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2005-07-19
Resistance profile measurements on a symmetric electrical pulse induced resistance change device
We report the first direct measurements of the micro scale resistance profile between the terminals of a two terminal symmetric thin film Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 electrical pulse induced resistance change device composed of a Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 active layer. The symmetric device is one in which the electrode shape, size, compositio...
0507432v2
2019-07-03
Suppression of the antiferromagnetic metallic state in the pressurized MnBi2Te4 single crystal
MnBi2Te4 has attracted tremendous research interest recently as the first intrinsic antiferromagnetic (AF) topological insulator. It undergoes a long-range AF order at TN = 24 K accompanied with a cusp-like anomaly in the metallic resistivity. Here, we studied the effect of hydrostatic pressure on its electrical transp...
1907.01760v1
2020-09-02
Understanding modes of negative differential resistance in amorphous and polycrystalline vanadium oxides
Metal-oxide-metal devices based on amorphous VOx are shown to exhibit one of two distinct negative differential resistance (NDR) characteristics depending on the maximum current employed for electroforming. For low compliance currents they exhibit a smooth S-type characteristic and have a temperature-dependent device r...
2009.00810v1
2022-03-31
Atomic-scale origin of the low grain-boundary resistance in perovskite solid electrolytes
Oxide solid electrolytes (OSEs) have the potential to achieve improved safety and energy density for lithium-ion batteries, but their high grain-boundary (GB) resistance is a general bottleneck. In the most well studied perovskite OSE, Li3xLa2/3-xTiO3 (LLTO), the ionic conductivity of GBs is about three orders of magni...
2204.00091v1
2008-03-29
Superconductivity at 52 K in iron-based F-doped layered quaternary compound Pr[O1-xFx]FeAs
Since the discovery of copper oxide superconductor in 1986 [1], extensive efforts have been devoted to the search of new high-Tc superconducting materials, especially high-Tc systems other than cuprates. The recently discovered quaternary superconductor La[O1-xFx]FeAs with the superconducting critical transition Tc of ...
0803.4283v1
2017-01-14
Systematic comprehension the metal phase of Pr0.7(CaxSr1-x)0.3MnO3 via temperature and magnetic induction
Temperature, magnetic induction and substitution dependent resistivity are a crucial factor in determining the physical properties of magneto-resistive materials. The first objective of this work was to find out an applicable method of using temperature to predict the resistivity of Pr0.7(CaxSr1-x)0.3MnO3 in the metal ...
1701.04688v1
1999-04-23
Shot noise in ferromagnetic single electron tunneling devices
Frequency dependent current noise in ferromagnetic double junctions with Coulomb blockade is studied theoretically in the limit of sequential tunneling. Two different relaxation processes are found in the correlations between spin polarized tunneling currents; low frequency spin fluctuations and high frequency charge f...
9904341v1
2001-02-28
Pressure dependence of Tc in the MgB2 superconductor as probed by resistivity measurements
High-pressure resistivity experiments were performed on the recently discovered superconductor, MgB2. Tc decreases quasi-linearly with applied pressure to 1.4 GPa at a rate of -2.0(1) K/GPa, which is somewhat larger than that derived from recently-reported ac susceptibility measurements. The reduction of Tc is consiste...
0102511v1
2003-03-11
Microscopic origin of collective exponentially small resistance states
The formation of "zero" (exponentially small) resistance states (ESRS) in high mobility two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) in a static magnetic field B and subjected to strong microwave (MW) radiation has attracted great theoretical interest. These states appear to be associated with a new kind of energy gap $\Del...
0303184v2
2003-11-03
Inverted current-driven switching in Fe(Cr)/Cr/Fe(Cr) nanopillars
From both theory and experiment, scattering of minority electrons is expected to be weaker than scattering of majority electrons in both dilute Fe(Cr) alloys and at Fe(Cr)/Cr interfaces. We show that Fe(Cr)/Cr/Fe(Cr) trilayer nanopillars display a normal magnetoresistance--i.e., largest resistance at low magnetic field...
0311047v1
2004-04-06
Superconductivity in diamond
We report the discovery of superconductivity in boron-doped diamond synthesized at high pressure (8-9 GPa) and temperature (2,500-2,800 K). Electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, and field-dependent resistance measurements show that boron-doped diamond is a bulk, type-II superconductor below th...
0404156v1
2007-03-21
Electronic Properties of the Semiconductor RuIn$_3$
Temperature dependent measurements of the resistivity on RuIn$_3$ single crystals show a semiconducting behaviour, in contrast to previously published results. In the high temperature range the semiconducting gap was measured to be $0.4-0.5$eV. We observe an anisotropy of the resistivity along [110] and [001] orientati...
0703563v1
2002-06-13
Potential of RPCs for tracking
We have demonstrated that small gap (0.1 to 0.4 mm) RPCs made of low resistivity materials (less than 1E8 Ohm.cm) can operate at counting rates of up to 1E5 Hz/mm2 with position resolutions better than 50 micrometer. Results of preliminary tests allow us to suggest a possible application of this new type of RPC for tra...
