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2020-11-20
Large Thermoelectric Power Factor in Whisker Crystals of Solid Solutions of the One-Dimensional Tellurides Ta4SiTe4 and Nb4SiTe4
One-dimensional tellurides Ta4SiTe4 and Nb4SiTe4 were found to show high thermoelectric performance below room temperature. This study reported the synthesis and thermoelectric properties of whisker crystals of Ta4SiTe4-Nb4SiTe4 solid solutions and Mo- or Ti-doped (Ta0.5Nb0.5)4SiTe4. Thermoelectric power of the solid s...
2011.10162v1
2020-12-11
Absence of superconductivity in topological metal ScInAu$_2$
The Heusler compound ScInAu$_2$ was previously reported to have a superconducting ground state with a critical temperature of 3.0 K. Recent high throughput calculations have also predicted that the material harbors a topologically non-trivial band structure similar to that reported for beta-PdBi$_2$. In an effort to ex...
2012.06501v1
2021-02-24
Synthesis of new high-entropy alloy-type Nb3 (Al, Sn, Ge, Ga, Si) superconductors
Studies on high-entropy alloy (HEA) superconductors have recently been increasing, particularly in the fields of materials science and condensed matter physics. To contribute to research on new HEA-type superconductors, in our study we synthesized polycrystalline samples of A15-type superconductors of Nb3Al0.2Sn0.2Ge0....
2102.12271v1
2021-02-24
Spin waves and high-frequency response in layered superconductors with helical magnetic structure
We evaluate the spin-wave spectrum and dynamic susceptibility in a layered superconductors with helical interlayer magnetic structure. We especially focus on the structure in which the moments rotate 90$^{\circ}$ from layer to layer realized in the iron pnictide RbEuFe$_{4}$As$_{4}$. The spin-wave spectrum in supercond...
2102.12445v2
2021-06-08
High electrical conduction of Sb square net in anti-ThCr$_2$Si$_2$ type La$_2$O$_2$Sb thin film grown by multilayer solid-phase epitaxy
Anti-ThCr$_2$Si$_2$ type $RE_2$O$_2$Sb ($RE$ = rare earth) with Sb square net has shown insulating conduction so far. Here we report the synthesis of La$_2$O$_2$Sb epitaxial thin films for the first time by multilayer solid-phase epitaxy. The valence state of Sb was about -2 evaluated from X-ray photoemission spectrosc...
2106.04713v1
2021-07-12
Hysteretic effects and magnetotransport of electrically switched CuMnAs
Antiferromagnetic spintronics allows us to explore storing and processing information in magnetic crystals with vanishing magnetization. In this manuscript, we investigate magnetoresistance effects in antiferromagnetic CuMnAs upon switching into high-resistive states using electrical pulses. By employing magnetic field...
2107.05724v1
2021-08-20
Quantum oscillations in an optically-illuminated two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface
We have investigated the illumination effect on the magnetotransport properties of a two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface. The illumination significantly reduces the zero-field sheet resistance, eliminates the Kondo effect at low-temperature, and switches the negative magnetoresistance i...
2108.09156v1
2021-11-27
Antiferromagnetic order in MnBi2Te4 films grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy
MnBi2Te4 has recently been predicted and shown to be a magnetic topological insulator with intrinsic antiferromagnetic order. However, it remains a challenge to grow stoichiometric MnBi2Te4 films by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and to observe pure antiferromagnetic order by magnetometry. We report on a detailed study o...
2111.13960v1
2021-12-04
Superconducting and normal state properties of high entropy alloy Nb-Re-Hf-Zr-Tiinvestigated by muon spin relaxation and rotation
Superconducting high entropy alloy (HEA) are emerging as a new class of superconducting materials. It provides a unique opportunity to understand the complex interplay of disorder and superconductivity. We report the synthesis and detail bulk and microscopic characterization of Nb$_{60}$Re$_{10}$Zr$_{10}$Hf$_{10}$Ti$_{...
2112.02388v1
2022-01-31
Disorder-mediated quenching of magnetization in NbVTiAl: Theory and Experiment
In this paper, we present the structural, electronic, magnetic and transport properties of a equiatomic quaternary alloy NbVTiAl. The absence of (111) and (200) peaks in X-ray diffraction (XRD) data confirms the A2-type structure. Magnetization measurements indicate a high Curie temperature and a negligibly small magne...
2201.13037v1
2022-03-12
Quantum transport evidence of the boundary states and Lifshitz transition in Bi$_4$Br$_4$
The quasi-one-dimensional van der Waals compound Bi$_4$Br$_4$ was recently found to be a promising high-order topological insulator with exotic electronic states. In this paper, we study the electrical transport properties of Bi$_4$Br$_4$ bulk crystals. Two electron-type samples with different electron concentrations a...
2203.06529v1
2022-06-21
Second harmonic AC calorimetry technique within a diamond anvil cell
Tuning the energy density of matter at high pressures gives rise to exotic and often unprecedented properties, e.g., structural transitions, insulator-metal transitions, valence fluctuations, topological order, and the emergence of superconductivity. The study of specific heat has long been used to characterize these k...
