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2024-03-20
The influence of hydrogen on the electronic structure in transition metallic glasses
We investigate the influence of hydrogen on the electronic structure of a binary transition metallic glass of V$_{80}$Zr$_{20}$. We examine the hybridization between the hydrogen and metal atoms with the aid of hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Combined with ab initio density functional theory, we are able to show...
2403.13371v1
2024-04-07
Morphological stability of electrostrictive thin films
A large electric field is typically present in anodic or passive oxide films. Stresses induced by such a large electric field are critical in understanding the breakdown mechanism of thin oxide films and improving their corrosion resistance. In this work, we consider electromechanical coupling through the electrostrict...
2404.05093v1
2024-04-11
Respective Roles of Electron-Phonon and Electron-Electron Interactions in the Transport and Quasiparticle Properties of SrVO$_3$
The spectral and transport properties of strongly correlated metals, such as SrVO$_3$ (SVO), are widely attributed to electron-electron ($e$-$e$) interactions, with lattice vibrations (phonons) playing a secondary role. Here, using first-principles electron-phonon ($e$-ph) and dynamical mean field theory calculations, ...
2404.07772v1
2024-04-16
Strain-dependent Insulating State and Kondo Effect in Epitaxial SrIrO$_{3}$ Films
The large spin-orbit coupling in iridium oxides plays a significant role in driving novel physical behaviors, including emergent phenomena in the films and heterostructures of perovskite and Ruddlesden-Popper iridates. In this work, we study the role of epitaxial strain on the electronic behavior of thin SrIrO$_3$ film...
2404.10909v1
2024-04-24
Low thermal boundary resistance at bonded GaN/diamond interface by controlling ultrathin heterogeneous amorphous layer
Thermal boundary resistance (TBR) in semiconductor-on-diamond structure bottlenecks efficient heat dissipation in electronic devices. In this study, to reduce the TBR between GaN and diamond, surface-activated bonding with a hybrid SiOx-Ar ion source was applied to achieve an ultrathin interfacial layer. The simultaneo...
2404.15738v1
2024-05-03
Local insulator-to-superconductor transition in amorphous InO$_x$ films modulated by e-beam irradiation
We present a novel method enabling precise post-fabrication modulation of the electrical resistance in micrometer-scale regions of amorphous indium oxide (a-InO$_x$) films. By subjecting initially insulating films to an electron beam at room temperature, we demonstrate that the exposed region of the films becomes super...
2405.02276v1
2024-05-27
Resistance Distribution of Decoherent Quantum Hall-Superconductor Edges
We study the probability distribution of the resistance, or equivalently the charge transmission, of a decoherent quantum Hall-superconductor edge, with the decoherence coming from metallic puddles along the edge. Such metallic puddles may originate from magnetic vortex cores or other superconductivity suppressing pert...
2405.17550v1
2017-12-13
Magnetotransport in a model of a disordered strange metal
Despite much theoretical effort, there is no complete theory of the 'strange' metal state of the high temperature superconductors, and its linear-in-temperature, $T$, resistivity. Recent experiments showing an unexpected linear-in-field, $B$, magnetoresistivity have deepened the puzzle. We propose a simple model of iti...
1712.05026v3
2018-10-05
Static and Dynamic Signatures of Anisotropic Electronic Phase Separation in La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Thin Films under Anisotropic Strain
The electronic phase separation (EPS) of optimally doped La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (LCMO) thin films under various degrees of anisotropic strain is investigated by static magnetotransport and dynamic relaxation measurements. Three LCMO films were grown simultaneously on (001) NdGaO3 (NGO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition, an...
1810.02516v1
2023-07-13
Hydrodynamic magnetotransport in two-dimensional electron systems with macroscopic obstacles
In high-quality conductors, the hydrodynamic regime of electron transport has been recently realized. In this work we theoretically investigate magnetotransport of a viscous electron fluid in samples with electron-impermeable obstacles. We use the two approaches to describe the fluid flow. The first one is based on the...
2307.06705v2
2023-11-13
Pruning random resistive memory for optimizing analogue AI
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has been marked by the large language models exhibiting human-like intelligence. However, these models also present unprecedented challenges to energy consumption and environmental sustainability. One promising solution is to revisit analogue computing, a technique ...
2311.07164v1
2022-06-09
Identification of High-Dielectric Constant Compounds from Statistical Design
The discovery of high-dielectric materials is crucial to increasing the efficiency of electronic devices and batteries. Here, we report three previously unexplored materials with very high dielectric constants (69 $<$ $\epsilon$ $<$ 101) and large band gaps (2.9$<$ $E_{\text{g}}$(eV) $<$ 5.5) obtained by screening mate...
2206.04750v1
1997-10-23
Stripes, Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior, and Two-Component Transport in the High-Tc Cuprates
Non-Fermi-liquid features of the high-Tc cuprates, and specifically the systematic behavior of the resistivity, Hall constant, and thermoelectric power, are shown to result from an electronic structure based on "large-U" and "small-U" orbitals, and the resulting striped structure.