0206039v1
2008-03-31
Percolation Model Explaining Both Unipolar Memory and Threshold Resistance Switchings in NiO Film
We observed two types of unipolar resistance switching (RS) in NiO film: memory RS at low temperature and threshold RS at high temperature. We explain these phenomena using a bond percolation model that describes the forming and rupturing of conducting filaments. Assuming Joule heating and thermal dissipation processes...
0803.4258v1
2009-08-21
Measuring Charge Transport in an Amorphous Semiconductor Using Charge Sensing
We measure charge transport in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) using a nanometer scale silicon MOSFET as a charge sensor. This charge detection technique makes possible the measurement of extremely large resistances. At high temperatures, where the a-Si:H resistance is not too large, the charge detection measur...
0908.3181v2
2010-04-22
Small gap semiconducting organic charge-transfer interfaces
We investigated transport properties of organic heterointerfaces formed by single-crystals of two organic donor-acceptor molecules, tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene (TMTSF) and 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ). Whereas the individual crystals have un-measurably high resistance, the interface exhibits a resistivit...
1004.3927v1
2011-05-26
Coulomb Drag and High Resistivity Behavior in Double Layer Graphene
We show that Coulomb drag in ultra-clean graphene double layers can be used for controlling the on/off ratio for current flow by tunning the external gate voltage. Hence, although graphene remains semi-metallic, the double layer graphene system can be tuned from conductive to a highly resistive state. We show that our ...
1105.5399v2
2013-09-04
Low temperature magnetic transitions of single crystal HoBi
We present resistivity, specific heat and magnetization measurements in high quality single crystals of HoBi, with a residual resistivity ratio of 126. We find, from the temperature and field dependence of the magnetization, an antiferromagnetic transition at 5.7 K, which evolves, under magnetic fields, into a series o...
1309.1113v1
2018-02-25
Field-effect-driven half-metallic multilayer graphene
Rhombohedral stacked multilayer graphene displays the occurrence of a magnetic surface state at low temperatures. Recent angular resolved photoemission experiments demonstrate the robustness of the magnetic state in long sequences of ABC graphene. Here, by using first-principles calculations, we show that field-effect ...
1802.09028v1
2020-06-04
Materials & Properties: Thermal & Electrical Characteristics
This lecture gives an introduction to the basic physics of the electrical conductivity of metals, its temperature dependence and its limiting factors. We will then introduce the concept of surface resistance, of high relevance in accelerators for its link with beam impedance and for RF applications, including notions r...
2006.02842v1
2020-09-10
Solid-state Li-ion batteries operating at room temperature using new borohydride argyrodite electrolytes
Using a new class of (BH4)- substituted argyrodite Li6PS5Z0.83(BH4)0.17, (Z = Cl, I) solid electrolyte, Li-metal solid-state batteries operating at room temperature have been developed. The cells were made by combining the modified argyrodite with an In-Li anode and two types of cathode: an oxide, LixMO2 (M = 1/3Ni, 1/...
2009.04779v1
2000-04-08
Electrical Conductivity in Magnesium-Doped Al_2 O_3 Crystal at Moderate Temperatures
AC and DC electrical measurements between 273 and 800 K were used to characterize the electrical conductivity of Al_2 O_3:Mg single crystals containing [Mg]^{0} center. At low fields contacts are blocking. At high fields, electrical current flows steadily through the sample and the I-V characteristic corresponds to a d...
0004123v1
2001-07-13
Superconductivity in the Correlated Pyrochlore Cd_2Re_2O_7
We report the observation of superconductivity in high-quality Cd$_2$Re$_2$O$_7$ single crystals with room-temperature pyrochlore structure. Resistivity and ac susceptibility measurements establish an onset transition temperature T$_c^{onset}$ = 1.47 K with transition width $\Delta$T$_c$ = 0.25 K. In applied magnetic f...
0107309v3
2002-03-12
Magnetoresistances observed by decomposition of the magnetic moment in La1-xCaxMnO3 films
A ferromagnetic phase, characterized by electron carriers and a high temperature colossal magnetoresistance (HTCMR) dependent on the magnetic moment, and a semiconducting phase, characterized by hole carriers and a low temperature CMR (LTCMR), are observed in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_3$ thin films by the van der Pauw met...
0203245v2
2004-01-20
A New Approach to the Josephson Effect
We introduce a new approach to the Josephson effect in SIS tunnel junctions. The Josephson coupling energy is calculated from the overlap of real space Cooper pair wavefunctions in two superconductors through an insulating barrier. It is shown that the Josephson tunneling is limited by the size of the Cooper pair and i...
