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2016-09-08
Evidence of Ballistic Thermal Transport in Lithium Niobate at Room Temperature
In ballistic transport, heat carriers such as phonons travel through the solid without any scattering or interaction. Therefore, there is no temperature gradient in the solid, which seems to transport the heat without getting heated itself. Ballistic transport is typically seen in high purity crystals at either tempera...
1609.02585v1
2018-07-03
ssDNA sequencing by rectification
Fast, reliable and inexpensive DNA sequencing is an important pursuit in healthcare, especially in personalized medicine with possible deep societal impacts. Despite significant progress of various nanopore-based sequencing configurations, challenges remain in resolution (due to thermal fluctuations or to sensitivity t...
1807.01215v4
2018-12-16
Quantum dots formed in three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd$_3$As$_2$ nanowires
We demonstrate quantum dot (QD) formation in three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd$_{3}$As$_{2}$ nanowires using two electrostatically tuned p$-$n junctions with a gate and magnetic fields. The linear conductance measured as a function of gate voltage under high magnetic fields is strongly suppressed at the Dirac point ...
1812.06416v1
2019-01-17
Compositional dependence of epitaxial Tin+1SiCn MAX-phase thin films grown from a Ti3SiC2 compound target
We investigate sputtering of a Ti3SiC2 compound target at temperatures ranging from RT (no applied external heating) to 970 oC as well as the influence of the sputtering power at 850 oC for the deposition of Ti3SiC2 films on Al2O3(0001) substrates. Elemental composition obtained from time-of-flight energy elastic recoi...
1901.05904v1
2019-06-10
Anomalous electron transport in epitaxial NdNiO$_3$ films
The origin of simultaneous electronic, structural and magnetic transitions in bulk rare-earth nickelates ($RE$NiO$_3$) remains puzzling with multiple conflicting reports on the nature of these entangled phase transitions. Heterostructure engineering of these materials offers unique opportunity to decouple metal-insulat...
1906.03809v1
2019-10-22
Magnetic topological insulator MnBi6Te10 with zero-field ferromagnetic state and gapped Dirac surface states
Magnetic topological insulators (TIs) with nontrivial topological electronic structure and broken time-reversal symmetry exhibit various exotic topological quantum phenomena. The realization of such exotic phenomena at high temperature is one of central topics in this area. We reveal that MnBi6Te10 is a magnetic TI wit...
1910.10101v2
2020-01-03
Coulomb Blockade Effects in a Topological Insulator Grown on a High-Tc Cuprate Superconductor
The evidence for proximity-induced superconductivity in heterostructures of topological insulators and high-Tc cuprates has been intensely debated. We use molecular beam epitaxy to grow thin films of topological insulator Bi2Te3 on a cuprate Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, and study the surface of Bi2Te3 using low-temperature scannin...
2001.00906v2
2020-07-14
Cyclic plasticity and fatigue damage of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion
The CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy is highly printable and holds great potential for structural applications. However, no significant discussions on cyclic plasticity and fatigue damage in previous studies. This study provides significant insights into the link between print processes, solidification microstructure, cyc...
2007.07043v1
2020-07-24
Integration of multi-layer black phosphorus into photoconductive antennas for THz emission
We report the fabrication, characterization, and modeling of photoconductive antennas using 40 nm thin-film flakes of black phosphorus (BP) as the photoconductor and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as a capping layer to prevent oxidation of BP. Dipole antennas were fabricated on oxidized high-resistivity Si substrates, a...
2007.12775v1
2020-08-06
Constraining the ellipticity of millisecond pulsars with observed spin-down rates
A spinning neutron star (NS) that is asymmetric with respect to its spin axis can emit continuous gravitational wave (GW) signals. The spin frequencies and their distribution of radio millisecond pulsars (MSPs) and accreting MSPs provide some evidences of GW radiation, and MSPs are ideal probes detecting high frequency...
2008.02444v2
2020-08-22
Large Transport Gap Modulation in Graphene via Electric Field Controlled Reversible Hydrogenation
Graphene is of interest in the development of next-generation electronics due to its high electron mobility, flexibility and stability. However, graphene transistors have poor on/off current ratios because of the absence of a bandgap. One approach to introduce an energy gap is to use hydrogenation reaction, which chang...
2008.09749v2
2020-10-04
Ballistic-hydrodynamic phase transition in flow of two-dimensional electrons
Phase transitions are characterized by a sharp change in the type of dynamics of microparticles, and their description usually requires quantum mechanics. Recently, a peculiar type of conductors was discovered in which two-dimensional (2D) electrons form a viscous fluid. In this work we reveal that such electron fluid ...
2010.01642v4
2020-10-22
Li-ion Battery Fault Detection in Large Packs Using Force and Gas Sensors
Internal short circuits are a leading cause of battery thermal runaway, and hence a major safety issue for electric vehicles. An internal short circuit with low resistance is called a hard internal short, which causes a high internal current flow that leads to an extremely fast temperature rise, gas generation, cell sw...
