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Tripathi, S.

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DOE OSTI2020

Instability and evolution of the magnetic ground state in metallic perovskites GdRh 3 C 1-x B x

In this paper, we report investigations of the structural, magnetic, electrical transport and thermal properties of five compositions of the metallic perovskite GdRh 3 C 1–x B x (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 1.00). Our results show that all the five compositions undergo magnetic ordering at low temperatures, but the nature of the ordered state is significantly different in the carbon- and the boron-rich compositions, where the former shows signatures of an amplitude-modulated magnetic structure and the latter exhibits evidences of an equal-moment incommensurate antiferromagnetic ordering. We also observe a remarkable field-dependent evolution of conduction carrier polarization in the compositionally disordered compounds. The outcomes indicate that this system is energetically situated in proximity to a magnetic instability where small variations in the control parameter(s), such as lattice constant and/or electron density, lead to considerably different ground states.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2016

Low doping concentration studies of doped PVA-Coumarin nanocomposite films

The observations of combination of Poly (vinyl) alcohol and Coumarin properties in nanocmposite films are reported. The X-ray diffraction measurements reveal nanocrystalline nature of PVA film, which remains nanocrystalline after doping Coumarin but along with PVA peaks, additional peak due to dopant crystallinity is seen. The absorption edge shows a double edge feature, where distinct bandgaps for PVA host and dopant Coumarin are obtained. However at a higher doping wt % of 1 and 2, the absorption is mainly dominated by Coumarin and single absorption edge is observed giving a bandgap equal to that of bulk Coumarin (3.3 eV). The composite formation affects the bonding of host drastically and is seen through the bond modification in FTIR spectra. The results suggest that doping below 2 wt% is advantageous as combination of PVA and Coumarin properties are obtained but at 2 wt %, the properties are dominated by mainly Coumarin and the signature of PVA from optical properties is completely lost.

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY↗
DOE OSTI2016

Structural and magnetic properties of (111) oriented annealed ultrathin Co/Pt multilayers

The effect of annealing on the structural and magnetic properties of Co/Pt multilayers was studied as a function of annealing temperature. The ultrathin layers of Pt and Co were deposited to make [Pt 1nm/Co 1nm]{sub x20} multilayer on Si (100) substrate using MBE technique. The structural, magnetic and electronic properties were recorded using XRD, SQUID and XPS techniques, respectively. M-H loop of as deposited sample shows soft magnetic nature with coercivity value of 350 Oe which increases to 974 Oe in 500°C annealed film. When studied at low temperature (5 K), the coercivity of 592 Oe is obtained in the as deposited sample which increases to 1626 Oe after annealing. In addition, as revealed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, modifications in core level and valance band are observed. The observed changes in magnetic and electronic properties are attributed to structural modifications in correlation with the changes in (111) orientation of the films seen by X-ray diffraction.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2016

XPS study of Rhodamine B doped PVA nanocomposite films as a function of annealing

The bonding properties of PVA thin films are explored as a function of annealing in pure and Rhodamine B doped self-standing films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements have shown high quality, impurity free films, where the bonding is found between C and O elements in agreement with the standard data of polymers. Upon annealing, the bonds break and signals come only from elemental carbon and oxygen at their respective binding energy positions. The experiments are able to show that upon annealing at 65° C, all the bonds break and hence electronic properties are completely modified.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2016

Effect of curvature on the structural and magnetic properties of Ni film deposited on self-assembled nanospheres

Important experimental findings and their impact on physical properties of Ni thin film are presented with the focus on structural and magnetic property investigations. For this purpose, Ni film (40 nm) was deposited on polystyrene nanospheres (PS, diameter 800 nm) using electron beam evaporation technique simultaneously with a similar reference film on plane Si substrate. The structural properties of the films measured using XRD technique show nanocrystalline growth of Ni on both size PS spheres with an average grain size of ∼ 78 nm, while high crystallinity was observed in the film deposited onto plane Si substrate. A lower coercivity (9 mT) was observed in the Ni/(800 nm) PS as compared to the film deposited on 530 nm PS (23 mT) (our earlier study) and Ni/Si (20 mT). The observed changes in structural and magnetic properties are attributed to the curvature induced modifications at atomic level.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2016

