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Driving skyrmions with low threshold current density in Pt/CoFeB thin film: Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable spin swirling particle like entities which are appealing for next generation spintronic devices. The expected low critical current density for the motion of skyrmions makes them potential candidates...
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Interfacial contribution to the dielectric response in semiconducting LaBiMn4/3Co2/3O6: Impedance measurements have been performed on a sintered polycrystalline sample of the perovskite LaBiMn4/3Co2/3O6. Colossal dielectric permittivity often is measured in this class of semiconducting materials as a result of extrin...
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Stochastic Continuum Models for High--Entropy Alloys with Short-range Order: High entropy alloys (HEAs) are a class of novel materials that exhibit superb engineering properties. It has been demonstrated by extensive experiments and first principles/atomistic simulations that short-range order in the atomic level ran...
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Halogenation induced transition of superconductor-to-semiconductor in MXene-like MOene with direct band gap and long carrier lifetime: Traditional MXenes with intriguing mechanical and electronic properties, together with the fertilities of elemental compositions and chemical decorations have aroused much attentions....
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Structure and Dielectric Properties of Amorphous High-kappa Oxides: HfO2, ZrO2 and their alloys: High-$\kappa$ metal oxides are a class of materials playing an increasingly important role in modern device physics and technology. Here we report theoretical investigations of the properties of structural and lattice die...
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Tight-binding molecular-dynamics studies of defects and disorder in covalently-bonded materials: Tight-binding (TB) molecular dynamics (MD) has emerged as a powerful method for investigating the atomic-scale structure of materials --- in particular the interplay between structural and electronic properties --- bridgi...
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Resolving diverse oxygen transport pathways across Sr-doped lanthanum ferrite and metal-perovskite heterostructures: Perovskite structured transition metal oxides are important technological materials for catalysis and solid oxide fuel cell applications. Their functionality often depends on oxygen diffusivity and mob...
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Development of local plasticity around voids during tensile deformation: Voids can limit the life of engineering components. This motivates us to understand local plasticity around voids in a nickel base superalloy combining experiments and simulations. Single crystal samples were deformed in tension with in-situ high ...
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Magnetism in Graphene Induced by Single-Atom Defects: We study from first principles the magnetism in graphene induced by single carbon atom defects. For two types of defects considered in our study, the hydrogen chemisorption defect and the vacancy defect, the itinerant magnetism due to the defect-induced extended sta...
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Reflectometry with registration of secondary radiation at total neutron reflection: Neutron reflectometry is a method for measuring of the spatial dependence (profile) of the potential interaction between neutron and medium. At interface of media the interaction potential is the sum of the elements potentials. For de...
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Pair vs many-body potentials: influence on elastic and plastic behavior in nanoindentation: Molecular-dynamics simulation can give atomistic information on the processes occurring in nanoindentation experiments. In particular, the nucleation of dislocation loops, their growth, interaction and motion can be studied. W...
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Nonpolar p-GaN/n-Si heterojunction diode characteristics: A comparison between ensemble and single nanowire devices: The electrical and photodiode characteristics of ensemble and single p-GaN nanowire and n-Si heterojunction devices were studied. Ideality factor of the single nanowire p-GaN/n-Si device was found to b...
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A novel high-current, high-resolution, low-kinetic-energy electron source for inverse photoemission spectroscopy: A high-current electron source for inverse photoemission spectroscopy (IPES) is described. The source comprises a thermal cathode electron emission system, an electrostatic deflector-monochromator, and a ...
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On the competition for ultimately stiff and strong architected materials: Advances in manufacturing techniques may now realize virtually any imaginable microstructures, paving the way for architected materials with properties beyond those found in nature. This has lead to a quest for closing gaps in property-space by c...
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Unipolar and bipolar fatigue in antiferroelectric lead zirconate thin films and evidences for switching-induced charge injection inducing fatigue: For the first time, we show that unipolar fatigue does occur in antiferroelectric capacitors, confirming the predictions of a previous work [Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 072901 ...
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The effect of exclusion on nonlinear reaction diffusion system in inhomogeneous media: We study a minimal model to understand the formation of clusters on surfaces in the presence of surface defects. We consider reaction diffusion model in which atoms undergoes reactions at the defect centers to form clusters. Volume...
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Small-Angle X-ray and neutron scattering from diamond single crystals: Results of Small-Angle Scattering study of diamonds with various types of point and extended defects and different degrees of annealing are presented. It is shown that thermal annealing and/or mechanical deformation cause formation of nanosized plan...