2010.13519v1
2020-11-01
Experimental demonstration of particle acceleration with normal conducting accelerating structure at cryogenic temperature
Reducing the operating temperature of normal conducting particle accelerators substantially increases their efficiency. Low-temperature operation increases the yield strength of the accelerator material and reduces surface resistance, hence a great reduction in cyclic fatigue could be achieved resulting in a large redu...
2011.00391v1
2020-12-13
Microfluidic device coupled with total internal reflection microscopy for in situ observation of precipitation
In situ observation of precipitation or phase separation induced by solvent addition is important in studying its dynamics. Combined with optical and fluorescence microscopy, microfluidic devices have been leveraged in studying the phase separation in various materials including biominerals, nanoparticles, and inorgani...
2012.06962v1
2021-01-31
Monoclinic EuSn$_2$As$_2$: A Novel High-Pressure Network Structure
The layered crystal of EuSn$_2$As$_2$ has a Bi$_2$Te$_3$-type structure in rhombohedral ($R\bar{3}m$) symmetry and has been confirmed to be an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator at ambient conditions. Combining {\it ab initio} calculations and \emph{in-situ} x-ray diffraction measurements, we identify a new monoc...
2102.00437v2
2021-02-18
Crystal orientation-dependent oxidation of epitaxial TiN films with tunable plasmonics
Titanium nitride (TiN) is a paradigm of refractory transition metal nitrides with great potential in vast applications. Generally, the plasmonic performance of TiN can be tuned by oxidation, which was thought to be only temperature-, oxygen partial pressure-, and time-dependent. Regarding the role of crystallographic o...
2102.09126v1
2021-03-15
Thermal Visualization of Buried Interfaces by Transient and Steady-State Responses of Time-Domain Thermoreflectance
Thermal resistances from interfaces impede heat dissipation in micro/nanoscale electronics, especially for high-power electronics. Despite the growing importance of understanding interfacial thermal transport, advanced thermal characterization techniques which can visualize thermal conductance across buried interfaces,...
2103.08084v1
2021-03-24
Quantum transport properties of beta-Bi4I4 near and well beyond the extreme quantum limit
We have investigated the magneto-transport properties of beta-Bi4I4 bulk crystal, which was recently theoretically proposed and experimentally demonstrated to be a topological insulator. At low temperature T and magnetic field B, a series of Shubnikov-De Haas(SdH) oscillations are observed on the magnetoresistivity (MR...
2103.13079v2
2021-04-15
Negligible oxygen vacancies, low critical current density, electric-field modulation, in-plane anisotropic and high-field transport of a superconducting Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructure
The emerging Ni-based superconducting oxide thin films are rather intriguing to the entire condensed matter physics. Here we report some brief experimental results on transport measurements for a 14-nm-thick superconducting Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2/SrTiO3 thin-film heterostructure with an onset transition temperature of ~9.5 K. ...
2104.07316v2
2021-04-26
Impact of the nucleation of charge clusters on the retention of memristors: a self-consistent phase field computational study
In recent years, resistive RAM often referred to as memristor is actively pursued as a replacement for nonvolatile-flash memory due to its superior characteristics such as high density, scalability, low power operation, high endurance, and fast operating speed. However, one of the challenges that need to be overcome is...
2104.12829v1
2021-06-02
Multiband effects on the upper critical field angular dependence of 122-family iron pnictide superconductors
Detailed measurements of the in-plane resistivity were performed in a high-quality Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_2$As$_2$ ($x=0.065$) single crystal, in magnetic fields up to 9 T and with different orientations $\theta$ relative to the crystal $c$ axis. A significant $\rho(T)_{H,\theta}$ rounding is observed just above the s...
2106.01307v1
2021-07-07
Magnetization-tuned topological quantum phase transition in MnBi2Te4 devices
Recently, the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 has attracted enormous research interest due to the great success in realizing exotic topological quantum states, such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), axion insulator state, high-Chern-number and high-temperature Chern insulator states. One ke...
2107.03224v1
2021-07-22
Anomalous Transport in High-Mobility Superconducting SrTiO$_3$ Thin Films
The study of subtle effects on transport in semiconductors requires high-quality epitaxial structures with low defect density. Using hybrid molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), SrTiO$_3$ films with low-temperature mobility exceeding 42,000 cm$^2$V$^{-1}$s$^{-1}$ at low carrier density of 3 x 10$^{17}$ cm$^{-3}$ were achieved....
2107.10904v1
2021-09-27
Pressure-induced monotonic enhancement of Tc to over 30 K in the superconducting Pr0.82Sr0.18NiO2 thin films
The successful synthesis of superconducting infinite-layer nickelate thin films with the highest Tc ~ 15 K has reignited great enthusiasms on this family of potential analogue to high-Tc cuprates. Pursuing a higher Tc is always an imperative task in studying a new superconducting material system. Here we report high-qu...
