Books
Multifunctional Oxide Heterostructures, edited by Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Elbio R. A. Dagotto, Chang-Beom Eom, and Ramamoorthy Ramesh (Oxford University Press, 2012), 416 pages
Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism, edited by Evgeny Y. Tsymbal and Igor Zutic (CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2011), 808 pages
Selected Review Articles and Book Chapters
E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Gruverman, V. Garcia, M. Bibes, and A. Barthélémy, Invited Review Article: "Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions," MRS Bulletin 37, 138-143 (2012).
J. P. Velev, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, Invited Review Article: "Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials and interfaces," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 369, 3069-3097 (2011).
J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Magnetoresistive phenomena in nanoscale magnetic contacts" in Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology, vol.1, eds. A. V. Narlikar and Y. Y. Fu (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010) pp. 677-718.
J. P. Velev, P. A. Dowben, E. Y. Tsymbal, S. J. Jenkins, and A. N. Caruso, Review Article: "Interface effects in spin-polarized
metal/insulator layered structures," Surface Science Reports 63, 400-425 (2008).
C.-G. Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Electronic, magnetic and transport properties
of rare earth monopnictides," J. Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 315220 (2007).
E. Y. Tsymbal, K. D. Belashchenko, J. Velev, S. S. Jaswal, M. van Schilfgaarde, I. I. Oleynik, and D. A. Stewart, "Interface effects in
spin-dependent tunneling," Progress in Materials Science 52, 401-420 (2007).
E. Y. Tsymbal, "Theory of Spin-Dependent Tunneling: Role of Evanescent and Resonant States," in Handbook of Magnetism and Advanced Magnetic Materials, vol. 5, eds. H. Krohnmüller and S. S. P. Parkin (Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2006), pp. 2963-2978.
E. Y. Tsymbal and D. J. Sellmyer, "Galvanometric and Related Effects," in Encyclopedia of Physics, eds. R. G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg, 3-d edition (Berlin: Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2005), pp. 866-871.
E. Y. Tsymbal, O. N. Mryasov, and P. R. LeClair, "Spin-Dependent Tunneling in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions," J. Physics: Condensed
Matter 15, R109-R142 (2003).
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E. Y. Tsymbal and D. G. Pettifor, "Perspectives of Giant Magnetoresistance," in Solid State Physics, edited by H. Ehrenreich
and F. Spaepen, Vol. 56 (Academic Press, 2001) pp.113-237.
Recent Selected Publications
Y. Wang, X. Liu, J. D. Burton, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Ferroelectric instability under screened Coulomb interactions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 247601 (2012).
D. J. Kim, H. Lu, S. Ryu, C.-W. Bark, C.-B. Eom, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. Gruverman, "Ferroelectric tunnel memristor," Nano Letters 12, 5697 – 5702 (2012).
K. Rogdakis, J. W. Seo, Z. Viskadourakis, Y. Wang, L. F. N. Ah Qune, E. Choi, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, J. Lee, and C. Panagopoulos, “Tunable ferroelectricity in artificial tri-layer superlattices comprised of non-ferroic components,” Nature Communications 3, 1064 (2012). [Featured by UNL press release: Science360; Techfragments;NSF Discovery; PHYS.ORG; R&D Magazine; and TG Daily].
M. Wu, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, X. C. Zeng, and P. Jena, “Multiferroic Materials based on Organic Transition-Metal-Molecular Nanowires,” Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) 134, 14423 – 14429 (2012).
P. Lukashev, A. Wysocki, J. P. Velev, M. van Schilfgaarde, S. S. Jaswal, K. D. Belashchenko, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Spin filtering with EuO: Insight from a complex band structure,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 224414 (2012).
H. Lu, T. A. George, Y. Wang, I. Ketsman, J. D. Burton, C.-W. Bark, D. J. Kim, J. Wang, C. M. Folkman, C. Binek, P. A. Dowben, A. Sokolov, C.-B. Eom, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. Gruverman, “"Electric Modulation of Magnetization at BaTiO3/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Interface,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 232904 (2012).
C. W. Bark, P. Sharma, Y. Wang, S. H. Beak, S. Lee, S. Ryu, C. M. Folkman, T. R. Paudel, A. Kumar, S. V. Kalinin, A. Sokolov, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. S. Rzchowski, A. Gruverman, and C. B. Eom, “Switchable induced polarization in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures,” Nano Letters 12, 1765–1771 (2012).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, A. V. Vedyayev, K. D. Belashchenko, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Coherent Potential Approximation as a Voltage Probe,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 115134 (2012).