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Internal stresses analysis on welded joint in Grade 91 steel under creep test: synchrotron DRX tests and modelling: The analysis and understanding of creep damage of Grade 91 steel welded joints is an important topic in the energy industry. Creep tests on welded joints were carried out at 600$^{\circ}$C, 100MPa and t...
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Observation of Large Unidirectional Rashba Magnetoresistance in Ge(111): Relating magnetotransport properties to specific spin textures at surfaces or interfaces is an intense field of research nowadays. Here, we investigate the variation of the electrical resistance of Ge(111) grown epitaxially on semi-insulating Si(1...
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Identifying vacancy complexes in compound semiconductors with positron annihilation spectroscopy: a case study of InN: We present a comprehensive study of vacancy and vacancy-impurity complexes in InN combining positron annihilation spectroscopy and ab-initio calculations. Positron densities and annihilation characte...
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Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in ribbon samples of Heusler alloys Ni - Mn - M (M = In, Sn): Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in samples of rapidly quenched ribbons of Mn50Ni40In10 and Ni50Mn37Sn13 Heusler alloys, with potential applications in magnetic refrigeration technology, are ...
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Energy gap opening in submonolayer lithium on graphene: Local density functional and tight-binding calculations: The adsorption of an alkali-metal submonolayer on graphene occupying every third hexagon of the honeycomb lattice in a commensurate $(\sqrt{3}\times\sqrt{3})R30^\circ$ arrangement induces an energy gap in ...
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Ionization potentials in the limit of large atomic number: By extrapolating the energies of non-relativistic atoms and their ions with up to 3000 electrons within Kohn-Sham density functional theory, we find that the ionization potential remains finite and increases across a row, even as $Z\rightarrow\infty$. The local...
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Atomistic simulations of ductile failure in a b.c.c. high entropy alloy: Ductile failure is studied in a bcc HfNbTaZr High Entropy Alloy (HEA) with a pre-existing void. Using molecular dynamics simulations of uniaxial tensile tests, we explore the effect of void radius on the elastic modulus and yield stress. The elast...
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Color centers in NaCl by hybrid functionals: We present in this work the electronic structure and transition energies (both thermodynamic and optical) of Cl vacancies in NaCl by hybrid density functionals. The underestimated transition energies by the semi-local functional inherited from the band gap problem are recove...
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Time-dependent phase quantification and local structure analysis of hydroxide-activated slag via X-ray total scattering and molecular modeling: Here, an approach to quantify the amorphous-to-disordered/crystalline transformation occurring in NaOH-activated ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) is outlined that ...
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Anomalous Strength Characteristics of Tilt Grain Boundaries in Graphene: Using molecular dynamics simulations and first principles calculations, we have studied the structure and mechanical strength of tilt grain boundaries in graphene sheets that arise during CVD growth of graphene on metal substrates. Surprisingly, w...
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Ytterbium divalency and lattice disorder in near-zero thermal expansion YbGaGe: While near-zero thermal expansion (NZTE) in YbGaGe is sensitive to stoichiometry and defect concentration, the NZTE mechanism remains elusive. We present x-ray absorption spectra that show unequivocally that Yb is nearly divalent in YbGaG...
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Probing quantum geometry through optical conductivity and magnetic circular dichroism: Probing ground-state quantum geometry and topology through optical response is not only of fundamental interest, but it can also offer several practical advantages. Here, using first-principles calculations on antiferromagnetic top...
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Design of efficient vdW thermionic heterostructures from first principles: This work is the first step towards understanding thermionic transport properties of graphene/phosphorene/graphene van der Waals heterostructures in contact with gold electrodes by using density functional theory based first principles calcula...
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Diffusion-controlled growth and microstructural evolution of aluminide coatings: The diffusion-controlled growth and microstructural evolution at the interface of aluminide coatings and different substrates such as Ni-base superalloys and steel are reviewed. Quantitative diffusion analysis indicates that the diffusio...
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Diffuse Neutron Scattering Study of a Disordered Complex Perovskite Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 Crystal: Diffuse scattering around the (110) reciprocal lattice point has been investigated by elastic neutron scattering in the paraelectric and the relaxor phases of the disordered complex perovskite crystal-Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3(PZN). ...
