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2020-06-28
Design of a $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ Schottky Barrier Diode With p-type III-Nitride Guard Ring for Enhanced Breakdown
This work presents the electrostatic analysis of a novel Ga$_2$O$_3$ vertical Schottky diode with three different guard ring configurations to reduce the peak electric field at the metal edges. Highly doped p-type GaN, p-type nonpolar AlGaN and polarization doped graded p-AlGaN are simulated and analyzed as the guard r...
2006.15645v1
2020-10-01
Impurity Band Conduction in Si-doped \b{eta}-Ga2O3 Films
By combining temperature-dependent resistivity and Hall effect measurements, we investigate donor state energy in Si-doped \b{eta}-Ga2O3 films grown using metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). High magnetic field Hall effect measurements (H = +/-90 kOe) showed non-linear Hall resistance for T < 150 K revealing two...
2010.00193v1
2021-03-31
Slip band interactions and GND latent hardening in a galling resistant stainless steel
Slip activation, slip band interactions, and GND densities in iron-base, galling resistant alloy Nitronic 60 have been characterised at the grain length scale using small-scale mechanical testing with high resolution digital image correlation and high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction. By correlating ...
2103.16864v1
2021-06-10
Anomalous charge transport of superconducting Cu$_{x}$PdTe$_2$ under high pressure
By means of high-pressure resistivity measurements on single crystals, we investigate the charge transport properties of Cu$_x$PdTe$_2$, notable for the combination of topological type-II Dirac semimetallic properties with superconductivity up to $T_c = 2.5$ K. In both cases of pristine ($x = 0$) and intercalated ($x=0...
2106.05613v1
2021-06-18
Coulomb Drag between a Carbon Nanotube and Monolayer Graphene
We have measured Coulomb drag between an individual single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) as a one-dimensional (1D) conductor and the two-dimensional (2D) conductor monolayer graphene, separated by a few-atom-thick boron nitride layer. The graphene carrier density is tuned across the charge neutrality point (CNP) by a g...
2106.10246v2
2021-06-25
Direct microscopic evidence of shear induced graphitization of ultrananocrystalline diamond films
The origin of ultralow friction and high wear resistance in ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films is still under active debate because of the perplexed tribochemistry at the sliding interface. Herein, we report a comparative study on surface topography and nanoscale friction of tribofilms, in wear tracks of two set...
2106.13778v1
2023-02-15
Metal-bonded Atomic Layers of Transition Metal Carbides (MXenes)
Although two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have fantastic physical and chemical properties as well as wide applications, it remains challenging to produce stable MXenes due to their rapid structural degradation. Here, unique metal-bonded atomic layers of transition metal carbides with high...
2302.07720v1
2023-03-22
A mixed-dimensional model for direct current simulations in presence of a thin high-resistivity liner
In this work we present a mixed-dimensional mathematical model to obtain the electric potential and current density in direct current simulations when a thin liner is included in the modelled domain. The liner is used in landfill management to prevent leakage of leachate from the waste body into the underground and is ...
2303.12469v1
2006-02-03
Frequency quenching of microwave induced resistance oscillations in a high mobility two-dimensional electron gas
The frequency dependence of microwave-induced resistance oscillations (MIROs) has been studied experimentally in high-mobility electron GaAs/AlGaAs structures to explore the limits at which these oscillations can be observed. It is found that in dc transport experiments at frequencies above 120 GHz, MIROs start to quen...
0602079v2
2010-09-15
Controlling electron-phonon interactions in graphene at ultra high carrier densities
We report on the temperature dependent electron transport in graphene at different carrier densities $n$. Employing an electrolytic gate, we demonstrate that $n$ can be adjusted up to 4$\times10^{14}$cm$^{-2}$ for both electrons and holes. The measured sample resistivity $\rho$ increases linearly with temperature $T$ i...
1009.2988v1
2010-11-02
Chirality-dependent phonon-limited resistivity in multiple layers of graphene
We develop a theory for the temperature and density dependence of phonon-limited resistivity $\rho(T)$ in bilayer and multilayer graphene, and compare with the corresponding monolayer result. For the unscreened case, we find $\rho \approx C T$ with $C \propto v_{\rm F}^{-2}$ in the high-temperature limit, and $\rho \ap...
1011.0741v2
2011-07-21
Observations of two-dimensional quantum oscillations and ambipolar transport in the topological insulator Bi2Se3 achieved by Cd doping
We present a defect-engineering strategy to optimize the transport properties of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 to show a high bulk resistivity and clear quantum oscillations. Starting with a p-type Bi2Se3 obtained by combining Cd doping and a Se-rich crystal-growth condition, we were able to observe a p-to-n-type co...
1107.4178v2
2016-04-13
Long Term Performance Studies of Large Oil-Free Bakelite Resistive Plate Chamber
Several high energy physics and neutrino physics experiments worldwide require large-size RPCs to cover wide acceptances. The muon tracking systems in the Iron calorimeter (ICAL) in the INO experiment, India and the near detector in DUNE at Fermilab are two such examples. A (240 cm $\times$ 120 cm $\times$ 0.2 cm) bake...
