Emad Girgis
Professor
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
E-mail: e_girgis@nrc.sci.eg
Fields of interest
Nanomagnetism,
MRAM,
Magnetic read heads,
Optical recording media,
Spintronics,
Magnetic semiconductor.
Recent publications
E. Girgis, W. Khalil, A. Emam, M. Baker and K. V. Rao,
Nanotoxicity of gold and gold-cobalt nanoalloy,
Chem. Res. Toxicol. 1086 (2012).
E. Girgis, M. M. S. Wahsh, A. G. M. Othman, L. Bandhu and K. V. Rao,
Synthesis, Magnetic and Optical properties of core/shell Co1-xZnxFe2O4/SiO2 nanoparticles,
Nanoscale Res. Let. 6, 460, (2011).
B. C. Choi, E. Girgis, C. A. Ross, Th. Speliotis3 Y. K. Hong, G. S. Abo, D. Niarchos, and H. Miyagawa,
Incoherent interaction of propagating spin waves with precessing magnetic moments,
Phys. Rev. B 81, 092404 (2010).
B. C. Choi, J. Rudge, E.Girgis, J. Kolthammer, Y. K. Hong, and A. Lyle,
Spin current pulse induced switching of vortex chiralities in permalloy/Cu/Co nanopillars,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 022501 (2007).
(This article has been selected for the July 23, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).
E. Girgis, P. Bach, C. Ruester, C. Gould, G. Schmidt and L. W. Molenkamp,
Giant Magnetoresistance in an epitaxial NiMnSb/Cu/CoFe multilayer,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 142503, (2005).
C. Gould, C. Ruester, T. Jungwirth, E. Girgis, G. Schott, R. Griaud, K. Bruner, G. Schmidt and L. W. Molenkamp,
Spin-valve-like behavior of the tunneling magnetoresistance in a junction between (Ga, Mn)As and a non magnetic metal,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 117203 (2004), and Cond- Mat/0407735 v1 28 (2004).
E. Girgis, R. D. Portugal, H. Loosvelt, M. J. Van Bael, M. Malfait, K. Temst, C. Van Haesendonck, L. H. A. Leunissen and R. Jonckheere,
Enhanced Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal in Nanoscale Co/CoO Arrays: Competition between Exchange Bias and Magnetostatic Coupling,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 187202 (2003).
(This article has been selected for the November 10, 2003 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.)
E. Girgis, J. Schelten, J. Shi, J. Janesky, S. Tehrani, and H. Goronkin,
Switching characteristics and magnetization vortices of thin-film cobalt in nanometerscale patterned arrays,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3780 (2000).
P. Rottlaender, H. Kohlstedt, P. Gruenberg, and E. Girgis,
Ultraviolet light assisted oxidation for magnetic tunnel junctions,
J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6067 (2000).
P. Rottlaender, H. De Geronkel, H. Kohlstedt, E. Girgis, J. Schelten, and P. Gruenberg,
Magnetic tunnel junctions prepared by ultraviolet light assisted oxidation,
Magn. Magn. Mat. 210, 215 (2000).