2109.12811v2
2021-10-26
Novel Lithium-Sulfur Polymer Battery Operating at Moderate Temperature
A safe lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery employs a composite polymer electrolyte based on a poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether (PEGDME) solid at room temperature. The electrolyte membrane enables a stable and reversible Li-S electrochemical process already at 50{\deg}C, with low resistance at the electrode/electrolyte in...
2110.13727v1
2021-11-30
Bosonic metal states in crystalline iron-based superconductors at the two-dimensional limit
The nature of the anomalous metal, one of the quantum ground states of two-dimensional (2D) bosonic systems, remains a major puzzle even after several decades of study. Here, we report a systematic investigation on the transport properties of ultrathin crystalline FeSe films grown on SrTiO3 (STO) as well as the nanopat...
2111.15488v2
2022-03-14
Large enhancement in thermal conductivity of solvent cast expanded-graphite/polyetherimide composites
We demonstrate in this work, that expanded graphite (EG) can lead to a very large enhancement in thermal conductivity of polyetherimide-graphene and epoxy-graphene nanocomposites prepared via solvent casting technique. A k value of 6.56 Wm-1K-1 is achieved for 10 weight % composition sample, representing an enhancement...
2203.06828v1
2022-03-18
Thermoelectric transport properties of gapless pinned charge density waves
Quantum strongly correlated matter exhibits properties which are not easily explainable in the conventional framework of Fermi liquids. Universal effective field theory tools are applicable in these cases regardless of the microscopic details of the quantum system, since they are based on symmetries. It is necessary, h...
2203.10038v2
2022-05-11
An mCherry biolaser based on microbubble cavity with ultra-low threshold
Biolasers show considerable potential in the biomedical field. Fluorescent protein (FP) is a type of biomaterial with good luminescence efficiency that can be used as the luminescent gain medium in biolasers. Due to the higher cell/tissue permeability, lower cell phototoxicity, and relatively less background fluorescen...
2205.05220v2
2022-07-01
Efficient and Scalable GaInAs Thermophotovoltaic Devices
Thermophotovoltaics are promising solid-state energy converters for a variety of applications such as grid-scale energy storage, concentrating solar-thermal power, and waste heat recovery. Here, we report the design, fabrication, and testing of large area (0.8 cm$^2$), scalable, single junction 0.74-eV GaInAs thermopho...
2207.00565v1
2022-07-12
Non-destructive Depth-Resolved Characterization of Residual Strain Fields in High Electron Mobility Transistors using Differential Aperture X-ray Microscopy
Localized residual stress and elastic strain concentrations in microelectronic devices often affect the electronic performance, resistance to thermomechanical damage, and, likely, radiation tolerance. A primary challenge for characterization of these concentrations is that they exist over sub-$\mu$m length-scales, prec...
2207.05789v2
2022-08-10
Synthesis of Superconducting Phase of La$_{0.5}$Ce$_{0.5}$H$_{10}$ at High Pressures
Clathrate hydride \emph{Fm}\={3}\emph{m}-LaH$_{10}$ has been proven as the most extraordinary superconductor with the critical temperature $T_c$ above 250 K upon compression of hundreds of GPa in recent years. A general hope is to reduce the stabilization pressure and maintain the high $T_c$ value of the specific phase...
2208.05199v1
2022-09-12
Emergent magnetic states and tunable exchange bias at all 3d nitride heterointerfaces
Interfacial magnetism stimulates the discovery of giant magnetoresistance and spin-orbital coupling across the heterointerfaces, facilitating the intimate correlation between spin transport and complex magnetic structures. Over decades, functional heterointerfaces composed of nitrides are seldomly explored due to the d...
2209.05209v1
2022-11-02
Tunable Rapid Electron Transport in Titanium Oxide Thin Films
Rapid electron transport in the quantum well triggers many novel physical phenomena and becomes a critical point for the high-speed electronics. Here, we found electrical properties of the titanium oxide changed from semiconducting to metallic as the degree of oxidation decreased and Schottky quantum well was formed at...
2211.01162v1
2023-03-06
A Miniaturised Camera-based Multi-Modal Tactile Sensor
In conjunction with huge recent progress in camera and computer vision technology, camera-based sensors have increasingly shown considerable promise in relation to tactile sensing. In comparison to competing technologies (be they resistive, capacitive or magnetic based), they offer super-high-resolution, while sufferin...
2303.03093v1
2023-03-15
Rare observation of spin-gapless semiconducting characteristics and related band topology of quaternary Heusler alloy CoFeMnSn
In this paper, we report the theoretical investigation and experimental realization of a new spin-gapless semiconductor (SGSs) compound CoFeMnSn belonging to the family of quaternary Heusler alloys. Through the use of several ground-state energy calculations, the most stable structure has been identified. Calculations ...
2303.08589v2
2023-04-11
Effects of equivalent composition on superconducting properties of high-entropy REOBiS$_2$ (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd) single crystals
Superconductors are influenced by high-entropy alloys (HEAs); these have been investigated in various functional materials. REOBiS$_2$ (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Gd in different combinations) single crystals with HEAs at the RE-site were successfully grown using the flux method. The obtained crystals were plate-shap...