1604.03668v2
2016-07-25
Influencia del potencial de polarización en la deposición de películas delgadas de NiO
Nickel oxide (NiO) is a binary compound with a lot of applications in the present technology. NiO thin films were deposited by reactive sputtering magnetron under several voltage biases applied in the glass substrates (0, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 V). Films were characterized by profilometry, X-ray diffraction, el...
1607.07391v1
2017-01-29
Built-in Homojunction Dominated Intrinsically Rectifying-Resistive Switching in NiO Nanodots for Selection Device-Free Memory Application
The intrinsically rectifying-resistive switching (IR-RS) has been regarded as an effective way to address the crosstalk issue, due to the Schottky diodes formed at the metal/oxide interfaces in the ON states to suppress the sneak current at reverse biases. In this letter, we report for the first time another type of IR...
1702.05665v1
2018-02-20
Perturbation theories behind thermal mode spectroscopy for high-accuracy measurement of thermal diffusivity of solids
Thermal mode spectroscopy (TMS) has been recently proposed for accurately measuring thermal diffusivity of solids from a temperature decay rate of a specific thermal mode selected by three- dimensional (anti)nodal information [Phys. Rev. Lett., 117, 195901 (2016)]. In this paper, we find out the following advantages of...
1802.07378v2
2020-02-28
Hydrodynamic and ballistic transport over large length scales in GaAs/AlGaAs
We study hydrodynamic and ballistic transport regimes through nonlocal resistance measurements and high-resolution kinetic simulations in a mesoscopic structure on a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure. We evince the existence of collective transport phenomena in both regimes ...
2002.12806v3
2019-03-07
Fe-Sn nanocrystalline films for flexible magnetic sensors with high thermal stability
The interplay of magnetism and spin-orbit coupling on an Fe kagome lattice in Fe3Sn2 crystal produces a unique band structure leading to an order of magnitude larger anomalous Hall effect than in conventional ferromagnetic metals. In this work, we demonstrate that Fe-Sn nanocrystalline films also exhibit a large anomal...
1903.02689v1
2021-01-25
Statics and Dynamics of Space-Charge-Layers in Polarized Inorganic Solid Electrolytes
The quest for safe high-energy batteries with "5V-class" cathodes and lithium metal anodes drives research into solid electrolytes. However, reasons for the large charge transfer resistances -- the major bottleneck of all-solid-state batteries -- are still debated. In this article, we explore the processes in incompres...
2101.10294v1
2015-06-01
High-pressure study of the Weyl semimetal NbAs
We performed a series of high-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and resistance measurements on the Weyl semimetal NbAs. The crystal structure remains stable up to 26 GPa according to the powder XRD data. The resistance of NbAs single crystal increases monotonically with pressure at low temperature. Up to 20 ...
1506.00374v2
2020-08-14
High-Mobility Carriers Induced by Chemical Doping in the Candidate Nodal-Line Semimetal CaAgP
We report the electronic properties of single crystals of candidate nodal-line semimetal CaAgP. The transport properties of CaAgP are understood within the framework of a hole-doped nodal-line semimetal. In contrast, Pd-doped CaAgP shows a drastic increase of magnetoresistance at low magnetic fields and a strong decrea...
2008.06188v1
2020-12-19
Anomalous behavior in high-pressure carbonaceous sulfur hydride
A new experimental study by Snider et al. [Nature 586, 373-377 (2020)] reported behavior in a high-pressure carbon-sulfur-hydrogen system that has been interpreted by the authors as superconductivity at room temperature. The sudden drop of electrical resistance at a critical temperature and the change of the R vs. T be...
2012.10771v3
2021-02-23
High magnetic field induced crossover from the Kondo to Fermi liquid behavior in 1$T$-VTe$_{2}$ single crystals
The magnetic and magnetotransport properties of metallic 1$T$-VTe$_{2}$ single crystals were investigated at temperatures from 1.3 to 300 K and in magnetic fields up to 35 T. Upon applying a high magnetic field, it is found that the electrical resistivity displays a crossover from the logarithmic divergence of the sing...
2102.11444v1
2021-02-26
Crossover from itinerant to localized states in the thermoelectric oxide [Ca$_2$CoO$_3$]$_{0.62}$[CoO$_2$]
The layered cobaltite [Ca$_2$CoO$_3$]$_{0.62}$[CoO$_2$], often expressed as the approximate formula Ca$_3$Co$_4$O$_9$, is a promising candidate for efficient oxide thermoelectrics but an origin of its unusual thermoelectric transport is still in debate. Here we investigate \textit{in-plane} anisotropy of the transport ...
