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2015-07-01
Gas Sensing with h-BN Capped MoS2 Heterostructure Thin Film Transistors
We have demonstrated selective gas sensing with molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin films transistors capped with a thin layer of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). The resistance change was used as a sensing parameter to detect chemical vapors such as ethanol, acetonitrile, toluene, chloroform and methanol. It was found tha...
1507.00308v1
2016-09-13
Gate voltage control of the $AlO_x$/$SrTiO_3$ interface electrical properties
Electron-beam deposition of an insulating granular aluminium or of an off-stoichiometric amorphous alumina layer on a $SrTiO_3$ surface is a simple way to get a metallic interface from insulating materials. No heating nor specific preparation of the $SrTiO_3$ surface are needed. In this paper, we investigate how the el...
1609.03718v1
2018-07-04
Thermal and transport properties of U3Si2
We have studied U_3Si_2 by means of the heat capacity, electrical resistivity, Seebeck and Hall effects, and thermal conductivity in the temperature range 2-300 K and in magnetic fields up to 9 T. All the results obtained point to delocalized nature of 5f-electrons in this material. The low temperature heat capacity is...
1807.01757v1
2018-07-13
Laser-beam patterned topological insulating states on thin semiconducting MoS2
Identifying the two-dimensional (2D) topological insulating (TI) state in new materials and its control are crucial aspects towards the development of voltage-controlled spintronic devices with low power dissipation. Members of the 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been recently predicted and experimenta...
1807.04914v3
2018-07-17
Electric Field Driven Memristive Behavior at the Schottky Interface of Nb doped SrTiO3
Computing inspired by the human brain requires a massive parallel architecture of low-power consuming elements of which the internal state can be changed. SrTiO3 is a complex oxide that offers rich electronic properties; here Schottky contacts on Nb-doped SrTiO3 are demonstrated as memristive elements for neuromorphic ...
1807.06274v1
2019-01-07
Non-topological Origin of the Planar Hall Effect in Type-II Dirac Semimetal NiTe2
Dirac and Weyl semimetals are new discovered topological nontrivial materials with the linear band dispersions around the Dirac/Weyl points. When applying non-orthogonal electric current and magnetic field, an exotic phenomenon called chiral anomaly arises and negative longitudinal resistance can be detected. Recently,...
1901.01749v1
2019-10-19
Investigation of structural, electrical and electrochemical properties of La0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Mn0.2O3-δ as an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell cathode
La0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Mn0.2O3 (LSFM) compound is synthesized by Sol-gel method and evaluated as a cathode material for the intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC). X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicates that the LSFM has a Rhombohedral structure with R-3c space group symmetry. The XRD patterns reveal very small am...
1910.08754v1
2019-10-21
Role of crystal lattice structure in predicting fracture toughness
We examine the atomistic scale dependence of material's resistance-to-failure by numerical simulations and analytical analysis in electrical analogs of brittle crystals. We show that fracture toughness depends on the lattice geometry in a way incompatible with Griffith's relationship between fracture and free surface e...
1910.09343v2
2019-10-25
Macroscopic visualization of fast electrochemical reaction of SrCoOx oxygen sponge
Strontium cobaltite (SrCoOx) is known as a material showing fast topotactic electrochemical Redox reaction so-called oxygen sponge. Although atomic scale phenomenon of the oxidation of SrCoO2.5 into SrCoO3 is known, the macroscopic phenomenon has not been clarified yet thus far. Here, we visualize the electrochemical o...
1910.11465v1
2019-10-29
Improvement on corrosion resistance and biocompability of ZK60 magnesium alloy by carboxyl ion implantation
Magnesium alloys have been considered to be potential biocompatible metallic materials. Further improvement on the anti-corrosion is expected to make this type of materials more suitable for biomedical applications in the fields of orthopedics, cardiovascular surgery and others. In this paper, we introduce a method of ...
1910.13219v1
2019-11-21
Superconducting Contact and Quantum Interference Between Two-Dimensional van der Waals and Three-Dimensional Conventional Superconductors
Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide superconductors have unique and desirable properties for integration with conventional superconducting circuits. However, fully superconducting contact must be made between the 2D material and three-dimensional (3D) superconductors in order to employ the standard mic...
1911.09711v2
2020-01-07
Electrical transport properties of bulk tetragonal CuMnAs
Temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetoresistance are measured in bulk tetragonal phase of antiferromagnetic CuMnAs and the latter is found to be anisotropic both due to structure and magnetic order. We compare these findings to model calculations with chemical disorder and finite-temperature phenomena included. ...
2001.01947v3
2020-01-18
Microscopic aspects of artificial ageing in Al-Mg-Si alloys
Al-Mg-Si alloys with total solute contents ranging from 0.8 to 1.4 wt.% were solutionised, quenched and then artificially aged (AA) at 180 {\deg}C, after which positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy was applied to obtain information about precipitation and vacancy evolution during preceding ageing. Hardness and el...
