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2010-11-05
Interplay between the electrical transport properties of GeMn thin films and Ge substrates
We present evidence that electrical transport studies of epitaxial p-type GeMn thin films fabricated on high resistivity Ge substrates are severely influenced by parallel conduction through the substrate, related to the large intrinsic conductivity of Ge due to its small bandgap. Anomalous Hall measurements and large m...
1011.1450v1
2011-08-31
Local Tunneling Magnetoresistance probed by Low-Temperature Scanning Laser Microscopy
Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in a vertical manganite junction was investigated by low-temperature scanning laser microscopy (LTSLM) allowing to determine the local relative magnetization M orientation of the two electrodes as a function of magnitude and orientation of the external magnetic field H. Sweeping the fi...
1108.6159v1
2012-04-16
Experimental investigation of the magnetic field driven superconductor/ insulator transition in underdoped $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ thin films
The magnetic field driven superconductor/insulator transition is studied in a large variety of $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ thin films of various Sr dopings. Temperature dependence of the resistivity down to 4.2 or 1.5 K under high pulsed magnetic field (up to 57 T) is analyzed. In particular, the existence of plateaus in the r...
1204.3493v1
2012-08-20
Universal linear in temperature resistivity from black hole superradiance
Observations across many families of unconventional materials motivative the search for robust mechanisms producing linear in temperature d.c. resistivity. BKT quantum phase transitions are commonplace in holographic descriptions of finite density matter, separating critical and ordered phases. We show that at a hologr...
1208.4102v1
2012-11-12
Magnetic and transport properties of tetragonal- or cubic-Heusler-type Co-substituted Mn-Ga epitaxial thin films
The composition dependence of the structural, magnetic, and transport properties of epitaxially grown Mn-Co-Ga films were investigated. The crystal structure was observed to change from tetragonal to cubic as the Co content was increased. In terms of the dependence of saturation magnetization on the Co content, relativ...
1211.2524v1
2013-03-19
Self-Formation of Sub-10-nm Nanogaps by Silicidation for Resistive Switch in Air
We developed a simple and reliable method for the fabrication of sub-10-nm wide nanogaps. The self-formed nanogap is based on the stoichiometric solid-state reaction between metal and Si atoms during silicidation process. The nanogap width is deter- mined by the metal layer thickness. Our proposed method produces nanog...
1303.4586v1
2013-10-13
Origin of the energy gap in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb2 revealed by high-pressure magnetotransport measurements
To elucidate an origin of the two energy gaps in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb2, we have investigated the effects of hydrostatic pressure on the resistivity, Hall resistance and magnetoresistance at low temperatures. The larger energy gap evaluated from the temperature dependence of resistivity above 100 K is enhan...
1310.3451v1
2013-10-30
Analysis of post wet chemistry heat treatment effects on Nb SRF surface resistance
Most of the current research in superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities is focused on ways to reduce the construction and operating cost of SRF based accelerators as well as on the development of new or improved cavity processing techniques. The increase in quality factors is the result of the reduction of the s...
1310.8159v1
2014-02-04
Multilevel recording in Bi-deficient Pt/BFO/SRO heterostructures based on ferroelectric resistive switching targeting high-density information storage in nonvolatile memories
We demonstrate the feasibility of multilevel recording in Pt/Bi(1-d)FeO3/SrRuO3 capacitors using the ferroelectric resistive switching phenomenon exhibited by the Pt/Bi(1-d)FeO3 interface. A tunable population of up and down ferroelectric domains able to modulate the Schottky barrier height at the Pt/Bi(1-d)FeO3 interf...
1402.0739v1
2014-05-06
Effect of realistic metal electronic structure on the lower limit of contact resistivity of epitaxial metal-semiconductor contacts
The effect of realistic metal electronic structure on the lower limit of resistivity in [100] oriented n-Si is investigated using full band Density Functional Theory and Semi-Empirical Tight Binding (TB) calculations. Using simulation unit cells guided by the interface chemistry of epitaxial CoSi2 on [100] oriented Si ...
1405.1317v1
2014-11-16
Laser doping for ohmic contacts in n-type Ge
We achieved ohmic contacts down to 5 K on standard n-doped Ge samples by creating a strongly doped thin Ge layer between the metallic contacts and the Ge substrate. Thanks to the laser doping technique used, Gas Immersion Laser Doping, we could attain extremely large doping levels above the solubility limit, and thus r...
1411.4325v1
2015-02-19
Anomalous impact of hydrostatic pressure on superconductivity of polycrystalline LaO0.5F0.5BiSe2
We report bulk superconductivity at 2.5K in LaO0.5F0.5BiSe2 compound through the DC magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity measurements. The synthesized LaO0.5F0.5BiSe2 compound is crystallized in tetragonal structure with space group P4/nmm and Reitveld refined lattice parameters are a= 4.15(1)A and c=14.0...
