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Friðrik Magnus - Research Scientist
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Friðrik Magnus
Íslenska
Research Scientist
Location
VR-3 / V03-101
Phone
5254778
Email
fridrikm [at] hi.is
Unit
The Institute of Physical Sciences, Physics Division
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-8559
Research portal – Friðrik Magnus
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
EÐL616M - Modern Experimental Physics
EÐL206G - Physics 2 R
EÐL207G - Physics 2 R Lab
EÐL624M - Introduction to Nanotechnology
EÐL102G - Physics 1 V
EÐL101G - Physics B
EÐL108G - Physics 1 R Lab
Education
2008
,
PhD
,
Imperial College London
,
Solid State Physics
2004
,
MSc
,
University of Sussex
,
Physics
2003
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Electrical and computer engineering
Professional Experience
2017 -
,
Research scientist,
Science Institute, University of Iceland
2015 -
2017,
Research specialist,
Science Institute, University of Iceland
2014 -
2015,
Researcher,
Uppsala University
2012 -
2014,
Postdoctoral researcher,
Uppsala University
2008 -
2011,
Postdoctoral researcher,
Science Institute, University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Increased neutron reflectivity and polarization of neutron-optical engineered Fe/ B4 11 CTi multilayer optics
Physical Review B
Reflective, polarizing, and magnetically soft amorphous neutron optics with
11
B-enriched B
4
C
Science advances
2023
Structural stability and oxidation resistance of amorphous TaSi-based ternary alloy coatings
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X
Magnetic ordering and magnetocrystalline anisotropy in epitaxial Mn2GaC MAX phase thin films
Physical Review Materials
Room temperature ferromagnetism in the nanolaminated MAX phase (Mn
1−x
Cr
x
)
2
GaC
APL Materials
Competing interface and bulk anisotropies in Co-rich TbCo amorphous thin films
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
2022
Investigation into the mechanism of electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction to ammonia using niobium oxynitride thin-film catalysts
Electrochimica Acta
Structural and magnetic changes in CoAlZr thin films upon post annealing
Finding order in disorder
APL Materials
Operando quantification of ammonia produced from computationally-derived transition metal nitride electro-catalysts
Journal of Catalysis
Growth of NbO, NbO
2
and Nb
2
O
5
thin films by reactive magnetron sputtering and post-annealing
Vacuum
Investigation of oxygen evolution reaction with Ni foam and stainless-steel mesh electrodes in alkaline seawater electrolysis
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2021
Effect of alloying ratios and Cu-addition on corrosion behaviour of CoCrFeNiMo high-entropy alloys in superheated steam containing CO
2
, H
2
S and HCl
Corrosion Science
The impact of number of repeats N on the interlayer exchange in [Fe/MgO]
N
(001) superlattices
Scientific Reports
Tuneable exchange-spring stiffness in amorphous magnetic trilayer structures
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Amorphous exchange-spring magnets with crossed perpendicular and in-plane anisotropies
Physical Review B
Controlling metal–insulator transitions in reactively sputtered vanadium sesquioxide thin films through structure and stoichiometry
Scientific Reports
Structural and electrical properties of V
2
O
3
thin films on c-plane Al
2
O
3
fabricated by reactive-HiPIMS and dcMS techniques
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2020
Corrosion resistance of W and Ta based amorphous coatings in a geothermal steam environment – A combinatorial study
Geothermics
The influence of diameter on the magnetic saturation in Fe
84
Cu
16
/MgO [0 0 1] multilayered islands
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Local structure in amorphous Smx Co1−x : a combined experimental and theoretical study
Journal of Materials Science
Direct observation of magnetic proximity effects in amorphous exchange-spring magnets by neutron reflectometry
Physical Review Materials
2019
Corrosion behavior of AlCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy in a geothermal environment
Geothermics
Giant magnetic proximity effect in amorphous layered magnets
Physical Review Materials
Phase evolution and microstructure analysis of CoCrFeNiMo high-entropy alloy for electro-spark-deposited coatings for geothermal environment
Coatings
57
Fe Mössbauer study of epitaxial TiN thin film grown on MgO (1 0 0) by magnetron sputtering
Applied Surface Science
2018
Double magnetic proximity in Fe/Fe0.32V0.68 superlattices
Physical Review B
Large uniaxial magnetostriction with sign inversion at the first order phase transition in the nanolaminated Mn2GaC MAX phase
Scientific Reports
Sequential magnetic switching in Fe/MgO(001) superlattices
Physical Review B
2017
A nanolaminated magnetic phase
Materials Research Letters
2016
Epitaxial and textured TiN thin films grown on MgO(1 0 0) by reactive HiPIMS
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Discrete Layer-by-Layer Magnetic Switching in Fe/MgO (001) Superlattices
Physical Review Applied
Long-Range magnetic interactions and proximity effects in an amorphous exchange-spring magnet
Nature Communications
Magnetically driven anisotropic structural changes in the atomic laminate M n2GaC
Physical Review B
2015
Magnetic leverage effects in amorphous SmCo/CoAlZr heterostructures
Applied Physics Letters
Theoretical stability, thin film synthesis and transport properties of the Mon+1GaCn MAX phase
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
Synthesis and characterization of magnetic (Cr0.5Mn0.5)(2)GaC thin films
Journal of Materials Science