2206.10072v1
2022-08-10
Synthesis and Superconductivity in Yttrium-Cerium Hydrides at Moderate Pressures
Inspired by the high critical temperature in yttrium superhydride and the low stabilized pressure in superconducting cerium superhydride, we carry out four independent runs to synthesize yttrium-cerium alloy hydrides. The phases examined by the Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction measurements. The superconductivity ...
2208.05191v1
2022-10-12
Field Induced Multiple Superconducting Phases in UTe2 along Hard Magnetic Axis
The superconducting (SC) phase diagram in uranium ditelluride is explored under magnetic fields ($H$) along the hard magnetic b-axis using a high-quality single crystal with $T_{\rm c} = 2.1$ K. Simultaneous electrical resistivity and AC magnetic susceptibility measurements discern low- and high-field SC (LFSC and HFSC...
2210.05909v2
2022-10-20
Nanowire bolometer using a 2D high-temperature superconductor
Superconducting nanowires are very important due to their applications ranging from quantum technology to astronomy. In this work, we implement a non-invasive process to fabricate nanowires of high-$T_\text{c}$ superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ (BSCCO). We demonstrate that our nanowires can be used as b...
2210.11254v2
2023-01-16
Role of disorder and strong 5$d$ electron correlation in the electronic structure of Sr2TiIrO6
Transport and magnetic properties along with high resolution valence band photoemission study of disordered double perovskite Sr$_{2}$TiIrO$_{6}$ has been investigated. Insulator to insulator transition along with a magnetic transition concurrently occurs at 240 K. Comparison of valence band photoemission with band str...
2301.06275v1
2023-01-20
Giant resonant enhancement for photo-induced superconductivity in K$_3$C$_{60}$
Photo-excitation at terahertz and mid-infrared frequencies has emerged as a new way to manipulate functionalities in quantum materials, in some cases creating non-equilibrium phases that have no equilibrium analogue. In K$_3$C$_{60}$, a metastable zero-resistance phase was documented with optical properties and pressur...
2301.08633v2
2023-02-13
Superconductivity with large upper critical field in noncentrosymmetric Cr-bearing high-entropy alloys
A series of new Cr$_{5+x}$Mo$_{35-x}$W$_{12}$Re$_{35}$Ru$_{13}$C$_{20}$ high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have been synthesized and characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements. It is found that the HEAs adopt a noncentrosymmet...
2302.06036v1
2023-02-23
Pressure induced electride phase formation in calcium: A key to its strange high-pressure behavior
Elemental calcium (Ca), a simple metal at ambient conditions, has attracted huge interest because of its unusual high-pressure behavior in structural, electrical, and melting properties whose origin remain unsolved. Here, using a theoretical framework appropriate for describing electride phase formation, i.e., the pres...
2302.11833v1
2023-05-16
Ambient and high-pressure electrical transport and structural investigations of magnetic Weyl semimetal PrAlGe
We present ambient and high-pressure electrical transport and structural properties of recently discovered magnetic Weyl semimetal PrAlGe. Electrical resistivity at ambient pressure shows an anomaly at $T_C$ = 15.1 K related to the ferromagnetic transition. Anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is observed below $T_C$. We observ...
2305.09298v1
2023-05-18
High-quality superconducting α-Ta film sputtered on heated silicon substrate
Intrigued by the discovery of the long lifetime in the {\alpha}-Ta/Al2O3-based Transmon qubit, researchers recently found {\alpha}-Ta film is a promising platform for fabricating multi-qubits with long coherence time. To meet the requirements for integrating superconducting quantum circuits, the ideal method is to grow...
2305.10957v2
2023-05-20
A Computational Approach for Mapping Electrochemical Activity of Multi-Principal Element Alloys
Multi principal element alloys (MPEAs) comprise a unique class of metal alloys. MPEAs have been demonstrated to possess several exceptional properties, including, as most relevant to the present study, a high corrosion resistance. In the context of MPEA design, the vast number of potential alloying elements and the sta...
2305.12059v1
2023-06-16
Epitaxial α-Ta (110) film on a-plane sapphire substrate for superconducting qubits on wafer scale
Realization of practical superconducting quantum computing requires many qubits of long coherence time. Compared to the commonly used Ta deposited on c-plane sapphire, which occasionally form {\alpha}-Ta (111) grains and \b{eta}-tantalum grains, high quality Ta (110) film can grow epitaxial on a-plane sapphire because ...
2306.09568v2
2023-08-07
Modeling of electrochemical oxide film growth -- impact of band-to-band tunneling
The Point Defect Model (PDM) describes the corrosion resistance properties of oxide films based on interfacial reactions and defect transport, which are affected by the electric field inside the oxide film. The PDM assumes a constant electric field strength due to band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) of electrons and the sepa...