9710254v1
1998-12-03
Anomalous Magnetothermal Resistance of High-Tc Superconductors: Anomalous Cyclotron Orbits at a Dirac Point
I derive equations of motion for quasiparticles near the nodes in the d-wave gap of high Tc superconductors. Previous versions have not properly taken into account the spatial dependence of the gap parameter phase. The results are compatible with magnetothermal conductivity measurements in the superconducting phase by ...
9812063v1
1999-05-18
On Anisotropic Transport in High Landau Levels
We would like to point out that: (i) according to the edge-bulk transport models for the quantum Hall regime, the direction of low bulk conductance is actually perpendicular to that expected naively; and (ii) the values of experimental "high resistance" peaks correspond to value of bulk conductance $\approx 1 e^{2}/h$.
9905237v1
2001-11-03
Stability of antiferromagnetism at high magnetic fields in Mn3Si
We report low temperature measurements of the specific heat, resistivity and magnetisation of the itinerant antiferromagnet Mn3Si. The unprecedented stability of the magnetic state to high magnetic field up to 14 T inferred from the invariance of these bulk properties is incompatible with itinerant magnetism expected o...
0111048v1
2003-11-12
The Driving Force of Superconducting Transition in High Temperature Superconductors
We show that both the kinetic energy and the exchange energy of the t-J model can be read off from the optical data. We show that the optical data indicates that the superconducting transition in high temperature superconductors is kinetic energy driven and the exchange energy resist the transition. We also show that k...
0311282v1
2009-04-10
Linear in temperature resistivity of scalar fermions: application to high Tc cuprates
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0904.1746v4
2024-01-06
The 4-adic complexity of quaternary sequences with low autocorrelation and high linear complexity
Recently, Jiang et al. proposed several new classes of quaternary sequences with low autocorrelation and high linear complexity by using the inverse Gray mapping (JAMC, \textbf{69} (2023): 689--706). In this paper, we estimate the 4-adic complexity of these quaternary sequences. Our results show that these sequences ha...
2401.03204v1
2020-08-27
Modeling cross-field demagnetization of superconducting stacks and bulks for up to 100 tapes and 2 million cycles
Superconducting stacks and bulks can act as very strong magnets (more than 17 T), but they lose their magnetization in the presence of alternating (or ripple) transverse magnetic fields, due to the dynamic magneto-resistance. This demagnetization is a major concern for applications requiring high run times, such as mot...
2008.12006v2
2021-03-07
130 mA/mm $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ MESFET with Low-Temperature MOVPE-Regrown Ohmic Contacts
We report on the demonstration of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy-regrown (MOVPE) ohmic contacts in an all MOVPE-grown $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ metal-semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET). The low-temperature (600$^{\circ}$C) heavy (n$^{+}$) Si-doped regrown layers exhibit extremely high conductivity with sheet re...
2103.04275v2
2010-08-31
Uniaxial linear resistivity of superconducting La(1.905)Ba(0.095)CuO(4) induced by an external magnetic field
We present an experimental study of the anisotropic resistivity of superconducting La(2-x)Ba(x)CuO(4) with x=0.095 and transition temperature Tc=32 K. In a magnetic field perpendicular to the CuO(2) layers, H(perp), we observe that the resistivity perpendicular to the layers, \rho(perp), becomes finite at a temperature...
1009.0031v4
2014-07-03
Phonon-limited resistivity of graphene by first-principle calculations: electron-phonon interactions, strain-induced gauge field and Boltzmann equation
Electron-phonon coupling in graphene is extensively modeled and simulated from first principles. We find that using an accurate model for the polarizations of the acoustic phonon modes is crucial to obtain correct numerical results. The interactions between electrons and acoustic phonon modes, the gauge field and defor...
1407.0830v2
2015-08-10
Fracture resistance of zigzag single walled carbon nanotubes
Brittle fracture is one of the important failure modes of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) due to mechanical loading. In this paper, the fracture resistance of zigzag SWNTs with preexisting defects is calculated using fracture mechanics concepts based on atomistic simulations. The problem of unstable crack growth a...
1508.02129v1
2015-11-23
CPP Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Multilayers: A critical review
We present a comprehensive review of data and analysis of Giant (G) Magnetoresistance (MR) with Current-flow Perpendicular-to-layer-Planes (CPP-MR) of magnetic multilayers [F/N]n (n = number of repeats) with alternating nanoscale layers of ferromagnetic (F) and non-magnetic (N) metals. GMR, a large change in resistance...
1511.07387v1
2016-07-01
Size-dependence of nanosecond-scale spin-torque switching in perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions
We time-resolve the spin-transfer-torque-induced switching in perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions of diameters from 50 to 250 nm in the thermally activated regime. When the field and the spin-torque concur to favor the P to AP transition, the reversal yields monotonic resistance ramps that can be interpreted as...