2304.04993v1
2023-06-21
An Analytical Model to Quantify the Local Lattice Distortion of Refractory High Entropy Alloys
Local lattice distortion (LLD) of high entropy alloys (HEAs) especially refractory HEAs, which is different from one lattice site to another, determines the mechanical properties of HEAs such as yield strength and radiation resistance, and is crucial to modulating catalytic activity of HEAs via the atomic strain. In pa...
2306.11959v1
2023-06-28
High-Q trenched aluminum coplanar resonators with an ultrasonic edge microcutting for superconducting quantum devices
Dielectric losses are one of the key factors limiting the coherence of superconducting qubits. The impact of materials and fabrication steps on dielectric losses can be evaluated using coplanar waveguide (CPW) microwave resonators. Here, we report on superconducting CPW microwave resonators with internal quality factor...
2306.16301v1
2023-10-05
Liquid Cooling System for a High Power, Medium Frequency, and Medium Voltage Isolated Power Converter
Power electronics systems, widely used in various applications such as industrial automation, electric cars, and renewable energy, have the primary function of converting and controlling electrical power to the desired type of load. Despite their reliability and efficiency, power losses in these systems generate signif...
2310.03577v1
2023-10-19
Detailed and high-throughput measurement of composition dependence of magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque using a composition-gradient film: application to Co$_{x}$Fe$_{1-x}$ (0 $\le$ $\textit{x}$ $\le$ 1) system
We develop a high-throughput method for measuring the composition dependence of magnetoresistance (MR) and spin-transfer-torque (STT) effects in current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) devices and report its application to the CoFe system. The method is based on the use of composition-gradient ...
2310.12434v1
2023-11-25
Our Dark Matter Stopping in the Earth
We have worked for some time on a model for dark matter, in which dark matter consists of small bubbles of a new speculated type of vacuum, which are pumped up by some ordinary matter such as diamond, so as to resist the pressure of the domain wall separating the two vacua. Here we put forward thoughts on, how such mac...
2311.14996v1
2023-11-27
Tailoring the Opto-Electronic Properties of Oxide-Metal-Oxide Transparent Electrode Using Cu Seed Layer
The oxide-metal-oxide architecture is a promising approach for the development of the high-performance indium-free transparent electrode (TE), which is a key component of various optoelectronic applications such as solar cells, organic LEDs, and touchscreen panels. Here in this work, we have shown high-performance TE c...
2311.15535v2
2023-11-30
Vanishing of the anomalous Hall effect and enhanced carrier mobility in the spin-gapless ferromagnetic Mn2CoGa1-xAlx alloys
Spin gapless semiconductor (SGS) has attracted long attention since its theoretical prediction, while concrete experimental hints are still lack in the relevant Heusler alloys. Here in this work, by preparing the series alloys of Mn2CoGa1-xAlx (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1), we identified the vanishing of anomalous Hall ...
2311.18335v1
2024-01-31
Electrical 180o switching of Néel vector in spin-splitting antiferromagnet
Antiferromagnetic spintronics have attracted wide attention due to its great potential in constructing ultra-dense and ultra-fast antiferromagnetic memory that suits modern high-performance information technology. The electrical 180o switching of N\'eel vector is a long-term goal for developing electrical-controllable ...
2401.17608v1
2024-02-29
Controllable suppression of the unconventional superconductivity in bulk and thin-film Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ via high-energy electron irradiation
In bulk Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$, the strong sensitivity of the superconducting transition temperature $T_{\text{c}}$ to nonmagnetic impurities provides robust evidence for a superconducting order parameter that changes sign around the Fermi surface. In superconducting epitaxial thin-film Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$, the relationship b...
2402.19454v1
2017-07-09
Ultrafast Epitaxial Growth of Metre-Sized Single-Crystal Graphene on Industrial Cu Foil
A foundation of the modern technology that uses single-crystal silicon has been the growth of high-quality single-crystal Si ingots with diameters up to 12 inches or larger. For many applications of graphene, large-area high-quality (ideally of single-crystal) material will be enabling. Since the first growth on copper...
1707.02512v1
2020-06-04
Thermal conductivity of amorphous and crystalline GeTe thin film at high temperature: Experimental and theoretical study
Thermal transport properties bear a pivotal role in influencing the performance of phase change memory (PCM) devices, in which the PCM operation involves fast and reversible phase change between amorphous and crystalline phases. In this paper, we present a systematic experimental and theoretical study on the thermal co...
2006.02625v1
2021-08-31
Toward 100% Spin-Orbit Torque Efficiency with High Spin-Orbital Hall Conductivity Pt-Cr Alloys
5d transition metal Pt is the canonical spin Hall material for efficient generation of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in Pt/ferromagnetic layer (FM) heterostructures. However, for a long while with tremendous engineering endeavors, the damping-like SOT efficiencies (${\xi}_{DL}$) of Pt and Pt alloys have still been limited ...