1502.05502v3
2016-06-13
Performance studies of MRPC prototypes for CBM
Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) with multi-strip readout are considered to be the optimal detector candidate for the Time-of-Flight (ToF) wall in the Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment. In the R&D phase MRPCs with different granularities, low-resistive materials and high voltage stack configurations...
1606.04917v1
2016-06-28
Observation of quantum Hall effect in a microstrained Bi$_2$Se$_3$ single crystal
We report the observation of quantum Hall effect (QHE) in a Bi$_2$Se$_3$ single crystal having carrier concentration ($n$) $\sim1.13\times10^{19}$cm$^{-3}$, three dimensional Fermi surface and bulk transport characteristics. The plateaus in Hall resistivity coincide with minima of Shubnikov de Haas oscillations in resi...
1606.08576v1
2016-07-20
Nonlocal topological valley transport at large valley Hall angles
Berry curvature hot spots in two-dimensional materials with broken inversion symmetry are responsible for the existence of transverse valley currents, which give rise to giant nonlocal dc voltages. Recent experiments in high-quality gapped graphene have highlighted a saturation of the nonlocal resistance as a function ...
1607.05902v1
2016-10-26
Resistive Switching and Voltage Induced Modulation of Tunneling Magnetoresistance in Nanosized Perpendicular Organic Spin Valves
Nanoscale multifunctional perpendicular organic spin valves have been fabricated. The devices based on an La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$/Alq$_3$/Co trilayer show resistive switching of up to 4-5 orders of magnitude and magnetoresistance as high as -70% the latter even changing sign when voltage pulses are applied. This co...
1610.08218v1
2016-11-03
Current crowding mediated large contact noise in graphene field-effect transistors
The impact of the intrinsic time-dependent fluctuations in the electrical resistance at the graphene-metal interface or the contact noise, on the performance of graphene field effect transistors, can be as adverse as the contact resistance itself, but remains largely unexplored. Here we have investigated the contact no...
1611.01181v2
2017-09-02
Signatures of the Kondo effect in VSe2
VSe2 is a transition metal dichaclogenide which has a charge-density wave transition that has been well studied. We report on a low-temperature upturn in the resistivity and, at temperatures below this resistivity minimum, an unusual magnetoresistance which is negative at low fields and positive at higher fields, in si...
1709.00594v1
2017-11-20
Computational analysis of short-range interactions between an edge dislocation and an array of equally-spaced identical shearable or non-shearable precipitates
The interaction between dislocations and precipitates plays an important role in the mechanical behavior of alloys. To provide more insight into the physics of this interaction, this research analyzes short-range interactions of an edge dislocation with an array of equally-spaced identical precipitates. We use a modifi...
1711.07428v2
2018-01-25
Non-volatile bipolar resistive switching in sol-gel derived BiFeO3 thin films
BiFeO3 thin films are deposited on FTO coated glass substrates using a simple sol-gel deposition technique, limiting thickness about 70 nm and Ag/BiFeO3/FTO RRAM devices are prepared. The devices showed low-voltage bipolar switching with the maximum Ion/Ioff ~ 450, and low set and reset voltages ~ 1.1 V and -1.5 V, res...
1801.08502v1
2017-03-22
A comparative study of resists and lithographic tools using the Lumped Parameter Model
A comparison of the performance of high resolution lithographic tools is presented here. We use extreme ultraviolet interference lithography, electron beam lithography, and He ion beam lithography tools on two different resists that are processed under the same conditions. The dose-to-clear and the lithographic contras...
1703.08229v1
2020-04-15
Radiation reaction friction: Resistive material medium
We explore a novel method of describing the radiation friction of particles traveling through a mechanically resistive medium. We introduce a particle motion induced matter warping along the path in a manner assuring that charged particle dynamics occurs subject to radiative energy loss described by the Larmor formula....
2004.09634v2
2020-04-28
Temperature-Dependent Resistivity of Alternative Metal Thin Films
The temperature coefficients of the resistivity (TCR) of Cu, Ru, Co, Ir, and W thin films have been investigated as a function of film thickness below 10 nm. Ru, Co, and Ir show bulk-like TCR values that are rather independent of the thickness whereas the TCR of Cu increases strongly with decreasing thickness. Thin W f...
2004.13854v3
2007-10-26
Transport and magnetic properties in YBaCo2O5.45: Focus on the high-temperature transition
The electronic transport properties and the magnetic susceptibility were measured in detail in $YBaCo_2O_{5.45}$. Close to the so-called metal-insulator transition, strong effects of resistance relaxation, a clear thermal hysteresis and a sudden increase of the resistance noise are observed. This is likely due to the f...
0710.5008v1
2017-04-24
Near-perfect spin filtering and negative differential resistance in an Fe(II)S complex
Density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's function calculations have been used to explore spin-resolved transport through the high-spin state of an iron(II)sulfur single molecular magnet. Our results show that this molecule exhibits near-perfect spin filtering, where the spin-filtering efficiency is above 99...