1607.00260v1
2018-03-08
Helical magnetic structure and the anomalous and topological Hall effects in epitaxial B20 Fe$_{1-y}$Co$_y$Ge films
Epitaxial films of the B20-structure alloy Fe$_{1-y}$Co$_y$Ge were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on Si (111) substrates. The magnetization varied smoothly from the bulk-like values of one Bohr magneton per Fe atom for FeGe to zero for non-magnetic CoGe. The chiral lattice structure leads to a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya in...
1803.03281v2
2020-07-09
Physical properties revealed by transport measurements on superconducting Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_{2}$ thin films
The newly found superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelate superconducting films has attracted much attention, because their crystalline and electronic structures are similar to high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors. The upper critical field can provide much information on superconductivity, but detailed experimental d...
2007.04884v2
2020-11-11
Interface controlled thermal properties of ultra-thin chalcogenide-based phase change memory devices
Phase change memory (PCM) is a rapidly growing technology that not only offers advancements in storage-class memories but also enables in-memory data storage and processing towards overcoming the von Neumann bottleneck. In PCMs, the primary mechanism for data storage is thermal excitation. However, there is a limited b...
2011.05492v1
2022-03-22
Effect of ECAP and heat treatment on mechanical properties, stress relaxation behavior and corrosion resistance of a 321-type austenitic steel with increased delta-ferrite content
Hot rolled commercial metastable austenitic steel 0.8C-18Cr-10Ni-0.1Ti (Russian industrial name 08X18H10T, analog 321L) with strongly elongated thin delta-ferrite particles in its microstructure was the object of investigations. The lengths of these delta-particles were up to 500 mkm, the thickness was 10 mkm. The form...
2203.12102v1
2022-10-18
Sensing Remote Bulk Defects Through Resistance Noise in a Large Area Graphene Field Effect Transistor
Substrate plays a crucial role in determining transport and low frequency noise behavior of graphene field effect devices. Typically, heavily dope Si/SiO$_2$ substrate is used to fabricate these devices for efficient gating. Trapping-detrapping processes closed to the graphene/substrate interface are the dominant sourc...
2210.09851v1
2023-11-24
Multi-tap Resistive Sensing and FEM Modeling enables Shape and Force Estimation in Soft Robots
We address the challenge of reliable and accurate proprioception in soft robots, specifically those with tight packaging constraints and relying only on internally embedded sensors. While various sensing approaches with single sensors have been tried, often with a constant curvature assumption, we look into sensing loc...
2311.14566v1
2024-04-05
Direct Electrical Detection of Spin Chemical Potential Due to Spin Hall Effect in $β$-Tungsten and Platinum Using a Pair of Ferromagnetic and Normal Metal Voltage probes
The phenomenon of Spin Hall Effect (SHE) generates a pure spin current transverse to an applied current in materials with strong spin-orbit coupling, although not detectable through conventional electrical measurement. An intuitive Hall effect like measurement configuration is implemented to directly measure pure spin ...
2404.03934v1
2013-02-11
Feedback from Winds and Supernovae in Massive Stellar Clusters. I: Hydrodynamics
We use 3D hydrodynamical models to investigate the effects of massive star feedback from winds and supernovae on inhomogeneous molecular material left over from the formation of a massive stellar cluster. We simulate the interaction of the mechanical energy input from a cluster with 3 O-stars into a giant molecular clo...
1302.2443v1
2016-12-22
Insight into the Role of Oxygen in Phase-Change Material GeTe
Oxygen is widely used to tune the performance of chalcogenide phase-change materials in the usage of phase-Change random access memory (PCRAM) which is considered as the most promising next-generation non-volatile memory. However, the microscopic role of oxygen in the write-erase process, i.e., the reversible phase tra...
1612.07467v1
2013-12-20
Lessons from a Large-Scale Assessment: Results from Conceptual Inventories
We report the conceptual inventory results of a large-scale assessment project at a large university. We studied an attempt at introducing materials and instructional methods informed by physics education research (PER-informed materials) into a department where most instruction has been traditional and a significant n...
1312.6000v1
2017-11-19
Elastomeric focusing enables application of hydraulic principles to solid materials in order to create micromechanical actuators with giant displacements
A continuing challenge in material science is how to create active materials in which shape changes or displacements can be generated electrically or thermally. Here we borrow principles from hydraulics, in particular that confined geometries can be used to focus expansion into large displacements, to create solid mate...
1711.07102v1
2020-04-29
Superconducting Materials for Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors
The superconducting materials that make up an MKID have a significant effect on its performance. The $T_\textrm{c}$ and normal state resistivity $\rho_\textrm{N}$ of the film determine the penetration depth $\lambda$ and therefore how much kinetic inductance it has. The ratio of kinetic inductance to total inductance (...
2004.14576v1
2018-12-20
Dynamics of Fluid Driven Autonomous Materials: Interconnected Fluid Filled Cavities to Realize Autonomous Materials
The study of elastic structures embedded with fluid-filled cavities received considerable attention in fields such as autonomous materials, sensors, actuators, and smart systems. This work studies an elastic beam embedded with a set of fluid-filled bladders, similar to a honeycomb structure, which are interconnected vi...