2001.06566v1
2020-01-27
Metal to insulator transition, colossal Seebeck coefficient and ultralow thermal conductivity in solution-processed monodispersed nickel nanoparticles
We report here metal to insulator transition, colossal Seebeck coefficient and ultralow thermal conductivity (0.0057th of its bulk value, significantly smaller than many well-known thermoelectric materials and silicon, showing potential applications in thermoelectrics, electronics and photonics for heat dissipation) in...
2001.09708v1
2020-05-21
Thermodynamic Origin of Reaction Non-Uniformity in Battery Porous Electrodes and its Mitigation
The development of non-uniform reaction current distribution within porous electrodes is a ubiquitous phenomenon during battery charging / discharging and frequently controls the rate performance of battery cells. Reaction inhomogeneity in porous electrodes is usually attributed to the kinetic limitation of mass transp...
2005.10916v1
2020-06-16
Ambient pressure Dirac electron system in quasi-two-dimensional molecular conductor $α$-(BETS)$_2$I$_3$
We investigated the precise crystal structures and electronic states in a quasi-two-dimensional molecular conductor ${\alpha}$-(BETS)$_2$I$_3$ at ambient pressure. The electronic resistivity of this molecular solid shows metal-to-insulator (MI) crossover at $T_{MI}$=50 K. Our x-ray diffraction and $^{13}$C nuclear magn...
2006.08978v2
2020-06-18
Dynamical vortex phase diagram of 2D superconductivity in gated MoS2
Recent discoveries of two-dimensional (2D) superconductors have uncovered various new aspects of physical properties including vortex matter. In this paper, we report transport properties and a dynamical phase diagram at zero magnetic field in ion-gated MoS2. In addition to the universal jump in the current-voltage cha...
2006.10749v1
2020-07-03
From Weak Antilocalization to Kondo Scattering in a Magnetic Complex Oxide Interface
Quantum corrections to electrical resistance can serve as sensitive probes of the magnetic landscape of a material. For example, interference between time-reversed electron paths gives rise to weak localization effects, which can provide information about the coupling between spins and orbital motion, while the Kondo e...
2007.01853v1
2020-08-02
Thermal stability for domain wall mediated magnetization reversal in perpendicular STT MRAM cells with W insertion layers
We present an analytical model for calculating energy barrier for the magnetic field-driven domain wall-mediated magnetization reversal of a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) cell and apply it to study thermal stability factor $\Delta$ for various thicknesses of W layers inserted into the free layer (FL) as...
2008.00412v2
2020-08-03
Intrinsic mechanism for anisotropic magnetoresistance and experimental confirmation in Co$_x$Fe$_{1-x}$ single-crystal films
Using first-principles transport calculations, we predict that the anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) of single-crystal Co$_x$Fe$_{1-x}$ alloys is strongly dependent on the current orientation and alloy concentration. An intrinsic mechanism for AMR is found to arise from the band crossing due to magnetization-dependen...
2008.00872v1
2020-08-12
Analysis of the influence of microstructural traps on hydrogen assisted fatigue
We investigate the influence of microstructural traps on hydrogen diffusion and embrittlement in the presence of cyclic loads. A mechanistic, multi-trap model for hydrogen transport is developed, implemented into a finite element framework, and used to capture the variation of crack tip lattice and trapped hydrogen con...
2008.05452v1
2020-08-18
Preparation of Isotopically enriched $^{112,116,120,124}$Sn targets at VECC
Resistive heating and mechanical rolling methods have been employed to prepare isotopically enriched thin target foils of 116Sn (~380 \mu g/cm2), 124Sn(~400 \mu g/cm2) and thicker foils of 112Sn (1.7 mg/cm2),120Sn (1.6 mg/cm2),respectively. Preparation of enriched targets with small amount of material, selection of rel...
2008.08081v2
2020-08-20
Polarization amplification by spin-doping in nanomagnetic/graphene hybrid systems
The generation of non-equilibrium electron spin polarization, spin transport, and spin detection are fundamental in many quantum devices. We demonstrate that a lattice of magnetic nanodots enhances the electron spin polarization in monolayer graphene via carrier exchange. We probed the spin polarization through a resis...
2008.08813v2
2020-08-21
Fate of a soliton matter upon symmetry-breaking ferroelectric order
In a one-dimensional (1D) system with degenerate ground states, their domain boundaries, dubbed solitons, emerge as topological excitations often carrying unconventional charges and spins; however, the soliton excitations are only vital in the non-ordered 1D regime. Then a question arises; how do the solitons conform t...
2008.09337v1
2020-10-09
Electronic and magnetic properties of $α$-FeGe$_2$ films embedded in vertical spin valve devices
We studied metastable $\alpha$-FeGe$_2$, a novel layered tetragonal material, embedded as a spacer layer in spin valve structures with ferromagnetic Fe$_3$Si and Co$_2$FeSi electrodes. For both types of electrodes, spin valve operation is demonstrated with a metallic transport behavior of the $\alpha$-FeGe$_2$ spacer l...
