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2021-06-15
Charge Carrier Transport in Iron Pyrite Thin Films: Disorder Induced Variable Range Hopping
The origin of p-type conductivity and the mechanism responsible for low carrier mobility was investigated in pyrite (FeS2) thin films. Temperature dependent resistivity measurements were performed on polycrystalline and nanostructured thin films prepared by three different methods. Films have a high hole density and lo...
2106.08401v2
2021-06-24
Epitaxial growth of Ruddlesden-Popper neodymium nickelates Nd$_{n+1}$Ni$_{n}$O$_{3n+1}$ (${n}$ = 1-5)
A series of Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates, Nd$_{n+1}$Ni$_{n}$O$_{3n+1}$ (${n}$ = 1-5), have been stabilized in thin film form using reactive molecular-beam epitaxy. High crystalline quality has been verified by X-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates th...
2106.12941v1
2021-07-28
Narrow-gap semiconducting behavior in antiferromagnetic Eu$_{11}$InSb$_9$
Here we investigate the thermodynamic and electronic properties of Eu$_{11}$InSb$_9$ single crystals. Electrical transport data show that Eu$_{11}$InSb$_9$ has a semiconducting ground state with a relatively narrow band gap of $320$~meV. Magnetic susceptibility data reveal antiferromagnetic order at low temperatures, w...
2107.13145v1
2021-08-04
Theory of Huge Thermoelectric Effect Based on Magnon Drag Mechanism: Application to Thin-Film Heusler Alloy
To understand the unexpectedly high thermoelectric performance observed in the thin-film Heusler alloy Fe$_2$V$_{0.8}$W$_{0.2}$Al, we study the magnon drag effect, generated by the tungsten based impurity band, as a possible source of this enhancement, in analogy to the phonon drag observed in FeSb$_2$. Assuming that t...
2108.01880v1
2021-08-10
Nature of electrons from oxygen vacancies and polar catastrophe at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces
The relative significance of quantum conductivity correction and magnetic nature of electrons in understanding the intriguing low-temperature resistivity minimum and negative magnetoresistance of the two-dimensional electron gas at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces has been a long outstanding issue since its discovery. Here we ...
2108.04532v1
2021-08-19
Chemomechanics: friend or foe of the "AND problem" of solid-state batteries?
Solid electrolytes are widely considered as the enabler of lithium metal anodes for safe, durable, and high energy density rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Despite the promise, failure mechanisms associated with solid-state batteries are not well-established, largely due to limited understanding of the chemomechanic...
2108.10150v2
2021-09-01
Electrical switching of antiferromagnetic CoO | Pt across the Néel temperature
One of the most important challenges in antiferromagnetic spintronics is the read-out of the N\'eel vector state. High current densities up to 10$^8$ Acm$^{-2}$ used in the electrical switching experiments cause notorious difficulty in distinguishing between magnetic and thermal origins of the electrical signals. To ov...
2109.00293v2
2021-09-22
Dynamic Behaviors and Training Effects in TiN/Ti/HfO$_x$/TiN Nanolayered Memristors with Controllable Quantized Conductance States: Implications for Quantum and Neuromorphic Computing Devices
Controllable quantized conductance states of TiN/Ti/HfO$_x$/TiN memristors are realized with great precision through a pulse-mode reset procedure, assisted with analytical differentiation of the condition of the set procedure, which involves critical monitoring of the measured bias voltage. An intriguing training effec...
2109.10783v1
2021-09-27
Strongly electron-correlated semimetal RuI$_3$ with a layered honeycomb structure
A polymorph of RuI$_3$ synthesized under high pressure was found to have a two-layered honeycomb structure. The resistivity of RuI$_3$ exhibits a semimetallic behavior, in contrast to insulating properties in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. In addition, Pauli paramagnetic behavior was observed in the temperature dependence of a mag...
2109.12864v2
2021-10-12
Single-component superconducting state in UTe2 at 2 K
UTe2 is a newly-discovered unconventional superconductor wherein multicomponent topological superconductivity is anticipated based on the presence of two superconducting transitions and time-reversal symmetry breaking in the superconducting state. The observation of two superconducting transitions, however, remains con...
2110.06200v1
2021-10-13
Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall State and Temperature-Induced Lifshitz Transition in Bi4Br4
Searching for new quantum spin Hall insulators with large fully opened energy gap to overcome the thermal disturbance at room temperature has attracted tremendous attention due to the one-dimensional (1D) spin-momentum locked topological edge states serving as dissipationless channels for the practical applications in ...
2110.06658v1
2021-11-09
Weak antilocalization and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in CaCuSb single crystal
Quantum oscillations in both linear and Hall resistivities and weak antilocalization (WAL) are barely observed in bulk single crystals. Here we report the transport properties of a CaCuSb single crystal that crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal structure. The magnetotransport studies reveal WAL and Shubnikov-de Haas (...