2108.13857v3
2024-01-05
Signatures of room-temperature superconductivity emerging in two-dimensional domains within the new Bi/Pb-based ceramic cuprate superconductors at ambient pressure
We predict the possibility of realizing room-temperature superconductivity in different 2D domains within the ceramic high-Tc cuprates at ambient pressure and experimentally confirm this prediction of 2D room-temperature superconductivity in the newly derived Bi/Pb-based ceramic cuprates containing many grain boundarie...
2401.02642v1
2024-04-17
On-liquid-gallium surface synthesis of ultra-smooth conductive metal-organic framework thin films
Conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging electroactive materials for (opto-)electronics. However, it remains a great challenge to achieve reliable MOF-based devices via the existing synthesis methods that are compatible with the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology, as the surface roughness...
2404.15357v1
2009-01-08
Transport properties of Layer-Antiferromagnet CuCrS2: A possible thermoelectric material
The electrical, thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of the quenched, annealed and slowly cooled phases of the layer compound CuCrS2 have been reported between 15K to 300K. We also confirm the antiferromagnetic transition at 40K in them by our magnetic measurements between 2K and 300K. The crystal flakes show a...
0901.0977v2
2009-06-29
A novel wear-resistant magnetic thin film material based on a $Ti_{1-x}Fe_xC_{1-y}$ nanocomposite alloy
In this study we report on the film growth and characterization of thin (approximately 50 nm thick) Ti-Fe-C films deposited on amorphous quartz. The experimental studies have been complemented by first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Upon annealing of as-prepared films, the composition of the m...
0906.5386v1
2010-11-25
Resistive transition in disordered superconductors with varying intergrain coupling
The effect of disorder is investigated in granular superconductive materials with strong and weak links. The transition is controlled by the interplay of the \emph{tunneling} $g$ and \emph{intragrain} $g_{intr}$ conductances, which depend on the strength of the intergrain coupling. For $g \ll g_{intr}$, the transition ...
1011.5607v1
2015-10-23
Consequences of breaking time reversal symmetry in LaSb: a resistivity plateau and extreme magnetoresistance
Time reversal symmetry (TRS) protects the metallic surface modes of topological insulators (TIs). The transport signature of robust metallic surface modes of TIs is a plateau that arrests the exponential divergence of the insulating bulk with decreasing temperature. This universal behavior is observed in all TI candida...
1510.06931v1
2015-11-30
Electrical transport in nano-thick ZrTe$_5$ sheets: from three to two dimensions
ZrTe$_5$ is a newly discovered topological material. Shortly after a single layer ZrTe$_5$ had been predicted to be a two-dimensional topological insulator, a handful of experiments have been carried out on bulk ZrTe$_5$ crystals, which however suggest that its bulk form may be a three-dimensional topological Dirac sem...
1511.09315v2
2016-06-08
Multi-orbital physics in lithium-molybdenum purple-bronze: going beyond paradigm
We investigate the role of inter-orbital fluctuations in the low energy physics of a quasi-1D material - lithium molybdenum purple bronze (LMO). It is an exceptional material that may provide us a long sought realization of a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) physics, but its behaviour at temperatures of the order of $T^...
1606.02687v3
2016-10-08
Enhancement of Impedance by Chromium Substitution and Correlation with DC Resistivity in Cobalt Ferrite
Chromium substituted cobalt ferrite with grain size less than the single domain (approx. 70 nm) has been prepared by the sol-gel method. XRD analysis reveals that the samples crystallize to cubic symmetry with spacegroup number 227. Two transition temperatures (TD (approx. 450 K) and TM (approx. 600 K) have been observ...
1610.02489v1
2018-08-08
The viscosities of partially molten materials undergoing diffusion creep
Partially molten materials resist shearing and compaction. This resistance is described by a fourth-rank effective viscosity tensor. When the tensor is isotropic, two scalars determine the resistance: an effective shear and an effective bulk viscosity. Here, calculations are presented of the effective viscosity tensor ...
1808.02734v2
2019-01-14
Gate tunable giant anisotropic resistance in ultra-thin GaTe
In crystals, the duplication of atoms often follows different periodicity along different directions. It thus gives rise to the so called anisotropy, which is usually even more pronounced in two dimensional (2D) materials due to the absence of $\textbf{z}$ dimension. Indeed, in the emerging 2D materials, electrical ani...
1901.04262v1
2020-01-27
Graphene-based Nanoscale version of da Vinci's Reciprocal Structures
A reciprocal structure (RS) is a mechanical resistant structure formed by a set of self-supporting elements satisfying certain conditions of structural reciprocity (SR) . The first condition is that each element of the structure has to support and be supported by the others. The second condition is that these functions...
