First Advisor

Raj Solanki

Term of Graduation

Fall 2020

Date of Publication

9-14-2020

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Physics

Department

Physics

Language

English

Subjects

Thin films -- Magnetic properties, Chalcogenides, Transition metal compounds, Selenides

DOI

10.15760/etd.7479

Physical Description

1 online resource (ix, 97 pages)

Abstract

Layered two dimensional films have been a topic of interest in the materials science community driven by the intriguing properties demonstrated in graphene. Tunable layer dependent electrical and magnetic properties have been shown in these materials and the ability to grow in the hexagonal phase provides opportunities to grow isostructural stacked heterostructures. In this investigation, cobalt selenide (CoSe) and nickel selenide (NiSe) were grown in the hexagonal phase, which consist of central metal atoms that are natively ferromagnetic in bulk, hence providing the potential for interesting magnetic phases in thin film arrangements as well. These structures may play a role in future progress in materials science and computing as magnetic tunnel junction layers or in the realm of spintronic computing. Thin films of long-range order CoSe and NiSe were grown via atomic layer deposition (ALD) and characterized for their crystalline phase, surface qualities, and magnetic properties. Characterization yielded films of long-range order which displayed paramagnetic behavior. Density functional theory (DFT) was utilized to first model the underlying structures of these materials. The lattice constants calculated were in close agreement with the values determined via x-ray diffraction. Also, the magnetron values determined using DFT were within predictable errors to those determined from the SQUID data. Spin polarized charge density maps were generated to yield the possible mechanisms of magnetism within the samples. It was found that unpaired electrons tended to occupy the edges of the layered structures in both NiSe and CoSe. CoSe showed a much higher density at the terminal edges than NiSe. It is believed that unpaired electrons at the edges dominate the magnetic properties of these materials.

Rights

© 2020 Michael Adventure Hopkins

In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34455

Download

Included in

Physics Commons

Share

COinS