2111.04996v1
2021-11-29
High-Speed Light Focusing through Scattering Medium by Cooperatively Accelerated Genetic Algorithm
We develop an accelerated Genetic Algorithm (GA) system constructed by the cooperation of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and optimized parameters of the GA. We found the enhanced decay of mutation rate makes convergence of the GA much faster, enabling the parameter-induced acceleration of the GA. Furthermore, the...
2111.14916v1
2021-12-01
Atomistic simulations of twin boundary effect on the crack growth behaviour in BCC Fe
In this paper, the effect of twin boundaries on the crack growth behaviour of single crystal BCC Fe has been investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The growth of an atomically sharp crack with an orientation of (111)$<$110$>$ (crack plane/crack front) has been studied under mode-I loading at constant strain...
2112.00354v1
2022-01-10
Phase Boundary Segregation in Multicomponent Alloys: A Diffuse-Interface Thermodynamic Model
Microalloying elements tend to segregate to the matrix-precipitate phase boundaries to reduce the interfacial energy. The segregation mechanism is emerging as a novel design strategy for developing precipitation-hardened alloys with significantly improved coarsening resistance for high temperature applications. In this...
2201.03117v1
2022-03-09
Magnetotransport due to conductivity fluctuations in non-magnetic ZrTe2 nanoplates
Transition metal dichalcogenides with nontrivial band structures exhibit various fascinating physical properties and have sparked intensively research interest. Here, we performed systematic magnetotransport measurements on mechanical exfoliation prepared ZrTe2 nanoplates. We revealed that the negative longitudinal mag...
2203.04486v1
2022-03-11
Ultrafast intrinsic optical-to-electrical conversion dynamics in graphene photodetector
Optical-to-electrical (O-E) conversion in graphene is a central phenomenon for realizing anticipated ultrafast and low-power-consumption information technologies. However, revealing its mechanism and intrinsic time scale require uncharted terahertz (THz) electronics and device architectures. Here, we succeeded in resol...
2203.05752v1
2022-03-14
Little-Parks like oscillations in lightly doped cuprate superconductors
Understanding the rich and competing electronic orders in cuprate superconductors may provide important insight into the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. Here, by measuring Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x in the extremely underdoped regime, we obtain evidence for a distinct type of ordering, which manifests itself as r...
2203.06971v1
2022-03-25
Hydrodynamic Interactions Between Charged and Uncharged Brownian Colloids at a Fluid-Fluid Interface
Hypothesis: The collective dynamics and self-assembly of colloids floating at a fluid/fluid interface is a balance between deterministic lateral interaction forces, viscous resistance to colloid motion along the surface and thermal (Brownian) fluctuations. As the colloid size decreases, thermal forces become important ...
2203.13925v2
2022-04-02
Upscaling of a reaction-diffusion-convection problem with exploding non-linear drift
We study a reaction-diffusion-convection problem with nonlinear drift posed in a domain with periodically arranged obstacles. The non-linearity in the drift is linked to the hydrodynamic limit of a totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) governing a population of interacting particles crossing a domain with...
2204.00931v1
2022-06-01
Charge density wave and superconductivity in 6R-TaS2
The layered transition metal dichalcogenide compounds 1T-TaS2 and 4H-TaS2 are well known for their exotic properties, which include charge density wave, superconductivity, Mott transition, etc., and lately quantum spin liquid. Here, we report the magnetic, transport and transmission electron microscopy study of the cha...
2206.00281v3
2022-06-03
Effects of charge dopants in quantum spin Hall materials
Semiconductors' sensitivity to electrostatic gating and doping accounts for their widespread use in information communication and new energy technologies. It is demonstrated quantitatively and with no adjustable parameters that the presence of paramagnetic acceptor dopants elucidates a variety of hitherto puzzling prop...
2206.01613v3
2022-06-02
Modeling Defect-Level Switching for Highly-Nonlinear and Hysteretic Electronic Devices
Many semiconductors feature defects with charge state transition levels that can switch due to structure changes following defect ionization: we call this defect-level switching (DLS). For example, DX centers in III-V compounds, and oxygen vacancies in ZnO, can switch between deep and shallow donor configurations, and ...
2206.04108v1
2022-10-14
The Electrical Property of Large Few Layer Graphene Flakes Obtained by Microwaves Assisted Exfoliation of Expanded Graphite
Few layer graphene (FLG) was synthesized by $\mu$-wave assisted exfoliation of expanded graphite in toluene with an overall yield from c.a. 7% to 20%. A significant difference in the absorption of $\mu$-waves by the expanded graphite and toluene allowed a rapid heating of the medium. The number of FLG sheets varies fro...
2210.07627v1
2022-10-26
Superior damage tolerance of fish skins
Skin is the largest organ of many animals. Its protective function against hostile environments and predatorial attack makes high mechanical strength a vital characteristic. Here, we measured the mechanical properties of bass fish skins and found that fish skins are highly ductile with a rupture strain of up to 30-40% ...