2010.04453v2
2020-10-16
Chirality induced Giant Unidirectional Magnetoresistance in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) exhibits fascinating correlation-driven phenomena like the superconductivity and Mott insulating state, with flat bands and a chiral lattice structure. We find by quantum transport calculations that the chirality leads to a giant unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) in TBG, where the un...
2010.08385v2
2020-11-11
Electron doping of the iron-arsenide superconductor CeFeAsO controlled by hydrostatic pressure
In the iron-pnictide material CeFeAsO not only the Fe moments, but also the local 4f moments of the Ce order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures. We elucidate on the peculiar role of the Ce on the emergence of superconductivity. While application of pressure suppresses the iron SDW ordering temperature monotonous...
2011.05665v1
2020-11-17
Dichotomy Between Orbital and Magnetic Nematic Instabilities in BaFe2S3
Nematic orders emerge nearly universally in iron-based superconductors, but elucidating their origins is challenging because of intimate couplings between orbital and magnetic fluctuations. The iron-based ladder material BaFe2S3, which superconducts under pressure, exhibits antiferromagnetic order below TN ~ 117K and a...
2011.08600v1
2020-11-24
Evidence of interfacial asymmetric spin scattering at ferromagnet-Pt interfaces
We measure the spin-charge interconversion by the spin Hall effect in ferromagnetic/Pt nanodevices. The extracted effective spin Hall angles (SHAs) of Pt evolve drastically with the ferromagnetic (FM) materials (CoFe, Co, and NiFe), when assuming transparent interfaces and a bulk origin of the spin injection/detection ...
2011.12207v2
2020-11-25
Electron hydrodynamics of anomalous Hall materials
We study two-dimensional electron systems in the hydrodynamic regime. We show that a geometrical Berry curvature modifies the effective Navier-Stokes equation for viscous electron flow in topological materials. For small electric fields, the Hall current becomes negligible compared to the viscous longitudinal current. ...
2011.12590v1
2020-11-29
Pressure Dependent Electronic Structure in CeRh$_6$Ge$_4$
Using the state-of-art dynamical mean-field theory combined with density functional theory method, we have performed systematic study on the temperature and pressure dependent electronic structure of ferromagnetic quantum critical material candidate CeRh$_6$Ge$_4$. At -3.9 GPa and -8.3 GPa, the Ce-4$f$ occupation varia...
2011.14256v1
2020-12-16
Superconductivity in the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$
Here we report the observation of bulk superconductivity in single crystals of the two-dimensional kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$. Magnetic susceptibility, resistivity, and heat capacity measurements reveal superconductivity below $T_c = 0.93$K, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations further characterize the norma...
2012.09097v2
2020-12-25
3D Printing Autoclavable PPE on Low-Cost Consumer 3D Printers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical facilities began using 3D printed PPE sourced from their own print labs, makerspaces, universities, and individuals with 3D printers to fill the gaps in supply as traditional manufacturing was not widely enough distributed nor quick enough to scale to widespread spikes in demand. H...
2012.13476v3
2021-02-01
Electronic, magnetic and galvanomagnetic properties of Co-based Heusler alloys: possible states of a half-metallic ferromagnet and spin gapless semiconductor
Parameters of the energy gap and, consequently, electronic, magnetic and galvanomagnetic properties in different X$_2$YZ Heusler alloys can vary quite strongly. In particular, half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) and spin gapless semiconductors (SGSs) with almost 100% spin polarization of charge carriers are promising mat...
2102.00952v1
2021-02-14
PCM-trace: Scalable Synaptic Eligibility Traces with Resistivity Drift of Phase-Change Materials
Dedicated hardware implementations of spiking neural networks that combine the advantages of mixed-signal neuromorphic circuits with those of emerging memory technologies have the potential of enabling ultra-low power pervasive sensory processing. To endow these systems with additional flexibility and the ability to le...
2102.07260v2
2021-03-01
Enhanced Superconductivity in the Se-substituted 1T-PdTe$_2$
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide PdTe$_2$ recently attracts much attention due to its phase coexistence of type-II Dirac semimetal and type-I superconductivity. Here we report a 67 % enhancement of superconducting transition temperature in the 1T-PdSeTe in comparison to that of PdTe2 through partial subs...
2103.00687v1
2021-03-02
Revealing atomic-scale vacancy-solute interaction in nickel
Imaging individual vacancies in solids and revealing their interactions with solute atoms remains one of the frontiers in microscopy and microanalysis. Here we study a creep-deformed binary Ni-2 at.% Ta alloy. Atom probe tomography reveals a random distribution of Ta. Field ion microscopy, with contrast interpretation ...