2102.13250v1
2021-11-03
Devices for Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Electroplated Bi for X-ray TES Absorbers
Electroplated Bismuth (Bi) is commonly used in Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) for X-rays because of its high stopping power and low heat capacity. Electroplated Bi is usually grown on top of another metal that acts as seed layer, typically gold (Au), making it challenging to extrapolate its thermoelectric properties. I...
2111.02503v1
2021-11-09
Absence of decoherence in the electron-wall system
Decoherence is associated with a dissipative environment as described by the Caldeira-Leggett equation. Anglin and Zurek predicted that a resistive surface could act as such a dissipative environment for a free electron wave passing close to it. We scrutinize Zurek's and other promising decoherence theoretical models b...
2111.05246v1
2022-06-10
Fabrication of uniformly doped graphene quantum Hall arrays with multiple quantized resistance outputs
In this work, limiting factors for developing metrologically useful arrays from epitaxial graphene on SiC are lifted with a combination of centimeter-scale, high-quality material growth and the implementation of superconducting contacts. Standard devices for metrology have been restricted to having a single quantized v...
2206.05098v1
2022-06-29
On the depletion behaviour of low-temperature covalently bonded silicon sensor diodes
Low temperature covalent direct wafer-wafer bonding allows for the fusion of multiple semiconductor wafers without any additional material at the bonding interface. In the context of particle pixel detectors this might provide an alternative to bump-bonding for joining sensors to readout chips. Previous investigations ...
2206.14717v2
2022-07-26
Engineering Surface Oxygen Vacancies in $\mathrm{SrTiO_3}$ to Form a High Mobility and Transparent Quasi Two dimensional Electron System
Quasi-two-dimensional electron systems (q-2DES) are formed in various hetero-structures, including oxide interfaces. Oxygen vacancies (OVs) in oxides like $\mathrm{SrTiO_3}$ are known to produce electronic carriers. A novel way to produce $\mathrm{SrTiO_{3-\delta}}$ on the surface using a low-energy $\mathrm{H_2}$ plas...
2207.12933v1
2022-09-05
Growth of rare-earth monopnictide DySb single crystal by novel Self-flux method
This report presents a new synthesis protocol for the single crystal growth of rare earth monopnictide DySb by self-flux technique. A detailed structural, transport and magnetic characterization have been done using X-Ray diffraction (XRD), High resolution X-Ray diffraction (HRXRD), resistivity and magnetization measur...
2209.01930v1
2022-10-27
Single photon detection performance of highly disordered NbTiN thin films
We experimentally investigated the detection performance of highly disordered NbxTi1-xN based superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs). The dependence on the composition of the transition temperature Tc for NbxTi1-xN films show a dome-like behavior on the Nb content, with a maximal Tc at xNb~0.65 , and...
2210.15215v1
2022-11-24
Development of Hybrid Resistive Plate Chambers
Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are essential active media of large-scale experiments as part of the muon systems and (semi-)digital hadron calorimeters. Among the several outstanding issues associated with the RPCs, the loss of efficiency for the detection of particles when subjected to high particle fluxes, and the l...
2211.13796v2
2023-09-11
Experimental realization of a high Curie temperature CoFeRuSn quaternary Heusler alloy for spintronic applications
We synthesize CoFeRuSn equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloy using arc-melt technique and investigate its structural, magnetic and transport properties. The room temperature powder X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that CoFeRuSn crystallizes in cubic crystal structure with small amount of DO3 - disorder. The field depen...
2309.05493v1
2018-04-11
Extremely large magnetoresistance in topologically trivial semimetal $α$-WP$_2$
Extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) was recently discovered in many non-magnetic materials, while its underlying mechanism remains poorly understood due to the complex electronic structure of these materials. Here, we report an investigation of the $\alpha$-phase WP$_2$, a topologically trivial semimetal with monoc...
1804.03879v1
2019-05-02
Robust axion insulator and Chern insulator phases in a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic topological insulator
The intricate interplay between nontrivial topology and magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) materials has led to the emergence of many novel phenomena and functionalities. An outstanding example is the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, which was realized in magnetically doped topological insulators (TIs) in the absenc...
1905.00715v2
2019-04-24
Antisymmetric magnetoresistance in van der Waals Fe3GeTe2/graphite/Fe3GeTe2 tri-layer heterostructures
Van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials are rapidly establishing themselves as effective building blocks for next generation spintronic devices. When layered with non-magnetic vdW materials, such as graphene and/or topological insulators, vdW heterostructures can be assembled (with no requirement for lattice matchi...
1904.10588v2
2007-03-09
Nanometer-Scale Materials Contrast Imaging with a Near-Field Microwave Microscope
We report topography-free materials contrast imaging on a nano-fabricated Boron-doped Silicon sample measured with a Near-field Scanning Microwave Microscope over a broad frequency range. The Boron doping was performed using the Focus Ion Beam technique on a Silicon wafer with nominal resistivity of 61 Ohm.cm. A topogr...