2001.10027v2
2021-05-21
Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Synthesized Using Low Thermal Budget Atmospheric Oxidation
Vanadium dioxide is a complex oxide material, which shows large resistivity and optical reflectance change while transitioning from the insulator to metal phase at ~68 {\deg}C. In this work, we use a modified atmospheric thermal oxidation method to oxidize RF-sputtered Vanadium films. Structural, surface-morphology and...
2105.10264v1
2023-08-18
Magnetoresistance anomaly during the electrical triggering of a metal-insulator transition
Phase separation naturally occurs in a variety of magnetic materials and it often has a major impact on both electric and magnetotransport properties. In resistive switching systems, phase separation can be created on demand by inducing local switching, which provides an opportunity to tune the electronic and magnetic ...
2308.09260v2
2024-01-30
Picosecond transfer from short-term to long-term memory in analog antiferromagnetic memory device
Experiments in materials with a compensated ordering of magnetic moments have demonstrated a potential for approaching the thermodynamic limit of the fastest and least-dissipative operation of a digital memory bit. In addition, these materials are very promising for a construction of energy-efficient analog devices wit...
2401.17370v1
2021-04-21
Machine-Learning Assisted Optimization Strategies for Phase Change Materials Embedded within Electronic Packages
Leveraging the latent heat of phase change materials (PCMs) can reduce the peak temperatures and transient variations in temperature in electronic devices. But as the power levels increase, the thermal conduction pathway from the heat source to the heat sink limits the effectiveness of these systems. In this work, we e...
2104.14433v1
2023-10-26
A Critical Assessment of Electronic Structure Descriptors for Predicting Perovskite Catalytic Properties
The discovery and design of new materials which can efficiently catalyze the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions at reduced temperatures is important for facilitating the widespread adoption of fuel cell and electrolyzer technologies. Numerous studies have produced correlations between catalytic properties, such a...
2310.17744v1
1998-11-11
Superconducting Material Diagnostics using a Scanning Near-Field Microwave Microscope
We have developed scanning near-field microwave microscopes which can image electrodynamic properties of superconducting materials on length scales down to about 2 $\mu$m. The microscopes are capable of quantitative imaging of sheet resistance of thin films, and surface topography. We demonstrate the utility of the mic...
9811158v1
2001-08-21
Infrared and optical properties of pure and cobalt-doped LuNi_2B_2C
We present optical conductivity data for Lu(Ni$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$B$_2$C over a wide range of frequencies and temperatures for x=0 and x=0.09. Both materials show evidence of being good Drude metals with the infrared data in reasonable agreement with dc resistivity measurements at low frequencies. An absorption threshol...
0108333v1
2005-04-22
Low field magneto-transport in La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO_3-PMMA composites synthesized by polymeric precursor route
A detailed investigation of the effect of PMMA on the structure, microstructure and magneto-transport properties of manganite La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO_3 (LCMO) is presented. LCMO-PMMA nanostructured composites have been synthesized by a unique polymeric sol-gel route, which leads to improved solubility of PMMA in the LCMO matri...
0504579v1
2007-03-01
Magnetic effects at the interface between nonmagnetic oxides
The electronic reconstruction at the interface between two insulating oxides can give rise to a highly-conductive interface. In analogy to this remarkable interface-induced conductivity we show how, additionally, magnetism can be induced at the interface between the otherwise nonmagnetic insulating perovskites SrTiO3 a...
0703028v2
2008-07-09
Molecular Beam Epitaxy grown (Ga,Mn)(As,P) with perpendicular to plane magnetic easy axis
We present an experimental investigation of the magnetic, electrical and structural properties of Ga0.94Mn0.06As1-yPy layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs substrates for y less than or equal to 0.3. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that the layers are under tensile strain which gives rise to a magnetic e...
0807.1469v1
2009-09-10
Electric Pulse Induced Resistive Switching, Electronic Phase Separation, and Possible Superconductivity in a Mott insulator
Metal-insulator transitions (MIT) belong to a class of fascinating physical phenomena, which includes superconductivity, and colossal magnetoresistance (CMR), that are associated with drastic modifications of electrical resistance. In transition metal compounds, MIT are often related to the presence of strong electroni...
0909.1978v1
2010-03-13
Ferromagnetic Clusters in the Brownmillerite Bilayered Compounds Ca2.5-xLaxSr0.5GaMn2O8: An Approach to Achieve Layered Spintronics Materials
We report the effect of La-substitution on the magnetic and magnetotransport properties of Brownmillerite-like bilayered compounds Ca2.5-xLaxSr0.5GaMn2O8 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1) by using dc-magnetization, resistivity and magnetoresistance techniques. The Rietveld analysis of the room temperature x-ray diffraction...
1003.2685v1
2013-07-24
Large resistivity change and phase transition in LiMnAs
Antiferromagnetic semiconductors are new alternative materials for spintronic applications and spin valves. In this work, we report a detailed investigation of two antiferromagnetic semiconductors AMnAs (A = Li, LaO), which are isostructural to the well-known LiFeAs and LaOFeAs superconductors. Here we present a compar...