2103.01639v3
2021-03-04
Strange electrical transport: Colossal magnetoresistance via avoiding fully polarized magnetization in ferrimagnetic insulator Mn3Si2Te6
Colossal magnetoresistance is of great fundamental and technological significance and exists mostly in the manganites and a few other materials. Here we report colossal magnetoresistance that is starkly different from that in all other materials. The stoichiometric Mn3Si2Te6 is an insulator featuring a ferrimagnetic tr...
2103.02764v1
2021-03-08
The Efficacy of the Method of Four Coefficients to Determine Charge Carrier Scattering
The investigation of the electronic properties of semiconductors is inherently challenging due to the ensemble averaging of fundamentals to transport measurements (i.e., resistivity, Hall, and Seebeck coefficient measurements). Here, we investigate the incorporation of a fourth measurement of electronic transport, the ...
2103.04569v1
2021-03-26
Electron-electron interactions and weak anti-localization in few-layer ZrTe5 devices
Much effort has been devoted to the electronic properties of relatively thick ZrTe5 crystals, focusing on their three-dimensional topological effects. Thin ZrTe5 crystals, on the other hand, were much less explored experimentally. Here we present detailed magnetotransport studies of few-layer ZrTe5 devices, in which el...
2103.14329v1
2021-03-31
Deciphering water-solid reactions during hydrothermal corrosion of SiC
Water solid interfacial reactions are critical to understanding corrosion. More specifically, it is notoriously difficult to determine how water and solid interact beyond the initial chemisorption to induce the surface dissolution. Here, we report atomic-scale mechanisms of the elementary steps during SiC hydrothermal ...
2103.16738v1
2021-04-14
Low-Frequency Electronic Noise Spectroscopy of Quasi-2D van der Waals Antiferromagnetic Semiconductors
We investigated low-frequency current fluctuations, i.e. noise, in the quasi-two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals antiferromagnetic semiconductor FePS3 with the electronic bandgap of 1.5 eV. The electrical and noise characteristics of the p-type, highly resistive, thin films of FePS3 were measured at different temperatur...
2104.06578v1
2020-12-26
The Main Role of Thermal Annealing in Controlling the Structural and Optical Properties of ITO Thin Film Layer
Here we report on studying the electronic and optical material properties of the technologically-relevant material indium tin oxide (ITO) as a function of thermal annealing. In this work, ITO powder has been prepared utilizing solid-state reaction methods. An electron beam gun technology has been used to prepare a ITO ...
2104.07464v1
2021-04-16
Circuit-aware Device Modeling of Energy-efficient Monolayer WS$_2$ Trench-FinFETs
The continuous scaling of semiconductor technology has pushed the footprint of logic devices below 50 nm. Currently, logic standard cells with one single fin are being investigated to increase the integration density, although such options could severely limit the performance of individual devices. In this letter, we p...
2104.07891v1
2021-04-19
Effect of wear particles and roughness on nanoscale friction
Frictional contacts lead to the formation of a surface layer called the third body, consisting of wear particles and structures resulting from their agglomerates. Its behavior and properties at the nanoscale control the macroscopic tribological performance. It is known that wear particles and surface topography evolve ...
2104.09217v3
2021-05-01
Complementary electrochemical ICP-MS flow cell and in-situ AFM study of the anodic desorption of molecular adhesion promotors
Molecular adhesion promoters are a central component of modern coating systems for the corrosion protection of structural materials. They are interface active and form ultrathin corrosion inhibiting and adhesion-promoting layers. Here we utilize thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as model system for demonstra...
2105.00280v1
2021-05-09
Planar topological Hall effect in a hexagonal ferromagnetic Fe5Sn3 single crystal
The planar topological Hall effect (PTHE), appeared when the magnetic field tended to be along the current, is believed to result from the real-space Berry curvature of the spin spiral structure and has been experimentally observed in skyrmion-hosting materials. In this paper, we report an experimental observation of t...
2105.03898v1
2021-06-02
Charge order dynamics in underdoped La$\mathbf{_{1.6-\textit{x}}}$Nd$\mathbf{_{0.4}}$Sr$\mathbf{_\textit{x}}$CuO$\mathbf{_{4}}$ revealed by electric pulses
The dynamics of the charge-order domains has been investigated in La$_{1.48}$Nd$_{0.4}$Sr$_{0.12}$CuO$_{4}$, a prototypical stripe-ordered cuprate, using pulsed current injection. We first identify the regime in which nonthermal effects dominate over simple Joule heating, and then demonstrate that, for small enough per...
2106.01469v1
2021-06-09
The heat equation for nanoconstrictions in 2D materials with Joule self-heating
We consider the heat equation for monolayer two-dimensional materials in the presence of heat flow into a substrate and Joule heating due to electrical current. We compare devices including a nanowire of constant width and a bow tie (or wedge) constriction of varying width, and we derive approximate one-dimensional hea...
