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2022-04-01
Magnetic Kagome Superconductor CeRu$_2$
Materials with a kagome lattice provide a platform for searching for new electronic phases and investigating the interplay between correlation and topology. Various probes have recently shown that the kagome lattice can host diverse quantum phases with intertwined orders, including charge density wave states, bond dens...
2204.00553v2
2004-12-06
Resistivity and Thermoelectric power of NaxCoO2 (x =1.0, 0.7 and 0.6) system
Results of thermo-electric power (S) and electrical resistivity (r) measurements are reported on NaxCoO2 compounds with x = 1.0, 0.7 and 0.6. These are single-phase compounds crystallizing in the hexagonal structure (space group P63/mmc) at room temperature. Thermo-electric power values at 300K (S300K) are, 80mV/K, 39m...
0412122v1
2011-11-21
Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Effects in Fe, Co, Ni, Fe_4N, and Half-Metallic Ferromagnet: A Systematic Analysis
We theoretically analyze the anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) effects of bcc Fe (+), fcc Co (+), fcc Ni (+), Fe$_4$N (-), and a half-metallic ferromagnet (-). The sign in each ( ) represents the sign of the AMR ratio observed experimentally. We here use the two-current model for a system consisting of a spin-polariz...
1111.4864v3
2013-09-25
Piezoresistance in Silicon and its nanostructures
Piezoresistance is the change in the electrical resistance, or more specifically the resistivity, of a solid induced by an applied mechanical stress. The origin of this effect in bulk, crystalline materials like Silicon, is principally a change in the electronic structure which leads to a modification of the charge car...
1309.6445v2
2014-09-25
Superconductivity in 122-type antimonide BaPt$_2$Sb$_2$
The crystal structure, superconducting properties, and electronic structure of a novel superconducting 122-type antimonide, BaPt$_2$Sb$_2$, have been investigated by measurements of powder X-ray diffraction patterns, electrical resistivity, ac magnetic susceptibility, specific heat as well as ab-initio calculations. Th...
1409.7147v1
2014-11-11
Tunable Cobalt Vacancies and Related Properties in LaCoxAs2
The origin of transition metal vacancies and their effects on the properties of ThCr2Si2-type compounds have been less studied and poorly understood. Here we carefully investigate the structure, physical properties, and electronic structure for a series of lanthanum cobalt arsenides with nominal composition of LaCoxAs2...
1411.2788v1
2017-10-02
Realization of the Axion Insulator State in Quantum Anomalous Hall Sandwich Heterostructures
The 'magnetoelectric effect' arises from the coupling between magnetic and electric properties in materials. The Z2 invariant of topological insulators (TIs) leads to a quantized version of this phenomenon, known as the topological magnetoelectric (TME) effect. This effect can be realized in a new topological phase cal...
1710.00471v2
2018-04-20
Pressure induced superconductivity bordering a charge-density-wave state in NbTe4 with strong spinorbit coupling
Transition-metal chalcogenides host various phases of matter, such as charge-density wave (CDW), superconductors, and topological insulators or semimetals. Superconductivity and its competition with CDW in low-dimensional compounds have attracted much interest and stimulated considerable research. Here we report pressu...
1804.07448v1
2018-11-12
Laser writable high-K dielectric for van der Waals nano-electronics
Like silicon-based semiconductor devices, van der Waals heterostructures will require integration with high-K oxides. This is needed to achieve suitable voltage scaling, improved performance as well as allowing for added functionalities. Unfortunately, commonly used high-k oxide deposition methods are not directly comp...
1811.04829v1
2018-10-09
Magnetic behavior, Griffiths phase and magneto-transport study in 3$d$ based nano-crystalline double perovskite Pr$_2$CoMnO$_6$
Double perovskite (DP) oxide material receive extensive research interest due to exciting physical properties with potential technological application. 3$d$ based DP oxides are promising for exciting physics like magnetodielectric, ferroelectric, Griffith phase etc., specially Co/Mn DPs are gaining much research intere...
1810.03895v1
2020-02-11
A Multiscale Constitutive Model for Metal Forming of Dual Phase Titanium Alloys by Incorporating Inherent Deformation and Failure Mechanisms
Ductile metals undergo a considerable amount of plastic deformation before failure. Void nucleation, growth and coalescence is the mechanism of failure in such metals. {\alpha}/{\beta} titanium alloys are ductile in nature and are widely used for their unique set of properties like specific strength, fracture toughness...
2002.04459v1
2020-04-23
Hybrid Graphene/Carbon Nanofiber Wax Emulsion for Paper-based Electronics and Thermal Management
Materials for electronics that function as electrical and/or thermal conductors are often rigid, expensive, difficult to be sourced and sometimes toxic. An electrically and thermally conductive nanocomposite that is lightweight, flexible and eco-friendly could improve the environmental friendliness of the electronics s...