2210.14651v1
2022-10-29
Magnetotransport Properties and Fermi Surface Topology of Nodal line Semimetal InBi
In the present study, we have discussed the up-turn behavior in the resistivity pattern of the topological nodal line semimetal InBi. We argued that such nature could be generalized with a mathematical model, that can be applied to any compounds exhibiting similar behavior. The extremely high magnetoresistance (XMR) ha...
2210.16527v1
2022-11-30
Mixed Valence Pseudobrookite Al$_{1.75}$Ti$_{1.25}$O$_5$: High Temperature Phase Transitions, Magnetism and Resistivity
Dark blue single crystals of Al$_{1.75}^{3+}$ Ti$_{1.0}^{4+}$ Ti$_{0.25}^{3+}$O$_5$ were grown with a novel synthesis method based on the reaction of a Ti3+/Ti4+ containing langbeinite melt and Al$_2$O$_3$. The obtained needles crystallize in the pseudobrookite structure and undergo two reversible phase transitions fro...
2211.17252v2
2022-12-14
Study of the V$_2^0$ state in neutron-irradiated silicon using photon-absorption measurements
Pieces of $n$-type silicon with 3.5 k$\Omega \cdot $cm resistivity have been irradiated by reactor neutrons to fluences of (1, 5 and 10) $\times 10^{16}$ cm$^{-2}$. Using light-transmission measurements, the absorption coefficients have been determined for photon energies, $E_\gamma $, between 0.62 and 1.30 eV for the ...
2212.07320v2
2023-01-18
Schramm-Loewner evolution in 2d rigidity percolation
Amorphous solids may resist external deformation such as shear or compression while they do not present any long-range translational order or symmetry at the microscopic scale. Yet, it was recently discovered that, when they become rigid, such materials acquire a high degree of symmetry hidden in the disorder fluctuati...
2301.07614v2
2023-01-26
3D-imaging of Printed Nanostructured Networks using High-resolution FIB-SEM Nanotomography
Networks of solution-processed nanomaterials are important for multiple applications in electronics, sensing and energy storage/generation. While it is known that network morphology plays a dominant role in determining the physical properties of printed networks, it remains difficult to quantify network structure. Here...
2301.11046v1
2023-03-08
Optical rogue waves in spheroids of tumor cells
Rogue waves are intense and unexpected wavepackets ubiquitous in complex systems. In optics, they are promising as robust and noise-resistant beams for probing and manipulating the underlying material. Localizing large optical power is crucial especially in biomedical systems, where, however, extremely intense beams ha...
2303.04553v1
2023-04-28
Experimental observation of metallic states with different dimensionality in a quasi-1D charge density wave compound
TaTe$_4$ is a quasi-1D tetrachalcogenide that exhibits a CDW instability caused by a periodic lattice distortion. Recently, pressure-induced superconductivity has been achieved in this compound, revealing a competition between these different ground states and making TaTe$_4$ very interesting for fundamental studies. A...
2305.00053v1
2023-05-15
Magnetic order and electronic transport properties in the Mn$_3$Al compound: the role of the structural state
Electronic transport and magnetic properties of bulk and rapid melt quenched samples of the Mn$_3$Al Heusler alloy were studied. A correlation between the magnetic and structural states was established. For a cast sample, there is no ferromagnetic moment, and the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility (break at low te...
2305.08646v1
2023-06-01
Native defect association in beta-Ga2O3 enables room-temperature p-type conductivity
The room temperature hole conductivity of the ultra wide bandgap semiconductor beta Ga2O3 is a pre-requisite for developing the next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices based on this oxide. In this work, high-quality p-type beta-Ga2O3 thin films grown on r-plane sapphire substrate by metalorganic chemical ...
2306.01115v1
2023-06-07
Phase formation in hole- and electron-doped rare-earth nickelate single crystals
The recent discovery of superconductivity in hole-doped infinite-layer nickelates has triggered a great interest in the synthesis of novel nickelate phases, which have primarily been examined in thin film samples. Here, we report the high-pressure optical floating zone (OFZ) growth of various perovskite and perovskite-...
2306.04157v1
2023-07-21
Superexchange Interaction in Insulating EuZn$_{2}$P$_{2}$
We report magnetic and transport properties of single-crystalline EuZn$_{2}$P$_{2}$, which has trigonal CaAl$_2$Si$_2$-type crystal structure and orders antiferromagnetically at $\approx$23~K. Easy $ab$-plane magneto-crystalline anisotropy was confirmed from the magnetization isotherms, measured with a magnetic field a...
2307.11924v1
2023-08-04
Learning to Shape by Grinding: Cutting-surface-aware Model-based Reinforcement Learning
Object shaping by grinding is a crucial industrial process in which a rotating grinding belt removes material. Object-shape transition models are essential to achieving automation by robots; however, learning such a complex model that depends on process conditions is challenging because it requires a significant amount...