2106.05129v2
2021-07-21
Bulk superconductivity and Pauli paramagnetism in nearly stoichiometric CuCo$_2$S$_4$
It has long remained elusive whether CuCo$_{2}$S$_{4}$ thiospinel shows bulk superconductivity. Here we clarify the issue by studying on the samples of sulfur-deficient CuCo$_{2}$S$_{3.7}$ and sulfurized CuCo$_{2}$S$_{4}$. The sample CuCo$_{2}$S$_{3.7}$ has a smaller lattice constant of $a=9.454$ {\AA}, and it is not s...
2107.09848v1
2021-09-16
Achieving adjustable elasticity with non-affine to affine transition
For various engineering and industrial applications it is desirable to realize mechanical systems with broadly adjustable elasticity to respond flexibly to the external environment. Here we discover a topology-correlated transition between affine and non-affine regimes in elasticity in both two- and three-dimensional p...
2109.07789v1
2021-09-22
Roller-Coaster in a Flatland: Magnetoresistivity in Eu-intercalated Graphite
Novel phenomena in magnetically-intercalated graphite has been a subject of much research, pioneered and promoted by M.~S. and G.~Dresselhaus and many others in the 1980s. Among the most enigmatic findings of that era was a dramatic, roller-coaster-like behavior of the magnetoresistivity in EuC$_6$ compound, in which m...
2109.10916v3
2021-10-05
Experimental study of transport properties of Weyl semimetal LaAlGe thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Rare earth compounds display diverse electronic, magnetic, and magneto-transport properties. Recently these compounds of the type RAlGe (R = La, Ce, Pr) have been shown to exhibit Weyl semimetallic behavior. In this work, we have investigated the crystal structure, electronic, and magneto-transport properties of the We...
2110.02322v1
2021-11-05
Externally controlled and switchable 2D electron gas at the Rashba interface between ferroelectrics and heavy $d$ metals
Strong spin-orbit coupling in noncentrosymmetric materials and interfaces results in remarkable physical phenomena, such as nontrivial spin textures, which may exhibit Rashba, Dresselhaus, and other intricated configurations. This provides a promising basis for nonvolatile spintronic devices and further implications. H...
2111.03351v2
2021-11-12
Schwarzite and schwarzynes based load-bear resistant radial cellular griding-based 3D printed structures
Nature-occurring structures exhibiting unique topological features such as complex and gradient porosity has been the basis to create new materials and/or structures. Most studies have been focused on complex periodic porous structures but gradient porous ones have not been yet fully investigated for stable structural ...
2111.06641v1
2021-12-18
Enhanced Tunnel magnetoresistance in Fe/Mg4Al-Ox/Fe(001) Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Spinel MgAl2O4 and family oxides are emerging barrier materials useful for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). We report large tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratios up to 429% at room temperature (RT) and 1,034% at 10 K in a Fe/MgAl2O4/Fe(001)-based MTJ prepared using electron-beam evaporation of Mg4Al-Ox. Resistance osc...
2112.09910v1
2022-01-20
Spin valve effect in two-dimensional VSe$_2$ system
Vanadium based dichalcogenides, VSe$_2$, are two-dimensional materials in which magnetic Vanadium atoms are arranged in a hexagonal lattice and are coupled ferromagnetically within the plane. However, adjacent atomic planes are coupled antiferromagnetically. This provides new and interesting opportunities for applicati...
2201.08420v1
2022-03-23
Dipolar Magnetic Interactions and A-type Antiferromagnetic Order in the Zintl Phase Insulator EuZn2P2
Zintl phases, containing strongly covalently bonded frameworks with separate ionically bonded ions, have emerged as a critical materials family in which to couple magnetism and strong spin-orbit coupling to drive diverse topological phases of matter. Here we report the single-crystal synthesis, magnetic, thermodynamic,...
2203.12739v1
2022-04-13
Modeling crack propagation in heterogeneous materials: Griffith's law, intrinsic crack resistance and avalanches
Various kinds of heterogeneity in solids including atomistic discreteness affect the fracture strength as well as the failure dynamics remarkably. Here we study the effects of an initial crack in a discrete model for fracture in heterogeneous materials, known as the fiber bundle model. We find three distinct regimes fo...
2204.06334v1
2022-04-21
Computational Design of Kinesthetic Garments
Kinesthetic garments provide physical feedback on body posture and motion through tailored distributions of reinforced material. Their ability to selectively stiffen a garment's response to specific motions makes them appealing for rehabilitation, sports, robotics, and many other application fields. However, finding de...
2204.09996v1
2022-04-24
Large Hall electron mobilities in head-to-head BaTiO$_3$-domain walls
Strongly charged head-to-head (H2H) domain walls (DWs) that are purposely engineered along the [110] crystallographic orientation into ferroelectric BaTiO$_3$ single crystals have been proposed as novel 2-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) due to their significant domain wall conductivity (DWC). Here, we quantify these...
2204.11265v1
2022-07-04
Interdependent Superconducting Networks
Cascades are self-amplifying processes triggered by feedback mechanisms that may cause a substantial part of a macroscopic system to change its phase in response of a relatively small local event. The theoretical background for these phenomena is rich and interdisciplinary with interdependent networks providing a versa...