T. R. Paudel, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Intrinsic defects in multiferroic BiFeO3 and their effect on magnetism,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 104409 (2012).
X. Liu, Y. Wang, P. Lukashev, J. D. Burton, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Interface dipole effect on thin film ferroelectric stability:
First-principles and phenomenological modeling,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 125407 (2012).
J. P. Velev, J. M. López-Encarnación, J. D. Burton, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Multiferroic tunnel junctions with poly(vinylidene fluoride),”
Phys. Rev. B, 125103 (2012). Selected Editors' Suggestion.
H. Lu, X. Liu, J. D. Burton, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, D. J. Kim, A. Stamm, P. Lukashev, C.-W. Bark, D. A. Felker, C. M. Folkman, P. Gao, X. Q. Pan, M. S. Rzchowski, C.-B. Eom, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. Gruverman, “Enhancement of ferroelectric polarization stability by interface engineering,” Advanced Materials 24, 1209–1216 (2012).
N. Pavlenko, T. Kopp, E. Y. Tsymbal, G. A. Sawatzky, and J. Mannhart, “Magnetism and superconductivity at LAO/STO-interfaces: the role of Ti 3d interface electrons,” Phys. Rev. B – Rapid Communications 85, 020407(R) (2012).
E. Y. Tsymbal, News and Views: “Spintronics: Electric toggling of magnets,” Nature Materials 11, 12–13 (2012).
J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Highly spin-polarized conducting state at the interface between non-magnetic band insulators: LaAlO3/FeS2 (001),” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 166601 (2011).
J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, “A giant tunneling electroresistance effect driven by electrically controlled spin valve at a complex oxide interface,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 157203 [4 pages] (2011). Synopsis featured in APS on-line publication "Physics".
C. W. Bark, D. A. Felker, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. W. Jang, C. M. Folkman, J. W. Park, S. H. Baek, X. Q. Pan, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. S. Rzchowski, and C. B. Eom, “Tailoring a two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (001) interface by epitaxial strain,” Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 108, 4720 – 4724 (2011). Featured at UNL News Releases and Lincoln Journal Star.
H. W. Jang, D. A. Felker, C. W. Bark, Y. Wang, M. K. Niranjan, C. T. Nelson, Y. Zhang, D. Su, C. M. Folkman, S. H. Baek, S. Lee, K. Janicka, Y. Zhu, X. Q. Pan, D. D. Fong, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. S. Rzchowski, and C. B. Eom, “Metallic and Insulating Oxide Interfaces Controlled by Electronic Correlations,” Science 331, 886 – 889 (2011). Featured at UNL News Releases and Lincoln Journal Star.
J. M. López-Encarnación, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, and J. P. Velev, “Organic Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions with Ferroelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Barriers”, Nano Letters 11, 599 – 603 (2011).
J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Evolution of the band alignment at polar oxide interfaces,” Phys. Rev. B – Rapid Communication 82, 161407(R) (2010). Selected Editors’ Suggestion.
Y. Wang, M. K. Niranjan, K. Janicka, J. P. Velev, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Ferroelectric Dead Layer Driven by a Polar Interface,” Phys. Rev. B 82, 094114 (2010).
A. Borisevich, H. J. Chang, M. Huijben, M. P. Oxley, S. Okamoto, M. K. Niranjan, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, Y. H. Chu, P. Yu, R. Ramesh, S. V. Kalinin, and S. J. Pennycook, “Suppression of octahedral tilts and associated changes in electronic properties at epitaxial oxide heterostructure interfaces,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 087204 (2010).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, A. V. Vedyayev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Interlayer Exchange Coupling across a Ferroelectric Barrier,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 352203 (2010). Featured in the IOP Top Paper 2010 Showcase.
K. Niranjan, C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Electric Field Effect on Magnetization at the Fe/MgO(001) Interface," Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 222504 (2010).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. Maekawa, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of Spin-Dependent Screening on Tunneling Electroresistance and Tunneling
Magnetoresistance in Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions," Phys. Rev. B 81, 104419 (2010).