2308.02150v1
2023-08-16
Growth of millimeter-sized high-quality CuFeSe$_2$ single crystals by the molten salt method and study of their semiconducting behavior
An eutectic AlCl$_3$/KCl molten salt method in a horizontal configuration was employed to grow millimeter-sized and composition homogeneous CuFeSe$_2$ single crystals due to the continuous growth process in a temperature gradient induced solution convection. The typical as-grown CuFeSe$_2$ single crystals in cubic form...
2308.08223v1
2023-08-25
WSTac: Interactive Surface Perception based on Whisker-Inspired and Self-Illuminated Vision-Based Tactile Sensor
Modern Visual-Based Tactile Sensors (VBTSs) use cost-effective cameras to track elastomer deformation, but struggle with ambient light interference. Solutions typically involve using internal LEDs and blocking external light, thus adding complexity. Creating a VBTS resistant to ambient light with just a camera and an e...
2308.13241v1
2023-09-03
Validation of the Wiedemann-Franz Law in solid and molten tungsten above 2000 K through thermal conductivity measurements via steady state temperature differential radiometry
We measure the thermal conductivity of solid and molten tungsten using Steady State Temperature Differential Radiometry. We demonstrate that the thermal conductivity can be well described by application of Wiedemann-Franz Law to electrical resistivity data, thus suggesting the validity of Wiedemann-Franz Law to capture...
2309.01062v1
2023-10-05
Demonstration of a monocrystalline GaAs-$β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ p-n heterojunction
In this work, we report the fabrication and characterizations of a monocrystalline GaAs/$\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ p-n heterojunction by employing semiconductor grafting technology. The heterojunction was created by lifting off and transfer printing a p-type GaAs single crystal nanomembrane to an Al$_2$O$_3$-coated n-type$\be...
2310.03886v1
2023-11-03
Effects of Cr content on ion-irradiation hardening of FeCrAl ODS ferritic steels with 9 wt\% Al
FeCrAl ODS steels for accident tolerant fuel claddings are designed to bear high-Cr and Al for enhancing oxidation resistance. In this study, we investigated the effects of Cr content on ion-irradiation hardening of three ODS ferritic steels with different Cr contents added with 9 wt\% Al, Fe12Cr9Al (SP12), Fe15Cr9Al (...
2311.01879v1
2023-11-11
Evidence of Ordering in Cu-Ni Alloys from Experimental Electronic Entropy Measurements
Phase diagrams exhibiting extended solid-solution and lens-like melting are often reproduced using ideal solutions, where ideal mixing considers a fully random configurational entropy of mixing. In the field of irreversible thermodynamics, experimental measurements of the composition variation of high-temperature elect...
2311.06603v2
2023-11-12
First-principles pressure dependent investigation of the physical properties of KB2H8: a prospective high-TC superconductor
Using the density functional theory (DFT) based first-principles investigation, the structural, mechanical, hardness, elastic anisotropy, optoelectronic, and thermal properties of cubic KB2H8 have been studied within the uniform pressure range of 0 - 24 GPa. The calculated structural parameters are in good agreement wi...
2311.06709v1
2023-12-08
Gate-controlled neuromorphic functional transition in an electrochemical graphene transistor
Neuromorphic devices have gained significant attention as potential building blocks for the next generation of computing technologies owing to their ability to emulate the functionalities of biological nervous systems. The essential components in artificial neural network such as synapses and neurons are predominantly ...
2312.04934v2
2023-12-20
Collective dynamics and long-range order in thermal neuristor networks
In the pursuit of scalable and energy-efficient neuromorphic devices, recent research has unveiled a novel category of spiking oscillators, termed "thermal neuristors". These devices function via thermal interactions among neighboring vanadium dioxide resistive memories, emulating biological neuronal behavior. Here, we...
2312.12899v2
2024-01-30
Momentum Matching for 2D-3D Heterogeneous Ohmic van der Waals Contact
Construction of ohmic contact is a long-standing challenge encountered by two-dimensional (2D) device fabrication and integration. van der Waals contacts, as a new solution for 2D contact construction, can effectively eliminate issues, such as Fermi-level pining and formation of Schottky barrier. Nevertheless, current ...
2401.17114v1
2024-02-11
Langmuir-like model of dilute impurities in concentrated solid solutions
High-entropy alloys have drawn recent interest for their promising mechanical properties and irradiation resistance. Various properties, namely transport properties, are controlled by point defect concentration, which must be known before performing atomistic simulations to compute transport coefficients. In this work,...
2402.07324v1
2024-02-28
Strange metal in the doped Hubbard model via percolation
Many strongly correlated systems, including high-temperature superconductors such as the cuprates, exhibit strange metallic behavior in certain parameter regimes characterized by anomalous transport properties that are irreconcilable with a Fermi-liquid-like description in terms of quasiparticles. The Hubbard model is ...