1812.08717v2
2019-01-14
Anomalous relation between in-plane and out-of-plane stiffnesses in 2D networked materials
For thin networked materials, which are spatial discrete structures constructed by continuum components, a paradox on the effective thickness defined by the in-plane and out-of-plane stiffnesses is found, i.e. the effective thickness is not a constant but varies with loading modes. To reveal the mechanism underneath th...
1901.04203v1
2019-10-16
Stumbling Through the Research Wilderness, Standard Methods to Shine Light on Electrically Conductive Nanocomposites for Future Health-Care Monitoring
Electrically conductive nanocomposites are an exciting ever expanding area of research that has yielded many new technologies for wearable health devices. Acting as strain sensing materials, they have paved the way towards real time medical diagnostic tools that may very well lead to a golden age of healthcare. Current...
1910.07249v1
2022-04-11
Electron transport in the single-layer semiconductor
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a new class of materials with interesting physical properties and applications ranging from nanoelectronics to sensing and photonics. In addition to graphene, the most studied 2D material, monolayers of other layered materials such as semiconducting dichalcogenides MoS2 or WSe2 are ga...
2204.04850v1
2022-12-15
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Material Model Calibration from Full-Field Displacement Data
The identification of material parameters occurring in constitutive models has a wide range of applications in practice. One of these applications is the monitoring and assessment of the actual condition of infrastructure buildings, as the material parameters directly reflect the resistance of the structures to externa...
2212.07723v2
2022-07-15
Screening 0D materials for 2D nanoelectronics applications
As nanoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials are moving towards maturity, optimization of the properties of the active 2D material must be accompanied by equal attention to optimizing the properties of and the interfaces to the other materials around it, such as electrodes, gate dielectrics, and th...
2207.07364v1
2015-08-07
Pressure Effects on Superconducting Properties of the BiS2-Based Superconductor Bi2(O,F)S2
Pressure effects on a recently discovered BiS2-based superconductor Bi2(O,F)S2 (Tc = 5.1 K) were examined via two different methods; high pressure resistivity measurement and high pressure annealing. The effects of these two methods on the superconducting properties of Bi2(O,F)S2 were significantly different although i...
1508.01656v1
2018-09-11
Atomic positions independent descriptor for machine learning of material properties
The high-throughput screening of periodic inorganic solids using machine learning methods requires atomic positions to encode structural and compositional details into appropriate material descriptors. These atomic positions are not available {\it a priori} for new materials which severely limits exploration of novel m...
1809.03960v2
2019-01-14
Materials discovery and properties prediction in thermal transport via materials informatics: a mini-review
There has been an increasing demand for materials with special thermal properties, whereas experimental discovery is high-cost and time-consuming. The emerging discipline `Materials Informatics' is an effective approach that can accelerate materials development by combining material science and big data technique. Rece...
1901.04133v1
2024-02-07
Are LLMs Ready for Real-World Materials Discovery?
Large Language Models (LLMs) create exciting possibilities for powerful language processing tools to accelerate research in materials science. While LLMs have great potential to accelerate materials understanding and discovery, they currently fall short in being practical materials science tools. In this position paper...
2402.05200v1
1997-11-19
Inter-Band Pairing Theory of Superconductivity
A model for high temperature superconductors based on the idea of Cooper pairs comprised of electrons from different bands is studied. We propose that the two bands relevant for the cuprates are comprised of Cu dx2-y2, dz2, planar O psigma, and apical O pz orbitals. Along the diagonal, kx=ky in the Brillouin zone, the ...
9711170v2
2001-02-01
The electronic state of vortices in YBa2Cu3Oy investigated by complex surface impedance measurement
The electromagnetic response to microwaves in the mixed state of YBa2Cu3Oy(YBCO) was measured in order to investigate the electronic state inside and outside the vortex core. The magnetic-field dependence of the complex surface impedance at low temperatures was in good agreement with a general vortex dynamics descripti...
0102021v2
2010-06-23
Physical properties of FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ single crystals grown under different conditions
We report on structural, magnetic, conductivity, and thermodynamic studies of FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ single crystals grown by self-flux and Bridgman methods. The samples were prepared from starting materials of different purity at various temperatures and cooling rates. The lowest values of the susceptibility in the no...
1006.4453v2
2011-01-25
Extreme 54Cr-rich nano-oxides in the CI chondrite Orgueil -Implication for a late supernova injection into the Solar System
Systematic variations in 54Cr/52Cr ratios between meteorite classes (Qin et al., 2010a; Trinquier et al., 2007) point to large scale spatial and/or temporal isotopic heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary disk. Two explanations for these variations have been proposed, with important implications for the formation of...
