Kirill Belashchenko group Electronic structure, magnetism and spintronics theory Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Nebraska-Lincoln   310D Theodore Jorgensen Hall, 855 N. 16th St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0299 Phone: (402)472-2396, e-mail: kdbel@unlserve.unl.edu

Research Publications Group Brief CV Jobs Quick links: Magnetism in ferropnictides Surface magnetization: [1], [2], [3] Spin fluctuations: [1], [2] Spintronics: TAMR, Fe/GaAs Tunnel junctions: Co/vacuum, Fe/MgO, Co/SrTiO3, review

News (also check out the NCMN news page) 9/06/11: Chapter on the theory of tunneling magnetoresistance in this book. 3/06/11: The article on the role of the biquadratic interaction in the magnetism of ferropnictides has appeared online in Nature Physics. The pre-review version is available here. 3/04/11: Slides for the lecture on magnetism at the FLEUR Workshop in Jülich 2/23/11: Paper out on the spatially-resolved observation and electric field control of surface magnetization domains on the Cr2O3 surface (download). This work extends earlier macroscopically averaged observations. 2/17/11: Paper out on the phase stability of Gd-doped EuO and EuS (download) Preprint on the role of the biquadratic interaction in ferropnictides Paper out on the boundary magnetization of magnetoelectric antiferromagnets (download) New grant awarded by NSF, and another one by Semiconductor Research Corporation and NSF Important paper out on Robust isothermal electric control of exchange bias at room temperature (see also this article) Current research projects Thermal effects in the electronic structure and transport properties of magnetic materials and heterostructures Magnetism of ferropnictide superconductors (collaboration with Vladimir Antropov at Ames Lab) Surface magnetism of magnetoelectric antiferromagnets, particularly chromia (collaboration with Christian Binek and Peter Dowben) Development of Gd-doped oxides for neutron detection technology (collaboration with Peter Dowben) Phase transformations in confined nanosystems (collaboration with Jeff Shield) Current and recent teaching Thermal physics -- PHYS 431/831: Fall 2010, Fall 2011 Electricity and Magnetism II -- PHYS 914: Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011 Quantum Mechanics I -- PHYS 916: Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008 Statistical Physics -- PHYS 912: Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009 Advanced Topics in Solid State Physics -- PHYS 951: Spring 2006