2004.11476v1
2020-09-21
Photocurrent Imaging of Multi-Memristive Charge Density Wave Switching in Two-Dimensional 1T-TaS2
Transport studies of atomically thin 1T-TaS2 have demonstrated the presence of intermediate resistance states across the nearly commensurate (NC) to commensurate (C) charge density wave (CDW) transition, which can be further switched electrically. While this presents exciting opportunities for the material in memristor...
2009.10179v1
2018-12-21
Transfer of mass and momentum at rough and porous surfaces
The surface texture of materials plays a critical role in wettability, turbulence and transport phenomena. In order to design surfaces for these applications, it is desirable to characterise non-smooth and porous materials by their ability to exchange mass and momentum with flowing fluids. While the underlying physics ...
1812.09401v2
2019-06-25
Titanium Contacts to MoS2 with Interfacial Oxide: Interface Chemistry and Thermal Transport
The deposition of a thin oxide layer at metal/semiconductor interfaces has been previously reported as a means of reducing contact resistance in 2D electronics. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with in-situ Ti deposition, we fabricate Au/Ti/TiOx/MoS2 samples as well as Au/Ti/MoS2 and Au/TiOx/MoS2 for comparison. ...
1906.10727v1
2019-06-27
The Essential Work of Fracture Parameters for 3D printed polymer sheets
Additive manufacturing is becoming increasingly popular in academia and industry. Accordingly, there has been a growing interest in characterizing 3D printed samples to determine their structural integrity behaviour. We employ the Essential Work of Fracture (EWF) to investigate the mechanical response of polymer sheets...
1906.11512v1
2019-10-09
The roles of adhesion, internal heat generation and elevated temperatures in normally loaded, sliding rough surfaces
The thermal effects of plastic and frictional heat generation and elevated temperature were examined along with the role of adhesion in the context of galling wear, using a representative crystal plasticity, normally loaded, sliding surface model. Galling frequency behaviour was predicted for 316L steel. Deformation of...
1910.03830v1
2020-01-06
Two-dimensional antiferroelectric tunnel junction
Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs), which consist of two metal electrodes separated by a thin ferroelectric barrier, have recently aroused significant interest for technological applications as nanoscale resistive switching devices. So far, most of existing FTJs have been based on perovskite-oxide barrier layers. Th...
2001.01639v3
2020-01-28
Interlayer band-to-band tunneling and negative differential resistance in van der Waals BP/InSe field effect transistors
Atomically thin layers of van der Waals (vdW) crystals offer an ideal material platform to realize tunnel field effect transistors (TFETs) that exploit the tunneling of charge carriers across the forbidden gap of a vdW heterojunction. This type of device requires a precise energy band alignment of the different layers ...
2001.10273v1
2020-08-31
Creep deformation of WC hardmetals with iron-based binders
Iron is a candidate to replace cobalt in WC hardmetals, due to its lower cost and toxicity. A WC-FeCr hardmetal was compression tested at 900-1200 {\deg}C. Particular attention is paid to the steady-state creep rates and stress-exponents (n) during isostress treatments. Three regimes of stress dependence are observed. ...
2008.13565v1
2020-10-06
Role of f-d exchange interaction and Kondo scattering in Nd doped pyrochlore Iridate (Eu1-xNdx)2Ir2O7
We report study of magnetization, resistivity, magnetoresistance and specific heat of the pyrochlore Iridate (Eu1-xNdx)2Ir2O7 with x=0.0, 0.5 and 1.0, where spin orbit coupling, electronic correlation, magnetic frustration and Kondo scattering coexists. Metal insulator transition temperature (T_MI) decrease with increa...
2010.02685v1
2020-10-15
Multipurpose and Reusable Ultrathin Electronic Tattoos Based on PtSe2 and PtTe2
Wearable bioelectronics with emphasis on the research and development of advanced person-oriented biomedical devices have attracted immense interest in the last decade. Scientists and clinicians find it essential to utilize skin-worn smart tattoos for on-demand and ambulatory monitoring of an individual's vital signs. ...
2010.07534v1
2020-10-22
Development, Processing and Applications of a UV-Curable Polymer with Surface Active Thiol Groups
We present here a novel resist formulation with active thiol groups at the surface. The material is UV curable, and can be patterned at the micro- and nanoscale by UV nanoimprint lithography. The resist formulation development, its processing, patterning and surface characterization are presented here. In addition, a p...
2010.11878v1
2021-04-02
Crystal, local atomic and electronic structures of YbFe$_2$Zn$_{20-x}$Cd$_x$ ($0 \leq x \leq 1.4$): a multi-band system with possible coexistence of light and heavy fermions
The partial (up to 7 %) substitution of Cd for Zn in the Yb-based heavy-fermion material YbFe$_2$Zn$_{20}$ is known to induce a slight ($\sim 20$ %) reduction of the Sommerfeld specific heat coefficient $\gamma$ and a huge (up to two orders of magnitude) reduction of the $T^2$ resistivity coefficient $A$, corresponding...