1101.4949v1
2011-12-02
Surviving the hole I: Spatially resolved chemistry around Sgr A*
The interstellar region within the few central parsecs around the super-massive black hole, Sgr A* at the very Galactic center is composed by a number of overlapping molecular structures which are subject to one of the most hostile physical environments in the Galaxy. We present high resolution (4"x3"~0.16x0.11 pc) int...
1112.0566v1
2012-09-17
Transport, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties of the Narrow-Gap Semiconductor CrSb2
Resistivity, Hall effect, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and magnetic susceptibility data are reported for CrSb2 single crystals. In spite of some unusual features in electrical transport and Hall measurements below 100 K, only one phase transition is found in the temperature range from 2 to ...
1209.3676v2
2013-11-13
Thermodynamic and transport properties of single crystalline RCo$_{2}$Ge$_{2}$ (R = Y, La-Nd, Sm-Tm)
Single crystals of RCo$_{2}$Ge$_{2}$ (R = Y, La-Nd, Sm-Tm) were grown using a self-flux method and were characterized by room-temperature powder x-ray diffraction; anisotropic, temperature and field dependent magnetization; temperature and field dependent, in-plane resistivity; and specific heat measurements. In this s...
1311.3321v1
2014-07-19
Ferromagnetic cluster spin-glass behavior in PrRhSn3
We report the synthesis, structure, and magnetic and transport properties of a new ternary intermetallic compound PrRhSn3 which crystallizes in LaRuSn3-type cubic structure (space group Pm-3n). At low applied fields the dc magnetic susceptibility exhibits a sharp anomaly below 6~K with an irreversible behavior in zero ...
1407.5201v1
2015-10-01
Are quantum spin Hall edge modes more resilient to disorder, sample geometry and inelastic scattering than quantum Hall edge modes?
On the surface of 2D Topological insulators occur 1D quantum spin Hall(QSH) edge modes with Dirac like dispersion. Unlike quantum Hall(QH) edge modes which occur at high magnetic fields in 2DEGs, the occurrence of QSH edge modes is because of spin-orbit scattering in the bulk of the material. These QSH edge modes are s...
1510.00105v2
2015-10-06
Conservative regularization of compressible flow and ideal magnetohydrodynamics
Ideal systems like MHD and Euler flow may develop singularities in vorticity (w = curl v). Viscosity and resistivity are dissipative regularizations. We propose a minimal, local, conservative, nonlinear, dispersive regularization of compressible flow and ideal MHD, in analogy with the KdV regularization of the 1D Hopf ...
1510.01606v2
2015-10-20
Photoconversion in the HIT solar cells: Theory vs experiment
We obtain theoretical expressions for the photocurrent in the Heterojunction solar cells with Intrinsic Thin layer (HIT cells). Our calculations take into account tunneling of electrons and holes through wide-bandgap layers of $\alpha$-Si:H or $\alpha$-SiC:H. We introduce the criteria, under which tunneling does not le...
1510.06007v2
2016-01-16
Signatures of the Adler-Bell-Jackiw chiral anomaly in a Weyl Fermion semimetal
Weyl semimetals provide the realization of Weyl fermions in solid-state physics. Among all the physical phenomena that are enabled by Weyl semimetals, the chiral anomaly is the most unusual one. Here, we report signatures of the chiral anomaly in the magneto-transport measurements on the first Weyl semimetal TaAs. We s...
1601.04208v2
2016-08-15
Physical properties of single crystalline $R$Mg$_{2}$Cu$_{9}$ ($R$ = Y, Ce-Nd, Gd-Dy, Yb) and the search for in-plane magnetic anisotropy in hexagonal systems
Single crystals of $R$Mg$_{2}$Cu$_{9}$ ($R$=Y, Ce-Nd, Gd-Dy, Yb) were grown using a high-temperature solution growth technique and were characterized by measurements of room-temperature x-ray diffraction, temperature-dependent specific heat and temperature-, field-dependent resistivity and anisotropic magnetization. YM...
1608.04310v1
2017-06-19
Chronic neural probe for simultaneous recording of single-unit, multi-unit, and local field potential activity from multiple brain sites
Drug resistant focal epilepsy can be treated by resecting the epileptic focus requiring a precise focus localization using stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) probes. As commercial SEEG probes offer only a limited spatial resolution, probes of higher channel count and design freedom enabling the incorporation of macro ...
1706.05899v1
2017-06-29
Effects of Incomplete Ionization on Beta - Ga2O3 Power Devices: Unintentional Donor with Energy 110 meV
Understanding the origin of unintentional doping in Ga2O3 is key to increasing breakdown voltages of Ga2O3 based power devices. Therefore, transport and capacitance spectroscopy studies have been performed to better understand the origin of unintentional doping in Ga2O3. Previously unobserved unintentional donors in co...
1706.09960v2
2018-01-24
Superconductivity in the vicinity of a ferroelectric quantum phase transition
Superconductivity has been observed in doped SrTiO$_3$ at charge-carrier densities below 10$^{18}$ cm$^{-3}$, where the density of states at the Fermi level of the itinerant electrons is several orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional metals. In terms of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer description, this impli...