2402.18626v2
2024-03-25
Facile synthesis of micro-flower NiCo2O4 assembled by nanosheets efficient for electrocatalysis of water
Effective regulation of the morphology of transition metal spinel structures is crucial for creating efficient and stable bifunctional catalysts for electrocatalysis of water. In this work, micro-flower NiCo2O4 (F-NCO) assembled by nanosheets via a chemical template method for the simultaneous promotion of hydrogen evo...
2403.17744v1
2024-04-30
Aluminum nuclear demagnetization refrigerator for powerful continuous cooling
Many laboratories routinely cool samples to 10 mK, but relatively few can cool condensed matter below 1 mK. Easy access to the microkelvin range would propel fields such as quantum sensors and quantum materials. Such temperatures are achieved with adiabatic nuclear demagnetization. Existing nuclear demagnetization refr...
2404.19352v1
2024-05-10
Effects of vortex and anti-vortex excitations in underdoped Bi-2223 bulk single crystals
To gain insights into mechanisms underlying superconducting transition in copper oxide high-transition temperature ($T_c$) superconductors, we studied transport properties of underdoped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{10+\delta}$ (Bi-2223) bulk single crystals. The power exponent $\alpha$ ($V \propto I^{\alpha}$) reached 3...
2405.06272v1
2024-05-15
Unraveling impacts of polycrystalline microstructures on ionic conductivity of ceramic electrolytes by computational homogenization and machine learning
The ionic conductivity at the grain boundaries (GBs) in oxide ceramics is typically several orders of magnitude lower than that within the grain interior. This detrimental GB effect is the main bottleneck for designing high-performance ceramic electrolytes intended for use in solid-state Lithium-ion batteries, fuel cel...
2405.09227v1
2024-05-20
High-Mobility Carriers in Epitaxial IrO2 Films Grown using Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Binary rutile oxides of 5d metals such as IrO2, stand out as a paradox due to limited experimental studies despite the rich predicted quantum phenomena. Here, we investigate the electrical transport properties of IrO2 by engineering epitaxial thin films grown via hybrid molecular beam epitaxy. Our findings reveal phono...
2405.11716v1
2024-05-21
A single crystal study of Kagome metals U$_2$Mn$_3$Ge and U$_2$Fe$_3$Ge
Single crystals of U$_2$Mn$_3$Ge and and U$_2$Fe$_3$Ge with a Kagome lattice structure were synthesized using a high-temperature self-flux crystal growth method. The physical properties of these crystals were characterized through measurements of resistivity, magnetism, and specific heat. U$_2$Fe$_3$Ge exhibits ferroma...
2405.12905v1
2007-07-30
Control of the Casimir force by the modification of dielectric properties with light
The experimental demonstration of the modification of the Casimir force between a gold coated sphere and a single-crystal Si membrane by light pulses is performed. The specially designed and fabricated Si membrane was irradiated with 514 nm laser pulses of 5 ms width in high vacuum leading to a change of the charge-car...
0707.4390v1
2014-09-03
The influence of the Al stabilizer layer thickness on the normal zone propagation velocity in high current superconductors
The stability of high-current superconductors is challenging in the design of superconducting magnets. When the stability requirements are fulfilled, the protection against a quench must still be considered. A main factor in the design of quench protection systems is the resistance growth rate in the magnet following a...
1409.1186v1
2020-01-10
A barrier/seed system for electroless metallization on complex surfaces using (aminomethylaminoethyl)phenethyltrimethoxysilane self-assembled films
High frequency signals propagate along the edges of conductors. If the conductors are electroplated, then the seed layer forms at least one edge, so care must be taken to insure the electrical quality of these layers. In this work, we study the initial quality of SAM-based seed layers that are compatible with complex s...
2001.03295v1
2022-04-04
Exceptional fracture toughness of CrCoNi-based medium- and high-entropy alloys close to liquid helium temperatures
Medium- and high-entropy alloys based on the CrCoNi-system have been shown to display outstanding strength, tensile ductility and fracture toughness (damage-tolerance properties), especially at cryogenic temperatures. Here we examine the JIc and (back-calculated) KJIc fracture toughness values of the face-centered cubi...
2204.01635v1
2023-10-16
Electronic Transport and Fermi Surface Topology of Zintl phase Dirac Semimetal SrZn2Ge2
We report a comprehensive study on the electronic transport properties of SrZn$_2$Ge$_2$ single crystals. The in-plane electrical resistivity of the compound exhibits linear temperature dependence for 80 K < T < 300 K, and T^2 dependence below 40 K, consistent with the Fermi liquid behavior. Both the transverse and lon...
2310.10621v2
2023-06-24
High Strength Refractory AlHfNbTiV B2 High Entropy Alloys with High Fracture Strains
We demonstrate the development of a series of refractory high-entropy alloys containing aluminum AlRHEAs in the ordered BCC-B2 phase by varying the aluminum content within 10 to 25 atomic percent, with the goal of high strength and good ductility synergy. The AlRHEAs obtained are found to show promising potential for h...