2207.01669v1
2022-07-06
Ferroelastic domain walls in BiFeO$_3$ as memristive networks
Electronic conduction along individual domain walls (DWs) has been reported in BiFeO$_3$ (BFO) and other nominally insulating ferroelectrics. DWs in these materials separate regions of differently oriented electrical polarization (domains) and are just a few atoms wide, providing self-assembled nanometric conduction pa...
2207.02688v1
2022-07-07
Asymmetric Ground States in La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_3$/BaTiO$_3$ heterostructures Induced by Flexoelectric Bending
Misfit strain delivered from single-crystal substrates typically modifies the ground states of transition metal oxides, generating increasing interests in designing modern transducers and sensors. Here, we demonstrate that magnetotransport properties of La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_3$ (LSMO) films were continuously tuned...
2207.03297v1
2022-07-11
Thermoelectrics: from Longitudinal to Transverse
In this article, we show fundamentals and recent advances on the transverse thermoelectric generation, in which a thermopower is generated in the direction perpendicular to an applied temperature gradient. Transverse thermoelectric generation is one of the central topics in condensed matter physics, and can be a breakt...
2207.05005v1
2022-07-13
Strong Spin-Orbit Torque Induced by the Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect in Cr1-xPtx
We report on a spin-orbit torque study of the spin current generation in Cr1-xPtx alloy, using the light 3d ferromagnetic Co as the spin current detector. We find that the dampinglike spin-orbit torque of Cr1-xPtx/Co bilayers can be enhanced by tuning the Cr concentration in the Cr1-xPtx layer, with a maximal value of ...
2207.05992v2
2022-09-14
Revealing the band structure of ZrTe$_5$ using Multicarrier Transport
The layered material ZrTe$_5$ appears to exhibit several exotic behaviors which resulted in significant interest recently, although the exact properties are still highly debated. Among these we find a Dirac/Weyl semimetallic behavior, nontrivial spin textures revealed by low temperature transport, and a potential weak ...
2209.06797v2
2022-09-29
Battery Testing Methods in Fuel Cell Research
This report presents some of the key laboratory electrochemical battery testing methods that are used in fuel cell research. Methods such as voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy are of major importance. All the electrochemical corrosion tests are performed thro...
2209.14541v1
2022-10-11
New Gd-based magnetic compound GdPt$_2$B with a chiral crystal structure
Herein, we report the discovery of a novel Gd-based magnetic compound GdPt$_2$B with a chiral crystal structure. X-ray diffraction and chemical composition analyses reveal a CePt$_2$B-type crystal structure (space group: $P6_422$) for GdPt$_2$B. Moreover, we successfully grew single crystals of GdPt$_2$B using the Czoc...
2210.05099v1
2022-11-09
Coexistance of volatile and non-volatile memristive effects in phase-separated La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$-based devices
In this work, we have investigated the coexistance of volatile and non-volatile memristive effects in epitaxial phase-separated La$_{\text{0.5}}$Ca$_{\text{0.5}}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films. At low temperatures (50 K), we observed volatile resistive changes arising from self-heating effects in the vicinity of a metal-to-insul...
2211.04955v1
2022-11-11
Quantum-Hall physics and three dimensions
The discovery of the quantum Hall effect (QHE) in 1980 marked a turning point in condensed matter physics: given appropriate experimental conditions, the Hall conductivity {\sigma}_xy of a two-dimensional (2D) electron system is exactly quantized. But what happens to the QHE in three dimensions (3D)? Experiments over t...
2211.06248v1
2022-11-25
Microscopic parameters of the van der Waals CrSBr antiferromagnet from microwave absorption experiments
Microwave absorption experiments employing a phase-sensitive external resistive detection are performed for a topical van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr. The field dependence of two resonance modes is measured in an applied field parallel to the three principal crystallographic directions, revealing anisotropies and m...
2211.14117v1
2022-11-30
Unification of Nonlinear Anomalous Hall Effect and Nonreciprocal Magnetoresistance in Metals by the Quantum Geometry
The quantum geometry has significant consequences in determining transport and optical properties in quantum materials. Here, we use a semiclassical formalism coupled with perturbative corrections unifying the nonlinear anomalous Hall effect (NLAHE) and nonreciprocal magnetoresistance (NMR, longitudinal resistance) fro...
2211.17213v2
2022-12-15
Superconductivity by alloying the topological insulator SnBi2Te4
Alloying indium into the topological insulator Sn1-xInxBi2Te4 induces bulk superconductivity with critical temperatures Tc up to 1.85 K and upper critical fields up to about 14 kOe. This is confirmed by electrical resistivity, heat capacity, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The heat capacity shows a discontinu...