0401374v2
2008-05-12
Influence of sintering temperature on resistivity, magnetoresistance and thermopower of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3
A systematic investigation of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 manganites has been undertaken, mainly to understand the influence of varying crystallite size (nanometer range) on electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and thermoelectric power. The materials were prepared by the sol-gel method of sintering at four different te...
0805.1663v1
2008-09-12
Two insulating phases in compressed Pr1-xCaxMnO3 thin films
The temperature dependent resistivity of two Pr1-xCaxMnO3 (x=0.5 and 0.4) thin films grown on LaAlO3 has been studied as a function of hydrostatic pressure (up to 2.5 GPa) and magnetic field (up to 9T). Both samples show a monotonic decrease in the resistivity with an increase in pressure, corresponding to a change of ...
0809.2184v1
2008-10-28
Electrical properties of boron-doped MWNTs synthesized by hot-filament chemical vapor deposition
We have synthesized a large amount of boron-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by hot-filament chemical vapor deposition. The synthesis was carried out in a flask using a methanol solution of boric acid as a source material. The scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and micro-Raman spe...
0810.4971v1
2011-06-15
An Analytical Approach for Memristive Nanoarchitectures
As conventional memory technologies are challenged by their technological physical limits, emerging technologies driven by novel materials are becoming an attractive option for future memory architectures. Among these technologies, Resistive Memories (ReRAM) created new possibilities because of their nano-features and ...
1106.2927v2
2013-02-05
Graphene-Ferroelectric Hybrid Structure for Flexible Transparent Electrodes
Graphene has exceptional optical, mechanical and electrical properties, making it an emerging material for novel optoelectronics, photonics and for flexible transparent electrode applications. However, the relatively high sheet resistance of graphene is a major constrain for many of these applications. Here we propose ...
1302.0993v1
2013-03-11
Crystals, magnetic and electronic properties of a new ThCr2Si2-type BaMn2Bi2 and K-doped compositions
This is a report on the new 122 ternary transition-metal pnictide of BaMn2Bi2, which is crystallized from bismuth flux. BaMn2Bi2 adopts ThCr2Si2-type structure (I4/mmm) with a = 4.4902(3) {\AA} and c = 14.687(1) {\AA}; it is antiferromagnetic with anisotropic magnetic susceptibility and semiconducting with a band gap o...
1303.2695v2
2015-02-09
Surface-state-dominated transport in crystals of the topological crystalline insulator In-doped Pb$_{1-x}$Sn$_x$Te
Three-dimensional topological insulators and topological crystalline insulators represent new quantum states of matter, which are predicted to have insulating bulk states and spin-momentum-locked gapless surface states. Experimentally, it has proven difficult to achieve the high bulk resistivity that would allow surfac...
1502.02696v1
2016-04-20
Magnetoresistance and Shubnikov-de Hass oscillation in YSb
YSb crystals are grown and the transport properties under magnetic field are measured. The resistivity exhibits metallic behavior under zero magnetic field and the low temperature resistivity shows a clear upturn once a moderate magnetic field is applied. The upturn is greatly enhanced by increasing magnetic field, fin...
1604.05912v2
2016-04-06
Structural characterization of APPJ treated Bismaleimide coatings and heat treated Titania-BMI
Bismaleimide (BMI) are thermosetting polymers mainly used in aerospace applications having properties of dimensional stability, low shrinkage, chemical resistance, fire resistance, good mechanical properties and high resistance against various solvents, acids, and water. BMI is commercially available as Homide 250. BMI...
1604.07297v1
2016-06-27
Structural and electrical properties of Sn substituted double sintering derived Ni-Zn ferrite
The Sn substituted Ni-Zn ferrites were synthesized by the standard double sintering technique using nano powders of nickel oxide (NiO), zinc oxide (ZnO), iron oxide (Fe2O3) and tin oxide (SnO2). The structural and electrical properties have been investigated by the X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, DC re...
1606.08118v1
2017-02-18
Scaling limits of graphene nanoelectrodes
Graphene is an ideal material for fabricating atomically thin nanometre spaced electrodes. Recently, carbon-based nanoelectrodes have been employed to create single-molecule transistors and phase change memory devices. In spite of the significant recent interest in their use in a range of nanoscale devices from phase c...
1702.05668v1
2019-09-23
Nanoscale ballistic diodes made of polar materials for amplification and generation of radiation in 10 THz-range
We investigate ultra-high frequency electrical properties of nanoscale $n^+$-$i$-$n^+$ diodes made of polar semiconductors. The calculations show that the coupling between optical vibrations of the lattice and the ballistic electrons strongly modifies and enhances the time-of-flight effects giving rise to narrow resona...
1909.10185v1
2019-12-20
Electron-phonon interaction and zero-field charge carrier transport in the nodal-line semimetal ZrSiS
We study electron-phonon interaction and related transport properties of nodal-line semimetal ZrSiS using first-principles calculations. We find that ZrSiS is characterized by a weak electron-phonon coupling on the order of 0.1, which is almost energy independent. The main contribution to the electron-phonon coupling o...