2104.01050v1
2021-08-18
Robust narrow-gap semiconducting behavior in square-net La$_{3}$Cd$_{2}$As$_{6}$
ABSTRACT: Narrow-gap semiconductors are sought-after materials due to their potential for long-wavelength detectors, thermoelectrics, and more recently non-trivial topology. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of a new family of narrow-gap semiconductors, $R$$_{3}$Cd$_{2}$As$_{6}$ ($R=$ La, Ce). Single cr...
2108.08006v1
2021-10-01
Effects of nonmagnetic impurities and subgap states on the kinetic inductance, complex conductivity, quality factor and depairing current density
We investigate how a combination of a nonmagnetic-impurity scattering rate $\gamma$ and finite subgap states parametrized by Dynes $\Gamma$ affects various physical quantities relevant to to superconducting devices: kinetic inductance $L_k$, complex conductivity $\sigma$, surface resistance $R_s$, quality factor $Q$, a...
2110.00573v1
2021-10-21
Angular harmonic Hall voltage and magnetoresistance measurements of Pt/FeCoB and Pt-Ti/FeCoB bilayers for spin Hall conductivity determination
Materials with significant spin-orbit coupling enable efficient spin-to-charge interconversion, which can be utilized in novel spin electronic devices. A number of elements, mainly heavy-metals (HM) have been identified to produce a sizable spin current ($j_\mathrm{s}$), while supplied with a charge current ($j$), dete...
2110.11483v1
2021-12-23
Hydrogen induced electronic transition within correlated perovskite nickelates with heavy rare-earth composition
Although discovery in hydrogen induced electronic transition within perovskite family of rare-earth nickelate (ReNiO3) opens up a new paradigm in exploring both the new materials functionality and device applications, the existing research stays at ReNiO3 with light rare-earth compositions. To further extend the cognit...
2112.12357v1
2022-12-01
Extrinsic to intrinsic mechanism crossover of anomalous Hall effect in the Ir-doped MnPtSn Heusler system
Recent findings of large anomalous Hall signal in nonferromagnetic and nonferrimagnetic materials suggest that the magnetization of the system is not a critical component for the realization of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE). Here, we present a combined theoretical and experimental study demonstrating the evolution of...
2212.00360v1
2023-06-26
Large electro-opto-mechanical coupling in VO2 neuristors
Biological neurons are electro-mechanical systems, where the generation and propagation of an action potential is coupled to generation and transmission of an acoustic wave. Neuristors, such as VO2, characterized by insulator-metal transition (IMT) and negative differential resistance, can be engineered as self-oscilla...
2306.14367v1
2023-08-28
Crystal-Chemical Origins of the Ultrahigh Conductivity of Metallic Delafossites
Despite their highly anisotropic complex-oxidic nature, certain delafossite compounds (e.g., PdCoO2, PtCoO2) are the most conductive oxides known, for reasons that remain poorly understood. Their room-temperature conductivity can exceed that of Au, while their low-temperature electronic mean-free-paths reach an astonis...
2308.14257v2
2023-10-26
Slow and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics due to Electronic Ferroelectricity in a Strongly-Correlated Molecular Conductor
Using a combination of resistance fluctuation (noise) and dielectric spectroscopy we investigate the nature of relaxor-type electronic ferroelectricity in the organic conductor $\kappa$-(BETS)$_2$Mn[N(CN)$_2$]$_3$, a system representative for a wider class of materials, where strong correlations of electrons on a latti...
2310.17242v2
2024-01-01
Nonlinear charge transport induced by gate voltage oscillation in few-layer MnBi2Te4
Nonlinear charge transport, including nonreciprocal longitudinal resistance and nonlinear Hall effect, has garnered significant attention due to its ability to explore inherent symmetries and topological properties of novel materials. An exciting recent progress along this direction is the discovery of significant nonr...
2401.00679v1
1997-12-15
Spin Tunneling in Conducting Oxides
Direct tunneling in ferromagnetic junctions is compared with impurity-assisted, surface state assisted, and inelastic contributions to a tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR). Theoretically calculated direct tunneling in iron group systems leads to about a 30% change in resistance, which is close to experimentally observed...
9712170v2
2000-09-14
Experimental study of negative photoconductivity in n-PbTe(Ga) epitaxial films
We report on low-temperature photoconductivity (PC) in n-PbTe(Ga) epitaxial films prepared by the hot-wall technique on <111>-BaF_2 substrates. Variation of the substrate temperature allowed us to change the resistivity of the films from 10^8 down to 10_{-2} Ohm x cm at 4.2 K. The resistivity reduction is associated wi...
0009209v1
2002-04-20
Possible Magnetic separation in Ru doped La0.67Ca0.33MnO3
X-ray diffraction, resistivity, ac susceptibility and magnetization studies on La0.67Ca0.33Mn1-xRuxO3 (0 x < 0.1) were carried out. A significant increase in the lattice parameters indicated the presence of mixed valance state of Ru: Ru3+ and Ru4+. The resistivity of the doped compounds exhibited two features: a broad ...