1801.08121v2
2018-03-01
Conductance relaxation in GeBiTe - slow thermalization in an open quantum system
This work describes the microstructure and transport properties of GeBiTe films with emphasis on their out-of-equilibrium behavior. Persistent-photoconductivity (PPC), previously studied in the phase-change compound GeSbTe is also quite prominent in this system. Much weaker PPC response is observed in the pure GeTe com...
1803.00564v1
2018-04-12
Bulk and surface characterization of In$_2$O$_3$(001) single crystals
A comprehensive bulk and surface investigation of high-quality In$_2$O$_3$(001) single crystals is reported. The transparent-yellow, cube-shaped single crystals were grown using the flux method. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) reveals small residues of Pb, Mg, and Pt in the crystals. Four-point-pr...
1804.04478v1
2018-04-19
Modelling massive-star feedback with Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: photoionization and radiation pressure in a turbulent cloud
We simulate a self-gravitating, turbulent cloud of 1000 Msol with photoionization and radiation pressure feedback from a 34 Msol star. We use a detailed Monte Carlo radiative transfer scheme alongside the hydrodynamics to compute photoionization and thermal equilibrium with dust grains and multiple atomic species. Usin...
1804.07309v1
2016-06-06
Origin and magnitude of 'designer' spin-orbit interaction in graphene on semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides
We use a combination of experimental techniques to demonstrate a general occurrence of spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) substrates. Our measurements indicate that SOI is ultra-strong and extremely robust, despite it being merely interfacially-induced, with neither graphe...
1606.01789v1
2019-02-14
Quantum magnetic imaging of iron biomineralisation in teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura hirtosa
Iron biomineralisation is critical for life. Nature capitalises on the physical attributes of iron biominerals for a variety of functional, structural and sensory applications. Although magnetism is an integral property of iron biominerals, the role it plays in their nano-assembly remains a fundamental, unanswered ques...
1902.09637v2
2019-05-24
Interference measurements of non-Abelian e/4 & Abelian e/2 quasiparticle braiding
The quantum Hall states at filling factors $\nu=5/2$ and $7/2$ are expected to have Abelian charge $e/2$ quasiparticles and non-Abelian charge $e/4$ quasiparticles. The non-Abelian statistics of the latter has been predicted to display a striking interferometric signature, the even-odd effect. By measuring resistance o...
1905.10248v5
2020-03-21
Fluctuation dynamo in a weakly collisional plasma
The turbulent amplification of cosmic magnetic fields depends upon the material properties of the host plasma. In many hot, dilute astrophysical systems, such as the intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters, the rarity of particle--particle collisions allows departures from local thermodynamic equilibrium. These de...
2003.09760v2
2020-09-30
OMC-1 dust polarisation in ALMA Band 7: Diagnosing grain alignment mechanisms in the vicinity of Orion Source I
We present ALMA Band 7 polarisation observations of the OMC-1 region of the Orion molecular cloud. We find that the polarisation pattern observed in the region is likely to have been significantly altered by the radiation field of the $>10^{4}$ L$_{\odot}$ high-mass protostar Orion Source I. In the protostar's opticall...
2009.14758v2
2016-03-22
Strongly Anisotropic Thermal and Electrical Conductivities of Self-assembled Silver Nanowire Network
Heat dissipation issues are the emerging challenges in the field of flexible electronics. Thermal management of flexible electronics creates a demand for flexible materials with highly anisotropic thermal conductivity, which work as heat spreaders to remove excess heat in the in-plane direction and as heat shields to p...
1603.06845v1
2017-05-18
Superconductivity and charge carrier localization in ultrathin $\mathbf{{La_{1.85}Sr_{0.15}CuO_4}/{La_2CuO_4}}$ bilayers
$\mathrm{La_{1.85}Sr_{0.15}CuO_4}$/$\mathrm{La_2CuO_4}$ (LSCO15/LCO) bilayers with a precisely controlled thickness of N unit cells (UCs) of the former and M UCs of the latter ([LSCO15\_N/LCO\_M]) were grown on (001)-oriented {\slao} (SLAO) substrates with pulsed laser deposition (PLD). X-ray diffraction and reciprocal...
1705.06587v1
2017-07-18
Extremely large magnetoresistance and Kohler's rule in PdSn4: a complete study of thermodynamic, transport and band structure properties
The recently discovered material PtSn$_4$ is known to exhibit extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) that also manifests Dirac arc nodes on the surface. PdSn$_4$ is isostructure to PtSn$_4$ with same electron count. We report on the physical properties of high quality single crystals of PdSn$_4$ including specific hea...
1707.05706v2
2019-03-19
Pressure-induced superconductivity in layered pnictogen diselenide NdO$_{0.8}$F$_{0.2}$Sb$_{1-x}$Bi$_x$Se$_2$ (x = 0.3 and 0.7)
Polycrystalline samples of layered pnictogen diselenide NdO0.8F0.2Sb1-xBixSe2 (x = 0 to 0.8) were successfully synthesized by solid-state reactions. Electrical resistivity in the synthesized samples was systematically decreased with an increase in Bi content x. Crystal structure analysis using synchrotron X-ray diffrac...