1307.6404v4
2014-03-31
Investigation of Complex Impedance and Modulus Properties of Nd Doped 0.5BiFeO3-0.5PbTiO3 Multiferroic Composites
0.5BiNdxFe1-xO3-0.5PbTiO3 (x=0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20) composites were successfully synthesized by a solid state reaction technique. At room temperature X-ray diffraction shows tetragonal structure for all concentrations of Nd doped 0.5BiFeO3-0.5PbTiO3 composites. The nature of Nyquist plot confirms the presence of bulk ...
1403.7981v1
2014-04-09
A new first-principles calculation of field-dependent RF surface impedance of BCS superconductor and application to SRF cavities
There is a need to better understand the intrinsic limit of radiofrequency (RF) surface impedance that determines the performance of superconducting RF cavities in particle accelerators. Here we present a field-dependent derivation of Mattis-Bardeen (M-B) theory of the RF surface impedance of BCS superconductors based ...
1404.2523v1
2014-11-25
Computing with spins and magnets
The possible use of spin and magnets in place of charge and capacitors to store and process information is well known. Magnetic tunnel junctions are being widely investigated and developed for magnetic random access memories. These are two terminal devices that change their resistance based on switchable magnetization ...
1411.6960v1
2015-05-22
Direct Method for Calculating Temperature-Dependent Transport Properties
We show how temperature-induced disorder can be combined in a direct way with first-principles scattering theory to study diffusive transport in real materials. Excellent (good) agreement with experiment is found for the resistivity of Cu, Pd, Pt (and Fe) when lattice (and spin) disorder are calculated from first princ...
1505.06231v1
2015-11-04
Numerical Calculations of Wake Fields and Impedances of LHC Collimators' Real Structures
The LHC collimators have very complicated mechanical designs including movable jaws made of higly resistive materials, ferrite materials, tiny RF contacts. Since the jaws are moved very close to the circulating beams their contribution in the overall LHC coupling impedance is dominant, with respect to other machine com...
1511.01236v1
2016-04-19
Metallicity and conductivity crossover in white light illuminated CH$_3$NH$_3$PbI$_3$ perovskite
The intrinsic d.c. electrical resistivity ($\rho$) - measurable on single crystals only - is often the quantity first revealing the properties of a given material. In the case of CH$_3$NH$_3$PbI$_3$ perovskite measuring $\rho$ under white light illumination provides insight into the coexistence of extended and shallow ...
1604.05637v1
2016-05-13
Quantifying structure-property relationships during resistance spot welding of an aluminum 6061-T6 joint
Microstructure-property relationships of resistance spot welded 6061-T6 aluminum alloy lap joints were investigated via mechanical testing and microscopy techniques. Quasi-static tensile and novel shear punch tests were employed to measure the mechanical properties of the distinct weld regions. Quasi-static tensile and...
1605.04251v1
2016-06-17
Electronic ground state of MnB$_{4}$
Recent studies have dealt with the electronic and magnetic ground state properties of the tetraboride material MnB$_4$. So far, however, the ground state properties could not be established unambiguously. Therefore, here we present an experimental study on single-crystalline MnB$_4$ by means of resistivity and magnetiz...
1606.05484v3
2016-12-15
Superconductivity above 500 K in conductors made by bringing n-alkane into contact with graphite
In 1986, a cuprate superconductor (Ba-La-Cu-O system) having a critical temperature which goes over the BCS limit (~30 K) was discovered and then a cuprate superconductor (Y-Ba-Cu-O system) with a critical temperature higher than 77 K was discovered. Furthermore, a Hg-based cuprate with a critical temperature of 133 K ...
1612.05294v1
2017-02-20
Gate Tunable Magneto-resistance of Ultra-Thin WTe2 Devices
In this work, the magneto-resistance (MR) of ultra-thin WTe2/BN heterostructures far away from electron-hole equilibrium is measured. The change of MR of such devices is found to be determined largely by a single tunable parameter, i.e. the amount of imbalance between electrons and holes. We also found that the magneto...
1702.05876v1
2017-10-05
Multi-scale Modeling of Plasticity Nearby Precipitates in Nanostructured Materials
Precipitation strengthening is one of the most effective methods to design alloys with the desired combination of strength and ductility. The main mechanism of strengthening is generally known to be the interaction between dislocations and precipitates. When a dislocation encounters a precipitate, it bends and therefor...
1710.02075v3
2018-05-03
Enhanced Electron Transport in Thin Copper Films via Atomic-Layer Materials Capping
Using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's functions, we characterized the effect of surface termination on the electronic transport properties of nanoscale Cu slabs. With ideal, clean (111) surfaces and oxidized ones as baselines we explore the effect of capping ...
1805.01517v1
2018-06-07
On the magnetic and electronic properties of NpPdSn
We have studied NpPdSn by means of the heat capacity, electrical resistivity, Seebeck and Hall effect, $^{237}$Np M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopy, and neutron diffraction measurements in the temperature range 2-300 K and under magnetic fields up to 14 T. NpPdSn orders antiferromagnetically below the N\'eel temperature $T_N$...
