TY - JOUR
T1 - Topical Review of Quantum Materials and Heterostructures Studied by Polarized Neutron Reflectometry
AU - Causer, Grace L.
AU - Guasco, Laura
AU - Paull, Oliver
AU - Cortie, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin, the Heinz Maier‐Leibnitz Zentrum, and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (under proposals P5062, P5351, P5808, P6196, and P6223) for the provision of neutron beamtime. This work has been funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under TRR80 (From Electronic Correlations to Functionality, Project No. 107745057, Project F7), the priority program SPP 2137 (Skyrmionics) under grant PF393/19 (project‐id 403191981), the excellence cluster MCQST under Germany's Excellence Strategy EXC‐2111 (Project No. 390814868), the Australian Government and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies (project no. 8CE170100039). D.C. acknowledges the support of an Australian Research Council Fellowship DE180100314.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. physica status solidi (RRL) Rapid Research Letters published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - A review of the applications of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) for the investigation of quantum materials is provided. Recent studies of superconductors, strongly correlated oxides, hydrogen-induced modifications, topological insulators and chiral magnets are highlighted. The PNR technique uses a quantum beam of spin-polarized neutrons to measure the nanomagnetic structure of thin films and heterostructures, with a sensitivity to magnetization at the scale of 10–2000 emu cm−3 and a vertical spatial resolution of 1–500 nm. From simple beginnings studying the magnetic flux penetration at superconducting surfaces, today the PNR technique is widely used for investigating many different types of thin film structures, surfaces, interfaces, and 2D materials. PNR measurements can reveal a number of details about magnetic, electronic, and superconducting properties, in tandem with chemical information including the stoichiometry of light elements such as oxygen and hydrogen.
AB - A review of the applications of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) for the investigation of quantum materials is provided. Recent studies of superconductors, strongly correlated oxides, hydrogen-induced modifications, topological insulators and chiral magnets are highlighted. The PNR technique uses a quantum beam of spin-polarized neutrons to measure the nanomagnetic structure of thin films and heterostructures, with a sensitivity to magnetization at the scale of 10–2000 emu cm−3 and a vertical spatial resolution of 1–500 nm. From simple beginnings studying the magnetic flux penetration at superconducting surfaces, today the PNR technique is widely used for investigating many different types of thin film structures, surfaces, interfaces, and 2D materials. PNR measurements can reveal a number of details about magnetic, electronic, and superconducting properties, in tandem with chemical information including the stoichiometry of light elements such as oxygen and hydrogen.
KW - chiral magnets
KW - hydrogen
KW - neutron scattering
KW - superconductors
KW - thin film interfaces
KW - topological materials
KW - transition metal oxide interfaces
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U2 - 10.1002/pssr.202200421
DO - 10.1002/pssr.202200421
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146459054
SN - 1862-6254
VL - 17
JO - Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters
JF - Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters
IS - 6
M1 - 2200421
ER -