0204441v1
2003-02-03
Metallicity and its low temperature behavior in dilute 2D carrier systems
We theoretically consider the temperature and density dependent transport properties of semiconductor-based 2D carrier systems within the RPA-Boltzmann transport theory, taking into account realistic screened charged impurity scattering in the semiconductor. We derive a leading behavior in the transport property, which...
0302047v3
2003-04-21
Chemical, Structural, and Transport Properties of Na1-xCoO2
We report measurement of room-temperature compressibility, thermal expansion, thermoelectric power a(T) at various pressures P < 20 kbar, basal-plane resistivity rab (T), magnetic susceptibility and thermal conductivity k(T) taken on single-crystal or cold-pressed Na0.57CoO2. An enhancement of a large thermopower with ...
0304455v1
2004-11-04
Electron transport, penetration depth and upper critical magnetic field of ZrB12 and MgB2
We report on the synthesis and measurements of the temperature dependence of resistivity, R(T), the penetration depth, l(T), and upper critical magnetic field, Hc2(T), for polycrystalline samples of dodecaboride ZrB12 and diboride MgB2. We conclude that ZrB12 as well as MgB2 behave like simple metals in the normal stat...
0411116v1
2008-03-03
Phase separation and the effect of quenched disorder in $Pr_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}MnO_3$
The nature of phase separation in $Pr_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}MnO_3$ has been probed by linear as well as nonlinear magnetic susceptibilities and resistivity measurements across the 2nd order paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition ($T_C$) and 1st order ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition ($T_N$). We found that the fer...
0803.0085v1
2008-04-16
Properties of the hole and electron doped perovskites LnCoO3
Two extreme members of the cobaltite series, LaCoO3 and DyCoO3, were investigated by the electrical resistivity and thermopower measurements up to 800-1000 K. Special attention was given to effects of extra holes or electrons, introduced by light doping of Co sites by Mg2+ or Ti4+ ions. The experiments on the La based ...
0804.2685v3
2008-08-22
Single crystal growth and physical properties of the layered arsenide BaRh_2As_2
Single crystals of BaRh_2As_2 have been synthesized from a Pb flux. We present the room temperature crystal structure, single crystal x-ray diffraction measurements as a function of temperature T, anisotropic magnetic susceptibility \chi versus T, electrical resistivity in the ab-plane \rho versus T, Hall coefficient v...
0808.3116v1
2009-04-24
Anisotropic magnetoresistance of spin-orbit coupled carriers scattered from polarized magnetic impurities
Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) is a relativistic magnetotransport phenomenon arising from combined effects of spin-orbit coupling and broken symmetry of a ferromagnetically ordered state of the system. In this work we focus on one realization of the AMR in which spin-orbit coupling enters via specific spin-texture...
0904.3785v2
2011-01-28
Cooper pair insulator in amorphous films induced by nanometer-scale thickness variations
Unusual transport properties of superconducting (SC) materials, such as the under doped cuprates, low dimensional superconductors in strong magnetic fields, and insulating films near the Insulator Superconductor Transition (IST), have been attributed to the formation of inhomogeneous phases. Difficulty correlating the ...
1101.5642v1
2011-09-15
Surface impedance of superconductors with magnetic impurities
Motivated by the problem of the residual surface resistance of the superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities, we develop a microscopic theory of the surface impedance of s-wave superconductors with magnetic impurities. We analytically calculate the current response function and surface impedance for a sample with ...
1109.3395v2
2012-09-25
Sb concentration dependent structural and resistive properties of polycrystalline Bi-Sb alloys
Polycrystalline Bi-Sb alloys have been synthesized over a wide range of antimony concentration (8 at% to 20 at%) by solid state reaction method. In depth structural analysis using X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and temperature dependent resistivity measurement of synthesized samples have been performed. XRD data confirmed sin...
1209.5506v1
2012-12-18
Growth and physical property study of single nanowire (diameter ~ 45nm) of half doped Manganite
We report here the growth and characterization of functional oxide nanowire of hole doped manganite of La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 (LSMO). We also report four probe electrical resistance measurement of single nanowire of LSMO (diameter ~ 45nm) using FIB fabricated electrodes. The wires were fabricated by hydrothermal method using a...
1212.4374v2
2013-10-16
Spin-Flipping in Pt and at Co/Pt Interfaces
There has been recent controversy about the magnitude of spin-flipping in the heavy metal Pt, characterized by the spin-diffusion length, lsf(Pt) We propose a resolution of this controversy, and also present evidence for the importance of a phenomenon neglected in prior studies of transport across sputtered Ferromagnet...
1310.4364v2
2013-11-02
Experimental evidence for direct insulator-quantum Hall transition in multi-layer graphene
We have performed magnetotransport measurements on a multi-layer graphene flake. At the crossing magnetic field Bc, an approximately temperature-independent point in the measured longitudinal resistivity, which is ascribed to the direct insulator-quantum Hall (I-QH) transition, is observed. By analyzing the amplitudes ...
1311.0353v1
2013-12-16
Which Memristor Theory is Best for Relating Devices Properties to Memristive Function?