0703241v1
2010-03-15
A Memadmittance Systems Model for Thin Film Memory Materials
In 1971 the memristor was originally postulated as a new non-linear circuit element relating the time integrals of current and voltage. More recently researchers at HPLabs have linked the theoretical memristor concept to resistance switching behavior of TiO(2-x) thin films. However, a variety of other thin film materia...
1003.2842v1
2018-09-06
Estimation of the electrical and thermal contact resistances and thermoemf of thermoelectric material-metal transient contact layer due to semiconductor surface rougness
The impact of semiconductor surface roughness on the electrical and thermal contact resistances and thermoEMF of thermoelectric material (TEM)-metal transient contact layer is studied theoretically. The distribution of hollows and humps on the rough surface is simulated by the truncated Gaussian distribution. The impac...
1809.02504v1
2022-03-30
STeP-CiM: Strain-enabled Ternary Precision Computation-in-Memory based on Non-Volatile 2D Piezoelectric Transistors
We propose 2D Piezoelectric FET (PeFET) based compute-enabled non-volatile memory for ternary deep neural networks (DNNs). PeFETs consist of a material with ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties coupled with Transition Metal Dichalcogenide channel. We utilize (a) ferroelectricity to store binary bits (0/1) in the ...
2203.16416v1
2013-01-28
Can high risk fungicides be used in mixtures without selecting for fungicide resistance?
Fungicide mixtures produced by the agrochemical industry often contain low-risk fungicides, to which fungal pathogens are fully sensitive, together with high-risk fungicides known to be prone to fungicide resistance. Can these mixtures provide adequate disease control while minimizing the risk for the development of re...
1301.6561v2
2005-12-15
Introduction to tensorial resistivity probability tomography
The probability tomography approach developed for the scalar resistivity method is here extended to the 2D tensorial apparent resistivity acquisition mode. The rotational invariant derived from the trace of the apparent resistivity tensor is considered, since it gives on the datum plane anomalies confined above the bur...
0512147v1
2014-07-24
Macro- and microscopic properties of strontium doped indium oxide
Solid state synthesis and physical mechanisms of electrical conductivity variation in polycrystalline, strontium doped indium oxide In2O3:(SrO)x were investigated for materials with different doping levels at different temperatures (T=20-300 C) and ambient atmosphere content including humidity and low pressure. Gas sen...
1407.6471v1
2015-03-29
Universal low-temperature Ohmic contacts for quantum transport in transition metal dichalcogenides
Low carrier mobility and high electrical contact resistance are two major obstacles prohibiting explorations of quantum transport in TMDCs. Here, we demonstrate an effective method to establish low-temperature Ohmic contacts in boron nitride encapsulated TMDC devices based on selective etching and conventional electron...
1503.08427v2
2017-04-13
High-pressure phase diagram, structural transitions, and persistent non-metallicity of BaBiO$_3$: theory and experiment
BaBiO$_3$ is a mixed-valence perovskite which escapes the metallic state through a Bi valence (and Bi-O bond) disproportionation or CDW distortion, resulting in a semiconductor with a gap of 0.8 eV at zero pressure. The evolution of structural and electronic properties at high pressure is, however, largely unknown. Pre...
1704.04098v1
2019-11-18
Effect of particle contact on the electrical performance of NTC-epoxy composite thermistors
As demand rises for flexible electronics, traditionally prepared sintered ceramic sensors must be transformed into fully new sensor materials that can bend and flex in use and integration. Negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTC) ceramic thermistors are preferred temperature sensors for their high accuracy ...
1911.07468v2
2021-03-11
Review on quasi-2D square planar nickelates
In strongly correlated materials, lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom interact with each other, leading to emergent physical properties such as superconductivity, colossal magnetic resistance and metal-insulator transition. Quasi-2D square planar nickelates, Rn+1NinO2n+2 (R=rare earth, n=2, 3...), are ...
2103.06674v1
2022-05-25
Stranger than Metals
Although the resistivity in traditional metals increases with temperature, its $T$ dependence vanishes at low or high temperature, albeit for different reasons. Here, we review a class of materials, known as \lq strange' metals, that can violate both principles. In materials exhibiting such behavior, the change in slop...
2205.12979v1
2024-03-08
Experimental set-up for thermal measurements at the nanoscale using an SThM probe with niobium nitride thermometer
Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM) has become an important measurement tool for characterizing the thermal properties of materials at the nanometer scale. This technique requires a SThM probe that combines an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe and a very sensitive resistive thermometry; the thermometer being located a...
2403.05405v2
2015-12-17
A Novel Material for In Situ Construction on Mars: Experiments and Numerical Simulations
A significant step in space exploration during the 21st century will be human settlement on Mars. Instead of transporting all the construction materials from Earth to the red planet with incredibly high cost, using Martian soil to construct a site on Mars is a superior choice. Knowing that Mars has long been considered...
