Group facilities:
- Nanocomposite sputter deposition system
(photo) (schematic)Other UIC facilities:
- Quantum Design PPMS, electrical characterization in 0-9T, 2-400K
- Vibrating sample magnetometer (dual axis)
- X-ray diffractometry
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Personnel:
- Richard Kodama (
CV)Instructional Materials:
- Classical Mechanics
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Drum head struck off-center  |
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drum.mws (Maple worksheet) |
gravity.tgz (Linux tar file) |
- Electromagnetism
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Contours and Gradients |
Numerical solution of Laplace's equation
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Wave packet in dispersive medium  |
B-field due to sudden turn-on of current in a wire  |
B-field of a relativistic particle  |
Publications:
"Evidence for Multi-Sublattice Spin States in NiO Nanoparticles," R. H. Kodama, M. Vedpathak, J. A. Borchers, B. H. Toby, S. A. Makhlouf, Submitted to Appl. Phys. Lett.
"Structure and magnetism of Fe/Ge multilayer," Surendra Singh, Saibal Basu, Mukul Gupta, R.H. Kodama and Mahesh Vedpathak, Submitted to J. Phys. Cond. Mat.
"Nanoscale Suppression of Magnetization at Atomically Assembled Manganite Interfaces," J. J. Kavich, M. P. Warusawithana, J. W. Freeland, P. Ryan, X. Zhai, R. H. Kodama, and J. N. Eckstein, Submitted to Phys. Rev. B.
"Establishing exchange bias below TN with polycrystalline Ni0.52Co0.48O/Co bilayers," A. E. Berkowitz, M. F. Hansen, R. H. Kodama, Y. J. Tang, J. I. Hong, and D. J. Smith, Phys. Rev. B 72, 134428 (2005).
"Exchange Anisotropy," (book chapter) A. E. Berkowitz and R. H. Kodama, in Nanomagnetism: Multilayers, Ultrathin Films and Textured Media, eds. D. L. Mills and J. A. C. Bland, (Elsevier, Oxford, 2006).
"Surface-driven effects on the magnetic behavior of oxide nanoparticles," (book chapter) R. H. Kodama and A. E. Berkowitz, in Surface Effects in Magnetic Nanoparticles, ed. D. Fiorani, (Springer, New York, 2005), pp. 189-216.
"Ultra-thin multilayer of Fe and Ge: Structure and Magnetic properties," Surendra Singh, Saibal Basu, M. Vedpathak, R. H. Kodama, R. Chitra, Y. Goud, Appl. Surf. Sci. 240, 251 (2005).
"Induced Ge spin polarization at the Fe/Ge interface," J. W. Freeland, R. H. Kodama, M. Vedpathak, S. C. Erwin, D. J. Keavney, R. Winarski, P. Ryan, and R. A. Rosenberg, Phys. Rev. B 70, 033201 (2004).
"Deposition of Nanosized Grains of Ferroelectric Lead Zirconate Titanate On Thin Films Using Dense Plasma Focus," Ruby Gupta, M. P. Srivastava, V. R. Balakrishnan, R. H. Kodama and M. C. Peterson, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics 37, 1091 (2004).
"Search for Non-collinear Moments at Permalloy/Copper Interfaces," M. Vedpathak and R. H. Kodama, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8247 (2003).
"Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Resonance in NiO Nanoparticles," V.V. Pishko, S.L. Gnatchenko, V.V. Tsapenko, R.H. Kodama, and Salah A. Makhlouf, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7382 (2003).
"Electron spin resonance study of NiO antiferromagnetic nanoparticles," M. Rubinstein, R.H. Kodama, and Salah A. Makhlouf, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 234, 289 (2001).
"New memory effect in ferro/antiferromagnetic multilayers," R.H. Kodama, A.S. Edelstein, P. Lubitz, and H. Sieber, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 5067 (2000).
"Magnetic nanoparticles," (invited) R.H. Kodama, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. Special Issue - V.200 Magnetism Beyond 2000, 359 (1999).
"Synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanocomposite films," R.H. Kodama and A.S. Edelstein, J. Appl. Phys. 85, 4316 (1999).
"Atomic-scale magnetic modeling of oxide nanoparticles," R. H. Kodama and A. E. Berkowitz, Phys. Rev. B 59, 6321 (1999).
"Interlayer coupling and enhanced coercivity in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic structures," A.S. Edelstein, R.H. Kodama, M. Miller, V. Browning, P. Lubitz, S.F. Cheng and H. Sieber, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 3872 (1999).
"Ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic structures with ferromagnetic interlayer coupling," A.S. Edelstein, R.H. Kodama, M. Miller, V. Browning, P. Lubitz and H. Sieber, J. Appl. Phys. 85, 5886 (1999).
"Anomalous properties of magnetic nanoparticles," A.E. Berkowitz, R.H. Kodama, S.A. Makhlouf, F.T. Parker, F.E. Spada, E.J. McNiff Jr., and S. Foner, Proceedings of the 7th European Magnetic Materials and Applications Conference, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 196-197, 591 (1999).
"Role of interfacial uncompensated antiferromagnetic spins in unidirectional anisotropy in Ni81Fe19/CoO bilayers" (invited), K. Takano, R.H. Kodama, A.E. Berkowitz, W. Cao and G. Thomas, J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6888 (1998).
"Spin-flop tendencies in exchange-biased Co/CoO thin films," J.A. Borchers, Y. Ijiri, S.H. Lee, C.F. Majkrzak, G.P. Felcher, K. Takano, R.H. Kodama and A.E. Berkowitz. J. Appl. Phys. 83, 7219 (1998).
"Interfacial uncompensated antiferromagnetic spins: Role in unidirectional anisotropy in polycrystalline Ni81Fe19/CoO bilayers," K. Takano, R.H. Kodama, A.E. Berkowitz, W. Cao and G. Thomas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1130 (1997).
"Finite size effects in antiferromagnetic NiO nanoparticles," R.H. Kodama, S.A. Makhlouf and A.E. Berkowitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1393 (1997).
"Surface spin disorder in ferrite nanoparticles" (invited), R.H. Kodama, A.E. Berkowitz, E.J. McNiff Jr. and S. Foner, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 5552 (1997).
"Surface spin disorder in NiFe2O4 nanoparticles," R.H. Kodama, A.E. Berkowitz, E.J. McNiff Jr. and S. Foner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 394 (1996).
"Low temperature magnetic relaxation in NiFe2O4 nanoparticles," R.H. Kodama, C.L. Seaman, A.E. Berkowitz and M.B. Maple, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 5639 (1994).
"Spark erosion for production of nanocrystalline materials," R.H. Kodama, A.E. Nash, F.E. Spada, and A.E. Berkowitz, NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nanophase Materials, G.C. Hadjipanayis and R.W. Siegel (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 101, (1994).
