Recent Selected Publications

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”, Physical Review Letters 99, 196603 (2007).

J. D. Burton, R. F. Sabirianov, J. P. Velev, O. N. Mryasov, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Effect of tip resonances on tunnelling anisotropic magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic break junctions: A first-principles study”, Physical Review B 76, 144430  (2007).

S. Sahoo, S. Polisetty, C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and C. Binek, “Ferroelectric control of magnetism in BaTiO3/Fe heterostructures”, Physical Review 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”, Physical Review Letters 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). Highlighted in Nature Nanotech. Press Release, Nature Nanotech. News & Views, Institute of Physics PhysicsWeb,  AIP Bulletin of Physics News, Materials Today, The Economist, TechWorld, Daily Nebraskan, Scarlet

A. V. Vedyayev, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E. Y. Tsymbal and B. Dieny, “Resistance of a tunnel barrier with a pinhole”, J.  Exper. Theor. Physics 104, 87–95 (2007).

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”, Applied Physics Letters 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”,  Physical Review Letters  98, 046601 (2007).

E. Y. Tsymbal and H. Kohlstedt, “Tunneling across a ferroelectric”, Science 313, 181-183 (2006). Highlighted in Scarlet

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”, Physical Review Letters 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”, Applied Physics Letters 89, 202505 (2006).

C.-G. Duan, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, ”Predicted magnetoelectric effect in Fe/BaTiO3 multilayers: Ferroelectric control of magnetism”, Physical Review Letters 97, 047201 (2006). Highlighted in Materials Today.

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”, Applied Physics Letters 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, Applied Physics Letters 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 Letters 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”, Physical Review Letters  96, 119601 (2006).

C.-G. Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, J. Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, S. S. Jaswal,  E. Y. Tsymbal, “Magnetic ordering in Gd monopnictides: indirect exchange versus superexchange interaction”, Applied Physics Letters 88, 182505 (2006).

M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and R. F. Sabirianov, “Ferroelectric switch for spin injection,” Applied Physics Letters 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”, Physical Review Letters  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”, Physical Review 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", Physical Review B  72, 054443 (2005).

M. Ye. Zhuravlev, R. F. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions”, Physical Review Letters  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”, Physical Review B  71, 224422 (2005).

J. Velev, R. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal and E. Y. Tsymbal, Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance”, Physical Review Letters 94, 127203 (2005).

R. J. Baxter, D. G. Pettifor, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Interface Proximity Effects in Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Magnetoresistance", Physical Review B  71, 024415 (2005).

M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. V. Vedyayev, "Impurity-Assisted Interlayer Exchange Coupling across a Tunnel Barrier", Physical Review Letters  94, 026806 (2005).

L. G. Wang, E. Y. Tsymbal, and S. S. Jaswal, “First-Principles Study of Adsorption of Methanethiol on Co(0001)”, Physical Review B  70, 075410 (2004).

J. D. Burton, A. Kashyap, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, R. Skomski, E. Y. Tsymbal, S. S. Jaswal, O. N. Mryasov, and R. W. Chantrell, "Field-Controlled Domain Wall Resistance in Magnetic Nanojunctions", Applied Physics Letters 85, 251-253 (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”, Physical Review Letters  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" , Physical Review B  69, 174408 (2004).

M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E. Y. Tsymbal, S. S. Jaswal, A. V. Vedyayev, and B. Dieny, "Spin Blockade in Ferromagnetic Nanocontacts", Applied Physics Letters 83, 3534-3536 (2003).

E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Sokolov, I. F. Sabirianov, and B. Doudin,  "Resonant Inversion of Tunneling Magnetoresistance" , Physical Review Letters  90, 186602 (2003).

E. Y. Tsymbal, V. M. Burlakov, I. I. Oleinik, "Spin Injection into Amorphous Semiconductors", Physical Review B   66, 073201 (2002).

I. I. Oleinik, E. Y. Tsymbal, and D. G. Pettifor,  "Atomic and Electronic Structure of Co/SrTiO3/Co Tunnel Junctions" , Physical Review B  65, R020401 (2002).

E. Y. Tsymbal and D. G. Pettifor,  "Local Impurity-Assisted Conductance in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions" , Physical Review B  64,  212401 (2001).

E.Y. Tsymbal,  "Effect of Disorder on Perpendicular Magnetotransport in Co/Cu multilayers" , Physical Review B  62, R3608 (2000).

D. Bozec, M. A. Howson, B. J. Hickey, S. Shatz, N. Wiser, E. Y. Tsymbal, and D. G. Pettifor,  "Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Multilayers in the CPP Mode: the Effect of the Mean Free Path" , Physical Review Letters  85, 1314-1317 (2000).

I. I. Oleinik, E. Y. Tsymbal, and D. G. Pettifor, "Structural and Electronic Properties of Cobalt/Alumina Tunnel Junctions from First Principles" , Physical Review B  62, 3952-3959 (2000).

W. E. Bailey, S. W. Wang, and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Electronic Scattering from Co/Cu Interfaces: In-Situ Measurement and Comparison with Theory" , Physical Review B  61, 1330-1335 (2000).

E. Y. Tsymbal, "Theory of Magnetostatic Coupling in Thin-Film Rectangular Magnetic Elements" , Applied Physics Letters 77, 2740-2742 (2000).

E. Y. Tsymbal, I. I. Oleinik, and D. G. Pettifor, "Oxygen-Induced Positive Spin Polarization from Fe in the Vacuum Barrier" , J. Applied Physics 87, 5230-5232 (2000). 

E. Y. Tsymbal and D. G. Pettifor, "Quantum-Well Resistivity for Perpendicular Transport in Magnetic Layered Systems" , Physical Review B  61, 506-510 (2000).

 

 

Selected Review Articles and Book Chapters

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.

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 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). Highlighted in Top Paper 2003 Showcase

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.

 

 

 

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