1512.05461v3
1998-09-07
Metallic temperature dependence of resistivity in perchlorate doped polyacetylene
We have measured the electrical resistivity ($\rho$) and the thermoelectric power (TEP) of the perchlorate (ClO4^-) doped stretch oriented polyacetylene (PA) film. For the highly conducting samples ($\sigma_{RT} > 41000 S/cm$), the temperature dependence of the 4-probe resistivity shows positive temperature coefficient...
9809106v1
2006-11-20
Using Cluster Dynamics to Model Electrical Resistivity Measurements in Precipitating Al-Sc Alloys
Electrical resistivity evolution during precipitation in Al-Sc alloys is modeled using cluster dynamics. This mesoscopic modeling has already been shown to correctly predict the time evolution of the precipitate size distribution. In this work, we show that it leads too to resistivity predictions in quantitative agreem...
0611524v1
2008-10-06
Strong resistance nonlinearity and third harmonic generation in the unipolar resistance switching of NiO thin films
We investigated third harmonic generation in NiO thin films, which exhibit unipolar resistance switching behavior. We found that the low resistance states of the films were strongly nonlinear, with variations in the resistance R as large as 60%. This strong nonlinear behavior was most likely caused by Joule heating of ...
0810.0886v1
2009-07-19
Current Driven tri-stable Resistance States in Magnetic Point Contacts
Point contacts between normal and ferromagnetic metals are investigated using magneto-resistance and transport spectroscopy measurements combined with micromagnetic simulations. Pronounced hysteresis in the point-contact resistance versus both bias current and external magnetic field are observed. It is found that such...
0907.3286v1
2014-03-25
Electric-Field-Modulated Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in VO2/PMN-PT(111) Heterostructures
The electric-field-modulated resistance switching in VO2 thin films grown on piezoelectric (111)-0.68Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.32PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) substrates has been investigated. Large relative change in resistance (10.7%) was observed in VO2/PMN-PT(111) hererostructures at room temperature. For a substrate with a given polar...
1403.6388v2
2015-02-23
Phonon residual resistance of pure crystals
Using the Boltzmann transport equation, we study phonon residual resistance of perfect metallic crystals of a finite thickness $d$ along which a weak constant electric field $E$ is applied. This resistance which is $\propto d^{-5}E^{-3}$, is due to scattering of electric field-heated electrons with emission of long-wav...
1502.06486v2
2016-02-25
Electric fields, weighting fields, signals and charge diffusion in detectors including resistive materials
In this report we discuss static and time dependent electric fields in detector geometries with an arbitrary number of parallel layers of a given permittivity and weak conductivity. We derive the Green's functions i.e. the field of a point charge, as well as the weighting fields for readout pads and readout strips in t...
1602.07949v1
2016-02-26
Investigating the Temperature Effects on Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) Devices
In this paper, we report the effect of filament radius and filament resistivity on the saturated temperature of ZnO, TiO2, WO3 and HfO2 Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) devices. We resort to the thermal reaction model of RRAM for the present analysis. The results substantiate decrease in saturated temperature with...
1602.08262v1
2017-11-02
Resistivity scaling model for metals with conduction band anisotropy
It is generally understood that the resistivity of metal thin films scales with film thickness mainly due to grain boundary and boundary surface scattering. Recently, several experiments and ab initio simulations have demonstrated the impact of crystal orientation on resistivity scaling. The crystal orientation cannot ...
1711.00796v3
2021-02-05
Does Non-Genetic Heterogeneity Facilitate the Development of Genetic Drug Resistance?
Non-genetic forms of antimicrobial drug resistance can result from cell-to-cell variability that is not encoded in the genetic material. Data from recent studies also suggest that non-genetic mechanisms can facilitate the development of genetic drug resistance. In this Perspective article, we speculate on how the inter...
2102.03276v1
2023-04-10
T-square dependence of the electronic thermal resistivity in metallic strontium titanate
The temperature dependence of the phase space for electron-electron (e-e) collisions leads to a T-square contribution to electrical resistivity of metals. Umklapp scattering are identified as the origin of momentum loss due to e-e scattering in dense metals. However, in dilute metals like lightly doped strontium titana...
2304.04841v2
2001-07-03
Low temperature resistance minimum in non-superconducting 3R-Nb_{1+x}S_2 and 3R-Ga_xNbS_2
We report the structural and electron transport properties of 3R-Nb_{1+x}S_2 (x >= .07) and 3R-Ga_xNbS_2 (.1 <= x <= .33) prepared as polycrystalline pellets as well as single crystals grown by vapour transport. We observe a resistance minimum in these compounds between 20-60 K, with the T_min proportional to x. The re...
0107067v1
2006-08-11
Fracture resistance via topology optimisation
The fracture resistance of structures is optimised using the level-set method. Fracture resistance is assumed to be related to the elastic energy released by a crack propagating in a normal direction from parts of the boundary which are in tension, and is calculated using the virtual crack extension technique. The shap...