1903.07791v3
2015-06-18
Evolution of electronic states in n-type copper oxide superconductor via electric double layer gating
Since the discovery of n-type copper oxide superconductors, the evolution of electron- and hole-bands and its relation to the superconductivity have been seen as a key factor in unveiling the mechanism of high-Tc superconductors. So far, the occurrence of electrons and holes in n-type copper oxides has been achieved by...
1506.05727v1
2019-01-08
Thermal bridging of graphene nanosheets via covalent molecular junctions. a Non-Equilibrium Green Functions Density Functional Tight-Binding study
Despite the uniquely high thermal conductivity of graphene is well known, the exploitation of graphene into thermally conductive nanomaterials and devices is limited by the inefficiency of thermal contacts between the individual nanosheets. A fascinating yet experimentally challenging route to enhance thermal conductan...
1901.02396v2
2019-01-09
Printing surface charge as a new paradigm to program droplet transport
Directed, long-range and self-propelled transport of droplets on solid surfaces, especially on water repellent surfaces, is crucial for many applications from water harvesting to bio-analytical devices. One appealing strategy to achieve the preferential transport is to passively control the surface wetting gradients, t...
1901.02612v1
2019-11-06
Absence of superconductivity in bulk Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$NiO$_2$
Recently superconductivity at 9 - 15 K was discovered in an infinite-layer nickelate (Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ films), which has received enormous attention. Since the $Ni^{1+}$ ionic state in NdNiO$_2$ may have the $3d^9$ outer-shell electronic orbit which resembles that of the cuprates, it is very curious to know ...
1911.02420v3
2019-11-12
Absence of Superconductivity in Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_x$ Thin Films without Chemical Reduction
The recently reported superconductivity 9-15 K in Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures that were fabricated by a soft-chemical topotactic reduction approach based on precursor Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO3 thin films deposited on SrTiO3 substrates, has excited an immediate surge of research interest. To explore an alternative physi...
1911.04662v2
2019-11-19
Multi-GMR sensors controlled by additive dipolar coupling
Vertical packaging of multiple Giant Magnetoresistance (multi-GMR) stacks is a very interesting noise reduction strategy for local magnetic sensor measurements, which has not been reported experimentally so far. Here, we have fabricated multi-GMR sensors (up to 12 repetitions) keeping good GMR ratio, linearity and low ...
1911.08592v1
2020-07-30
The effect of structural and magnetic disorder on the 3$d$-5$d$ exchange interactions of La$_{2-x}$Ca$_{x}$CoIrO$_{6}$
The delicate balance between spin-orbit coupling, Coulomb repulsion and crystalline electric field interactions observed in Ir-based oxides is usually manifested as exotic magnetic behavior. Here we investigate the evolution of the exchange coupling between Co and Ir for partial La substitution by Ca in La$_{2}$CoIrO$_...
2007.15318v1
2020-09-30
A model for atomic precision p-type doping with diborane on Si(100)-2$\times$1
Diborane (B$_2$H$_6$) is a promising molecular precursor for atomic precision p-type doping of silicon that has recently been experimentally demonstrated [T. {\v{S}}kere{\v{n}}, \textit{et al.,} Nature Electronics (2020)]. We use density functional theory (DFT) calculations to determine the reaction pathway for diboran...
2010.00129v1
2020-10-26
Solubility limit of Ge Dopants in AlGaN: a Chemical and Microstructural Investigation down to the Nanoscale
Attaining low resistivity AlGaN layers is the keystone to improve the efficiency of light emitting devices in the ultraviolet spectral range. Here, we present a microstructural analysis of Ge-doped AlGaN samples with Al mole fraction from x=0 to 1, and nominal doping level in the range of 1E20 cm-3, together with the m...
2010.13577v1
2020-10-26
Domain Wall-Magnetic Tunnel Junction Spin Orbit Torque Devices and Circuits for In-Memory Computing
There are pressing problems with traditional computing, especially for accomplishing data-intensive and real-time tasks, that motivate the development of in-memory computing devices to both store information and perform computation. Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory elements can be used for computation by manipulat...
2010.13879v1
2020-12-30
Cooperation in a fluid swarm of fuel-free micro-swimmers
Cooperation is vital for the survival of a swarm$^1$. Large scale cooperation allows murmuring starlings to outmaneuver preying falcons$^2$, shoaling sardines to outsmart sea lions$^3$, and homo sapiens to outlive their Pleistocene peers$^4$. On the micron-scale, bacterial colonies show excellent resilience thanks to t...