2308.05113v1
2023-09-09
High-throughput screening of coherent topologically close-packed precipitates in hexagonal close-packed metallic systems
The nanoscale, coherent topologically close-packed (TCP) precipitate plates in magnesium alloys are found beneficial to the strength and creep resistance of alloys. However, the conventional trial-and-error method is too time-consuming and costly, which impedes the application of TCP precipitates to hcp-based metallic ...
2309.04822v2
2023-09-18
Superconductivity in the bcc-type High-entropy Alloy TiHfNbTaMo
X-ray powder diffraction, electrical resistivity, magnetization, and thermodynamic measurements were conducted to investigate the structure and superconducting properties of TiHfNbTaMo, a novel high-entropy alloy possessing a valence electron count (VEC) of 4.8. The TiHfNbTaMo HEA was discovered to have a body-centered...
2309.09494v1
2023-11-26
On the special oxidation mechanism of a Mg-Y-Al alloy contained LPSO phase at high temperatures
This work investigated the oxidation of Mg-11Y-1Al alloy in Ar-20%O2 at 500{\deg}through multiscale characterization. The results show that the network-like long-period stacking ordered(LPSO) phase decomposed into a needle-like LPSO phase and a polygonal Mg24Y5 phase. The needle-like LPSO phase resulted in the formatio...
2311.15182v1
2024-03-29
Metamagnetism in the high-pressure tetragonal phase of UTe$_2$
A structural orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition was recently discovered in the heavy-fermion compound UTe$_2$ at a pressure $p^*\simeq3-8$~GPa [Honda \textit{et al.}, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. \textbf{92}, 044702 (2023); Huston \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Mat. \textbf{6}, 114801 (2022)]. In the high-pressure tetragon...
2403.20277v1
2024-04-17
Anisotropic Nonsaturating Magnetoresistance Observed in HoMn$_6$Ge$_6$: A Kagome Dirac Semimetal
We report the magnetic and magnetotransport properties and electronic band structure of the kagome Dirac semimetal HoMn$_6$Ge$_6$. Temperature-dependent electrical resistivity demonstrates various magnetic-transition-driven anomalies. Notably, a crossover from negative to positive magnetoresistance (MR) is observed at ...
2404.11414v2
2009-01-15
Metal-insulator transition and electroresistance in lanthanum/calcium manganites La_<1-x>Ca_<x>MnO_<3> (x = 0-0.5) from voltage-current-temperature surfaces
Of the perovskites, ABX_<3>, a subset of special interest is the family in which the A site is occupied by a lanthanide ion, the B site by a rare earth and X is oxygen, as such materials often exhibit a large change in electrical resistance in a magnetic field, a phenomenon known as "colossal" magnetoresistance (MR). T...
0901.2243v1
2009-10-24
Monte Carlo Study of the Spin Transport in Magnetic Materials
The resistivity in magnetic materials has been theoretically shown to depend on the spin-spin correlation function which in turn depends on the magnetic-field, the density of conduction electron, the magnetic ordering stability, etc. However, these theories involved a lot of approximations, so their validity remained t...
0910.4619v3
2021-01-04
Thermal Resistance at a Twist Boundary and Semicoherent Heterointerface
Traditional models of interfacial phonon scattering, including the acoustic mismatch model (AMM) and diffuse mismatch model (DMM), take into account the bulk properties of the material surrounding the interface, but not the atomic structure and properties of the interface itself. Here, we derive a theoretical formalism...
2101.01058v2
2015-07-15
Influence of Periodic Surface Nanopatterning Profiles on Series Resistance in Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
In the frame of the development of thin crystalline silicon solar cell technologies, surface nanopatterning of silicon is gaining importance. Its impact on the material quality is, however, not yet fully controlled.We investigate here the influence of surface nanotexturing on the series resistance of a contacting schem...
1507.07819v1
2023-01-12
On the switching mechanism and optimisation of ion irradiation enabled 2D $MoS_2$ memristors
Memristors are prominent passive circuit elements with promising futures for energy-efficient in-memory processing and revolutionary neuromorphic computation. State-of-the-art memristors based on two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit enhanced tunability, scalability and electrical reliability. However, the fundamental...
2301.05260v2
2011-12-13
Online in-situ X-ray diffraction setup for structural modification studies during swift heavy ion irradiation
The high energy density of electronic excitations due to the impact of swift heavy ions can induce structural modifications in materials. We present a X-ray diffractometer called ALIX, which has been set up at the low-energy IRRSUD beamline of the GANIL facility, to allow the study of structural modification kinetics a...
1112.2832v2
2017-10-07
High pressure x-ray study of spin-Peierls physics in the quantum spin chain material TiOCl
The application of pressure can induce transitions between unconventional quantum phases in correlated materials. The inorganic compound TiOCl, composed of chains of S=1/2 Ti ions, is an ideal realization of a spin-Peierls system with a relatively simple unit cell. At ambient pressure, it is an insulator due to strong ...