1912.09832v2
2015-04-06
Gate-tunable Memristive Phenonmena Mediated by Grain Boundaries in Single Layer MoS2
Continued progress in high speed computing depends on breakthroughs in both materials synthesis and device architectures. The performance of logic and memory can be enhanced significantly by introducing a memristor, a two terminal device with internal resistance that depends on the history of the external bias voltage....
1504.01416v1
2020-12-09
Potassium-Doped Para-Terphenyl: Structure, Electrical Transport Properties and Possible Signatures of a Superconducting Transition
Preliminary evidence for the occurrence of high-Tc superconductivity in alkali-doped organic materials, such as potassium-doped p-terphenyl (KPT), were recently obtained by magnetic susceptibility measurements and by the opening of a large superconducting gap as measured by ARPES and STM techniques. In this work, KPT s...
2012.04899v1
2020-12-23
Direct observation of the electrically triggered Insulator-Metal transition in V3O5 far below the transition temperature
Resistive switching is one of the key phenomena for applications such as nonvolatile memories or neuromorphic computing. V3O5, a compound of the vanadium oxide Magn\'eli series, is one of the rare materials to exhibit an insulator-metal transition (IMT) above room temperature (Tc ~ 415 K). Here we demonstrate both stat...
2012.13009v1
2021-02-10
Current-limiting amplifier for high speed measurement of resistive switching data
Resistive switching devices, important for emerging memory and neuromorphic applications, face significant challenges related to control of delicate filamentary states in the oxide material. As a device switches, its rapid conductivity change is involved in a positive feedback process that would lead to runaway destruc...
2102.05770v1
2021-04-13
Negative Differential Resistance in Carbon-Based Nanostructures
Nonlinear electrical properties, such as negative differential resistance (NDR), are essential in numerous electrical circuits, including memristors. Several physical origins have been proposed to lead to the NDR phenomena in semiconductor devices in the last more than half a century. Here, we report NDR behavior forma...
2104.06337v2
2021-05-17
Enhancement of the superconductivity and quantum metallic state in the thin film of superconducting Kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$
Recently V-based Kagome metal attracted intense attention due to the emergence of superconductivity in the low temperature. Here we report the fabrication and physical investigations of the high quality single-crystalline thin films of the Kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$. For the sample with the thickness of about 15 nm, the...
2105.07732v1
2021-06-28
Superconductivity in an extreme strange metal
Some of the highest-transition-temperature superconductors across various materials classes exhibit linear-in-temperature `strange metal' or `Planckian' electrical resistivities in their normal state. It is thus believed by many that this behavior holds the key to unlock the secrets of high-temperature superconductivit...
2106.14849v2
2022-01-28
Factors that control stability, variability, and reliability issues of endurance cycle in ReRAM devices: a phase field study
The morphological evolution of the conducting filament (CF) predominantly controls the electric response of the resistive random access memory (ReRAM) devices. However, the parameters -- in terms of the material and the processing -- which control the growth of such CF are plenty. Extending the phase field technique fo...
2201.12304v2
2022-07-03
An Atomistic Modelling Framework for Valence Change Memory Cells
We present a framework dedicated to modelling the resistive switching operation of Valence Change Memory (VCM) cells. The method combines an atomistic description of the device structure, a Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) model for the creation and diffusion of oxygen vacancies in the central oxide under an external field, a...
2207.01095v1
2023-06-16
Piezo-resistive pressure sensor based on CVD-grown ZnO nanowires on Polyethylene Tetrathalate substrate
Recent developments in the domain of electronic materials and devices have attracted the interest of researchers toward flexible and printable electronic components like organic transistors, printable electrodes and sensors. Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) possess a number of excellent properties like high mobility, l...
2307.13805v1
2023-10-22
Microstructure evolution and characteristics of laser-clad lightweight refractory NbxMo$_{0.5}$Ti$_{1.5}$Ta$_{0.2}$Cr high-entropy alloy
Lightweight refractory high-entropy alloy coatings (RHEAcs) of NbxMo$_{0.5}$Ti$_{1.5}$Ta$_{0.2}$Cr (where $x=$ 1, 1.3, 1.5, and 2) were fabricated on the surface of 316L stainless steel using laser cladding (LC) technology. A comprehensive study was conducted to elucidate the effect of Nb content on the microstructure,...
2310.14223v1
2019-08-16
Scaling Analysis of Anomalous Hall Resistivity in the Co$_{2}$TiAl Heusler Alloy
A comprehensive magnetotransport study including resistivity ($\rho_{xx}$) at various fields, isothermal magnetoresistance and Hall resistivity ($\rho_{xy}$) has been carried out at different temperatures on the Co$_{2}$TiAl Heusler alloy. Co$_{2}$TiAl alloy shows a paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic (FM) transition be...