Y. Sun, J. D. Burton, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Electrically driven magnetism on a Pd thin film," Phys. Rev. B 81,
064413 (2010).
J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Prediction of Electrically-Induced Magnetic Reconstruction at the Manganite/Ferroelectric Interface,"
Phys. Rev. B 80, 174406 (2009).
Y. Wang, M. K. Niranjan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "First-Principles Studies of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at the Interface
in Ferroelectric Oxide Heterostructures," Phys. Rev. B 80, 165130 (2009).
A. Gruverman, D. Wu, H. Lu, Y. Wang, H. W. Jang, C.M. Folkman, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, D. Felker, M. Rzchowski, C.-B. Eom, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Tunneling electroresistance effect in ferroelectric tunnel junctions at the nanoscale," Nano Lett. 9 3539-3543 (2009). (Nanowerk News)
J. D. Burton, J. P. Velev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Oxide tunnel junctions supporting a two-dimensional electron gas," Phys. Rev. B
80, 115408 (2009).
M. K. Niranjan, J. D. Burton, J.P. Velev, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Magnetoelectric effect at the
SrRuO3/BaTiO3 (001) interface: A first-principles study”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 052501
(2009).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, Y. Wang, S. Maekawa, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Tunneling Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions with a
Composite Barrier," Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 052902 (2009).
M. K. Niranjan, Y. Wang, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Prediction of a switchable two-dimensional electron gas at ferroelectric
oxide interfaces," Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016804 (2009).
Y. Wang, M. K. Niranjan, J. D. Burton, J. M. An, K. D. Belashchenko, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Prediction of a spin-polarized two-dimensional
electron gas at the LaAlO3/EuO(001) interface," Phys. Rev. B 79, 212408 (2009).
C.-G. Duan, Ce-Wen Nan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Universality of the Surface Magnetoelectric Effect in Half-Metals," Phys.
Rev. B 79, R140403(2009).
K. Janicka, J. P. Velev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Quantum nature of two-dimensional electron gas confinement at
LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 106803 (2009).
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J. P. Velev, C.-G. Duan, J. D. Burton, A. Smogunov, M. K. Niranjan, E. Tosatti, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers: Prediction of four resistance states from first-principles," Nano Lett. 9 427-432 (2009).
C.-G. Duan, J. P. Velev, R. F. Sabirianov, Z. Zhu, J. Chu, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Surface Magnetoelectric Effect in
Ferromagnetic Metal Films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 137201 (2008).
M. K. Niranjan, J. P. Velev, C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Magnetoelectric effect at the
Fe3O4/BaTiO3 (001) interface: A first-principles study," Phys. Rev. B 78,
104405 (2008).
C.-G. Duan, J. P. Velev, R. F. Sabirianov, W. N. Mei, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Tailoring magnetic anisotropy at the
ferromagnetic/ferroelectric interface," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 122905 (2008).
L. Gao, X. Jiang, S.-H. Yang, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, and S. S. P. Parkin, "Bias Voltage Dependence of Tunneling Anisotropic
Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with MgO and Al2O3 Tunnel Barriers," Phys. Rev. Lett.
99, 226602 (2007).
A. N. Chantis, K. D. Belashchenko, D. L. Smith, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. van Schilfgaarde, and R. C. Albers, "Reversal of spin polarization in
Fe/GaAs (001) driven by resonant surface states: First-principles calculations," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 196603
(2007).
J. D. Burton, R. F. Sabirianov, J. P. Velev, O. N. Mryasov, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of tip resonances on tunneling anisotropic
magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic break junctions: A first-principles study," Phys. Rev. B 76, 144430
(2007).
S. Sahoo, S. Polisetty, C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and Ch. Binek, "Ferroelectric control of magnetism in
BaTiO3/Fe heterostructures," Phys. Rev. B 76, 092108 (2007).
J. P. Velev, C.-G. Duan, K. D. Belashchenko, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of ferroelectricity on electron transport in
Pt/BaTiO3/Pt ferroelectric tunnel junctions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 137201 (2007).
A. Sokolov, C. Zhang, E. Y. Tsymbal, J. Redepenning, and B. Doudin, "Quantized magnetoresistance in atomic-size contacts," Nature
Nanotechnology 2, 171 (2007).