There are three theoretical models which purport to relate experimentally-measurable or fabrication-controllable device properties to the memristor's operation: 1. Strukov et al's phenomenological model; 2. Georgiou et al's Bernoulli rewrite of that phenomenological model; 3. Gale's memory-conservation model. They diff...
1312.4422v1
2015-11-13
Studies on proximity effect in Mo/Bi1.95Sb0.05Se3 hybrid structure
Proximity effect in a mechanically exfoliated Bi1.95Sb0.05Se3 topological insulator (TI) single crystal partially covered with disordered superconducting (SC) Mo thin film is reported. Magnetotransport measurement was performed simultaneously across three different regions of the sample viz. SC, TI and SC/TI junction. ...
1511.04213v1
2016-06-28
Enhanced superconductivity, Kondo behavior and negative-curvature resistivity of oxygen-irradiated thin films of aluminium
We followed the evolution of the normal and superconducting properties of Al thin films after each session of various successive oxygen irradiations at ambient temperature. Such irradiated films, similar to the granular ones, exhibit enhanced superconductivity, Kondo behavior and negative-curvature resistivity. Two dis...
1606.08918v2
2016-06-30
Quadrupole-Driven Non-Fermi Liquid and Magnetic-Field Induced Heavy Fermion States in a Non-Kramers Doublet System
Orbital degrees of freedom in condensed matters could play important roles in forming a variety of exotic electronic states by interacting with conduction electrons. In 4f electron systems, because of strong intra-atomic spin-orbit coupling, an orbitally degenerate state inherently carries quadrupolar degrees of freedo...
1606.09571v1
2016-10-27
Magnetoresistance and robust resistivity plateau in MoAs2
We have grown the MoAs$_2$ single crystal which crystallizes in a monoclinic structure with C2/m space group. Transport measurements show that MoAs$_2$ displays a metallic behavior at zero field and undergoes a metal-to-semiconductor crossover at low temperatures when the applied magnetic field is over 5 T. A robust re...
1610.08594v2
2017-10-24
Absence of Metallic Behavior in Epitaxial NiCo2O4 Thin Films: Role of Microstructural Disorder
Despite the low resistivity (~ 1 mohm cm), the metallic electrical transport has not been commonly observed in the inverse spinel NiCo2O4, except in certain epitaxial thin films. Previous studies have stressed the effect of valence mixing and degree of spinel inversion on the electric conduction of NiCo2O4 films. In th...
1710.08608v2
2017-12-05
Peculiarities of the electronic transport in half-metallic Co-based Heusler alloys
Electrical, magnetic and galvanomagnetic properties of half-metallic Heusler alloys of Co$_2$YZ (Y = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, and Z = Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Sb) were studied in the temperature range 4.2--900 K and in magnetic fields of up to 100 kOe. It was found that varying Y in affects strongly the electric resistivi...
1712.01584v1
2017-12-25
Effects of nuclear spins on the transport properties of the edge of two-dimensional topological insulators
The electrons in the edge channels of two-dimensional topological insulators can be described as a helical Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid. They couple to nuclear spins embedded in the host materials through the hyperfine interaction, and are therefore subject to elastic spin-flip backscattering on the nuclear spins. We inve...
1712.09040v2
2018-01-26
Local Magnetic Measurements of Trapped Flux Through a Permanent Current Path in Graphite
Temperature and field dependent measurements of the electrical resistance of different natural graphite samples, suggest the existence of superconductivity at room temperature in some regions of the samples. To verify whether dissipationless electrical currents are responsible for the trapped magnetic flux inferred fro...
1801.08836v1
2018-01-29
Observation of the Meissner effect at room temperature in single-layer graphene brought into contact with alkanes
There are claims of synthesis of a room temperature superconductor. However, these claims have not been officially accepted by scientific communities. Currently, the highest transition temperature (Tc) recognized in scientific articles is 135 K at 1 atm of Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O system which is a copper oxide superconductor. We...
1801.09376v1
2019-05-10
Magnetic-Field-Induced Phenomena in the Paramagnetic Superconductor UTe$_{2}$
We present magnetoresistivity measurements on the heavy-fermion superconductor UTe$_{2}$ in pulsed magnetic fields $\mu_0H$ up to 68~T and temperatures $T$ from 1.4 to 80~K. Magnetic fields applied along the three crystallographic directions $\mathbf{a}$ (easy magnetic axis), $\mathbf{b}$, and $\mathbf{c}$ (hard magnet...
1905.03990v1
2019-05-13
Extending Policy from One-Shot Learning through Coaching
Humans generally teach their fellow collaborators to perform tasks through a small number of demonstrations. The learnt task is corrected or extended to meet specific task goals by means of coaching. Adopting a similar framework for teaching robots through demonstrations and coaching makes teaching tasks highly intuiti...
1905.04841v1
2019-09-18
Blockade of vortex flow by thermal fluctuations in atomically thin clean-limit superconductors
Resistance in superconductors arises from the motion of vortices driven by flowing supercurrents or external electromagnetic fields and may be strongly affected by thermal or quantum fluctuations. The common expectation borne out in previous experiments is that as the temperature is lowered, vortex motion is suppressed...