1908.05974v1
2009-08-20
Magnetism, Superconductivity and Stoichiometry in Single Crystals of Fe1+y(Te1-xSx)z
We report synthesis of high quality Fe1+y(Te1-xSx)z single crystals and a comprehensive study of structural, magnetic and transport properties. There is high sensitivity to material stoichiometry which includes vacancies on the Te(S) site. Our results reveal competition and coexistence of magnetic order and percolative...
0908.3011v1
2020-11-20
Phonons, electrons and thermal transport in Planckian high T$_c$ materials
The room temperature thermal diffusivity of high T$_c$ materials is dominated by phonons. This allows the scattering of phonons by electrons to be discerned. We argue that the measured strength of this scattering suggests a converse Planckian scattering of electrons by phonons across the room temperature phase diagram ...
2011.10466v2
2017-08-10
Zero resistance from one atmosphere to the pressure of earth's outer core in a superconducting high entropy alloy
We report the observation of extraordinarily robust zero-resistance superconductivity in the pressurized (TaNb)0.67(HfZrTi)0.33 high entropy alloy - a new kind of material with a body-centered cubic crystal structure made from five randomly distributed transition metal elements. The transition to superconductivity (TC)...
1708.03146v2
2020-05-16
Electric-field induced strange metal states and possible high-temperature superconductivity in hydrogenated graphitic fibers
In this work, we have studied the effects from increasing the strength of the applied electric field on the charge transport of hydrogenated graphitic fibers. Resistivity measurements were carried out for direct currents in the nA - mA range and for temperatures from 1.9 K to 300 K. The high-temperature non-ohmic volta...
2005.07885v1
2021-09-28
Development of high-rate capable and ultra-low mass Resistive Plate Chamber with Diamond-Like Carbon
A new type of resistive plate chamber (RPC) is under development using thin-film resistive electrodes based on diamond-like carbon (DLC). Planned to be put on the path of high-intensity low-momentum muon beam of the MEG II experiment, this detector is required to be high-rate capable and ultra-low mass. Using a prototy...
2109.13525v1
2014-02-06
High-performance ferroelectric memory based on fully patterned tunnel junctions
In tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers, switching the polarization direction modifies the electrostatic potential profile and the associated average tunnel barrier height. This results in strong changes of the tunnel transmission and associated resistance. The information readout in ferroelectric tunnel juncti...
1402.1289v1
2021-07-02
Topological surface conduction in Kondo insulator YbB$_{12}$
Kondo insulators have recently aroused great interest because they are promising materials that host a topological insulator state caused by the strong electron interactions. Moreover, recent observations of the quantum oscillations in the insulating state of Kondo insulators have come as a great surprise. Here, to inv...
2107.00912v2
2021-07-22
Quantum oscillations in 2D insulators induced by graphite gates
We demonstrate a mechanism for magnetoresistance oscillations in insulating states of two-dimensional (2D) materials arising from the interaction of the 2D layer and proximal graphite gates. We study a series of devices based on different two-dimensional systems, including mono- and bilayer Td-WTe2, angle-aligned MoTe2...
2107.10430v2
2014-11-10
Low carrier concentration crystals of the topological insulator Bi$_{2-x}$Sb$_{x}$Te$_{3-y}$Se$_{y}$: a magnetotransport study
In 3D topological insulators achieving a genuine bulk-insulating state is an important research topic. Recently, the material system (Bi,Sb)$_{2}$(Te,Se)$_{3}$ (BSTS) has been proposed as a topological insulator with high resistivity and a low carrier concentration (Ren \textit{et al.} \cite{Ren2011}). Here we present ...
1411.2479v2
2022-05-20
Resistivity and Thermal Conductivity of an Organic Insulator beta'-EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2
A finite residual linear term in the thermal conductivity at zero temperature in insulating magnets indicates the presence of gapless excitations of itinerant quasiparticles, which has been observed in some candidate materials of quantum spin liquids (QSLs). In the organic triangular insulator beta'-EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2...
2205.10039v1
2022-09-17
Superfunctional high-entropy alloys and ceramics by severe plastic deformation
High-entropy alloys and ceramics containing at least five principal elements have recently received high attention for various mechanical and functional applications. The application of severe plastic deformation (SPD), particularly the high-pressure torsion (HPT) method, combined with the CALPHAD and first-principles ...
2209.08291v3
2016-06-10
Short channel effects in graphene-based field effect transistors targeting radio-frequency applications
Channel length scaling in graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) is key in the pursuit of higher performance in radio frequency electronics for both rigid and flexible substrates. Although two-dimensional (2D) materials provide a superior immunity to Short Channel Effects (SCEs) than bulk materials, they could domin...
1606.03264v2
2007-01-29
Long-term Correlations and 1/f^alpha Noise in the Steady States of Multi-Species Resistor Networks
We introduce a multi-species network model which describes the resistance fluctuations of a resistor in a non-equilibrium stationary state. More precisely, a thin resistor characterized by a 1/f^alpha resistance noise is described as a two-dimensional network made by different species of elementary resistors. The resis...