0608260v1
2016-05-19
Resistive Switching Phenomena of HfO2 Films Grown by MOCVD for Resistive Switching Memory Devices
The resistive switching phenomena of HfO2 films grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition was studied for the application of ReRAM devices. In the fabricated Pt/HfO2/TiN memory cells, the bipolar resistive switching characteristics were observed, and the set and reset states were measured to be as low as 7 uA and...
1605.06014v1
2020-02-10
Resistivity minimum in diluted metallic magnets
Resistivity minima are commonly seen in itinerant magnets and they are often attributed to the Kondo effect. However, recent experiments are revealing an increasing number of materials showing resistivity minima in the absence of indications of Kondo singlet formation. In a previous work [Z. Wang, K. Barros, G.-W. Cher...
2002.03858v2
2021-10-06
Pinpointing the Dominant Component of Contact Resistance to Atomically Thin Semiconductors
Achieving good electrical contacts is one of the major challenges in realizing devices based on atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. Several studies have examined this hurdle, but a universal understanding of the contact resistance and an underlying approach to its reduction are currently lacking. In th...
2110.02563v1
2023-11-14
Giant Resistance Switch in Twisted Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Tunnel Junctions
Resistance switching in multilayer structures are typically based on materials possessing ferroic orders. Here we predict an extremely large resistance switching based on the relative spin-orbit splitting in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers tunnel junctions. Because of the valence band spin spli...
2311.08397v1
2000-10-24
Slater Transition in the Pyrochlore Cd2Os2O7
Cd2Os2O7 crystallizes in the pyrochlore structure and undergoes a metal-insulator transition (MIT) near 226 K. We have characterized the MIT in Cd2Os2O7 using X-ray diffraction, resistivity at ambient and high pressure, specific heat, magnetization, thermopower, Hall coefficient, and thermal conductivity. Both single c...
0010364v1
2004-12-17
Origin of Colossal Dielectric Response of Pr(0.6)Ca(0.4)MnO(3)
We report the detailed study of dielectric response of Pr(0.6)Ca(0.4)MnO(3) (PCMO), member of manganite family showing colossal magnetoresistance. Measurements have been performed on four polycrystalline samples and four single crystals, allowing us to compare and extract the essence of dielectric response in the mater...
0412473v3
2012-05-14
Bi2Te1.6S1.4 - a Topological Insulator in the Tetradymite Family
We describe the crystal growth, crystal structure, and basic electrical properties of Bi2Te1.6S1.4, which incorporates both S and Te in its Tetradymite quintuple layers in the motif -[Te0.8S0.2]-Bi-S-Bi-[Te0.8S0.2]-. This material differs from other Tetradymites studied as topological insulators due to the increased io...
1205.2924v1
2015-05-26
Transport, Magnetic and Vibrational Properties of Chemically Exfoliated Few Layer Graphene
We study the vibrational, magnetic and transport properties of Few Layer Graphene (FLG) using Raman and electron spin resonance spectroscopy and microwave conductivity measurements. FLG samples were produced using wet chemical exfoliation with different post-processing, namely ultrasound treatment, shear mixing, and ma...
1505.06857v1
2017-02-10
Highly wear-resistant and low-friction Si3N4 composites by addition of graphene nanoplatelets approaching the 2D limit
Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) have emerged as one of the most promising filler materials for improving the tribological performance of ceramic composites due to their outstanding solid lubricant properties as well as mechanical and thermal stability. Yet, the addition of GNPs has so far provided only a very limited imp...
1702.03153v1
2017-12-16
Stress-dependent electrical transport and its universal scaling in granular materials
We experimentally and numerically examine stress-dependent electrical transport in granular materials to elucidate the origins of their universal dielectric response. The ac responses of granular systems under varied compressive loadings consistently exhibit a transition from a resistive plateau at low frequencies to a...
1712.05938v2
2020-04-06
Spin Hall magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic insulators
Antiferromagnetic materials promise improved performance for spintronic applications, as they are robust against external magnetic field perturbations and allow for faster magnetization dynamics compared to ferromagnets. The direct observation of the antiferromagnetic state, however, is challenging due to the absence o...
2004.02639v2
2017-04-11
Transfer of Vertical Graphene Nanosheets onto Flexible Substrates towards Supercapacitor Application
Vertical graphene nanosheets (VGNs) are the material of choice for next-generation electronic device applications. The growing demand for flexible devices in electronic industry brings in restriction on growth temperature of the material of interest. However, VGNs with better structural quality is usually achieved at h...
1704.03227v1
2019-03-26
Isostructural Mott Transition in 2D honeycomb antiferromagnet V$_{0.9}$PS$_3$
We present the observation of an isostructural Mott insulator-metal transition in van-der-Waals honeycomb antiferromagnet V$_{0.9}$PS$_3$ through high-pressure x-ray diffraction and transport measurements. The MPX$_3$ family of magnetic van-der-Waals materials (M denotes a first row transition metal and X either S or S...
