What is our logo?
Our MRSEC logo shows the arrangement of atoms at the surface of a crystal. Crystals are made up of layers, or "planes" of atoms, perfectly stacked in an ordered pattern. Because this surface has been cut at a slight angle to the crystal planes, it appears "stepped" (we call this type of surface a vicinal surface). Modern scanned-probe microscopes, such as the STM, allow us to see the atoms at the surface of a crystal, producing images very similar to this one.

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Industrial and National Lab Outreach

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• Scanned probe (SQUID) microscopy: Neocera, Inc., MD
  Collaborators: A. Orozco (Neocera), I. Takeuchi (UMD-MRSEC)
  This outreach involves the development of novel scanned probes and their use for characterizing the magnetic properties of thin film materials and devices.
• Multiferroic device characterization: Seagate Technologies
  Collaborators: I. Takeuchi (UMD-MRSEC), T. Clinton (Seagate)
  High frequency properties of multiferroic thin flim multilayers are being investigated. Change in the magnetic properties as a function of electric field is studied as a function of electric field.
• Combinatorial investigation of wide bandgap semiconductors: Blue Wave Semiconductors
  Collaborators: I. Takeuchi (UMD-MRSEC), R.D. Vispute (Blue Wave)
  Combinatorial PLD is used to explore novel compositions of functional wide bandgap oxide thin films. ZnO based compositions are systematically doped with magnetic elements.
• Combinatorial investigation of novel high temperature sensors: Lutronics
  Collaborators: I. Takeuchi (UMD-MRSEC), Yalin Lu (Lutronics)
  Combinatorial PLD is used to develop novel ultra high temperature sensors based on luminescence of rare-earth doped oxide thin films.
• Multiferroic magnetic sensors: Lockheed-Martin
  Collaborators: I. Takeuchi (UMD-MRSEC), Christina Drake (LM)
  All thin-film multiferroic magnetic field sensors are being developed for possible use in medical imaging applications.