2306.14057v2
1998-04-04
Ohmic Decay of Magnetic Fields due to non-spherical accretion in the Crusts of Neutron Stars
We consider magnetic field evolution of neutron stars during polar-cap accretion. The size of the polar cap increases as the field decays, and is set by the last open field line before the accretion disk. Below the polar cap we find the temperature to be so high that electron-phonon scattering dominates the resistivity...
9804047v1
2000-01-10
The Effect of Resistivity on the Nonlinear Stage of the Magnetorotational Instability in Accretion Disks
We present three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the nonlinear evolution of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) with a non-zero Ohmic resistivity. The properties of the saturated state depend on the initial magnetic field configuration. In simulations with an initial uniform vertical field, the MRI i...
0001164v1
1998-10-15
The Quantized Hall Insulator: A New Insulator in Two-Dimensions
Quite generally, an insulator is theoretically defined by a vanishing conductivity tensor at the absolute zero of temperature. In classical insulators, such as band insulators, vanishing conductivities lead to diverging resistivities. In other insulators, in particular when a high magnetic field (B) is added, it is pos...
9810172v1
1999-03-05
Comment on ``Evidence for Anisotropic State of Two-Dimensional Electrons in High Landau Levels''
In a recent letter M. Lilly et al [PRL 82, 394 (1999)] have shown that a highly anisotropic state can arise in certain two dimensional electron systems. In the large square samples studied, resistances measured in the two perpendicular directions are found to have a ratio that may be 60 or larger at low temperature and...
9903086v3
1999-12-01
Fractional-flux Little-Parks resistance oscillations in disordered superconducting Au$_{0.7}$In$_{0.3}$ cylinders
Resistance of disordered superconducting Au$_{0.7}$In$_{0.3}$ cylindrical films was measured as a function of applied magnetic field. In the high-temperature part of the superconducting transition regime, the resistance oscillated with a period of $h/2e$ in the unit of the enclosed magnetic flux. However, at lower temp...
9912003v3
2000-04-05
Linear response conductance and magneto-resistance of ferromagnetic single-electron transistors
The current through ferromagnetic single-electron transistors (SET's) is considered. Using path integrals the linear response conductance is formulated as a function of the tunnel conductance vs. quantum conductance and the temperature vs. Coulomb charging energy. The magneto-resistance of ferromagnet-normal metal-ferr...
0004082v3
2001-09-10
Transport properties of MgB2
In this paper we present the resistivity, the Seebeck effect, and the thermal conductivity measurements on a MgB2 sintered sample. Such transport properties highlight the role of the junctions between the grains to a different extent. In particular, the temperature dependence of resistivity may be explained with the as...
0109174v2
2003-10-22
Unconventional superconductivity and normal state properties of epsilon-iron at high pressure
Following the discovery of superconductivity in epsilon-iron, subsequent experiments hinted at non-Fermi liquid behaviour of the normal phase and sensitive dependence of the superconducting state on disorder, both signatures of unconventional pairing. We report further resistive measurements under pressure of samples o...
0310519v1
2003-12-10
Phase slips in superconducting films with constrictions
A system of two coplanar superconducting films seamlessly connected by a bridge is studied. We observe two distinct resistive transitions as the temperature is reduced. The first one, occurring in the films, shows some properties of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. The second apparent transition (w...
0312268v2
2004-10-04
The "normal" state of superconducting cuprates might really be normal after all
High magnetic field studies of cuprate superconductors revealed a non-BCS temperature dependence of the upper critical field $H_{c2}(T)$ determined resistively by several groups. These determinations caused some doubts on the grounds of both the contrasting effect of the magnetic field on the in-plane and out-of-plan...
0410075v1
2008-04-03
Pressure-temperature Phase Diagram of Polycrystalline UCoGe Studied by Resistivity Measurement
Recently, coexistence of ferromagnetism (T_Curie = 2.8K) and superconductivity (T_sc = 0.8K) has been reported in UCoGe, a compound close to a ferromagnetic instability at ambient pressure P. Here we present resistivity measurements under pressure on a UCoGe polycrystal. The phase diagram obtained from resistivity meas...
0804.0500v1
2008-08-18
Upper critical field, anisotropy, and superconducting properties of Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ single crystals
The temperature dependent resistivity of Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ (x = 0.23, 0.25, 0.28 and 0.4) single crystals and the angle dependent resistivity of superconducting Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_2$As$_2$ single crystals were measured in magnetic fields up to 9 T. The measurements of temperature dependent resistivity for...
0808.2392v3
2009-04-28
Complete pressure dependent phase diagrams for SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2
The temperature dependent electrical resistivity of single crystalline SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 has been measured in a liquid medium, modified Bridgman anvil cell for pressures in excess of 75 kbar. These data allow for the determination of the pressure dependence of the higher temperature, structural / antiferromagnetic ...
