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Renata Wentzcovitch

Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Office:
Phone: 612-625-6345
Email: wentzcov@cems.umn.edu
Departmental Page ¦ Group Website

Professional Preparation:

University of S‹o Paulo (Brazil), Physics, B.S., 1980, and M.S.,1982
University of California at Berkeley, Physics, Ph.D. 1988
Postdoctoral Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory & Department of Physics at SUNY-Stony Brook, 1989-92
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University & Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1992-1994

Professional Appointments

Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 2006-present
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 2001-2006
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1994-2001


Selected Publications

J. R. Chelikowsky, T. Kaxiras, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Theory of spintronic materials, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 243, 2133, 2006

K. Umemoto, R. M. Wentzcovitch, L. Wang, and C. Leighton, Electronic structure of Co1-xFexS2, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 243, 2117, 2006

T. Tsuchiya, R. M. Wentzcovitch, C. R. da Silva, J. Tsuchiya, Pressure induced high spin to low spin transition in magnesiowŸstite, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 243, 2111, 2006

L. Wang, K. Umemoto, R. M. Wentzcovitch, T.Y. Chen, C.L. Chien, J.G. Checkelsky, J.C. Eckert, E.D. Dahlberg, and C. Leighton, Composition controlled spin polarization in Co1-xFexS2: Electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties, Phys. Rev. B. 73, 144402, 2005

L. Wang, K. Umemoto, R.M. Wentzcovitch, T.Y. Chen, C.L. Chien, J.G. Checkelsky, J.C. Eckert, E.D. Dahlberg and C. Leighton, Co1-xFexS2: a tunable source of highly spin polarized electrons, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 056602, 2005.

Yu. Dobin; K. R. Nikolaev; I. N. Krivorotov; R. M. Wentzcovitch; E. D. Dahlberg; A. M. Goldman, Electronic and crystal structure of fully strained LaNiO3 films, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 113408, 2003

K.R. Nikolaev, A.Y. Dobin, I.N. Krivorotov, W.K. Cooley, A. Bhattacharya, A.L. Kobrinskii, L.I. Glazman, R.M. Wentzcovitch, E.D. Dahlberg, A.M. Goldman, Oscillatory Exchange Coupling and Positive Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial Oxide Heterostructures, Phys. Rev Lett. 85, 3728, 2001

N. Krivorotov, K.R. Nikolaev, A. Dobin, R. M. Wentzcovitch, A. Goldman, and D. Dahlberg, Temperature dependence of exchange bias in La2/3 Ca1/3MnO3 and La2/3 Ca1/3MnO3 heterostructures, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 6964, 2001

A.Y. Dobin, R.M. Wentzcovitch, First Principles Description of the Paramagnetic Insulating State of Chromia, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 7201, 2001

A.Y. Dobin, A.W. Duan, R.M. Wentzcovitch, Magnetostructural Effects and Phase Transition in Cr203 Under Pressure, Phys. Rev. B 62, 11997, 2000.