1710.02632v1
2019-02-28
Quenched nematic criticality separating two superconducting domes in an iron-based superconductor under pressure
The nematic electronic state and its associated nematic critical fluctuations have emerged as potential candidates for superconducting pairing in various unconventional superconductors. However, in most materials their coexistence with other magnetically-ordered phases poses significant challenges in establishing their...
1902.11276v1
2020-09-03
Topological Nature of High Temperature Superconductivity
The key to unraveling the nature of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) lies in resolving the enigma of the pseudogap state. The pseudogap state in the underdoped region is a distinct thermodynamic phase characterized by nematicity, temperature-quadratic resistive behavior, and magnetoelectric effects. Till presen...
2009.01763v2
2020-09-16
Tailoring c-axis orientation in epitaxial Ruddlesden-Popper Pr$_{0.5}$Ca$_{1.5}$MnO$_{4}$ films
Interest for layered Ruddlesden-Popper strongly correlated manganites of Pr$_{0.5}$Ca$_{1.5}$MnO$_4$ as well as to their thin film polymorphs is motivated by the high temperature of charge orbital ordering above room temperature. We report on the tailoring of the c-axis orientation in epitaxial RP-PCMO films grown on S...
2009.07523v1
2020-09-28
Pressure-induced reconstructive phase transition in Cd$_3$As$_2$
Cadmium arsenide Cd$_3$As$_2$ hosts massless Dirac electrons in its ambient-conditions tetragonal phase. We report X-ray diffraction and electrical resistivity measurements of Cd$_3$As$_2$ upon cycling pressure beyond the critical pressure of the tetragonal phase and back to ambient conditions. We find that at room tem...
2009.13228v2
2016-03-01
Superconductivity in HfTe5 Induced via Pressures
Recently, ZrTe5 and HfTe5 are theoretically studied to be the most promising layered topological insulators since they are both interlayer weakly bonded materials and also with a large bulk gap in the single layer. It paves a new way for the study of novel topological quantum phenomenon tuned via external parameters. H...
1603.00514v1
2021-01-29
Tunable Doping of Rhenium and Vanadium into Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Two-Dimensional Electronics
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with unique electrical properties are fascinating materials used for future electronics. However, the strong Fermi level pinning effect at the interface of TMDCs and metal electrodes always leads to high contact resistance, which seriously hinders their appl...
2101.12423v1
2020-11-05
Temperature-dependent elastic properties of binary and multicomponent high-entropy refractory carbides
Available information concerning the elastic moduli of refractory carbides at temperatures (T) of relevance for practical applications is sparse and/or inconsistent. We carry out ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations at T = 300, 600, 900, and 1200 K to determine the temperature-dependences of the elastic cons...
2011.02742v1
2021-03-09
Crack-free caustic magnesia-bonded refractory castables
A growing interest in designing high-alumina MgO-bonded refractory castables has been identified in recent years due to the magnesia ability to react: (i) with water at the initial processing stages of these materials (inducing the precipitation of brucite phase) or (ii) with alumina, giving rise to in situ MgAl2O4 gen...
2103.05361v1
2021-03-20
Towards Superior High Temperature Properties in Low Density AlCrFeNiTi Compositionally Complex Alloys
Three novel precipitation strengthened bcc alloys which exhibit a smooth microstructural gradient with composition have been fabricated in bulk form by induction casting. All three alloys are comprised of a mixture of disordered A2-(Fe, Cr) and L2$_1$-ordered (Ni, Fe)$_{2}$AlTi type phases both as-cast and after long-t...
2103.11173v1
2021-06-02
Dopant redistribution and activation in Ga ion-implanted high Ge content SiGe by explosive crystallization during UV nanosecond pulsed laser annealing
Explosive crystallization (EC) is often observed when using nanosecond-pulsed melt laser annealing (MLA) in amorphous silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge). The solidification velocity in EC is so fast that a diffusion-less crystallization can be expected. In the contacts of advanced transistors, the active level at the meta...
2106.00946v1
2022-06-29
Designing wake-up free ferroelectric capacitors based on the $\mathrm{HfO_2/ZrO_2}$ superlattice structure
The wake-up phenomenon widely exists in hafnia-based ferroelectric capacitors, which causes device parameter variation over time. Crystallization at higher temperatures have been reported to be effective in eliminating wake-up, but high temperature may yield the monoclinic phase or generate high concentration oxygen va...
2206.14393v1
2022-09-06
Silicide-based Josephson field effect transistors for superconducting qubits
Scalability in the fabrication and operation of quantum computers is key to move beyond the NISQ era. So far, superconducting transmon qubits based on aluminum Josephson tunnel junctions have demonstrated the most advanced results, though this technology is difficult to implement with large-scale facilities. An alterna...
2209.02721v1
2023-03-21
Thermal decoupling in high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors
Although many years have passed since the discovery of high-critical-temperature (high-$T_c$) superconducting materials, the underlying mechanism is still unknown. The B1g phonon anomaly in high-Tc cuprate superconductors has long been studied; however, the correlation between the B1g phonon anomaly and superconductivi...