2012.15087v1
2021-02-09
Evidence for multiband superconductivity and charge density waves in Ni-doped ZrTe$_2$
We carried out a comprehensive study of the electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of Ni-doped ZrTe$_2$. High quality Ni$_{0.04}$ZrTe$_{1.89}$ single crystals show a possible coexistence of charge density waves (CDW, T$_{CDW}\approx287$\,K) with superconductivity (T$_c\approx 4.1$\,K), which we report here ...
2102.04812v3
2021-02-18
$f$-electron hybridised metallic Fermi surface in magnetic field-induced metallic YbB$_{12}$
The nature of the Fermi surface observed in the recently discovered family of unconventional insulators starting with SmB$_6$ and subsequently YbB$_{12}$ is a subject of intense inquiry. Here we shed light on this question by comparing quantum oscillations between the high magnetic field-induced metallic regime in YbB$...
2102.09545v2
2021-05-18
Microwave response of a metallic superconductor subject to a high-voltage gate electrode
Processes that lead to the critical-current suppression and change of impedance of a superconductor under the application of an external voltage is an active area of research, especially due to various possible technological applications. In particular, field-effect transistors and radiation detectors have been develop...
2105.08322v4
2021-05-24
A new ideality factor for perovskite solar cells and an analytical theory for their impedance spectroscopy response
Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is a relatively straightforward experimental technique that is commonly used to obtain information about the physical and chemical characteristics of photovoltaic devices. However, the non-standard physical behaviour of perovskite solar cells (PSC), which are heavily influenced by the motion...
2105.11226v1
2021-05-27
Van der Waals interaction affects wrinkle formation in two-dimensional materials
Nonlinear mechanics of solids is an exciting field that encompasses both beautiful mathematics, such as the emergence of instabilities and the formation of complex patterns, as well as multiple applications. Two-dimensional crystals and van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures allow revisiting this field on the atomic leve...
2105.13229v1
2021-08-04
System Modelling of Very Low Earth Orbit Satellites for Earth Observation
The operation of satellites in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) has been linked to a variety of benefits to both the spacecraft platform and mission design. Critically, for Earth observation (EO) missions a reduction in altitude can enable smaller and less powerful payloads to achieve the same performance as larger instrume...
2108.01945v2
2021-09-10
One-Dimensional Luttinger Liquids in a Two-Dimensional Moiré Lattice
The Luttinger liquid (LL) model of one-dimensional (1D) electronic systems provides a powerful tool for understanding strongly correlated physics including phenomena such as spin-charge separation. Substantial theoretical efforts have attempted to extend the LL phenomenology to two dimensions (2D), especially in models...
2109.04637v3
2021-09-16
MEAM parameterization for cyclic and tensile deformations of Gold-Silver core-shell systems
Gold-Silver (Au-Ag) core-shell nanostructures are gaining importance in stretchable electronics where high tensile and fatigue resistance is of paramount importance. This work proposes the parameterization of a modified embedded atomic model (MEAM) interatomic potential through density functional theory (DFT) calculati...
2109.08196v2
2021-10-08
Synthesis and study of ScN thin films
To contemplate an alternative approach for the minimization of diffusion at high temperature depositions, present findings impart viability of room-temperature deposited reactively sputtered ScN thin film samples. The adopted room temperature route endows precise control over the $R_{N_2}$ flow for a methodical structu...
2110.04008v1
2021-12-28
Highly sensitive fire alarm system based on cellulose paper with low temperature response and wireless signal conversion
Highly sensitive smart sensors for early fire detection with remote warning capabilities are urgently required to improve the fire safety of combustible materials in diverse applications. The highly-sensitive fire alarm can detect fire situation within a short time quickly when a fire disaster is about to occur, which ...
2201.05442v1
2022-10-24
Anomalous Hall effect and two-dimensional Fermi surfaces in the charge-density-wave state of kagome metal RbV$_3$Sb$_5$
AV$_3$Sb$_5$ (A=Cs, K, Rb) are recently discovered superconducting systems ($T_{\rm c}\sim0.9-2.5$ K) in which the vanadium atoms adopt the kagome structure. Intriguingly, these systems enter a charge-density-wave (CDW) phase ($T_{\rm CDW}\sim80-100$ K), and further evidence shows that the time-reversal symmetry is bro...
2210.13250v2
2022-11-17
An effective anisotropic visco-plastic model dedicated to high contrast ductile laminated microstructures: Application to lath martensite substructure
In particular types of layer- or lamellar-like microstructures such as pearlite and lath martensite, plastic slip occurs favorably in directions parallel to inter-lamellar boundaries. This may be due to the interplay between morphology and crystallographic orientation or, more generally, due to constraints imposed on t...
2211.09754v1
2022-11-19
Density-tuned effective metal-insulator transitions in 2D semiconductor layers: Anderson localization or Wigner crystallization
Electrons (or holes) confined in 2D semiconductor layers have served as model systems for studying disorder and interaction effects for almost 50 years. In particular, strong disorder drives the metallic 2D carriers into a strongly localized Anderson insulator (AI) at low densities whereas pristine 2D electrons in the ...
2211.10673v2