1903.10971v1
2019-03-29
Substrate Mediated Synthesis of Ti-Si-N Nano-and-Micro Structures for Optoelectronic Applications
Being one of the strongest materials, ternary TiSiN exhibits a very interesting family of binary transition metal nitride and silicide systems. A novel technique to fabricate morphologically fascinating nano and micro structures of TiSiN is reported here. The referred TiSiN films, majorly constituted with cubic TiN pha...
1903.12376v1
2020-01-06
Controlled introduction of defects to delafossite metals by electron irradiation
The delafossite metals PdCoO$_{2}$, PtCoO$_{2}$ and PdCrO$_{2}$ are among the highest conductivity materials known, with low temperature mean free paths of tens of microns in the best as-grown single crystals. A key question is whether these very low resistive scattering rates result from strongly suppressed backscatte...
2001.01471v1
2020-01-17
Wettability and surface energy of parylene F
Parylenes are barrier materials employed as protective layers. However, many parylenes are unsuitable for applications under harsh conditions. A new material, parylene F, demonstrates considerable potential for a wide range of applications due to its high temperature and UV resistance. For the first time, the wettabili...
2001.06146v2
2020-01-24
Adaptive hard and tough mechanical response in single-crystal B1 VNx ceramics via control of anion vacancies
High hardness and toughness are generally considered mutually exclusive properties for single-crystal ceramics. Combining experiments and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) atomistic simulations at room temperature, we demonstrate that both the hardness and toughness of single-crystal NaCl-structure VNx/MgO(001) thin ...
2001.08933v2
2020-05-14
Gate- and Light-Tunable Negative Differential Resistance with High Peak Current Density in 1T-TaS$_2$/2H-MoS$_2$ T-Junction
Metal-based electronics is attractive for fast and radiation-hard electronic circuits and remains one of the longstanding goals for researchers. The emergence of 1T-TaS$_2$, a layered material exhibiting strong charge density wave (CDW) driven resistivity switching that can be controlled by an external stimulus such as...
2005.07146v2
2021-05-23
Substrate-Versatile Direct-Write Printing of Carbon Nanotube-Based Flexible Conductors, Circuits, and Sensors
Printed electronics rely on the deposition of conductive liquid inks, typically onto polymeric or paper substrates. Among available conductive fillers for use in electronic inks, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have high conductivity, low density, processability at low temperatures, and intrinsic mechanical flexibility. Howeve...
2105.10942v1
2021-10-05
Nanoscale devices with superconducting electrodes to locally channel current in 3D Weyl semimetals
We report on the fabrication of nano-devices on the \hkl[-1 0 1] surface of a Weyl semimetal, a macroscopic crystal of TaAs, and low-temperature transport measurements. We can implement electron beam lithography by peeling off and transferring the resist for nanofabrication onto the irregular crystal. We fabricate the ...
2110.01793v1
2021-11-29
Doped graphene/carbon black hybrid catalyst giving enhanced oxygen reduction reaction activity with high resistance to corrosion in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Nitrogen doping of the carbon is an important method to improve the performance and durability of catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells by platinum-nitrogen and carbon-nitrogen bonds. This study shows that p-phenyl groups and graphitic N acting bridges linking platinum and the graphene/carbon black (the rat...
2111.14648v1
2022-03-22
Traps and transport resistance: the next frontier for stable state-of-the-art non-fullerene acceptor solar cells
Stability is one of the most important challenges facing organic solar cells (OSC) on their path to commercialization. In the high-performance material system PM6:Y6 studied here, investigate degradation mechanisms of inverted photovoltaic devices. We have identified two distinct degradation pathways: one requires pres...
2203.11905v1
2022-07-05
Phonons behave like Electrons in the Thermal Hall Effect of the Cuprates
The thermal Hall effect, which arises when heat flows transverse to an applied thermal gradient, has become an important observable in the study of quantum materials. Recent experiments found a large thermal Hall conductivity $\kappa_{xy}$ in many high-temperature cuprate superconductors, including deep inside the Mott...
2207.02240v3
2022-08-28
Multiferroic Ti$_3$C$_2$T$_x$ MXene with Tunable Ferroelectric-controlled High Performance Resistive Memory Devices
Multiferroic (MF) devices based on simultaneous ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phenomena are considered to be promising candidates for future bi-functional micro/nano-electronics. The multiferroic phenomena in two-dimensional materials is rarely reported in literature. We reported a simple approach to reveal frequency...
2208.13128v1
2023-08-05
Graphene-based RRAM devices for neural computing
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) is very well known for its potential application in in-memory and neural computing. However, they often have different types of device-to-device and cycle-to-cycle variability. This makes it harder to build highly accurate crossbar arrays.Traditional RRAM designs make use of variou...