1704.07327v1
2017-07-08
Electron and thermal transport via Variable Range Hopping in MoSe$_{2}$ single crystals
Bulk single crystal Molybdenum diselenide has been studied for its electronic and thermal transport properties. We perform resistivity measurements with current in-plane (CIP) and current perpendicular to plane (CPP) as a function of temperature. The CIP measurements exhibit metal to semiconductor transition at $\simeq...
1707.02426v1
2015-04-14
Voltage equilibration for reactive atomistic simulations of electrochemical processes
We introduce EChemDID, a model to describe electrochemical driving force in reactive molecular dynamics simulations. The method describes the equilibration of external electrochemical potentials (voltage) within metallic structures and their effect on the self consistent partial atomic charges used in reactive molecula...
1504.03621v1
2016-09-29
Magnetotransport properties and evidence of topological insulating state in LaSbTe
In this report, we present the magnetotransport and magnetization properties of LaSbTe single crystals. Magnetic field-induced turn-on behavior and low-temperature resistivity plateau have been observed. By adopting both metal-semiconductor crossover and Kohler scaling analysis, we have discussed the possible origin of...
1609.09397v3
2019-11-20
Investigation of the phase separation property in La$_{0.2}$Pr$_{0.4}$Ca$_{0.4}$MnO$_3$ manganite
We report a comprehensive investigation of La0.2Pr0.4Ca0.4MnO3 to clarify the micrometre scale phase separation phenomenon in the mixed valent manganite (La,Pr,Ca)MnO3. The compound shows multiple magnetic transitions, in which the charge-ordered state is converted into a ferromagnetic state in steps with the applicati...
1911.08881v1
2021-02-01
Real-time Hall-effect detection of current-induced magnetization dynamics in ferrimagnets
Measurements of the transverse Hall resistance are widely used to investigate electron transport, magnetization phenomena, and topological quantum states. Owing to the difficulty of probing transient changes of the transverse resistance, the vast majority of Hall effect experiments are carried out in stationary conditi...
2102.00716v1
2021-04-23
Deformation and tearing of graphene-reinforced elastomer nanocomposites
The resistance to failure through tearing is a crucial mechanical property for the application of different elastomers. In this work, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were introduced into a fluoroelastomer (FKM) matrix with the aim of improving its tear resistance. The fracture energy through tearing was evaluated using t...
2104.11535v1
2021-04-27
Electronegative metal dopants improve switching consistency in Al2O3 resistive switching devices
Resistive random access memories are promising for non-volatile memory and brain-inspired computing applications. High variability and low yield of these devices are key drawbacks hindering reliable training of physical neural networks. In this study, we show that doping an oxide electrolyte, Al2O3, with electronegativ...
2104.13301v2
2021-05-06
Contact resistance of various metallisation schemes to superconducting boron doped diamond between 1.9 and 300 K
Diamond is a material that offers potential in numerous device applications. In particular, highly boron doped diamond is attractive due to its superconductivity and high Young's Modulus. The fabrication of stable, low resistance, ohmic contacts is essential to ensure proper device function. Previous work has establish...
2105.02839v1
2021-08-10
Giant Piezospintronic Effect in a Noncollinear Antiferromagnetic Metal
One of the main bottleneck issues for room-temperature antiferromagnetic spintronic devices is the small signal read-out owing to the limited anisotropic magnetoresistance in antiferromagnets. However, this could be overcome by either utilizing the Berry-curvature-induced anomalous Hall resistance in noncollinear antif...
2108.04439v1
2021-09-07
Strain-dependent resistance and giant gauge factor in monolayer WSe2
We report the strong dependence of resistance on uniaxial strain in monolayer WSe2 at various temperatures, where the gauge factor can reach as large as 2400. The observation of strain-dependent resistance and giant gauge factor is attributed to the emergence of nonzero Berry curvature dipole. Upon increasing strain, B...
2109.02980v1
2021-09-12
Coexistence of resistance oscillations and the anomalous metal phase in a lithium intercalated TiSe$_2$ superconductor
Superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW) appear in the phase diagram of a variety of materials including the high - $T$$_c$ cuprate family and many transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Their interplay may give rise to exotic quantum phenomena. Here, we show that superconducting arrays can spontaneously form ...
2109.05450v1
2021-10-11
Observation of Exchange Bias in Antiferromagnetic Cr$_{0.79}$Se due to the Coexistence of Itinerant Weak Ferromagnetism at Low-temperatures
We report on the structural, electrical transport, and magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic transition-metal monochalcogenide Cr$_{0.79}$Se. Different from the existing off-stoichiometric compositions, Cr$_{0.79}$Se is found to be synthesised into the same NiAs-type hexagonal crystal structure of CrSe. Resistivity ...