0904.4488v1
2011-01-17
The magnetoresistance and Hall effect in CeFeAsO: a high magnetic field study
The longitudinal electrical resistivity and the transverse Hall resistivity of CeFeAsO are simultaneously measured up to a magnetic field of 45T using the facilities of pulsed magnetic field at Los Alamos. Distinct behaviour is observed in both the magnetoresistance Rxx({\mu}0H) and the Hall resistance Rxy({\mu}0H) whi...
1101.3170v1
2013-07-23
Nonlocal resistance and its fluctuations in microstructures of band-inverted HgTe/(Hg,Cd)Te quantum wells
We investigate experimentally transport in gated microsctructures containing a band-inverted HgTe/Hg_{0.3}Cd_{0.7}Te quantum well. Measurements of nonlocal resistances using many contacts prove that in the depletion regime the current is carried by the edge channels, as expected for a two-dimensional topological insula...
1307.6115v3
2013-08-01
Resistive Threshold Logic
We report a resistance based threshold logic family useful for mimicking brain like large variable logic functions in VLSI. A universal Boolean logic cell based on an analog resistive divider and threshold logic circuit is presented. The resistive divider is implemented using memristors and provides output voltage as a...
1308.0090v1
2014-02-03
The Effect of Magnetic Fields, Temperature and Current on the Resistivity of Bi-2223 High Temperature Superconductors
The electrical resistivity of polycrystalline Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10-x (Bi-2223) was measured vs. applied magnetic fields up to 0.45 T, applied currents up to 1 A, and temperature from liquid nitrogen temperature (LN2) to room temperature. In the lowest temperature region, the only truly zero resistivity was observed when the...
1402.0436v1
2014-10-06
Low Resistance Metal Contacts to MoS2 Devices with Nickel-Etched-Graphene Electrodes
We report an approach to achieve low-resistance contacts to MoS2 transistors with the intrinsic performance of the MoS2 channel preserved. Through a dry transfer technique and a metal-catalyzed graphene treatment process, nickel-etched-graphene electrodes were fabricated on MoS2 that yield contact resistance as low as ...
1410.1328v2
2017-06-14
Kinetic theory of transport for inhomogeneous electron fluids
The interplay between electronic interactions and disorder is neglected in the conventional Boltzmann theory of transport, yet can play an essential role in determining the resistivity of unconventional metals. When quasiparticles are long-lived, one can account for these intertwined effects by solving spatially inhomo...
1706.04621v3
2017-10-11
Zero-field quantum anomalous Hall metrology as a step towards a universal quantum standard unit system
In the quantum anomalous Hall effect, the edge states of a ferromagnetically doped topological insulator exhibit quantized Hall resistance and dissipationless transport at zero magnetic field. Up to now, however, the resistance was experimentally assessed with standard transport measurement techniques which are difficu...
1710.04090v1
2019-09-20
Phenomenology of anomalous transport in disordered one-dimensional systems
We study anomalous transport arising in disordered one-dimensional spin chains, specifically focusing on the subdiffusive transport typically found in a phase preceding the many-body localization transition. Different types of transport can be distinguished by the scaling of the average resistance with the system's len...
1909.09507v2
2019-06-29
Ultra-Low Surface Resistance via Vacuum Heat Treatment of Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities
We report on an effort to improve the performance of superconducting radiofrequency cavities by the use of heat treatment in a temperature range sufficient to dissociate the natural surface oxide. We find that the residual resistance is significantly decreased, and we find an unexpected reduction in the BCS resistance....
1907.00147v1
2012-03-21
Magnetoplasmon resonance in 2D electron system driven into a zero-resistance state
We report on a remarkably strong, and a rather sharp, photoresistance peak originating from a dimensional magnetoplasmon resonance (MPR) in a high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well driven by microwave radiation into a zero-resistance state (ZRS). The analysis of the MPR signalreveals a negative background providing exp...
1203.4781v1
2015-04-21
Radiation-induced resistance oscillations in a 2D hole gas: a demonstration of a universal effect
We report on a theoretical insight about the microwave-induced resistance oscillations and zero resistance states when dealing with p-type semiconductors and holes instead of electrons. We consider a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas hosted in a pure Ge/SiGe quantum well. Similarly to electrons we obtain radiation...
1504.05564v2
2019-10-03
Modeling of Electrical Resistivity of Soil Based on Geotechnical Properties
Determining the relationship between the electrical resistivity of soil and its geotechnical properties is an important engineering problem. This study aims to develop methodology for finding the best model that can be used to predict the electrical resistivity of soil, based on knowing its geotechnical properties. The...
1910.01325v1
2019-10-16
$T$-linear resistivity in models with local self-energy
A theoretical understanding of the enigmatic linear-in-temperature ($T$) resistivity, ubiquitous in strongly correlated metallic systems, has been a long sought-after goal. Furthermore, the slope of this robust $T$-linear resistivity is also observed to stay constant through crossovers between different temperature reg...
