Abstract
Semiconductor-ferromagnet core-shell nanowires (SFCSNWs) with a high-quality ferromagnet like the binary Heusler alloy Fe3Si are regarded as promising candidates to enable the fabrication of new forward-looking devices in the field of spintronics and magnetic recording. This chapter presents an overview of the fabrication and properties of such GaAs-Fe3Si SFCSNWs. SFCSNW hybrid structures were grown by molecular beam epitaxy and analyzed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy, superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry, and magnetic force microscopy. The analysis showed that the SFCSNWs indeed possess all the prerequisites to enable new high-quality devices for spintronics.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Novel Compound Semiconductor Nanowires |
| Subtitle of host publication | Materials, Devices, and Applications |
| Publisher | Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd. |
| Pages | 221-254 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789814745772 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789814745765 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Engineering
- General Materials Science