1909.08469v1
2019-09-19
Thermal rectification and interface thermal resistance in hybrid pillared-graphene and graphene: A molecular dynamics approach
In this study, we investigate the thermal rectification and thermal resistance in the hybrid pillared-graphene and graphene (PGG) system. This is done through the classical molecular dynamics simulation (MD) and also with a continuum model. At first, the thermal conductivity of both pillared-graphene and graphene is ca...
1909.08971v1
2014-08-19
Device Perspective for Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors: Contact Resistance, Ambipolar and Scaling
Although monolayer black phosphorus (BP) or phosphorene has been successfully exfoliated and its optical properties have been explored, most of electrical performance of the devices is demonstrated on few-layer phosphorene and ultra-thin BP films. In this paper, we study the channel length scaling of ultra-thin BP fiel...
1408.4206v2
2014-08-19
Exploring quantum phase transition in Pd_{1-x}Ni_x nanoalloys
Pd$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$ alloy system is an established ideal transition metal system possessing a composition induced paramagnetic to ferromagnetic quantum phase transition (QPT) at the critical concentration $x_c \sim$ 0.026 in bulk. A low-temperature non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behaviour around $x_c$ usually indicates the presen...
1408.4316v1
2017-01-03
Conduction Channel Formation and Dissolution Due to Oxygen Thermophoresis/Diffusion in Hafnium Oxide Memristors
Transition metal oxide memristors, or resistive random-access memory (RRAM) switches, are under intense development for storage-class memory because of their favorable operating power, endurance, speed, and density. Their commercial deployment critically depends on predictive compact models based on understanding nanos...
1701.00864v1
2018-10-05
Effect of impurities on morphology and growth mode of (111) and (001) epitaxial-like ScN films
ScN material is an emerging semiconductor with an indirect bandgap. It has attracted attention for its thermoelectric properties, use as seed layers, and for alloys for piezoelectric application. ScN or other transition metal nitride semiconductors used for their interesting electrical properties are sensitive to conta...
1810.02593v1
2019-07-05
A post mortem analysis of the strain-induced crystallization effects on fatigue of elastomers
Natural rubber (NR) is the most commonly used elastomer in the automotive industry thanks to its outstanding fatigue resistance. Strain-induced crystallization (SIC) is found to play a role of paramount importance in the great crack growth resistance of NR [1]. Typically, NR exhibits a lifetime reinforcement for non-re...
1907.02688v1
2022-02-12
Expansion of Graphene-Based Device Technology for Resistance Metrology
The field of Quantum Hall metrology had a strong start with the implemntation of GaAs-based devices, given that 2D materials systems provided access to interesting quantum phenomena, including the infrastructure associated with making relevant measurements. With the technology laid out, further improvements in both inf...
2202.05954v1
2016-03-21
Influence of rhombohedral stacking order in the electrical resistance of bulk and mesoscopic graphite
The electrical, in-plane resistance as a function of temperature $R(T)$ of bulk and mesoscopic thin graphite flakes obtained from the same batch was investigated. Samples thicker than $\sim 30$ nm show metalliclike contribution in a temperature range that increases with the sample thickness, whereas a semiconductinglik...
1603.06365v3
2017-04-03
Plasmonic heating in Au nanowires at low Temperatures: The role of thermal boundary resistance
Inelastic electron tunneling and surface-enhanced optical spectroscopies at the molecular scale require cryogenic local temperatures even under illumination - conditions that are challenging to achieve with plasmonically resonant metallic nanostructures. We report a detailed study of the laser heating of plasmonically ...
1704.00771v1
2017-05-18
Effects of the Functional Group on the Lithium Ions Across the Port of Carbon Nanotube
The mean axial velocity of lithium irons across the entrance of carbon nanotube VLi is an important factor for the charge-discharge performances of rechargeable Lithium battery. The molecular dynamics simulation method is adopted to evaluate the factors and their effects on VLi which include the diameter of carbon nano...
1705.06650v1
2017-08-24
Memory matrix theory of the dc resistivity of a disordered antiferromagnetic metal with an effective composite operator
We perform the calculation of the dc resistivity as a function of temperature of the "strange-metal" state that emerges in the vicinity of a spin-density-wave phase transition in the presence of weak disorder. This scenario is relevant to the phenomenology of many important correlated materials, such as, e.g., the pnic...
1708.07537v1
2019-04-03
Patterning of diamond like carbon films for sensor applications using silicon containing thermoplastic resist (SiPol) as a hard mask
Patterning of diamond-like carbon (DLC) and DLC:metal nanocomposites is of interest for an increasing number of applications. We demonstrate a nanoimprint lithography process based on silicon containing thermoplastic resist combined with plasma etching for straightforward patterning of such films. A variety of differen...