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Perfect Spin-filtering and Giant Magnetoresistance with Fe-terminated Graphene Nanoribbon: Spin-dependent electronic transport properties of Fe-terminated zig-zag graphene nanoribbons (zGNR) have been studied using first-principles transport simulations. The spin configuration of proposed zGNR junction can be control...
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Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes and graphene with tetraphenylporphyrins: Stability and optical properties from ab-initio calculations: The stability, electronic and optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene noncovalently functionalized with free-base tetraphenylporph...
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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Defect States in the Semiconductor Bi$_2$Se$_3$: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy images of Bi$_2$Se$_3$ doped with excess Bi reveal electronic defect states with a striking shape resembling clover leaves. With a simple tight-binding model we show that the geometry of the defect states...
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Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation of rapid directional solidification: We present the results of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations for the growth of a solid binary alloy from its liquid phase. The regime of high pulling velocities, $V$, for which there is a progressive transition from solute s...
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A closer look at how symmetry constraints and the spin-orbit coupling shape the electronic structure of Bi(111): Relativistic density-functional-theory calculations of Bi(111) thin films are performed to revisit their band structure and that of macroscopic samples. The band structure of a our 39-bilayer film ($\sim$~...
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SAMPLE: Surface structure search enabled by coarse graining and statistical learning: In this publication we introduce SAMPLE, a structure search approach for commensurate organic monolayers on inorganic substrates. Such monolayers often show rich polymorphism with diverse molecular arrangements in differently shaped...
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Large Longitudinal Magnetoelectric Coupling in NiFe2O4-BaTiO3 Laminates: In contrast to the Pb-based magnetoelectric laminates (MELs), we find in the BaTiO3 and NiFe2O4 laminates (number of layers n = 5-25) that the longitudinal magnetoelectric (ME) voltage coefficient Alpha E33 becomes much larger than the transverse ...
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Comments on frequency dependent ac conductivity in polymeric materials at low frequency regime: The AC conductivity response in a broad frequency range of disordered materials is of great interest not only for technological applications, but also from a theoretical point of view. The Jonscher power exponent value, an...
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Helium-Implantation-Induced Lattice Strains and Defects in Tungsten probed by X-ray Micro-diffraction: Tungsten is the main candidate material for plasma-facing armour components in future fusion reactors. Bombardment with energetic fusion neutrons causes collision cascade damage and defect formation. Interaction of ...
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Revealing process and material parameter effects on densification via phase-field studies: Sintering is an important processing step in both ceramics and metals processing. The microstructure resulting from this process determines many materials properties of interest. Hence the accurate prediction of the microstruct...
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Substrate Effect on Excitonic Shift and Radiative Lifetime of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substrates have strong effects on optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, which have emerged as promising platforms for exotic physical phenomena and outstanding applications. To reliably interpret experiment...
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Sol-gel synthesis and multiferroic properties of pyrochlore-free Pb(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 thin films: Lead iron niobate (PbFe0.5Nb0.5O3 - PFN) thin films were synthesized by a modified sol-gel route, which offers the advantage of a rapid, simple and non-toxic reaction method. Polycrystalline perovskite-structured PFN thin fi...
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Mesoscopic tunneling in strontium titanate: Spatial correlation between atoms can generate a depletion in the energy dispersion of acoustic phonons. Two well known examples are rotons in superfluid helium and the Kohn anomaly in metals. Here we report on the observation of a large softening of the transverse acoustic m...
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Numerical solution of the relativistic single-site scattering problem for the Coulomb and the Mathieu potential: For a reliable fully-relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green function method, an accurate solution of the underlying single-site scattering problem is necessary. We present an extensive discussion on num...
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Domain-knowledge-aided machine learning method for properties prediction of soft magnetic metallic glasses: A machine learning (ML) method aided by domain knowledge was proposed to predict saturated magnetization (Bs) and critical diameter (Dmax) of soft magnetic metallic glass (MGs). Two datasets were established ba...
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A surrogate model for studying random field energy release rates in 2D brittle fractures: This article proposes a weighted-variational model as an approximated surrogate model to lessen numerical complexity and lower the execution times of brittle fracture simulations. Consequently, Monte Carlo studies of brittle fra...
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Spin Polarized and Valley Helical Edge Modes in Graphene Nanoribbons: Inspired by recent progress in fabricating precisely zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons and the observation of edge magnetism, we find that spin polarized edge modes with well-defined valley index can exist in a bulk energy gap opened by a staggered s...