0701712v1
2008-06-26
Different resistivity response to spin density wave and superconductivity at 20 K in $Ca_{1-x}Na_xFe_2As_2$
We report that intrinsic transport and magnetic properties, and their anisotropy from high quality single crystal $CaFe_2As_2$. The resistivity anisotropy ($\rho_c/\rho_{ab}$) is $\sim 50 $, and less than 150 of $BaFe_2As_2$, which arises from the strong coupling along c-axis due to an apparent contraction of about 0.1...
0806.4279v1
2014-02-25
Measurement of junction conductance and proximity effect at superconductor/semiconductor junctions
The superconducting proximity effect has played an important role in recent work searching for Majorana modes in thin semiconductor devices. Using transport measurements to quantify the changes in the semiconductor caused by the proximity effect provides a measure of dynamical processes such as screening and scattering...
1402.6055v1
2018-08-14
Impurities and Defects in Mott Systems
Disorder has intriguing consequences for correlated electronic materials, which include several families of high-temperature superconductors and resistive switching systems. We address the question of why strongly correlated d-wave superconductors, such as the cuprates, prove to be surprisingly robust against the intro...
1808.04767v1
2023-01-10
Microstructuring YbRh2Si2 for resistance and noise measurements down to ultra-low temperatures
The discovery of superconductivity in the quantum critical Kondo-lattice system YbRh2Si2 at an extremely low temperature of 2 mK has inspired efforts to perform high-resolution electrical resistivity measurements down to this temperature range in highly conductive materials. Here we show that control over the sample ge...
2301.03928v1
2024-05-06
Bayesian optimization for stable properties amid processing fluctuations in sputter deposition
We introduce a Bayesian optimization approach to guide the sputter deposition of molybdenum thin films, aiming to achieve desired residual stress and sheet resistance while minimizing susceptibility to stochastic fluctuations during deposition. Thin films are pivotal in numerous technologies, including semiconductors a...
2405.03092v1
2023-04-06
Performance Analysis of DNA Crossbar Arrays for High-Density Memory Storage Applications
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has emerged as a promising building block for next-generation ultra-high density storage devices. Although DNA has high durability and extremely high density in nature, its potential as the basis of storage devices is currently hindered by limitations such as expensive and complex fabricatio...
2304.14269v1
2023-11-09
Signature of superconductivity in pressurized La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$
The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity near 80 K in bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under high pressures has renewed the exploration of superconducting nickelate in bulk materials. The extension of superconductivity in other nickelates in a broader family is also essential. Here, we report the experime...
2311.05453v1
2024-04-29
Thermoelectric transport properties of the quasi-one-dimensional dimer-Mott insulator $β'$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$ICl$_2$
Low-dimensional materials, in which the electronic and transport properties are drastically modified in comparison to those of three-dimensional bulk materials, yield a key class of thermoelectric materials with high conversion efficiency. Among such materials, the organic compounds may serve peculiar properties owing ...
2404.19137v1
2021-12-28
Review of Transition-Metal Diboride Thin Films
We review the thin film growth, chemistry, and physical properties of Group 4-6 transition-metal diboride (TMB2) thin films with AlB2-type crystal structure (Strukturbericht designation C32). Industrial applications are growing rapidly as TMB2 begin competing with conventional refractory ceramics like carbides and nitr...
2112.14099v1
2016-06-10
On the search for the chiral anomaly in Weyl semimetals: The negative longitudinal magnetoresistance
Recently, the existence of massless chiral (Weyl) fermions has been postulated in a class of semi-metals with a non-trivial energy dispersion.These materials are now commonly dubbed Weyl semi-metals (WSM).One predicted property of Weyl fermions is the chiral or Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly, a chirality imbalance in the pr...
1606.03389v1
2011-10-07
Overlapping-gate architecture for silicon Hall bar MOSFET devices in the low electron density and high magnetic field regime
A common issue in low temperature measurements of enhancement-mode metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs) in the low electron density regime is the high contact resistance dominating the device impedance. In that case a voltage bias applied across the source and drain contact of a Hall bar MOSF...
1110.1418v1
2013-04-01
Novel Bismaleimide Resin/Silsesquioxane and Titania Nanocomposites by the Sol-Gel Process: the Preparation, Morphology, Thermal and Thermo-mechanical Properties
Bismaleimide(BMI) resin/silsesquioxane or titania nanocomposites were synthesized from bismaleimide resin and SiO3/2 or TiO2 via the sol-gel process of N-{\gamma}-triethoxylsilylpropyl-maleamic acid (TESPMA) or tetrabutyltitanate (Ti(OnBu)4, TBT), respectively, in the presence of the AP-BMI prepolymers. These nanocompo...
