Half-metals are unique magnetic compounds that have been attracting interest in the development of mass-storage technologies.

such as silicon. Researchers who study what happens in these materials typically rely on photoelectron spectroscopy, which measures electrons knocked out of atoms by high-energy light waves.

Researchers use high-brilliance synchrotron radiation to identify the half-metal mix with the highest half-metallic nature.

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) is a surface-sensitive analytical technique that provides information about the elemental composition, chemical state, and electronic structure of a material's surface ...

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is a common surface analysis method because it can be used on a wide variety of materials and supplies valuable quantitative and chemical data. X-ray photoelectron ...