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Energy storage properties of ferroelectric nanocomposites: An atomistic effective Hamiltonian technique is used to investigate the finite-temperature energy storage properties of a ferroelectric nanocomposite consisting of an array of BaTiO$_{3}$ nanowires embedded in a SrTiO$_{3}$ matrix, for electric field applied al...
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Violation of the `Zero-Force Theorem' in the time-dependent Krieger-Li-Iafrate approximation: We demonstrate that the time-dependent Krieger-Li-Iafrate approximation in combination with the exchange-only functional violates the `Zero-Force Theorem'. By analyzing the time-dependent dipole moment of Na5 and Na9+, we fu...
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The Interplay Between Imprint, Wake-Up Like Effects and Domains in Ferroelectric AlScN: This paper investigates wake-up and imprint in ferroelectric AlScN films. The study employs a series of I-V and P-E measurements with varying electric field amplitudes and voltage cycles as well as structural investigation via Sca...
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Tunneling magnetoresistance in (La,Pr,Ca)MnO3 nanobridges: The manganite (La,Pr,Ca)MnO3 is well known for its micrometer scale phase separation into coexisting ferromagnetic metallic and antiferromagnetic insulating (AFI) regions. Fabricating bridges with widths smaller than the phase separation length scale has allowe...
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Evidence of orbit-selective electronic kagome lattice with planar flat-band in correlated paramagnetic YCr6Ge6: Electronic properties of kagome lattice have drawn great attention recently. In associate with flat-band induced by destructive interference and Dirac cone-type dispersion, abundant exotic phenomena have be...
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Novel time-saving first-principles calculation method for electron-transport properties: We present a time-saving simulator within the framework of the density functional theory to calculate the transport properties of electrons through nanostructures suspended between semi-infinite electrodes. By introducing the Fou...
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Flexibility of Fluorinated Graphene-Based Materials: The resistivity of different films and structures containing fluorinated graphene (FG) flakes and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown graphene of various fluorination degrees under tensile and compressive strains due to bending deformations was studied. Graphene an...
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Synthetic control over polymorph formation in the d-band semiconductor system FeS$_2$: Pyrite, also known as fool's gold is the thermodynamic stable polymorph of FeS$_2$. It is widely considered as a promising d-band semiconductor for various applications due to its intriguing physical properties. Marcasite is the ot...
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Physical properties of KMgBi single crystals: KMgBi single crystals are grown by using the Bi flux successfully. KMgBi shows semiconducting behavior with a metal-semiconductor transition at high temperature region and a resistivity plateau at low temperature region, suggesting KMgBi could be a topological insulator wit...
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A computational study of the configurational and vibrational contributions to the thermodynamics of substitutional alloys: the Ni3Al case: We have developed a methodology to study the thermodynamics of order-disorder transformations in n-component substitutional alloys that combines nonequilibrium methods, which can ...
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Magneto-transport characteristics of La1.4Ca1.6Mn2O7 thin film deposited by spray pyrolysis: Polycrystalline thin films of double layer manganite La_1.4Ca_1.6Mn_2O_7 (DLCMO) have been deposited by nebulized spray pyrolysis on single crystal LaAlO_3 substrates. These single phase films having grain size in the range 7...
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Defect-induced $4p$-magnetism in layered platinum diselenide: Platinum diselenide (PtSe$_{2}$) is a recently-discovered extrinsic magnet, with its magnetism attributed to the presence of Pt-vacancies. The host material to these defects itself displays interesting structural and electronic properties, some of which stem...
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Extension of the standard Heisenberg Hamiltonian to multispin exchange interactions: An extension of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian is discussed, that allows to go beyond the standard bilinear spin Hamiltonian taking into account various contributions due to multispin interactions having both chiral and non-chiral charac...
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Signatures of nonlinear magnetoelectricity in second harmonic spectra of SU(2) symmetry broken quantum many-body systems: Quantum mechanical perturbative expressions for second order dynamical magnetoelectric (ME) susceptibilities have been derived and calculated for a small molecular system using the Hubbard Hamilto...
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Ultra fast bit addressing in a magnetic memory matrix with crossed wire write line geometry: An ultra fast bit addressing scheme for magnetic random access memories (MRAM) in a crossed wire geometry is proposed. In the addressing scheme a word of cells is programmed simultaneously by sub nanosecond field pulses makin...