A magnetic atomic laminate from thin film synthesis
APL Materials
Tailoring anisotropy and domain structure in amorphous TbCo thin films through combinatorial methods
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
2014
Synthesis and characterization of arc deposited magnetic (Cr,Mn)(2)AlC MAX phase films
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
Structural and magnetic properties of (Cr
1-x
Mn
x
)
5
Al
8
solid solution and structural relation to hexagonal nanolaminates
Journal of Materials Science
Magnetostrictive properties of amorphous SmCo thin films with imprinted anisotropy
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Structural and magnetic properties of (Cr1-xMnx)(5)Al-8 solid solution and structural relation to hexagonal nanolaminates
Journal of Materials Science
Growth of polycrystalline Ag/Ni multilayers at room temperature
Thin Solid Films
Antisymmetric magnetoresistance in SmCo
5
amorphous films with imprinted in-plane magnetic anisotropy
Journal of Applied Physics
Strain enhanced magnetic anisotropy in SmCo/BaTiO
3
multiferroic heterostructures
Journal of Applied Physics
Giant magnetic domains in amorphous SmCo thin films
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2013
Reactive high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Sputtering and Plasma Processes
Ultra-thin poly-crystalline TiN films grown by HiPIMS on MgO(100) - In-situ resistance study of the initial stage of growth
Thin Solid Films
Tailoring magnetism at the nanometer scale in SmCo
5
amorphous films
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Magnetic self-organized atomic laminate from first principles and thin film synthesis
Physical Review Letters
Anisotropic magnetostriction and domain wall motion in Sm
10
Co
90
amorphous films
Applied Physics Express
Tunable giant magnetic anisotropy in amorphous SmCo thin films
Applied Physics Letters
Strain induced changes in magnetization of amorphous Co
95
Zr
5
based multiferroic heterostructures
AIP Advances
Rutile TiO
2
thin films grown by reactive high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Thin Solid Films
2012
Comparison of TiN thin films grown on SiO
2
by reactive dc magnetron sputtering and high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Nucleation and resistivity of ultrathin TiN films grown by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Growth of TiO
2
thin films on Si(001) and SiO
2
by reactive high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Comparing resonant photon tunneling via cavity modes and Tamm plasmon polariton modes in metal-coated Bragg mirrors
Optics Letters
2011
Morphology of TiN thin films grown on SiO
2
by reactive high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Thin Solid Films
Current-voltage-time characteristics of the reactive Ar/N
2
high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge
Journal of Applied Physics
Growth of TiO2 thin films on Si(001) and SiO2 by reactive high power
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Current-voltage-time characteristics of the reactive Ar/N2 high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge
Journal of Applied Physics
Growth and in-situ electrical characterization of ultrathin epitaxial TiN films on MgO
Thin Solid Films
Comparison of TiN thin films grown on SiO2 by reactive dc magnetron sputtering and high power impulse magnetron
Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Current-voltage-time characteristics in a reactive Ar/N2 high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge
Proceedings of the XXX International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Current-voltage-time characteristics of the reactive Ar/N-2 high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge
Journal of Applied Physics
2010
Morphology of TiN thin films grown on MgO(001) by reactive dc magnetron sputtering
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
2009
Electrical and structural properties of ultrathin polycrystalline and epitaxial TiN films grown by reactive dc magnetron sputtering
In-situ electrical characterization of ultrathin TiN films grown by reactive dc magnetron sputtering on SiO
2
Thin Solid Films
Coexistence of universal and topological anomalous hall effects in metal CrO2 thin films in the dirty limit
Physical Review Letters
2008
A d.c. magnetic metamaterial
Nature Materials
Interface properties of PbInAs planar structures for Andreev spectroscopy
Applied Physics Letters
Digital smoothing of the Langmuir probe I-V characteristic
Review of Scientific Instruments
Interface properties of Pb/InAs planar structures for Andreev spectroscopy
Applied Physics Letters
Gate Dependence of Spin-Splitting in an InSb/InAlSb Quantum Well
2007
Preparation of InAs(0 0 1) surface for spin injection via a chemical route
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Electrical characterization of MgO tunnel barriers grown on InAs (001) epilayers
Applied Physics Letters
The spin polarization of Cr O2 revisited
Applied Physics Letters
Temperature insensitivity of the spin-polarization in Co
2
MnSi films on GaAs (001)
New Journal of Physics
Planar andreev spectroscopy in InAs
2006
Prospects for detection of spin accumulation using submicron planar Andreev array spectroscopy
Applied Physics Letters
2005
Control of Diabatic versus Adiabatic Field Dissociation in a Heavy Rydberg System
Physical Review Letters
Optical pumping and electromagnetically induced transparency in a lithium vapour
Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
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Magnetism
Thin films
Nanotechnology
Materials characterization
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