1904.01880v1
2019-04-02
Filament mechanics in a half-space via regularised Stokeslet segments
We present a generalisation of efficient numerical frameworks for modelling fluid-filament interactions via the discretisation of a recently-developed, non-local integral equation formulation to incorporate regularised Stokeslets with half-space boundary conditions, as motivated by the importance of confining geometrie...
1904.02543v2
2015-07-23
Spatially resolved TiOx phases in RRAM conductive nanofilaments using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy
Reduction in metal-oxide thin films has been suggested as the key mechanism responsible for forming conductive nanofilaments within solid-state memory devices, enabling their resistive switching capacity. The quantitative spatial identification of such filaments is a daunting task, particularly for metal-oxides capable...
1507.06588v1
2019-01-16
Quantum oscillations in strongly correlated topological Kondo insulators
The observation of quantum oscillations in topological Kondo insulators SmB6 and YbB12 is a recent puzzling experimental discovery. Quantum oscillations observed in the resistivity and the magnetization are usually explained by the existence of the Fermi surface. However, Kondo insulators do not have a Fermi surface an...
1901.05099v2
2019-10-18
Probing quantum spin liquids in equilibrium using the inverse spin Hall effect
We propose an experimental method utilizing a strongly spin-orbit coupled metal to quantum magnet bilayer that will probe quantum magnets lacking long range magnetic order, e.g., quantum spin liquids, via examination of the voltage noise spectrum in the metal layer. The bilayer is held in thermal and chemical equilibri...
1910.08610v2
2020-05-23
Mixed ground state in Fe-Ni Invar alloys
We investigate the ground state properties of Invar alloys via detailed study of the electronic structure of Fe$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$ alloys ($x$ = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.9) employing $x$-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). While all the alloys exhibit soft ferromagnetic behavior with Curie temperature much higher t...
2005.11493v1
2020-07-01
Impact of V substitution on the physical properties of Ni-Zn-Co ferrites: structural, magnetic, dielectric and electrical properties
We have investigated the Vanadium- (V) substituted Ni-Zn-Co ferrites where the samples were prepared using solid-state reaction technique. The impact of V5+ substitution on the structural, magnetic, dielectric and electrical properties of Ni-Zn-Co ferrites has been studied. XRD analysis confirmed the formation of a sin...
2007.00602v1
2020-07-20
Capping and gate control of anomalous Hall effect and hump structure in ultra-thin SrRuO$_3$ films
Ferromagnetism and exotic topological structures in SrRuO$_3$ (SRO) induce sign-changing anomalous Hall effect (AHE). Recently, hump structures have been reported in the Hall resistivity of SRO thin films, especially in the ultra-thin regime. We investigate the AHE and hump structure in the Hall resistivity of SRO ultr...
2007.09872v2
2020-07-23
Origin of gap-like behaviors in URu$_2$Si$_2$: Combined study via quasiparticle scattering spectroscopy and resistivity measurements
We address two long-standing questions regarding the hidden order in URu2Si2: Is it associated with the hybridization process, and what are the distinct roles played by the localized and itinerant electrons? Our quasiparticle scattering spectroscopy reveals a hybridization gap ubiquitous in the entire phase space spann...
2007.12235v2
2020-10-11
Hydrothermal synthesis and complete phase diagram of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$ $(0 \leq x \leq 1)$ single crystals
We report the successful synthesis of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$ single crystals with $x$ ranging from 0 to 1 via a hydrothermal method. A complete phase diagram of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$ has been obtained based on resistivity and magnetization measurements. The nematicity is suppressed with increasing $x$, and a small supercond...
2010.05191v3
2021-03-12
Area-selective deposition and B $δ$-doping of Si(100) with BCl$_{3}$
B-doped $\delta$-layers were fabricated in Si(100) using BCl$_{3}$ as a dopant precursor in ultrahigh vacuum. BCl$_{3}$ adsorbed readily at room temperature, as revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) imaging. Annealing at elevated temperatures facilitated B incorporation into the Si substrate. Secondary ion ma...
2103.07529v1
2021-05-21
Convection, Heat Generation and Particle Deposition in Direct Laser Writing of Metallic Microstructures
Three-dimensional metallic microstructures find applications as stents in medicine, as ultrabroadband antennas in communications, in micromechanical parts or as structures of more fundamental interest in photonics like metamaterials. Direct metal printing of such structures using three-dimensional laser lithography is ...
2105.10243v2
2021-10-29
Optimal asymmetry of transistor-based terahertz detectors
Detectors of terahertz radiation based on field-effect transistors (FETs) are among most promising candidates for low-noise passive signal rectification both in imaging systems and wireless communications. However, it was not realised so far that geometric asymmetry of common FET with respect to source-drain interchang...
2110.15810v1
2021-12-06
Dynamical Mean Field Theory of Moiré Bilayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Phase Diagram, Resistivity, and Quantum Criticality
We present a comprehensive dynamical mean field study of the triangular lattice moir\'e Hubbard model, which is believed to represent the physics of moir\'e bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides. In these materials, important aspects of the band structure including the bandwidth and the order and location of van Hov...