2110.05058v1
2022-06-16
Fill Factor Losses and Deviations from the Superposition Principle in Lead-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
The enhancement of the fill factor in the current generation of perovskite solar cells is the key for further efficiency improvement. Thus, methods to quantify the fill factor losses are urgently needed. A classical method to quantify Ohmic and non-Ohmic resistive losses in solar cells is based on the comparison betwee...
2207.02297v1
2022-12-07
Self-assembled neuromorphic networks at self-organized criticality in Ag-hBN platform
Networks and systems which exhibit brain-like behavior can analyze information from intrinsically noisy and unstructured data with very low power consumption. Such characteristics arise due to the critical nature and complex interconnectivity of the brain and its neuronal network. We demonstrate that a system comprisin...
2301.01619v1
2023-06-13
An Evaluation of Multi-Component Weft-Knitted Twill Structures for Sensing Tensile Force
We present multi-component knitted resistive sensors for tracking tensile force. The knits were fabricated using a Twill structure, which is a simple pattern featuring anisotropic elastic behavior, providing high stability along course-direction. Our sensors are made of two commercially available conductive yarn types,...
2306.07612v1
2024-04-13
Combinatorial Printing of Functionally Graded Solid-State Electrolyte for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries
Heterogeneous multilayered solid-state electrolyte (HMSSE) has been widely explored for their broadened working voltage range and compatibility with electrodes. However, due to the limitations of traditional manufacturing methods such as casting, the interface between electrolyte layers in HMSSE can decrease the ionic ...
2404.09008v1
2024-05-29
Multipacting mitigation by atomic layer deposition: the case study of Titanium Nitride
This study investigates the use of Atomic Layer deposition (ALD) to mitigate multipacting phenomena inside superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities used in particle accelerators. The unique ALD capability to control the film thickness down to the atomic level on arbitrary complex shape objects enable the fine tun...
2405.18949v1
2015-05-29
Few Layer HfS2 FET
2D materials are expected to be favorable channel materials for field-effect transistor (FET) with extremely short channel length because of their superior immunity to short-channel effects (SCE). Graphene, which is the most famous 2D material, has no bandgap without additional techniques and this property is major hin...
1505.07970v1
2011-10-29
From mixed valence to the Kondo lattice regime
Many heavy fermion materials are known to crossover from the Kondo lattice regime to the mixed-valent regime or vice-versa as a function of pressure or doping. We study this crossover theoretically by employing the periodic Anderson model within the framework of the dynamical mean field theory. Changes occurring in the...
1110.6498v1
2021-04-01
Enhanced spin injection in molecularly functionalized graphene via ultra-thin oxide barriers
Realisation of practical spintronic devices relies on the ability to create and detect pure spin currents. In graphene-based spin valves this is usually achieved by injection of spin-polarized electrons from ferromagnetic contacts via a tunnel barrier, with Al2O3 and MgO used most widely as barrier materials. However, ...
2104.00709v1
2017-05-16
Application of flash method in the measurements of interfacial thermal resistance in layered and particulate composite materials
Presented study concerns the possibility of evaluation of interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) between the constituents in composite materials with the use of flash technique. Two variants of such measurement are considered, the first of which is the measurement of ITR between two bonded layers of different materials w...
1705.05621v1
1998-12-23
Temperature dependence of electric resistance and magnetoresistance of pressed nanocomposites of multilayer nanotubes with the structure of nested cones
Bulk samples of carbon multilayer nanotubes with the structure of nested cones (fishbone structure) suitable for transport measurements, were prepared by compressing under high pressure (~25 kbar) a nanotube precursor synthesized through thermal decomposition of polyethylene catalyzed by nickel. The structure of the in...
9812384v1
2017-01-07
Spatially uniform resistance switching of low current, high endurance titanium-niobium-oxide memristors
We analyzed micrometer-scale titanium-niobium-oxide prototype memristors, which exhibited low write-power (<3 {\mu}W) and energy (<200 fJ/bit/{\mu}m2), low read-power (~nW), and high endurance (>millions of cycles). To understand their physico-chemical operating mechanisms, we performed in-operando synchrotron x-ray tr...
1701.01784v1
2001-02-09
Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Bulk Materials Prepared by High Pressure Sintering
High-density bulk materials of a newly discovered 40K intermetallic MgB2 superconductor were prepared by high pressure sintering. Superconducting transition with the onset temperature of 39K was confirmed by both magnetic and resistive measurements. Magnetization versus field (M-H) curve shows the behavior of a typical...
0102167v1
2018-09-17
High quality factor graphene-based 2D heterostructure mechanical resonator
Ultralight mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials are well suited as exceptional transducers of minuscule forces or mass changes. However, the low dimensionality also provides a challenge to minimize resistive losses and heating. Here, we report on a novel approach that aims to combine different 2D ma...
