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Eduardo Martínez

Modification of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-Interaction-Stabilized Domain Wall Chirality by Driving Currents

We measure and analyze the chirality of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-interaction (DMI) stabilized spin textures in multilayers of $\mathrm{Ta}|{\mathrm{Co}}_{20}{\mathrm{F}}_{60}{\mathrm{B}}_{20}|\mathrm{MgO}$. The effective DMI is measured experimentally using domain wall motion measurements, both in the presence (using spin-orbit torques) and absence of driving currents (using magnetic fields). We observe that the current-induced domain wall motion yields a change in effective DMI magnitude and opposite domain wall chirality when compared to field-induced domain wall motion (without current). We explore this effect, which we refer to as current-induced DMI, by providing possible explanations for…

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Abstract PD3-6: ConvertHER: Evolution of genomic alterations from primary to metastatic breast cancer

Abstract Background: Changes in breast cancer receptor status over disease progression and treatment have been described to a point that could alter response to therapy. There is growing interest in delivering biomarker/genomically-based targeted therapies. We aimed to determine the concordance of genomic alterations between primary (P) and metastatic (M) breast cancer in a prospective collection study. Methods: Targeted capture and next-generation sequencing was performed on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, profiling 202 cancer relevant genes in 61 pairs (primary and corresponding recurrence/metastasis). Tumors were classified at baseline as [hormone receptor (HR)+/HER2-, H…

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Nanostructured alumina from freeze-dried precursors

Nanocrystalline alumina has been obtained on the 100 g scale by thermal decomposition of precursors resulting from the freeze-drying of aqueous solutions of different aluminum-containing products, namely aluminum acetate and aluminum l-lactate. Samples prepared at different temperatures (from 873 to 1573 K in steps of 100 K) were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and surface area measurements. In the acetate case, the transformation sequence involves the formation of θ-Al2O3 as an intermediate phase between γ-Al2O3 and α-Al2O3, whereas this θ phase is not observed in the lactate case. TEM and SEM i…

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Role of B diffusion in the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction inTa/Co20Fe60B20/MgOnanowires

We report on current-induced domain wall motion in $\mathrm{Ta}/\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{o}}_{20}\mathrm{F}{\mathrm{e}}_{60}{\mathrm{B}}_{20}/\mathrm{MgO}$ nanowires. Domain walls are observed to move against the electron flow when no magnetic field is applied, while a field along the nanowires strongly affects the domain wall motion velocity. A symmetric effect is observed for up-down and down-up domain walls. This indicates the presence of right-handed domain walls, due to a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) with a DMI coefficient $D=+0.06\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{mJ}/{\mathrm{m}}^{2}$. The positive DMI coefficient is interpreted to be a consequence of B diffusion into the Ta bu…

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