[1940–45; ferro- + magnet]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, black box, redline, snorkel, updateferro- is a combining form with the meaning “iron,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix ferro- include: ferroalloy, ferroaluminum, ferrochromium, ferrocyanic acid, ferromagnetic
Examples of 'ferromagnet' in a sentence
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Superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids present a rich and complex phenomenology.
Nuria Del-Valle, Carles Navau, Alvaro Sanchez, Rafael B. Dinner 2012, 'Transport critical-current density of superconducting films with hysteretic ferromagneticdots', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732314. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, the authors report room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures by spin-orbit torques.
Yi Wang, Dapeng Zhu, Yang Wu, Yumeng Yang, Jiawei Yu, Rajagopalan Ramaswamy, RahulMishra, Shuyuan Shi, Mehrdad Elyasi, Kie-Leong Teo, Yihong Wu, Hyunsoo Yang 2017, 'Room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructuresby spin-orbit torques', Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-017-01583-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Spin–orbit torque facilitates efficient magnetisation switching via an in-plane current in perpendicularly magnetised heavy-metal/ferromagnetheterostructures.
Hae-Yeon Lee, Sanghoon Kim, June-Young Park, Young-Wan Oh, Seung-Young Park, WooseungHam, Yoshinori Kotani, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiro Suzuki, Teruo Ono, Kyung-Jin Lee,Byong-Guk Park 2019, 'Enhanced spin–orbit torque via interface engineering in Pt/CoFeB/MgO heterostructures',APL Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5084201. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These observations are important for the investigation of spin dependent phenomena in magnetic systems involving a ferromagnet/topological insulator interface.
Taehee Yoo, Alviu Rey Nasir, Seul-Ki Bac, Sangyeop Lee, Seonghoon Choi, Sanghoon Lee,X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna 2017, 'Magnetic properties of Ni films deposited on MBE grown Bi2Se3 layers', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4975488. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here the authors show that low-dimensional chaos generated by alternating spin torque can induce magnetic switching in a nanoscale ferromagnet.
Eric Arturo Montoya, Salvatore Perna, Yu-Jin Chen, Jordan A. Katine, Massimilianod'Aquino, Claudio Serpico, Ilya N. Krivorotov 2019, 'Magnetization reversal driven by low dimensional chaos in a nanoscale ferromagnet',Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-019-08444-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This work provides an insight for electrical and magnetic properties in an ultrathin hybrid ferromagnet/non-magnetsystem.
Cunxu Gao, Yu Miao, Yutian Wang, Guozhi Chai, Peng Chen, Desheng Xue 2018, 'Interface-induced spiral magnetic structure of epitaxial Fe films on GaAs(001)', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5065555. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We propose a mechanism of coherent coupling between distant spin qubits interacting dipolarly with a ferromagnet.
Luka Trifunovic, Fabio L. Pedrocchi, Daniel Loss 2013, 'Long-Distance Entanglement of Spin Qubits via Ferromagnet', Physical Review Xhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.3.041023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most of them combine the properties of the ferromagnet and the semiconductor, an exceedingly rare combination.
Felicia Ullstad, Jay R. Chan, Harry Warring, Natalie Plank, Ben Ruck, Joe Trodahl,Franck Natali 2015, 'Ohmic contacts of Au and Ag metals to n-type GdN thin films', AIMS Materials Sciencehttp://www.aimspress.com/Materials/article/210/fulltext.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At room temperature the samples are typical soft ferromagnet, as well as direct band gap semiconductor.
N. Naresh, R. N. Bhowmik 2011, 'Magnetic, dielectric and photo-absorption study of a ferromagnetic semiconductor α-Fe1.4Ga0.6O3',AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3624734. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
More recently, an alternative pathway involving the change of the magnetic state (ferromagnet to antiferromagnet) has beenproposed.
J. D. Clarkson, I. Fina, Z. Q. Liu, Y. Lee, J. Kim, C. Frontera, K. Cordero, S. Wisotzki,F. Sanchez, J. Sort, S. L. Hsu, C. Ko, L. Aballe, M. Foerster, J. Wu, H. M. Christen,J. T. Heron, D. G. Schlom, S. Salahuddin, N. Kioussis, J. Fontcuberta, X. Marti, R.Ramesh 2017, 'Hidden Magnetic States Emergent Under Electric Field, In A Room Temperature CompositeMagnetoelectric Multiferroic', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-13760-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)