1809.06169v1
2022-04-22
Comparison of different sensor thicknesses and substrate materials for the monolithic small collection-electrode technology demonstrator CLICTD
Small collection-electrode monolithic CMOS sensors profit from a high signal-to-noise ratio and a small power consumption, but have a limited active sensor volume due to the fabrication process based on thin high-resistivity epitaxial layers. In this paper, the active sensor depth is investigated in the monolithic smal...
2204.10569v2
2021-11-01
A New Class of Alumina-Forming Superalloy for 3D Printing
A new class of crack-resistant nickel-based superalloy containing high $\gamma^\prime$ fraction is studied for the laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process. The effects of the (Nb+Ta)/Al ratio is emphasised, a strategy that is shown to confer excellent low-temperature strength whilst maintaining oxidation resistance at ...
2111.01049v1
2005-11-08
Development of the Charge Particle Detector Based on CVD - Diamond
High radiation hardness, chemical resistance, high temperature operation capabilities stimulate a growing interest to use diamond materials as detectors of ionizing radiation. Samples of CVD-diamond materials in sizes 12 square mm and 4 square mm with thickness from 50 microns up to 500 microns have been grown in INR R...
0511068v1
2018-10-24
High Strain Rate Behaviour of Nano-quasicrystalline Al93Fe3Cr2Ti2 Alloy and Composites
In the present work, we demonstrate for the first time the outstanding dynamic mechanical properties of nano-quasicrystalline Al93Fe3Cr2Ti2 at.% alloy and composites. Unlike most crystalline aluminium-based alloys, this alloy and composites exhibit substantial strain rate sensitivity and retain much of their ductility ...
1810.10476v2
2019-12-24
Large spin Hall angle and spin mixing conductance in highly resistive antiferromagnetic Mn2Au
Antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials recently have shown interest in the research in spintronics due to its zero stray magnetic field, high anisotropy, and spin orbit coupling. In this context, the bi-metallic AFM Mn2Au has drawn attention because it exhibits unique properties and its Neel temperature is very high. Here, ...
1912.11522v2
2008-09-09
Printed Graphene Circuits
we have fabricated transparent electronic devices based on graphene materials with thickness down to one single atomic layer by the transfer printing method. The resulting printed graphene devices retain high field effect mobility and have low contact resistance. The results show that the transfer printing method is ca...
0809.1634v1
2021-08-29
A graph based workflow for extracting grain-scale toughness from meso-scale experiments
We introduce a novel machine learning computational framework that aims to compute the material toughness, after subjected to a short training process on a limited meso-scale experimental dataset. The three part computational framework relies on the ability of a graph neural network to perform high accuracy predictions...
2108.12783v1
2022-08-25
Magnetoresistive behaviour of ternary Cu-based materials processed by high-pressure torsion
Severe plastic deformation using high-pressure torsion of ternary Cu-based materials (CuFeCo and CuFeNi) was used to fabricate bulk samples with a nanocrystalline microstructure. The goal was to produce materials featuring the granular giant magnetoresistance effect, requiring interfaces between ferro- and nonmagnetic ...
2208.11895v1
2023-03-28
Electrolyte Coatings for High Adhesion Interfaces in Solid-state Batteries from First Principles
We introduce an adhesion parameter that enables rapid screening for materials interfaces with high adhesion. This parameter is obtained by density functional theory calculations of individual single-material slabs rather than slabs consisting of combinations of two materials, eliminating the need to calculate all confi...
2303.16350v1
2014-12-12
High-T_c superconductivity in ultrathin Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+x down to halfunit-cell thickness by protection with graphene
High-T_c superconductors confined to two dimension exhibit novel physical phenomena, such as superconductor-insulator transition. In the Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+x (Bi2212) model system, despite extensive studies, the intrinsic superconducting properties at the thinness limit have been difficult to determine. Here we report a...
1412.3896v1
2019-08-18
Maximizing the spin-orbit torque efficiency of Pt/Ti multilayers by optimization of the tradeoff between the intrinsic spin Hall conductivity and carrier lifetime
We report a comprehensive study of the maximization of the spin Hall ratio ({\theta}SH) in Pt thin films by the insertion of sub-monolayer layers of Ti to decrease carrier lifetime while minimizing the concurrent reduction in the spin Hall conductivity. We establish that the intrinsic spin Hall conductivity of Pt, whil...
1908.06528v1
2019-10-22
Transverse Beam Stability with Low-Impedance Collimators in the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider: Status and Challenges
The High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will double its beam intensity for the needs of High Energy Physics frontier. In order to ensure coherent stability until the beams are put in collision, the transverse impedance has to be reduced. As the major portion of the ring impedance is supplied b...
1910.09974v2
2020-11-05
Preparation of the AlTiNiCuCox system high-entropy alloys and structural analysis
This study aimed to explore and develop a new material with high cost-effectiveness, excellent strength, light weight, high hardness, great wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and favorable oxidation resistance. Structural analysis suggested that, with the change in Co addition amount, the surface morphology and str...