2303.11600v1
2023-03-24
A review on the advancements in the characterization of the high-pressure properties of iodates
The goal of this work is to report a systematic and balanced review of the progress made in recent years on the high-pressure behavior of iodates, a group of materials with multiple technological applications and peculiar behaviors under external compression. This review article presents results obtained from multiple ...
2303.14215v1
2023-11-22
Durable, ultrathin, and antifouling polymer brush coating for efficient condensation heat transfer
Heat exchangers are made of metals because of their high heat conductivity and mechanical stability. Metal surfaces are inherently hydrophilic, leading to inefficient filmwise condensation. It is still a challenge to coat these metal surfaces with a durable, robust and thin hydrophobic layer, which is required for effi...
2311.13353v1
2023-12-01
Insulator to Metal Transition, Spin-Phonon Coupling, and Potential Magnetic Transition Observed in Quantum Spin Liquid Candidate LiYbSe$_2$ under High Pressure
Metallization of quantum spin liquid (QSL) materials has long been considered as a potential route to achieve unconventional superconductivity. Here we report our endeavor in this direction by pressurizing a three-dimensional QSL candidate, LiYbSe$_2$, with a previously unreported pyrochlore structure. High-pressure X-...
2312.00270v2
2024-01-06
Endless Dirac nodal lines and high mobility in kagome semimetal Ni3In2Se2 single crystal
Kagome-lattice crystal is crucial in quantum materials research, exhibiting unique transport properties due to its rich band structure and the presence of nodal lines and rings. Here, we investigate the electronic transport properties and perform first-principles calculations for Ni$_{3}$In$_{2}$Se$_{2}$ kagome topolog...
2401.03130v1
2024-04-18
Omnidirectional 3D printing of PEDOT:PSS aerogels with tunable electromechanical performance for unconventional stretchable interconnects and thermoelectrics
The next generation of soft electronics will expand to the third dimension. This will require the integration of mechanically-compliant three-dimensional functional structures with stretchable materials. This study demonstrates omnidirectional direct ink writing (DIW) of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sul...
2404.12254v1
2024-05-21
Pick-and-place transfer of arbitrary-metal electrodes for van der Waals device fabrication
Van der Waals electrode integration is a promising strategy to create near-perfect interfaces between metals and two-dimensional materials, with advantages such as eliminating Fermi-level pinning and reducing contact resistance. However, the lack of a simple, generalizable pick-and-place transfer technology has greatly...
2405.12830v1
2013-08-15
Spin heat accumulation induced by tunneling from a ferromagnet
An electric current from a ferromagnet into a non-magnetic material can induce a spin-dependent electron temperature. Here it is shown that this spin heat accumulation, when created by tunneling from a ferromagnet, produces a non-negligible voltage signal that is comparable to that due to the coexisting electrical spin...
1308.3365v2
2015-08-21
In-Plane fracture of laminated fiber reinforced composites with varying fracture resistance: experimental observations and numerical crack propagation simulations
A series of experimental results on the in-plane fracture of a fiber reinforced laminated composite panel is analyzed using the variational multi-scale cohesive method (VMCM). The VMCM results demonstrate the influence of specimen geometry and load distribution on the propagation of large scale bridging cracks in the f...
1508.06220v1
2016-06-17
Atomically-thin Ohmic Edge Contacts Between Two-dimensional Materials
With the decrease of the dimensions of electronic devices, the role played by electrical contacts is ever increasing, eventually coming to dominate the overall device volume and total resistance. This is especially problematic for monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), which are promising...
1606.05393v1
2017-10-04
A phononic switch based on ferroelectric domain walls
The ease with which domain walls (DWs) in ferroelectric materials can be written and erased provides a versatile way to dynamically modulate heat fluxes. In this work we evaluate the thermal boundary resistance (TBR) of 180$^{\circ}$ DWs in prototype ferroelectric perovskite PbTiO$_3$ within the numerical formalisms of...
1710.01574v1
2019-09-13
Theory of anisotropic elastoresistivity of two-dimensional extremely strongly correlated metals
There is considerable recent interest in the phenomenon of anisotropic electroresistivity of correlated metals. While some interesting work has been done on the iron-based superconducting systems, not much is known for the cuprate materials. Here we study the anisotropy of elastoresistivity for cuprates in the normal s...
1909.06471v4
2020-09-04
Relation between resistance drift and optical gap in phase change materials
The optical contrast in a phase change material is concomitant with its structural transition. We connect these two by first recognizing that Friedel oscillations couple electrons propagating in opposite directions and supply an additional Coulomb energy. As the crystal switches phase, this energy acquires time depende...
2009.02048v1
2017-05-23
Reducing Graphene Device Variability with Yttrium Sacrificial Layers
Graphene technology has made great strides since the material was isolated more than a decade ago. However, despite improvements in growth quality and numerous 'hero' devices, challenges of uniformity remain, restricting large-scale development of graphene-based technologies. Here we investigate and reduce the variabil...