1910.07530v2
2020-05-28
Contact resistance extraction of graphene FET technologies based on individual device characterization
Straightforward contact resistance extraction methods based on electrical device characteristics are described and applied here to graphene field-effect transistors from different technologies. The methods are an educated adaptation of extraction procedures originally developed for conventional transistors by exploitin...
2005.13926v1
2021-10-29
Influence of Device Geometry on Transport Properties of Topological Insulator Microflakes
In the transport studies of topological insulators, microflakes exfoliated from bulk single crystals are often used because of the convenience in sample preparation and the accessibility to high carrier mobilities. Here, based on finite element analysis, we show that for the non-Hall-bar shaped topological insulator sa...
2110.15589v1
2022-04-14
DC-coupled resistive silicon detectors for 4-D tracking
In this work, we introduce a new design concept: the DC-Coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors, based on the LGAD technology. This new approach intends to address a few known features of the first generation of AC-Coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD). Our simulation exploits a fast hybrid approach based on a combinat...
2204.07226v1
2022-10-19
Vector graphics extraction and analysis of electrical resistance data in Nature volume 586, pages 373-377 (2020)
In this paper, I present an analysis of the electrical resistance graphs in Nature volume 586, pages 373-377 (2020), which reported the discovery of room temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride and was subsequently retracted on September 26th, 2022. I show that, over a single temperature interval...
2210.10766v1
2023-06-26
Towards Optimal Effective Resistance Estimation
We provide new algorithms and conditional hardness for the problem of estimating effective resistances in $n$-node $m$-edge undirected, expander graphs. We provide an $\widetilde{O}(m\epsilon^{-1})$-time algorithm that produces with high probability, an $\widetilde{O}(n\epsilon^{-1})$-bit sketch from which the effectiv...
2306.14820v1
2023-08-22
Non-Hermitian topological ohmmeter
Measuring large electrical resistances forms an essential part of common applications such as insulation testing, but suffers from a fundamental problem: the larger the resistance, the less sensitive a canonical ohmmeter is. Here we develop a conceptually different electronic sensor by exploiting the topological proper...
2308.11367v1
2019-09-12
Analysis of RF losses and material characterization of samples removed from a Nb3Sn-coated superconducting RF cavity
Nb3Sn (Tc ~ 18 K and Hsh ~ 400 mT) is a prospective material to replace Nb (Tc ~ 9 K and Hsh ~ 200 mT) in SRF accelerator cavities for significant cost reduction and performance enhancement. Because of its material properties, Nb3Sn is best employed as a thin film (coating) inside an already built RF cavity structure. ...
1909.05695v1
2020-02-27
A simple approach to bulk bioinspired tough ceramics
The development of damage-resistant structural materials that can withstand harsh environments is a major issue in materials science and engineering. Bioinspired brick-and-mortar designs have recently demonstrated a range of interesting mechanical properties in proof-of-concept studies. However, reproducibility and sca...
2003.11898v1
2021-10-09
Fracture Diodes: Directional asymmetry of fracture toughness
Toughness describes the ability of a material to resist fracture or crack propagation. It is demonstrated here that fracture toughness of a material can be asymmetric, i.e., the resistance of a medium to a crack propagating from right to left can be significantly different from that to a crack propagating from left to ...
2110.04613v1
2022-07-20
Do thermoelectric generator modules degrade due to nickel diffusion
The paper shows by calculation that the diffusion of nickel even for 50 years does not lead to degradation of thermoelectric generator modules. In the process, we used the theory of composites to calculate the electrical contact resistance, our own diffusion theory of electrical contact resistance, as well as the metho...
2207.12122v1
2023-03-10
Engineering heat transport across epitaxial lattice-mismatched van der Waals heterointerfaces
Artificially engineered 2D materials offer unique physical properties for thermal management, surpassing naturally occurring materials. Here, using van der Waals epitaxy, we demonstrate the ability to engineer extremely insulating ultra-thin thermal metamaterials based on crystalline lattice-mismatched Bi2Se3/MoSe2 sup...
2303.05808v1
2023-09-25
Integrated bolometric photodetectors based on transparent conductive oxides from near- to mid-infrared wavelengths
On-chip photodetectors are essential components in optical communications as they convert light into an electrical signal. Photobolometers are type of photodetector that functions through a resistance change caused by electronic temperature fluctuations upon light absorption. They are widely used in the broad wavelengt...
2309.14454v1
2023-10-04
Current-driven magnetic resistance in van der Waals spin-filter antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions with MnBi$_2$Te$_4$
The field of 2D magnetic materials has paved the way for the development of spintronics and nanodevices with new functionalities. Utilizing antiferromagnetic materials, in addition to layered van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials, has garnered significant interest. In this work, we present a theoretical investiga...
2310.02830v1