2011.02799v1
2022-01-19
Secondary Phase Limited Metal-Insulator Phase Transition in Chromium Nitride Thin Films
Chromium nitride (CrN) is a well-known hard coating material that has found applications in abrasion and wear-resistant cutting tools, bearings, and tribology applications due to its high hardness, high-temperature stability, and corrosion-resistant properties. In recent years, CrN has also attracted significant intere...
2201.07442v1
2022-01-22
High-throughput calculations combining machine learning to investigate the corrosion properties of binary Mg alloys
Magnesium (Mg) alloys have shown great prospects as both structural and biomedical materials, while poor corrosion resistance limits their further application. In this work, to avoid the time-consuming and laborious experiment trial, a high-throughput computational strategy based on first-principles calculations is des...
2201.09059v1
2019-10-17
High electrical conductivity in the epitaxial polar metals LaAuGe and LaPtSb
Polar metals are an intriguing class of materials that simultaneously host free carriers and polar structural distortions. Despite the name "polar metal," however, most well-studied polar metals are poor electrical conductors. Here, we demonstrate the molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of LaPtSb and LaAuGe, two pola...
1910.07685v1
2024-02-06
Physics-based Modeling of Pulse and Relaxation of High-rate Li/CF$_{x}$-SVO batteries in Implantable Medical Devices
We present a physics-based model that accurately predicts the performance of Medtronic's implantable medical device battery lithium/carbon monofluoride (CF$_x$) - silver vanadium oxide (SVO) under both low-rate background monitoring and high-rate pulsing currents. The distinct properties of multiple active materials ar...
2402.03677v1
2020-04-25
Reconciliation of experiments and theory on transport properties of iron and the geodynamo
The amount of heat transport from the core, which constrains the dynamics and thermal evolution of the region, depends on the transport properties of iron. Ohta et al.(2016) and Konopkova et al.(2016) measured electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of iron, respectively, in laser-heated diamond anvil cells (DA...
2004.12035v1
2020-08-26
Understanding the role of Ca segregation on thermal stability, electrical resistivity and mechanical strength of nanostructured aluminum
Achieving a combination of high mechanical strength and high electrical conductivity in low-weight Al alloys requires a full understanding of the relationships between nanoscaled features and physical properties. Grain boundary strengthening through grain size reduction offers some interesting possibilities but is limi...
2008.11405v1
2021-02-15
High-entropy van der Waals materials formed from mixed metal dichalcogenides, halides and phosphorus trisulfides
The charge, spin, and composition degrees of freedom in high-entropy alloy endow it with tunable valence and spin states, infinite combinations and excellent mechanical performance. Meanwhile, the stacking, interlayer, and angle degrees of freedom in van der Waals material bring it with exceptional features and technol...
2102.07493v2
2014-12-01
Conventional superconductivity at 190 K at high pressures
The highest critical temperature of superconductivity Tc has been achieved in cuprates: 133 K at ambient pressure and 164 K at high pressures. As the nature of superconductivity in these materials is still not disclosed, the prospects for a higher Tc are not clear. In contrast the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory...
1412.0460v1
2021-04-12
High-speed ionic synaptic memory based on two-dimensional titanium carbide MXene
Synaptic devices with linear high-speed switching can accelerate learning in artificial neural networks (ANNs) embodied in hardware. Conventional resistive memories however suffer from high write noise and asymmetric conductance tuning, preventing parallel programming of ANN arrays as needed to surpass conventional com...
2104.05396v4
2022-12-06
Novel superhard structures of high-pressure C-N compounds
Through machine learning force field accelerated structure search combined with first-principles calculations, we have studied the structures of new C-N compounds with different stoichiometric ratios, and found twelve new superhard C-N compounds, the energies of these structures are similar to c-C3N4 , which is possibl...
2212.03009v3
2004-03-19
Influence of intermartensitic transitions on transport properties of Ni2.16Mn0.84Ga alloy
Magnetic, transport, and x-ray diffraction measurements of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Ni$_{2.16}$Mn$_{0.84}$Ga revealed that this alloy undergoes an intermartensitic transition upon cooling, whereas no such a transition is observed upon subsequent heating. The difference in the modulation of the martensite formin...
0403495v1
2004-10-10
Ultrathin epitaxial graphite: 2D electron gas properties and a route toward graphene-based nanoelectronics
We have produced ultrathin epitaxial graphite films which show remarkable 2D electron gas (2DEG) behavior. The films, composed of typically 3 graphene sheets, were grown by thermal decomposition on the (0001) surface of 6H-SiC, and characterized by surface-science techniques. The low-temperature conductance spans a ran...
0410240v1
2005-04-29
Electromigration in thin tunnel junctions with ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic: nanoconstrictions, local heating, and direct and wind forces
Current Induced Resistance Switching (CIS) was recently observed in thin tunnel junctions with ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes \emph{i.e} FM/I/FM. This effect was attributed to electromigration of metallic atoms in nanoconstrictions in the insulating barrier (I). Here we study how the CIS effect is influenced by a thin n...