1705.09388v1
2019-10-24
Magneto-memristive switching in a two-dimensional layer antiferromagnet
Memristive devices whose resistance can be hysteretically switched by electric field or current are intensely pursued both for fundamental interest as well as potential applications in neuromorphic computing and phase-change memory. When the underlying material exhibits additional charge or spin order, the resistive st...
1910.11383v1
2019-11-14
Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Nanocrystalline Molybdenum Disulfide with Ion-Based Plasticity
Non-volatile resistive switching is demonstrated in memristors with nanocrystalline molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) as the active material. The vertical heterostructures consist of silicon, vertically aligned MoS$_2$ and chrome / gold metal electrodes. Electrical characterizations reveal a bipolar and forming free switc...
1911.06032v1
2023-02-20
Extraordinary Bulk Insulating Behavior in the Strongly Correlated Materials FeSi and FeSb$_2$
4$f$ electron-based topological Kondo insulators have long been researched for their potential to conduct electric current via protected surface states, while simultaneously exhibiting unusually robust insulating behavior in their interiors. To this end, we have investigated the electrical transport of the 3$d$-based c...
2302.09996v1
2023-06-27
Phase transitions associated with magnetic-field induced topological orbital momenta in a non-collinear antiferromagnet
Resistivity measurements are widely exploited to uncover electronic excitations and phase transitions in metallic solids. While single crystals are preferably studied to explore crystalline anisotropies, these usually cancel out in polycrystalline materials. Here we show that in polycrystalline Mn3Zn0.5Ge0.5N with non-...
2306.15332v1
2023-10-20
3D Printed Architectured Silicones with Autonomic Self-healing and Creep-resistant Behavior
Self-healing silicones that are able to restore the functionalities and extend the lifetime of soft devices hold great potential in many applications. However, currently available silicones need to be triggered to self-heal or suffer from creep-induced irreversible deformation during use. Here, we design and print sili...
2311.05633v1
2024-04-30
Evaluation of Thermal Performance of a Wick-free Vapor Chamber in Power Electronics Cooling
Efficient thermal management in high-power electronics cooling can be achieved using phase-change heat transfer devices, such as vapor chambers. Traditional vapor chambers use wicks to transport condensate for efficient thermal exchange and to prevent "dry-out" of the evaporator. However, wicks in vapor chambers presen...
2404.19195v1
2017-07-26
Particle acceleration with anomalous pitch angle scattering in 2D MHD reconnection simulations
The conversion of magnetic energy into other forms during solar flares is one of the outstanding open problems in solar physics. It is generally accepted that magnetic reconnection plays a crucial role in these conversion processes. To achieve the rapid energy release required in solar flares, an anomalous resistivity,...
1709.00305v1
2023-02-04
Smooth, homogeneous, high-purity Nb3Sn superconducting RF resonant cavity by seed-free electrochemical synthesis
Workbench-size particle accelerators, enabled by Nb3Sn-based superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities, hold the potential of driving scientific discovery by offering a widely accessible and affordable source of high-energy electrons and X-rays. Thin-film Nb3Sn RF superconductors with high quality factors, high op...
2302.02054v2
2018-03-08
Design of a nickel-base superalloy using a neural network
A new computational tool has been developed to model, discover, and optimize new alloys that simultaneously satisfy up to eleven physical criteria. An artificial neural network is trained from pre-existing materials data that enables the prediction of individual material properties both as a function of composition and...
1803.03039v1
2023-04-22
Studies of two-dimensional material resistive random-access memory by kinetic Monte Carlo simulations
Resistive memory based on 2D WS2, MoS2, and h-BN materials has been studied, including experiments and simulations. The influences with different active layer thicknesses have been discussed, including experiments and simulations. The thickness with the best On/Off ratio is also found for the 2D RRAM. This work reveals...
2304.11345v2
2018-11-25
Atomic mechanisms of fast diffusion of large atoms in Germanium
The performance of strained silicon as the channel material for transistors has plateaued. Motivated by increasing charge-carrier mobility within the device channel to improve transistor performance, germanium (Ge) is considered as an attractive option as a silicon replacement due to its highest p-type mobility in all ...
1811.10046v1
2022-07-29
Reactive Two-Step Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-high Temperature Carbide Ceramics
Ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTCs) are candidate structural materials for applications that require resiliency to extreme temperature (>2000{\deg}C), high mechanical loads, or aggressive oxidizing environments. Processing UHTC transition metal carbides as standalone materials using additive manufacturing (AM) meth...
2208.00052v3
2003-05-29
Structural and electrical properties of tantalum nitride thin films fabricated by using reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering
TaN thin film is an attractive interlayer as well as a diffusion barrier layer in [FeN/TaN](n) multilayers for the application as potential write-head materials in high-density magnetic recording. We synthesized two series of TaN films on glass and Si substrates by using reactive radio-frequency sputtering under 5-mtor...