2112.03080v3
2022-03-15
Challenges and opportunities of srf theory for next generation particle accelerators
We suggest a program to establish theoretical performance limits of srf cavities using modern theories of nonequilibrium superconductivity under a strong electromagnetic field. These theories will be used to calculate the main parameter of merit of srf cavities: the quality factor Q and its dependencies on the field am...
2203.08315v1
2022-05-19
Electrical Circuit Modelling of Nanofluidic Systems
Nanofluidic systems exhibit transport characteristics that have made technological marvels such as desalination, energy harvesting, and highly sensitive biomolecule sensing possible by virtue of their ability to influence small currents due to the selective transport of ions. Traditionally many of these applications ha...
2205.09437v3
2022-06-08
Phonon-limited resistivity of multilayer graphene systems
We calculate the theoretical contribution to the doping and temperature ($T$) dependence of electrical resistivity due to scattering by acoustic phonons in Bernal bilayer graphene (BBG) and rhombohedral trilayer graphene (RTG). We focus on the role of nontrivial geometric features of the detailed, anisotropic $k\cdot p...
2206.04080v2
2022-07-18
Confinement-Induced Chiral Edge Channel Interaction in Quantum Anomalous Hall Insulators
In quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulators, the interior is insulating but electrons can travel with zero resistance along one-dimensional conducting paths known as chiral edge channels (CECs). These CECs have been predicted to be confined to the one-dimensional (1D) edges and exponentially decay in the two-dimensional...
2207.08371v1
2022-09-12
Robust design optimization for enhancing delamination resistance of composites
Recent developments in the field of computational modeling of fracture have opened up possibilities for designing structures against failure. A special case, called interfacial fracture or delamination, can occur in loaded composite structures where two or more materials are bonded together at comparatively weak interf...
2209.05241v1
2022-10-25
Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Nickel Doped Ag2Te
We report on the thermoelectric properties of nickel doped Ag2-xNixTe (x = 0, 0.015, 0.025 & 0.055, 0.115, 0.155) nanostructures in the temperature (T) range of 5 K to 575 K. The electrical resistivity of Ag2Te nanostructure shows metallic behaviour in 5 K to 300 K initially that evolves into two metal to insulator tra...
2210.13903v1
2022-12-28
An Atomistic Model of Field-Induced Resistive Switching in Valence Change Memory
In Valence Change Memory (VCM) cells, the conductance of an insulating switching layer is reversibly modulated by creating and redistributing point defects under an external field. Accurate simulations of the switching dynamics of these devices can be difficult due to their typically disordered atomic structures and in...
2212.14090v1
2023-05-02
Direct observations of spin fluctuations in spin-hedgehog-anti-hedgehog lattice states in MnSi$_{1-x}$Ge$_x$ ($x=0.6$ and $0.8$) at zero magnetic field
The helimagnetic compounds MnSi$_{1-x}$Ge$_{x}$ show the three-dimensional multiple-$q$ order as referred to as spin-hedgehog-anti-hedgehog (SHAH) lattice. Two representative forms of SHAH are cubic-3$q$ lattice with $q \| \langle100\rangle$ and tetrahedral-4$q$ lattice with $q \| \langle111\rangle$, which show up typi...
2305.01172v1
2023-08-30
A Deep Dive into the Design Space of a Dynamically Reconfigurable Cryogenic Spiking Neuron
Spiking neural network offers the most bio-realistic approach to mimic the parallelism and compactness of the human brain. A spiking neuron is the central component of an SNN which generates information-encoded spikes. We present a comprehensive design space analysis of the superconducting memristor (SM)-based electric...
2308.15754v1
2023-12-03
Experimental apparatus for non-contact resistivity measurements of the rock core plug based on magnetic induction
A new apparatus has been developed to measure the conductivity of rock samples. The probe, which consists of multi-coil transmitters and receivers doesn't require physical contact with the samples. The measurement is based on the induction principle. The measurement system is validated by using saline solutions and wat...
2312.01375v1
2023-12-08
The Kernel Method for Electrical Resistance Tomography
In this paper we consider the inverse problem of electrical conductivity retrieval starting from boundary measurements, in the framework of Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT). In particular, the focus is on non-iterative reconstruction algorithms, compatible with real-time applications. In this work a new non-itera...
2312.05059v1
2024-01-08
Microwave-assisted synthesis of LaMnO3+d: Tuning physical properties with microwave power
Synthesis of transition metal oxides by microwave irradiation is a faster and energy-saving method compared to conventional heating in an electrical furnace because microwave energy is directly converted into heat within precursors. However, not much is known about how the physical properties are modified by the power ...
2401.04087v1
2024-01-30
Two-Dimensional Phase-Fluctuating Superconductivity in Bulk-Crystalline NdO$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiS$_2$
We present a combined growth and transport study of superconducting single-crystalline NdO$_{0.5}$F$_{0.5}$BiS$_2$. Evidence of two-dimensional superconductivity with significant phase fluctuations of preformed Cooper pairs preceding the superconducting transition is reported. This result is based on three key observat...
2401.16980v2