1304.0288v1
2016-04-19
Observation of spin Seebeck contribution to the transverse thermopower in Ni-Pt and MnBi-Au bulk nanocomposites
Transverse thermoelectric devices produce electric fields perpendicular to an incident heat flux. Classically, this process is driven by the Nernst effect in bulk solids, wherein a magnetic field generates a Lorentz force on thermally excited electrons. The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) also produces magnetization-dependen...
1604.05626v3
2016-01-18
Large magnetoresistance in LaBi: origin of field-induced resistivity upturn and plateau in compensated semimetals
The discovery of non-magnetic extreme magnetoresistance (XMR) materials has induced great interests because the XMR phenomenon challenges our understanding of how a magnetic field can alter electron transport in semimetals. Among XMR materials, the LaSb shows XMR and field-induced exotic behaviors but it seems to lack ...
1601.04618v2
2003-03-14
Microwave performance of high-density bulk MgB2
We have performed microwave measurements on superconducting hot-isostatically- pressed (HIPed) bulk MgB2 using a parallel-plate resonator technique. The high density and strength of the HIPed material allowed preparation of samples with mirror-like surfaces for microwave measurements. The microwave surface resistance d...
0303283v1
2006-02-23
Quantum Metallicity on the High-Field Side of the Superconductor-Insulator Transition
We investigate ultrathin superconducting TiN films, which are very close to the localization threshold. Perpendicular magnetic field drives the films from the superconducting to an insulating state, with very high resistance. Further increase of the magnetic field leads to an exponential decay of the resistance towards...
0602557v2
2013-09-18
Pressure-Induced Superconductivity in Mineral Calaverite AuTe2
The pressure dependences of resistivity and ac susceptibility have been measured in the mineral calaverite AuTe$_2$. Resistivity clearly shows a first-order phase transition into a high-pressure phase, consistent with the results of a previous structural analysis. We found zero resistivity and a diamagnetic shielding s...
1309.4827v2
2018-03-07
Saturation and negative temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity in liquid iron-sulfur alloys at high densities from first principles calculations
We report results on electronic transport properties of liquid Fe-S alloys at conditions of planetary cores, computed by first-principle techniques in the Kubo-Greenwood formalism. We describe a combined effect of resistivity saturation due to temperature, compression, and chemistry by comparing the electron mean free ...
1803.02649v1
2018-10-03
On the temperature scaling behaviour of the linear magnetoresistance observed in high-temperature superconductors
An analytical model invoking variations in the charge-carrier density is used to generate magnetoresistance curves that are almost indistinguishable from those produced by sophisticated numerical models. This demonstrates that, though disorder is pivotal in causing linear magnetoresistance, the form of the magnetoresis...
1810.01998v3
2020-04-17
High-pressure characterization of multifunctional CrVO4
The structural stability and physical properties of CrVO4 under compression were studied by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, optical absorption, resistivity measurements, and ab initio calculations up to 10 GPa. High-pressure X-ray diffraction and Raman measurements show that CrVO4 undergoes a phase transition fr...
2004.08072v1
2020-08-28
High-Bandwidth, Variable-Resistance Differential Noise Thermometry
We develop Johnson noise thermometry applicable to mesoscopic devices with variable source impedance with high bandwidth for fast data acquisition. By implementing differential noise measurement and two-stage impedance matching, we demonstrate noise measurement in the frequency range 120-250 MHz with a wide sample resi...
2008.12739v1
2014-09-19
Fluorine doping: A feasible solution to enhancing the conductivity of high-resistance wide bandgap Mg0.51Zn0.49O active components
N-type doping of high-resistance wide bandgap semiconductors, wurtzite high-Mg-content MgxZn1-xO for instance, has always been a fundamental application-motivated research issue. Herein, we report a solution to enhancing the conductivity of high-resistance Mg0.51Zn0.49O active components, which has been reliably achiev...
1409.5657v2
2021-11-03
Resistive switching in HfO2-x/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 heterostructure: An intriguing case of low H-field susceptibility of an E-field controlled active interface
High-performance non-volatile resistive random access memories (ReRAM) and their small stimuli control are of immense interest for high-speed computation and big-data processing in the emergent Internet of Things (IOT) arena. Here, we examine the resistive switching (RS) behavior in growth controlled HfO2/La0.67Sr0.33M...
2111.02476v1
2002-09-26
Kapitza resistance at the liquid solid interface
Using equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we determine the Kapitza resistance (or thermal contact resistance) at a model liquid solid interface. The Kapitza resistance (or the associated Kapitza length) can reach appreciable values when the liquid does not wet the solid. The analogy with the ...
0209607v1
2008-02-06
On the calculation of Schottky contact resistivity
This numerical study examines the importance of self-consistently accounting for transport and electrostatics in the calculaiton of semiconductor/metal Schottky contact resistivity. It is shown that ignoring such self-consistency results in significant under-estimation of the contact resistivity. An explicit numerical ...