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AIP Bulletin of Physics News, Materials Today, TechWorld, the Economist,
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J. Velev, K. D. Belashchenko, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of O vacancies on spin-dependent tunneling in Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic
tunnel junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 072502 (2007).
A. N. Chantis, K. D. Belashchenko, E. Y. Tsymbal, and M. van Schilfgaarde, "Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance driven by resonant
surface states: First-principles calculations on a Fe(001) surface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 046601 (2007).
E. Y. Tsymbal and H. Kohlstedt, "Tunneling across a ferroelectric," Science 313, 181-183 (2006).
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J. D. Burton, R. F. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and O. N. Mryasov, "Magnetic Moment Softening and DomainWall Resistance in
Ni Nanowires," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 077204 (2006).
A. Baruth, L. Yuan, J. D. Burton, K. Janicka, E. Y. Tsymbal, S. H. Liou, and S. Adenwalla, "Domain overlap in
antiferromagnetically-coupled [Co/Pt]/NiO/[Co/Pt] multilayers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 202505 (2006).
C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Predicted magnetoelectric effect in Fe/BaTiO3 multilayers: Ferroelectric
control of magnetism," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047201 (2006).
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J. D. Burton, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, O. N. Mryasov, and O. G. Heinonen, "Atomic and electronic structure of FeCoB/MgO(001)
interface from first principles," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 142507 (2006).
T. Katayama, S. Yuasa, J. P. Velev, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO/Fe
magnetic tunnel junctions," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 112503 (2006).
C.-G. Duan, R. Sabirianov, W.-N. Mei, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Interface Effect on Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale," Nano Lett. 6, 483-487 (2006).
J. P. Velev, K. D. Belashchenko, and E. Y. Tsymbal, Comment on "Destructive effect of disorder and bias voltage on interface resonance
transmission in symmetric tunnel junctions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 119601 (2006).
C.-G. Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, J. Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Magnetic ordering in Gd monopnictides:
indirect exchange versus superexchange interaction," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 182505 (2006).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and R. F. Sabirianov, "Ferroelectric switch for spin injection," Appl. Phys.
Lett. 87, 222114 (2005).
J. Velev, K. D. Belashchenko, D. Stewart, M. van Schilfgaarde, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Negative spin polarization and large
tunneling magnetoresistance in epitaxial Co/SrTiO3/Co magnetic tunnel junctions," Phys. Rev. Lett.
95, 216601 (2005).
K. D. Belashchenko, J. Velev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of interface states on spin-dependent tunneling in Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel
junctions," Phys. Rev. B 72, R140404 (2005).
R. Sabirianov, A. K. Solanki, J. D. Burton, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Domain Wall Magnetoresistance in Co Nanowires," Phys.
Rev. B 72, 054443 (2005).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, R. F. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 246802 (2005).
K. D. Belashchenko, E. Y. Tsymbal, I. I. Oleinik, and M. van Schilfgaarde, "Positive spin polarization in
Co/Al2O3/Co tunnel junctions driven by oxygen adsorption," Phys. Rev. B 71, 224422
(2005).
J. Velev, R. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance," Phys. Rev. Lett.
94, 127203 (2005).
R. J. Baxter, D. G. Pettifor, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Interface Proximity Effects in Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Magnetoresistance,"
Phys. Rev. B 71, 024415 (2005).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. V. Vedyayev, "Impurity-Assisted Interlayer Exchange Coupling across a Tunnel Barrier,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 026806 (2005).
L. G. Wang, E. Y. Tsymbal, and S. S. Jaswal, "First-Principles Study of Adsorption of Methanethiol on Co(0001)," Phys. Rev. B
70, 075410 (2004).
M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E. Y. Tsymbal, and S. S. Jaswal, "Exchange Model for Oscillatory Interlayer Coupling and Induced Unidirectional
Anisotropy in [Pt/Co]3/NiO/[Pt/Co]3 Mutilayers," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 219703 (2004).
K. D. Belashchenko, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. van Schilfgaarde, D. A. Stewart, I. I. Oleynik, and S. S. Jaswal , "Effect of Interface Bonding
on Spin-Dependent Tunneling from the Oxidized Co Surface," Phys. Rev. B 69, 174408 (2004).
E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Sokolov, I. F. Sabirianov, and B. Doudin, "Resonant Inversion of Tunneling Magnetoresistance," Phys. Rev.
Lett. 90, 186602 (2003).