2212.08125v1
2022-12-04
Multiphase polarization in ion-intercalation nanofilms: general theory including various surface effects and memory applications
Ion concentration polarization (CP, current-induced concentration gradient adjacent to a charge-selective interface) has been well studied for single-phase mixed conductors (e.g., liquid electrolyte), but multiphase CP has been rarely addressed in literature. In our recent publication, we proposed that CP above certain...
2212.10404v1
2023-01-09
Memristive Memory Enhancement by Device Miniaturization for Neuromorphic Computing
The areal footprint of memristors is a key consideration in material-based neuromorophic computing and large-scale architecture integration. Electronic transport in the most widely investigated memristive devices is mediated by filaments, posing a challenge to their scalability in architecture implementation. Here we p...
2301.03352v1
2023-01-13
Multistep magnetization switching in orthogonally twisted ferromagnetic monolayers
The advent of twist-engineering in two-dimensional (2D) crystals enables the design of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures exhibiting emergent properties. In the case of magnets, this approach can afford artificial antiferromagnets with tailored spin arrangements. Here, we fabricate an orthogonally-twisted bilayer by ...
2301.05647v2
2023-01-17
A robust weak topological insulator in a bismuth halide Bi4Br2I2
We apply a topological material design concept for selecting a bulk topology of 3D crystals by different van-der-Waals stacking of 2D topological insulator layers, and find a bismuth halide Bi4Br2I2 to be an ideal weak topological insulator (WTI) with the largest band gap (~230 meV) among all the WTI candidates, by mea...
2301.07158v1
2023-03-08
Fast offset corrected in-memory training
In-memory computing with resistive crossbar arrays has been suggested to accelerate deep-learning workloads in highly efficient manner. To unleash the full potential of in-memory computing, it is desirable to accelerate the training as well as inference for large deep neural networks (DNNs). In the past, specialized in...
2303.04721v1
2023-03-10
Conductivity of infinite-layer NdNiO$_{2}$ as a probe of spectator bands
Using a density-functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory methodology, we compute the many-body electronic structure and optical conductivity of NdNiO$_{2}$ under the influence of large scattering rates on the Nd($5d$) bands and including dynamical interactions on the Nd($5d$) orbitals with shifts of the Nd-Ni...
2303.06046v1
2023-04-12
Exploring the interfacial coupling between graphene and the antiferromagnetic insulator MnPSe$_3$
Interfacial coupling between graphene and other 2D materials can give rise to intriguing physical phenomena. In particular, several theoretical studies predict that the interplay between graphene and an antiferromagnetic insulator could lead to the emergence of quantum anomalous Hall phases. However, such phases have n...
2304.05757v2
2023-04-27
Magnetism and exchange bias properties in Ba$_{2}$ScRuO$_{6}$
This paper presents structural, detailed magnetic, and exchange bias studies in polycrystalline Ba$_{2}$ScRuO$_{6}$ synthesized at ambient pressure. In contrast to its strontium analogue, this material crystallizes in a 6L hexagonal structure with the space group P$\overline{3}$m1. The Rietveld refinement using the roo...
2304.13992v1
2023-05-10
On the origin of permeative flows in cholesteric liquid crystals
Permeative flows, known for the explanation of the anomalous viscosity (10^5 Poise) in cholesterics at low shear rates, are still under debate due to the difficulty of experiments. Here we use the Surface Force Balance, in which uniform domains with regular circular defects are formed, to probe the forces generated by ...
2305.06189v1
2023-05-20
Magnetic States of Graphene Proximitized Kitaev Materials
Single layer $\alpha$-ruthenium trichloride ($\rm\alpha-RuCl_3$) has been proposed as a potential quantum spin liquid. Graphene/$\rm RuCl_3$ heterobilayers have been extensively studied with a focus on the large interlayer electron transfer that dopes both materials. Here we examine the interplay between the competing ...
2305.12116v2
2023-05-31
Unravelling densification during sintering by multiscale modelling of grain motion
The resulting microstructure after the sintering process determines many materials properties of interest. In order to understand the microstructural evolution, simulations are often employed. One such simulation method is the phase-field method, which has garnered much interest in recent decades. However, the method l...
2305.19910v2
2023-06-08
Strain-stiffening elastomers fail from the edge
The accurate measurement of fracture resistance in elastomers is essential for predicting the mechanical limits of soft devices. Usually, this is achieved by performing tearing or peeling experiments on thin-sheet samples. Here, we show that these tests can be surprisingly thickness-dependent, with thicker samples bein...
2306.05575v1
2023-06-11
Elasto-viscoplastic Spreading: from Plastocapillarity to Elastocapillarity
We study the spreading of elastoviscoplastic (EVP) droplets under surface tension effects. The non- Newtonian material flows like a viscoelastic liquid above the yield stress and behaves like a viscoelastic solid below it. Hence, the droplet initially flows under surface tension forces but eventually reaches a final eq...