0504772v6
2007-02-05
Effect of Ir substitution in the ferromagnetic superconductor RuSr2GdCu2O8
A detailed study of the effect caused by the partial substitution of Ru by Ir on the magnetic and superconducting properties of the ruthenocuprate Ru(1-x)Ir(x)Sr2GdCu2o8; 0 <= x <= 0.10; is presented. The combined experimental results of structural, electrical, and magnetic measurements indicate that Ir substitutes Ru ...
0702078v1
1997-04-04
Radiation damage to neutron and proton irradiated GaAs particle detectors
The radiation damage in 200 um thick Schottky diodes made on semi-insulating (SI) undoped GaAs Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) bulk material with resistivities between 0.4 and 8.9*10E7 Ohm*cm were studied using alpha-spectroscopy, signal response to minimum ionising particles (MIP), I-V and CV-measurements. The r...
9704002v1
2003-04-10
Students' Understanding of Direct Current Resistive Electrical Circuits
Research has shown that both high school and university students' reasoning patterns regarding direct current resistive electric circuits often differ from the currently accepted explanations. At present, there are no standard diagnostic examinations in electric circuits. Two versions of a diagnostic instrument called ...
0304040v2
2013-05-15
Structural ordering driven anisotropic magnetoresistance, anomalous Hall resistance and its topological overtones in full-Heusler Co2MnSi thin films
We report the evolution of crystallographic structure, magnetic ordering and electronic transport in thin films of full-Heusler alloy Co$_2$MnSi deposited on (001) MgO with annealing temperatures ($T_A$). By increasing the $T_A$ from 300$^\circ$C to 600$^\circ$C, the film goes from a disordered nanocrystalline phase to...
1305.3453v1
2013-05-21
Observation of even denominator fractional quantum Hall effect in suspended bilayer graphene
We investigate low-temperature magneto-transport in recently developed, high-quality multi-terminal suspended bilayer graphene devices, enabling the independent measurement of the longitudinal and transverse resistance. We observe clear signatures of the fractional quantum Hall effect, with different states that are ei...
1305.4761v3
2014-11-07
Resistance noise at the metal-insulator transition in thermochromic VO2 films
Thermochromic VO2 films were prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering onto heated sapphire substrates and were used to make 100-nm-thick samples that were 10 {\mu}m wide and 100 micron long. The resistance of these samples changed by a factor of about 2000 in the 50 < Ts < 70 C range of temperature Ts around the "c...
1411.2026v1
2015-02-18
Anomalous electrical conductivity in rapidly crystallized Cu${}_{50-x}$Zr${}_{x}$ (x = 50 - 66.6) alloys
Cu${}_{50-x}$Zr${}_{x}$ (x = 50, 54, 60 and 66.6) polycrystalline alloys were prepared by arc-melting. The crystal structure of the ingots has been examined by X-ray diffraction. Non-equilibrium martensitic phases with monoclinic structure were detected in all the alloys except Cu${}_{33.4}$Zr${}_{66.6}$. Temperature d...
1502.05297v1
2016-05-24
Thermoelectric transport in the layered Ca$_3$Co$_{4-x}$Rh$_x$O$_9$ single crystals
We have examined an isovalent Rh substitution effect on the transport properties of the thermoelectric oxide Ca$_3$Co$_{4}$O$_9$ using single-crystalline form. With increasing Rh content $x$, both the electrical resistivity and the Seebeck coefficient change systematically up to $x=0.6$ for Ca$_3$Co$_{4-x}$Rh$_{x}$O$_9...
1605.07682v1
2017-10-25
Engineering physics of superconducting hot-electron bolometer mixers
Superconducting hot-electron bolometers are presently the best performing mixing devices for the frequency range beyond 1.2 THz, where good quality superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) devices do not exist. Their physical appearance is very simple: an antenna consisting of a normal metal, sometimes a normal me...
1710.09136v1
2018-02-13
Multiple-Modes Scanning Probe Microscopy Characterization of Copper doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO:Cu) Thin Films
This paper presents multiple-modes Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) studies on characterize resistance switching (RS), polarization rotation (PO) and surface potential changes in copper doped ZnO (ZnO:Cu) thin films. The bipolar RS behavior is confirmed by conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (c-AFM). The PO with almost 1...
1802.04494v1
2019-02-11
Electrical percolation in metal wire network based strain sensors
Metal wire networks rely on percolation paths for electrical conduction, and by suitably introducing break-make junctions on a flexible platform, a network can be made to serve as a resistive strain sensor. Several experimental designs have been proposed using networks made of silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes and met...
1902.03746v1
2019-12-16
Electrical Characterization of CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells by Two and Four-Wires Probe Technique
The characterization of thin film solar cells is of huge importance for obtaining high open circuit voltage and low recombination rates from the interfaces or within the bulk of the main materials. Among the many electrical characterization techniques, the two and four wire probe using the Cascade instrument is of inte...