Modifications of band gap in Si/Ge multilayers through vacuum annealing

In the present paper, important experimental findings and their impact on physical properties of Si/Ge systems are presented with the focus on structural and electronic properties investigations also covering band gap engineering. The use of synchrotron radiation based valence band photoemission spectroscopy technique has been demonstrated which provides the variation in bandgap values as a function of annealing on [Si/Ge]{sub x10} multilayers structure. For this purpose, the required VB offsets are obtained by considering the corresponding VB maximum of as prepared sample as a reference. The bandgap values thus obtained show a gradually decreasing pattern with increasing temperature, which is discussed in terms of the effect of various factors such as: (i) quantum confinement effect normally observed in confined systems (ii) change in the annealing induced intermixing leading to the formation of SiGe alloy and (iii) roughness at the surface/interface.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2015

Study of interface correlation in W/C multilayer structure by specular and non-specular grazing incidence X-ray reflectivity measurements

W/C/W tri-layer thin film samples have been deposited on c-Si substrates in a home-built Ion Beam Sputtering system at 1.5 × 10{sup −3} Torr Ar working pressure and 10 mA grid current. The tri-layer samples have been deposited at different Ar{sup +} ion energies between 0.6 and 1.2 keV for W layer deposition and the samples have been characterized by specular and non-specular grazing incidence X-ray reflectivity (GIXR) measurements. By analyzing the GIXR spectra, various interface parameters have been obtained for both W-on-C and C-on-W interfaces and optimum Ar{sup +} ion energy for obtaining interfaces with low imperfections has been found. Subsequently, multilayer W/C samples with 5-layer, 7-layer, 9-layer, and 13-layer have been deposited at this optimum Ar{sup +} ion energy. By fitting the specular and diffused GIXR data of the multilayer samples with the parameters of each interface as fitting variables, different interface parameters, viz., interface width, in-plane correlation length, interface roughness, and interface diffusion have been estimated for each interface and their variation across the depth of the multilayers have been obtained. The information would be useful in realizing W/C multilayers for soft X-ray mirror application in the <100 Å wavelength regime. The applicability of the “restart of the growth at the interface” model in the case of these ion beam sputter deposited W/C multilayers has also been investigated in the course of this study.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2015

Magnetic and structural properties of Ni film deposited on Si substrate

The structural and magnetic properties of as deposited and annealed Au capped Ni (20 nm) thin films on Si substrate are reported here. In the as prepared condition, the material does not show intermixing but annealing induces clusterization of mobile Ni atoms resulting in an increase in average crystallite size from ∼12 nm to ∼25 nm as revealed from X-ray diffraction measurements. Also, there is significant intermixing at the Ni/Si interface, which leads to the increase in coercivity and M{sub r}/M{sub s} ratio from 14 Oe to 93 Oe and 0.073 to 0.49 respectively. These polycrystalline samples were also subjected to low temperature (5 K) magnetic measurements in order to look for their compatibility for making magnetic recording structures. At low temperature, the as prepared sample shows coercivity of ∼283 Oe which increases to ∼300 Oe in annealed sample. The results are explained in terms of annealing induced intermixing, increase in grain size and release of stresses at Ni/Si interface.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2015

An intercalation-locked parallel-stranded DNA tetraplex

DNA has proved to be an excellent material for nanoscale construction because complementary DNA duplexes are programmable and structurally predictable. However, in the absence of Watson–Crick pairings, DNA can be structurally more diverse. Here, we describe the crystal structures of d(ACTCGGATGAT) and the brominated derivative, d(AC Br UCGGA Br UGAT). These oligonucleotides form parallel-stranded duplexes with a crystallographically equivalent strand, resulting in the first examples of DNA crystal structures that contains four different symmetric homo base pairs. Two of the parallel-stranded duplexes are coaxially stacked in opposite directions and locked together to form a tetraplex through intercalation of the 5'-most A–A base pairs between adjacent G–G pairs in the partner duplex. The intercalation region is a new type of DNA tertiary structural motif with similarities to the i-motif. 1 H– 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance and native gel electrophoresis confirmed the formation of a parallel-stranded duplex in solution. Finally, we modified specific nucleotide positions and added d(GAY) motifs to oligonucleotides and were readily able to obtain similar crystals. This suggests that this parallel-stranded DNA structure may be useful in the rational design of DNA crystals and nanostructures.

Tripathi, S.↗