University of Minnesota

Dr. Majetich is a Physics Professor at Carnegie Mellon University specializing in magnetic nanoparticles and nanostructures, including both materials preparation and characterization, for potential applications in data storage media, biomedicine, high frequency inductors, permanent magnets, and magnetic refrigeration. She has authored over 100 papers and has three patents. She has received a National Young Investigator Award from the US National Science Foundation for her work, was a 2007 Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Her previous work most relevant to the FCRP proposal is in the development of a nanomasking process for pattern transfer into magnetic multilayer films, and the use of conductive atomic force microscopy probes to measure magnetoresistance in individual nanopillars.

1.	K. Krycka, J. Borchers, Y. Ijiri, R. Booth, and S. Majetich, “Polarization-analyzed small-angle neutron scattering. II. Mathematical angular analysis”, J. Appl. Cryst. 45, 554 (2012).
2.	S. A. Majetich, T. Wen, and R. Booth, “Functional Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies: Formation, Collective Behavior, and Future Directions”, ACS Nano 5, 6081 (2011).
3.	E. R. Evarts, L. Cao, D. S. Ricketts, N. D Rizzo, J. A. Bain, and S. A. Majetich, ”Characterization of Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy for Use with Magnetic Tunnel Junctions”, IEEE Trans. Mag. 46, 1741-1744 (2010).
4.	E. R. Evarts, L. Cao, D. S. Ricketts, N. D. Rizzo, J. A. Bain, and S. A. Majetich, “Spin torque transfer switching of magnetic tunnel junctions using a conductive atomic force miscroscope tip”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 132510 (2009).
5.	E. Tirosh, B. Tsukerman, N. Taub, S. A. Majetich, G. Markovich, “Scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of magnetoresistive telegraph noise in magnetite nanocrystal assemblies”, Phys. Rev. B. 80 224427 (2009).
6.	C. Hogg, S. A. Majetich, J. A. Bain,“Investigating pattern transfer in the small-gap regime using electron beam-stabilized nanoparticle array etch masks”, IEEE Trans. Mag. 46, 2307-2310 (2010).
7.	K. Yamamoto, C. R. Hogg, S. Yamamuro, T. Hirayama, S. A. Majetich, “Dipolar ferromagnetic phase transition in Fe3O4 nanoparticle arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 072509 (2011).
8.	J. K. Lim, C. Lanni, E. Evarts, F. Lanni, R. D. Tilton, and S. A. Majetich, “Magnetophoresis of Nanoparticles”, ACS Nano 5, 217-226 (2011).
9.	K. L. Krycka, J. A. Borchers, J. A. Borchers, Y. Ijiri, W. C. Chen. S. M. Watson, M. Laver, T. R. Gentile, S. Harris, L. R. Dedon, J. J. Rhyne, and S. A. Majetich, “Visualizing Core-Shell Magnetic Interplay within Iron Oxide Nanoparticles,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 207203 (2010).
10.	K. Yamamoto, S. A. Majetich, M. R. McCartney, M. Sachan, S. Yamamuro, and T. Hirayama, “Direct visualization of dipolar ferromagnetism and domain structures in Co nanoparticle monolayers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 082502 (2008).