2002.07391v1
2020-03-31
Design and Simulation of Memristor-Based Artificial Neural Network for Bidirectional Adaptive Neural Interface
This article proposes a general approach to the simulation and design of a multilayer perceptron (MLP) network on the basis of cross-bar arrays of metal-oxide memristive devices. The proposed approach uses the ANNM theory, tolerance theory, simulation methodology and experiment design. The tolerances analysis and synth...
2004.00154v1
2017-04-29
Wear-resistant thin films of MRI-230D-Mg alloy using plasma-driven electrolytic oxidation
Wear resistant coatings were produced on a permanent mould cast MRI 230D Mg alloy by (a) PEO in silicate based electrolyte, (b) PEO in phosphate based electrolyte, (c) hybrid coatings of silicate PEO followed by laser surface alloying (LSA) with Al and Al2O3, and (d) hybrid coatings of phosphate PEO followed by LSA wit...
1705.00116v1
2018-08-01
Effect of multiband transport on charge carrier density fluctuations at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface
Multiband transport in superconductors is interesting both from an academic as well as an application point of view. It has been postulated that interband scattering can significantly affect the carrier dynamics in these materials. In this article we present a detailed study of the electrical transport properties of th...
1808.00246v1
2016-09-06
Interlayer Transport through a Graphene / Rotated-Boron-Nitride / Graphene Heterostructure
Interlayer electron transport through a graphene / hexagonal boron-nitride (h-BN) / graphene heterostructure is strongly affected by the misorientation angle $\theta$ of the h-BN with respect to the graphene layers with different physical mechanisms governing the transport in different regimes of angle, Fermi level, an...
1609.01369v1
2018-12-13
Search for power-efficient wide-range reversible resistance modulation of $VO_2$ single crystals
The abrupt metal insulator transition in $VO_2$ is attracting considerable interest from both fundamental and applicative angles. We report on DC I-V characteristics measured on $VO_2$ single crystals in the two-probe configuration at several ambient temperatures below the insulator-metal transition. The insulator-mixe...
1812.05702v1
2020-01-28
Pressure tuning of structural and magnetic transitions in EuAg$_4$As$_2$
We report temperature dependent measurements of ambient pressure specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, anisotropic resistivity and thermal expansion as well as in-plane resistivity under pressure up to 20.8 kbar on single crystals of EuAg$_4$As$_2$. Based on thermal expansion and in-plane electrical transport measure...
2001.10574v1
2020-08-07
Dependable contact related parameter extraction in graphene-metal junctions
The accurate extraction and the reliable, repeatable reduction of graphene - metal contact resistance (R$_{C}$) are still open issues in graphene technology. Here, we demonstrate the importance of following clear protocols when extracting R$_{C}$ using the transfer length method (TLM). We use the example of back-gated ...
2008.03218v1
2021-05-18
On the role of boron, carbon and zirconium on hot cracking and creep resistance of additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloys
We investigate the hot cracking susceptibility and creep resistance of three versions of a nickel-based superalloy with different contents of boron, carbon and zirconium fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Crack-free and creep resistant components are achieved for alloys with boron, carbon and no zirconium. We then ...
2105.08307v1
2021-07-13
Reactivity of the Si(100)-2$\times$1-Cl surface with respect to PH$_3$, PCl$_3$, and BCl$_3$: Comparison with PH$_3$ on Si(100)-2$\times$1-H
Despite the interest in a chlorine monolayer on Si(100) as an alternative to hydrogen resist for atomic-precision doping, little is known about its interaction with dopant-containing molecules. We used the density functional theory to evaluate whether a chlorine monolayer on Si(100) is suitable as a resist for \ce{PH3}...
2107.06168v1
2022-10-18
In-plane electronic anisotropy revealed by interlayer resistivity measurements on the iron-based superconductor parent compound CaFeAsF
Both cuprates and iron-based superconductors demonstrate nematicity, defined as the spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry in electron systems. The nematic state can play a role in the high-transition-temperature superconductivity of these compounds. However, the microscopic mechanism responsible for the transport...
2210.09533v2
2023-11-15
Transport properties of strongly correlated Fermi systems
In our short review, we consider the transport properties of strongly correlated Fermi systems like heavy fermion metals and high-$T_c$ superconductors. Their transport properties are defined by strong inter-particle interaction forming flat bands in these compounds. Indeed, in contrast to the behavior of the transport...
2311.08974v1
2024-01-26
First-principles methodology for studying magnetotransport in narrow-gap semiconductors: an application to Zirconium Pentatelluride ZrTe5
The origin of anomalous resistivity peak and accompanied sign reversal of Hall resistivity of ZrTe$_5$ has been under debate for a long time. Although various theoretical models have been proposed to account for these intriguing transport properties, a systematic study from first principles view is still lacking. In th...
2401.15151v1