0802.0729v1
2016-12-17
Upper critical field, pressure-dependent superconductivity and electronic anisotropy of Sm$_4$Fe$_2$As$_2$Te$_{1-x}$O$_{4-y}$F$y$
We present a detailed study of the electrical transport properties of a recently discovered iron-based superconductor: Sm$_4$Fe$_2$As$_2$Te$_{0.72}$O$_{2.8}$F$_{1.2}$. We followed the temperature dependence of the upper critical field by resistivity measurement of single crystals in magnetic fields up to 16 T, oriented...
1612.05792v1
2019-07-28
Field-dependent nonlinear surface resistance and its optimization by surface nano-structuring in superconductors
We propose a theory of nonlinear surface resistance of a dirty superconductor in a strong radio-frequency (RF) field, taking into account magnetic and nonmagnetic impurities, finite quasiparticle lifetimes, and a thin proximity-coupled normal layer characteristic of the oxide surface of many materials. The Usadel equat...
1907.12040v1
2019-08-08
Substrate induced nanoscale resistance variation in epitaxial graphene
Graphene, the first true two-dimensional material still reveals the most remarkable transport properties among the growing class of two-dimensional materials. Although many studies have investigated fundamental scattering processes, the surprisingly large variation in the experimentally determined resistances associate...
1908.02956v2
2021-01-16
Optical Tuning of Resistance Switching in Polycrystalline Gallium Phosphide Thin Films
The nanoscale resistive switching characteristics of gallium phosphide (GaP) thin films directly grown on Si are investigated as a function of incident light. Firstly, as-grown GaP films show a high RON/ROFF (~10^4), shown to arise from the formation of conductive channels along the grain boundaries. It is proposed tha...
2101.06538v1
2020-11-03
Switchable domains in point contacts based on transition metal tellurides
We report resistive switching in voltage biased point contacts (PCs) based on series of van der Waals transition metals tellurides (TMTs) such as MeTe2 (Me=Mo, W) and TaMeTe4 (Me= Ru, Rh, Ir). The switching occurs between a low resistive "metallic-type" state, which is the ground state, and a high resistive "semiconduc...
2011.01569v2
2020-11-30
Above-room-temperature giant thermal conductivity switching in spintronic multilayer
Thermal switching provides an effective way for active heat flow control, which has recently attracted increasing attention in terms of nanoscale thermal management technologies. In magnetic and spintronic materials, the thermal conductivity depends on the magnetization configuration: this is the magneto-thermal resist...
2011.14558v1
2022-03-01
Cu-doping effects on the ferromagnetic semimetal CeAuGe
We present a study of Cu-substitution effects in 4f-Ce intermetallic compound CeAu1-xCuxGe, with potentially unusual electronic states, in the whole concentration range (x = 0.0 - 1.0). The parent CeAuGe compound, crystallizing in a non-centrosymmetric hexagonal structure, is a ferromagnetic semimetal with Curie temper...
2203.00335v1
2022-06-13
The two-dimensional metallic triangular lattice antiferromagnet CeCd3P3
Single crystals of $R$Cd$_{3}$P$_{3}$ ($R$ = La and Ce) have been investigated by magnetization, electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient, and specific heat. Magnetization measurements of CeCd$_{3}$P$_{3}$ demonstrate clear quasi-2D magnetic behavior. Electrical resistivity and Hall coefficient measurements suggest tha...
2206.06366v1
2023-01-13
Image-Force Barrier Lowering of Schottky Barriers in Two-Dimensional Materials as a Function of Metal Contact Angle
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are a promising solution for the miniaturization of electronic devices and for the exploration of novel physics. However, practical applications and demonstrations of physical phenomena are hindered by high Schottky barriers at the contacts to 2D semiconductors. While the process of ...
2301.05373v2
2023-12-07
Demonstration of high-impedance superconducting NbRe Dayem bridges
Here we demonstrate superconducting Dayem-bridge weak-links made of different stoichiometric compositions of NbRe. Our devices possess a relatively high critical temperature, normal-state resistance, and kinetic inductance. In particular, the high kinetic inductance makes this material a good alternative to more conven...
2312.04331v2
2019-01-11
A Piezoelectric, Strain-Controlled Antiferromagnetic Memory Insensitive to Magnetic Fields
Spintronic devices based on antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials hold the promise of fast switching speeds and robustness against magnetic fields. Different device concepts have been predicted and experimentally demonstrated, such as low-temperature AFM tunnel junctions that operate as spin-valves, or room-temperature AFM...
1901.03551v1
2020-07-09
Frequency domain measurements of thermal properties using 3omega-Scanning Thermal Microscope in a vacuum environment
Material thermal properties characterization at nanoscales remains a challenge even if progresses were done in developing specific characterization techniques like the Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM). In the present work, we propose a detailed procedure based on the combined use of a SThM probe characterization and ...
2007.04632v1