film deposition techniques
  • 1.5. Other complementary surface characterisation techniques
  • 2. Theory of neutron reflectometry
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Optical theory of reflection
  • 2.3. Specular NR using unpolarized neutrons
  • 2.4. Specular polarized neutron reflectometry
  • 2.5. Coherence area and resolution in neutron reflectometry experiments
  • 2.6. Off-specular (or diffuse) neutron scattering
  • 2.7. Polarized diffuse neutron scattering
  • 2.8. Data analysis for reflectometry
  • 3. Understanding emerging phenomena at interfaces using specular neutron and x-ray reflectometry
  • 3.1. Emerging phenomena at interfaces and characterization
  • 3.2. Ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures
  • 3.3. Interlayer exchange coupling : ferromagnetic metal/nonmagnetic metal heterostructures
  • 3.4. Multilayer with noncolinear and chiral magnetic structures
  • 3.5. Exchange bias : interface magnetization
  • 3.6. Proximity effect and coupling in complex oxide magnetic and superconducting heterostructures
  • 3.7. Strain-driven interfacial magnetism in complex oxide heterostructures
  • 3.8. Emergent and interface-induced magnetism at complex oxide interfaces
  • 3.9. Superdense and nonmagnetic Co phase at interfaces
  • 3.10. Tracking interdiffusion and self-diffusion kinetics at interfaces
  • 3.11. Proximity-driven magnetic order in topological insulators and interface magnetization in Weyl semimetal
  • 3.12. Control of local magnetization in isovalent oxide heterostructures by interface engineering
  • 4. Correlation of interface morphology and magnetism in heterostructures : off-specular (diffuse) scattering
  • 4.1. Off-specular (diffuse) scattering
  • 4.2. Off-specular (diffuse) x-ray scattering
  • 4.3. Off-specular (diffuse) neutron scattering
  • 5. Summary and outlook.

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