2306.06640v1
2023-06-15
Long-Term Stability of Graphene/c-Si Schottky-Junction Solar Cells
A long operational lifetime is required for the use of solar cells in real-life photovoltaic applications. The optimization of operational lifetimes is achieved through understanding the inherent degradation phenomena in solar cells. In this study, graphene/Si Schottky-junction solar cells were produced, utilizing liqu...
2306.09015v1
2023-06-17
Superconductivity of Ta-Hf and Ta-Zr alloys: Potential alloys for use in superconducting devices
The electronic properties relevant to the superconductivity are reported for bulk Ta-Hf and Ta-Zr body centered cubic alloys, in large part to determine whether their properties are suitable for potential use in superconducting qbits. The body centered cubic unit cell sizes increase with increasing alloying. The result...
2306.10438v1
2023-06-30
Role of defects on carrier dynamics and transport mechanism in Bi2Te3 single crystals
Defects play an important role in determining the type of carriers as well as on tuning the physical properties of layered materials. In this study, we have demonstrated that by varying the growth kinetics one can control the defects and can achieve electrons or holes dominated Bi2Te3 single crystals using modified Bri...
2306.17487v1
2023-07-05
Mechanical Energy Absorption of Architecturally Interlocked Petal-Schwarzites
We carried out fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations to study the mechanical behavior of six newly proposed hybrid schwarzite-based structures (interlocked petal-schwarzites). Schwarzites are carbon crystalline nanostructures with negative Gaussian curvature created by mapping a TPMS (Triply Periodic ...
2307.02660v1
2023-07-09
Optimal face-to-face coupling for fast self-folding kirigami
Kirigami-inspired designs can enable self-folding three-dimensional materials from flat, two-dimensional sheets. Hierarchical designs of connected levels increase the diversity of possible target structures, yet they can lead to longer folding times in the presence of fluctuations. Here, we study the effect of rotation...
2307.04145v1
2023-07-19
Magneto-transport and electronic structures in MoSi$_2$ bulks and thin films with different orientations
We report a comprehensive study of magneto-transport properties in MoSi$_2$ bulk and thin films. Textured MoSi$_2$ thin films of around 70 nm were deposited on silicon substrates with different orientations. Giant magnetoresistance of 1000% was observed in sintered bulk samples while MoSi$_2$ single crystals exhibit a ...
2307.09802v1
2023-07-23
Ru doping induced spin frustration and enhancement of the room-temperature anomalous Hall effect in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 films
In transition-metal-oxide heterostructures, the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a powerful tool for detecting the magnetic state and revealing intriguing interfacial magnetic orderings. However, achieving a larger AHE at room temperature in oxide heterostructures is still challenging due to the dilemma of mutually stron...
2307.12253v1
2023-07-30
Superconductivity in amorphous and crystalline Re-Lu films
We report on magnetron deposition and superconducting properties of a novel superconducting material: rhenium-lutetium films on sapphire substrates. Different compositions of Re$_{x}$Lu binary are explored from $x\approx 3.8$ to close to pure Re stoichiometry. The highest critical temperature, up to $T_{c}\approx $ 6.9...
2307.16313v1
2023-08-01
Fatigue crack growth in anisotropic aluminium sheets -- phase-field modelling and experimental validation
Fatigue crack growth is decisive for the design of thin-walled structures such as fuselage shells of air planes. The cold rolling process, used to produce the aluminium sheets this structure is made of, leads to anisotropic mechanical properties. In this contribution, we simulate the fatigue crack growth with a phase-f...
2308.00800v1
2023-08-11
Metallic Quantized Anomalous Hall Effect without Chiral Edge States
The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is a topological state of matter with a quantized Hall resistance. It has been observed in some two-dimensional insulating materials such as magnetic topological insulator films and twisted bilayer graphene. These materials are insulating in the bulk, but possess chiral edge sta...
2308.05963v1
2023-09-16
Investigation of the Anomalous and Topological Hall Effects in Layered Monoclinic Ferromagnet Cr$_{2.76}$Te$_4$
We studied the electrical transport, Hall effect, and magnetic properties of monoclinic layered ferromagnet Cr$_{2.76}$Te$_4$. Our studies demonstrate Cr$_{2.76}$Te$_4$ to be a soft ferromagnet with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy. Below 50 K, the system shows an antiferromagnetic-like transition. Interestingly, b...
2309.08898v1
2023-10-10
Optical assembly of nanostructures mediated by surface roughness
Rigorous understanding of the self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals is crucial to the development of tailored nanostructured materials. Despite extensive studies, a mechanistic understanding of self-assembly under non-equilibrium driven by an external field remains an ongoing challenge. We demonstrate self-assembly b...
2310.06774v1
2023-10-20
Surface-symmetry-driven Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya interaction and canted ferrimagnetism in collinear magnetoelectric antiferromagnet Cr$_2$O$_3$
Antiferromagnets are normally thought of as materials with compensated magnetic sublattices. This adds to their technological advantages but complicates readout of the antiferromagnetic state. We demonstrate theoretically the existence of a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) which is determined by the magnetic sym...
2310.13438v1