0305683v2
2011-12-08
Structural, Thermal, Magnetic and Electronic Transport Properties of the LaNi2(Ge{1-x}P{x})2 System
Polycrystalline samples of LaNi2(Ge{1-x}P{x})2 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1) were synthesized and their properties investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD), heat capacity Cp, magnetic susceptibility chi, and electrical resistivity rho measurements versus temperature T. These compounds all crystallize in the body-centered...
1112.1864v2
2013-08-14
Stable pseudoanalytical computation of electromagnetic fields from arbitrarily-oriented dipoles in cylindrically stratified media
Computation of electromagnetic fields due to point sources (Hertzian dipoles) in cylindrically stratified media is a classical problem for which analytical expressions of the associated tensor Green's function have been long known. However, under finite-precision arithmetic, direct numerical computations based on the a...
1308.3179v2
2019-03-01
Coexistence of metallic and nonmetallic properties in the pyrochlore Lu$_2$Rh$_2$O$_7$
Transition metal oxides of the $4d$ and $5d$ block have recently become the targets of materials discovery, largely due to their strong spin-orbit coupling that can generate exotic magnetic and electronic states. Here we report the high pressure synthesis of Lu$_2$Rh$_2$O$_7$, a new cubic pyrochlore oxide based on $4d^...
1903.00399v1
2022-01-10
Alloyed B-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 bulk Czochralski single B-(Al0.1Ga0.9)2O3 and polycrystals B-(Al0.33Ga0.66)2O3, B-(Al0.5Ga0.5)2O3), and property trends
In this work, bulk Czochralski-grown single crystals of 10 mol. % Al2O3 alloyed B-Ga2O3 - monoclinic 10% AGO or B-(Al0.1Ga0.9)2O3 - are obtained, which show +0.20 eV increase in the bandgap compared with unintentionally doped B-Ga2O3. Further, growths of 33% AGO - B-(Al0.33Ga0.67)2O3 - and 50% AGO - B-(Al0.5Ga0.5)2O3 o...
2201.03673v2
2023-02-09
Spark Discharge Generator as a Stable and Reliable Nanoparticle Synthesis Device: Analysis of the Impact of Process and Circuit Variables on the Characteristics of Synthesized Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology offers the promise of harnessing quantum properties not available in the bulk phase. These desirable properties are highly dependent on size and composition. Generators that control these variables are therefore essential for progress in the field. The spark discharge generator (SDG) is an outstanding ae...
2302.04760v1
2013-08-08
Ultra-low Energy, High-Performance Dynamic Resistive Threshold Logic
We propose dynamic resistive threshold-logic (DRTL) design based on non-volatile resistive memory. A threshold logic gate (TLG) performs summation of multiple inputs multiplied by a fixed set of weights and compares the sum with a threshold. DRTL employs resistive memory elements to implement the weights and the thresh...
1308.4672v1
2013-10-11
Curvature dependence of the interfacial heat and mass transfer coefficients
Nucleation is often accompanied by heat transfer between the surroundings and a nucleus of a new phase. The interface between two phases gives an additional resistance to this transfer. For small nuclei the interfacial curvature is high, which affects not only equilibrium quantities such as surface tension, but also th...
1310.3025v1
2014-08-30
Anisotropic resistivity of the monolayer graphene in the trigonal warping and connected Fermi curve regimes
In the present study, the anisotropic resistivity of the monolayer graphene has been obtained in semiclassical regime beyond the Dirac point approximation. In particular, detailed investigations were made on the dependence of conductivity on the Fermi energy. At low energies, in the vicinity of the Dirac points, band e...
1409.0130v1
2018-08-19
Temperature Dependence of In-plane Resistivity and Inverse Hall Angle in NLED Holographic Model
In the strange metal phase of the high-$T_{c}$ cuprates, it is challenging to explain the linear temperature dependence of the in-plane resistivity and the quadratic temperature dependence of the inverse Hall angle. In this paper, we investigate the temperature dependence of the in-plane resistivity and inverse Hall an...
1808.06158v1
2019-04-18
Non-Stationary Polar Codes for Resistive Memories
Resistive memories are considered a promising memory technology enabling high storage densities with in-memory computing capabilities. However, the readout reliability of resistive memories is impaired due to the inevitable existence of wire resistance, resulting in the sneak path problem. Motivated by this problem, we...
1904.08966v1
2019-12-06
Write and Read Channel Models for 1S1R Crossbar Resistive Memory with High Line Resistance
Crossbar resistive memory with 1 Selector 1 Resistor (1S1R) structure is attractive for low-cost and high-density nonvolatile memory applications. As technology scales down to the single-nm regime, the increasing resistivity of wordline/bitline becomes a limiting factor to device reliability. This paper presents write/...
1912.02963v3
2020-05-15
Anomalous Electrical Conduction and Negative Temperature Coefficient of Resistance in Nanostructured Gold Resistive Switching Films
We report on the observation of non-metallic electrical conduction, resistive switching, and a negative temperature coefficient of resistance in cluster-assembled nanostructured gold films above the electrical percolation and in strong-coupling regime, from room to cryogenic temperatures (24K). The structure of the fil...