2308.02767v1
2023-08-06
Mechanically exfoliated low-layered [Ca$_2$CoO$_3$]$_{0.62}$[CoO$_2$]: A single-crystalline p-type transparent conducting oxide
Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are essential components of optoelectronic devices and various materials have been explored for highly efficient TCOs having a combination of high transmittance and low sheet resistance. Here, we focus on a misfit thermoelectric oxide [Ca$_2$CoO$_3$]$_{0.62}$[CoO$_2$] and fabricate ...
2308.03221v1
2023-09-06
Robust Sandwiched B/TM/B Structures by Metal Intercalating into Bilayer Borophene Leading to Excellent Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Bilayer borophene, very recently synthesized on Ag and Cu, possesses extremely flat large surface and excellent conductivity. Besides, the van der Waals gap of bilayer borophene can be intercalated by metal atoms, thereby tailoring the properties of bilayer borophene. Herein, we propose that sandwiched B/TM/B (TM=Co, N...
2309.02963v1
2023-11-22
Rashba-splitting-induced topological flat band detected by anomalous resistance oscillations beyond the quantum limit in ZrTe$_5$
Topological flat band, on which the kinetic energy of topological electrons is quenched, represents a platform for investigating the topological properties of correlated systems. Recent experimental studies on flattened electronic bands have mainly concentrated on 2-dimensional materials created by van der Waals hetero...
2311.13346v2
2024-04-19
Machine Learning-guided accelerated discovery of structure-property correlations in lean magnesium alloys for biomedical applications
Magnesium alloys are emerging as promising alternatives to traditional orthopedic implant materials thanks to their biodegradability, biocompatibility, and impressive mechanical characteristics. However, their rapid in-vivo degradation presents challenges, notably in upholding mechanical integrity over time. This study...
2404.13022v1
2010-02-08
Processing and Characterization of Multiferroic Bi-relaxors
We compare chemical solution deposition (CSD), and pulsed-laser-deposition (PLD), specimens of the new room-temperature, single-phase, multiferroic magnetoelectric, [PbFe2/3W1/3O3]x[PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3]1-x (PZTFWx ~ 0.40<x<0.20) with polarization, loss (<1%), and resistivity (typically 108 ohm.cm) equal to or superior to ...
1002.1637v1
2012-08-20
Topological insulator Bi2Te3 films synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition
Topological insulator (TI) materials such as Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 have attracted strong recent interests. Large scale, high quality TI thin films are important for developing TI-based device applications. In this work, structural and electronic properties of Bi2Te3 thin films deposited by metal organic chemical vapor depo...
1208.4071v1
2017-10-03
Large thermoelectric figure of merit in graphene layered devices at low temperature
Nanostructured materials have emerged as an alternative to enhance the figure of merit (ZT) of thermoelectric (TE) devices. Graphene exhibits a high electrical conductivity (in-plane) that is necessary for a high ZT; however, this effect is countered by its impressive thermal conductivity. In this work TE layered devic...
1710.01152v1
2014-08-07
A broadband silicon quarter-wave retarder for far-infrared spectroscopic circular dichroism
The high brightness, broad spectral coverage and pulsed characteristics of infrared synchrotron radiation enable time-resolved spectroscopy under throughput-limited optical systems, as can occur with the high-field magnet cryostat systems used to study electron dynamics and cyclotron resonance by far-infrared technique...
1408.1650v1
2018-09-05
Improving the performance of Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_5$ materials via nickel doping: Towards RF-compatible phase-change devices
High-speed electrical switching of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) remains a challenging task due to the large impedance mismatch between the low-conductivity amorphous state and the high-conductivity crystalline state. In this letter, we demonstrate an effective doping scheme using nickel to reduce the resistivity contrast between th...
1810.01964v1
2012-01-04
Graphene -- Based Nanocomposites as Highly Efficient Thermal Interface Materials
We found that an optimized mixture of graphene and multilayer graphene - produced by the high-yield inexpensive liquid-phase-exfoliation technique - can lead to an extremely strong enhancement of the cross-plane thermal conductivity K of the composite. The "laser flash" measurements revealed a record-high enhancement o...
1201.0796v1
2016-03-07
High-pressure melt growth and transport properties of SiP, SiAs, GeP, and GeAs 2D layered semiconductors
Silicon and Germanium monopnictides SiP, SiAs, GeP and GeAs form a family of 2D layered semiconductors. We have succeeded in growing bulk single crystals of these compounds by melt-growth under high pressure (0.5-1 GPa) in a cubic anvil hot press. Large (mm-size), shiny, micaceous crystals of GeP, GeAs and SiAs were ob...
1603.02134v1
2017-05-01
High pressure floating-zone growth of perovskite nickelate LaNiO3 single crystals
We report the first single crystal growth of the correlated metal LaNiO3 using a high-pressure optical-image floating zone furnace. The crystals were studied using single crystal/powder x-ray diffraction, resistivity, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility. The availability of bulk LaNiO3 crystals will (i) promote ...
1705.00570v1