1806.02879v1
2019-09-06
Unveiling multiferroic proximity effect in graphene
We demonstrate that electronic and magnetic properties of graphene can be tuned via proximity of multiferroic substrate. Our first-principles calculations performed both with and without spin-orbit coupling clearly show that by contacting graphene with bismuth ferrite BiFeO$_3$ (BFO) film, the spin-dependent electronic...
1909.02844v1
2017-01-27
Strain-modulated Bandgap and Piezo-resistive Effect in Black Phosphorus Field-effect Transistors
Energy bandgap largely determines the optical and electronic properties of a semiconductor. Variable bandgap therefore makes versatile functionality possible in a single material. In layered material black phosphorus, the bandgap can be modulated by the number of layers; as a result, few-layer black phosphorus has disc...
1701.08041v1
2019-07-27
Microwave derived monoclinic Ba1-xSnxNb2O6 materials as an alternative of ITO
Microwave synthesis was optimized for preparing novel monoclinic Tin-doped Barium Niobate ceramics (Ba1-xSnxNb2O6; x= 0.0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) BSN. The intensity of monoclinic phase formation was observed to decrease on increasing tin as dopant indicating decreased crystallinity. Strained crystalline phase was o...
1907.11946v1
2019-04-24
Progressive amorphization of GeSbTe phase-change material under electron beam irradiation
Fast and reversible phase transitions in chalcogenide phase-change materials (PCMs), in particular, Ge-Sb-Te compounds, are not only of fundamental interests, but also make PCMs based random access memory (PRAM) a leading candidate for non-volatile memory and neuromorphic computing devices. To RESET the memory cell, cr...
1904.10601v2
2015-06-02
Nonmonotonic fracture behavior of polymer nanocomposites
Polymer composite materials are widely used for their exceptional mechanical properties, notably their ability to resist large deformations. Here we examine the failure stress and strain of rubbers reinforced by varying amounts of nano-sized silica particles. We find that small amounts of silica increase the fracture s...
1506.00832v1
2015-07-23
Tuning bad metal and non-Fermi liquid behavior in a Mott material: rare earth nickelate thin films
Resistances that exceed the Mott-Ioffe-Regel limit, known as bad metal behavior, and non-Fermi liquid behavior are ubiquitous features of the normal state of many strongly correlated materials. Here we establish the conditions that lead to bad metal and non-Fermi liquid phases in NdNiO3, which exhibits a prototype, ban...
1507.06619v1
2018-07-17
Current jetting distorted planar Hall effect in a Weyl semimetal with ultrahigh mobility
A giant planar Hall effect (PHE) and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) is observed in TaP, a nonmagnetic Weyl semimetal with ultrahigh mobility. The perpendicular resistivity (i.e., the planar magnetic field applied normal to the current) far exceeds the zero-field resistivity, which thus rules out the possible origi...
1807.06229v3
2019-01-03
Realization of Kondo chain in CeCo$_2$Ga$_8$
We revisited the anisotropy of the heavy-fermion material CeCo$_2$Ga$_8$ by measuring the electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility along all the principal $\mathbf{a}$-, $\mathbf{b}$- and $\mathbf{c}$-axes. Resistivity along $\mathbf{c}$-axis ($\rho_c$) shows clear Kondo coherence below about 17 K, while both...
1901.00558v2
2019-01-04
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of Particle Reinforced Alkali Activated Slag Mortars
This paper presents fracture response of alkali-activated slag (AAS) mortars with up to 30% (by volume) of slag being replaced by waste iron powder which contains a significant fraction of elongated particles. The elongated iron particles act as micro-reinforcement and improve the crack resistance of AAS mortars by inc...
1901.01025v1
2019-10-17
The grain-size effect on thermal conductivity of uranium dioxide
We have investigated the grain boundary scattering effect on the thermal transport behavior of uranium dioxide (UO$_2$). The polycrystalline samples having different grain-sizes (0.125, 1.8, and 7.2 $\mu$m) have been prepared by spark plasma sintering technique and characterized by x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scann...
1910.08014v1
2020-01-06
Transport characteristics of type II Weyl semimetal MoTe2 thin films grown by chemical vapor deposition
Theoretical calculations and experimental observations show MoTe2 is a type II Weyl semimetal, along with many members of transition metal dichalcogenides family. We have grown highly crystalline large-area MoTe2 thin films on Si/SiO2 substrates by chemical vapor deposition. Very uniform, continuous, and smooth films w...
2001.01703v1
2020-05-11
Skyrmion phase in MnSi on sapphire grown by a conventional sputtering
Topologically protected chiral skyrmion is an intriguing spin texture, which has attracted much attention because of fundamental research and future spintronic applications. MnSi with the non-centrosymmetric structure is well-known material hosting skyrmion phase. To date, preparation of MnSi crystals has been investig...
2005.04841v1