2005.07401v1
2021-05-22
Dynamic-quenching of a single-photon avalanche photodetector using an adaptive resistive switch
One of the most common approaches for quenching single-photon avalanche diodes is to use a passive resistor in series with it. A drawback of this approach has been the limited recovery speed of the single-photon avalanche diodes. High resistance is needed to quench the avalanche, leading to slower recharging of the sin...
2105.11454v2
2022-09-14
Picosecond Time-Scale Resistive Switching Monitored in Real-Time
The resistance state of filamentary memristors can be tuned by relocating only a few atoms at interatomic distances in the active region of a conducting filament. Thereby the technology holds promise not only in its ultimate downscaling potential and energy efficiency but also in unprecedented speed. Yet, the breakthro...
2209.06732v1
2022-12-02
Nondestructive KPFM-assisted Quality Control in Fabrication of GaAs High-Speed Electronics
In this paper, we report on the method of nondestructive quality control that can be used in fabrication of GaAs high-speed electronics. The method relies on the surface potential mapping and enables rigid in vivo analysis of transport properties of an active electronic device incorporated into a complex integrated cir...
2212.01474v1
2023-09-22
Terahertz scale microbunching instability driven by nonevaporable getter coating resistive-wall impedance
Non-evaporable getter (NEG) coating is widely required in the next generation of light sources and circular $e^+e^-$ colliders for small vacuum pipes to improve the vacuum level, which, however, also enhances the high-frequency resistive-wall impedance and often generates a resonator-like peak in the terahertz frequenc...
2309.12779v1
2024-04-29
Evolution of secondary electron spectrum during cosmic-ray discharge in the universe
We recently found that streaming cosmic rays (CRs) induce a resistive electric field that can accelerate secondary electrons produced by CR ionization. In this work, we study the evolution of the energy spectrum of secondary electrons by numerically solving the one-dimensional Boltzmann equation and Ohm's law. We show ...
2404.18513v1
2007-03-26
An alternative normal state c-axis resistivity model for high-Tc superconductors
An alternative model for c-axis resistivity in layered high-Tc crystalline superconductors is proposed and has been characterized as an essentially two-dimensional Fermi liquid. Average ionization energy is included as additional parameter that determines the concentration of tunnelling electrons between Cu-O2 layers. ...
0703658v1
2005-02-02
Phase transitions in Lu$_2$Ir$_3$Si$_5$
We report the results of our investigations on a polycrystalline sample of Lu$_2$Ir$_3$Si$_5$ which crystallizes in the U$_2$Co$_3$Si$_5$ type structure (Ibam). These investigations comprise powder X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and high temperature (120-300 K) heat capacity studies....
0502041v2
2014-06-23
Resistance of helical edges formed in a semiconductor heterostructure
Time-reversal symmetry prohibits elastic backscattering of electrons propagating within a helical edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator. However, small band gaps in these systems make them sensitive to doping disorder, which may lead to the formation of electron and hole puddles. Such a puddle -- a quantum do...
1406.6052v2
2016-08-03
Non-Fermi liquid behavior of electrical resistivity close to the nematic critical point in Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$Se and FeSe$_{1-y}$S$_y$
Temperature dependence of resistivity of single crystals of Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$Se and FeSe$_{1-y}$S$_y$ is studied in detail under zero and high magnetic field (magnetoresistance), the latter of which enables to monitor the temperature ($T$) evolution of resistivity below the onset of superconducting transition temperatur...
1608.01044v1
2017-08-01
Heterogeneous Memristive Devices Enabled by Magnetic Tunnel Junction Nanopillars Surrounded by Resistive Silicon Switches
Emerging non-volatile memories (NVMs) have currently attracted great interest for their potential applications in advanced low-power information storage and processing technologies. Conventional NVMs, such as magnetic random access memory (MRAM) and resistive random access memory (RRAM) suffer from limitations of low t...
1708.00372v2
2021-11-11
Imaging Hydrodynamic Electrons Flowing Without Landauer-Sharvin Resistance
Electrical resistance usually originates from lattice imperfections. However, even a perfect lattice has a fundamental resistance limit, given by the Landauer conductance caused by a finite number of propagating electron modes. This resistance, shown by Sharvin to appear at the contacts of electronic devices, sets the ...
2111.06412v1
2022-07-30
Superconductor relaxation -- A must to be integrated into stability calculations
A superconductor is stable if it does not quench. Quench is a short-time physics problem. For its deeper understanding of, and how to avoid quench, the physics behind stability has to be analysed. A previously suggested dynamic relaxation model is re-considered and applied to YBaCuO 123 and BSCCO 2223 high-temperature,...
2208.00190v4
2023-09-25
Non-Volatile Resistive Switching of Polymer Residues in 2D Material Memristors
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are popular candidates for emerging nanoscale devices, including memristors. Resistive switching (RS) in such 2D material memristors has been attributed to the formation and dissolution of conductive filaments created by the diffusion of metal ions between the electrodes. However, the are...
2309.13900v1