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A first-principles calculation of electron-phonon interactions for the $\text{C}_2\text{C}_\text{N}$ and $\text{V}_\text{N}\text{N}_\text{B}$ defects in hexagonal boron nitride: Quantum emitters in two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) have generated significant interest due to observations of ultra-bright...
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First-principles study of the structural energetics of PdTi and PtTi: The structural energetics of PdTi and PtTi have been studied using first-principles density-functional theory with pseudopotentials and a plane-wave basis. We predict that in both materials, the experimentally reported orthorhombic $B19$ phase will u...
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Structural and magnetic properties of half-heusler alloys NiCrZ (Z = Si, P, Ge, As, Te): First principle study: We present a first principle study of new class of high-$T_c$ half-heusler ferromagnets NiCrZ (Z = Si, P, Ge, As, Te). The structure and magnetic properties are investigated through the calculation of the e...
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An Analytical Model to Quantify the Local Lattice Distortion of Refractory High Entropy Alloys: Local lattice distortion (LLD) of high entropy alloys (HEAs) especially refractory HEAs, which is different from one lattice site to another, determines the mechanical properties of HEAs such as yield strength and radiatio...
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Comprehensive search for buckled honeycomb binary compounds based on noble metals (Cu, Ag, and Au): Honeycomb structure has been frequently observed in two-dimensional (2D) materials. CuAu in the buckled honeycomb (BHC) structure has been synthesized recently, which is the first case of 2D intermetallic compounds. He...
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Electric Field-Dependent Charge-Carrier Velocity in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes: Charge transport in semiconducting single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) with Schottky-barrier contacts has been studied at high bias. We observe nearly symmetric ambipolar transport with electron and hole currents significantly exceeding ...
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Fermi Surface Deformation near Charge-Ordering Transition: We study the deformation of a Fermi surface (FS) near charge-ordering (CO) transition. By applying a fluctuation-exchange approximation to the two-dimensional extended Hubbard model, we show that the FS is largely modified by strong charge fluctuations when the...
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Microscopic Property of Amorphous Semiconductor Metal Oxide InGaZnO$_{4}$ and Role of O-deficiency: We investigated the microscopic and electronic structures amorphous oxide semiconductors InGaZnO$_{4}$ (a-IGZO) and the role of O-deficiency through the first-principle calculations. The structure of the amorphous oxid...
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Thermal expansion coefficient and lattice anharmonicity of cubic boron arsenide: Recent measurements of an unusual high thermal conductivity of around 1000 W m-1 K-1 at room temperature in cubic boron arsenide (BAs) confirm predictions from theory and suggest potential applications of this semiconductor compound for ...
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Metal-semiconductor (semimetal) superlattices on a graphite sheet with vacancies: It has been found that periodically closely spaced vacancies on a graphite sheet cause a significant rearrange-ment of its electronic spectrum: metallic waveguides with a high density of states near the Fermi level are formed along the ...
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Theory of electron-plasmon coupling in semiconductors: The ability to manipulate plasmons is driving new developments in electronics, optics, sensing, energy, and medicine. Despite the massive momentum of experimental research in this direction, a predictive quantum-mechanical framework for describing electron-plasmon ...
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Mesoscopic and Microscopic Phase Segregation in Manganese Perovskites: Mesoscopic (500-2000 Angstrom) and microscopic (5-20 Angstrom) phase segregation with temperature and magnetic field was studied in the model manganite Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 by high-resolution neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering. Intra-gra...
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Ab initio calculations of the structural, electronic and elastic properties of the MZN2 (M=Be, Mg; Z=C, Si) chalcopyrite semiconductors: Four ternary semiconductors with the chalcopyrite structure (BeCN2, BeSiN2, MgCN2, and MgSiN2) were studied using the first principles methods. The structural, electronic, optical a...
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Grains and grain boundaries in highly crystalline monolayer molybdenum disulfide: Recent progress in large-area synthesis of monolayer molybdenum disulfide, a new two-dimensional direct-bandgap semiconductor, is paving the way for applications in atomically thin electronics. Little is known, however, about the micros...
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A quantitative theory of current-induced step bunching on Si(111): We use a one-dimensional step model to study quantitatively the growth of step bunches on Si(111) surfaces induced by a direct heating current. Parameters in the model are fixed from experimental measurements near 900 deg C under the assumption that the...
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Second-harmonic phonon spectroscopy of $α$-quartz: We demonstrate midinfrared second-harmonic generation as a highly sensitive phonon spectroscopy technique that we exemplify using $\alpha$-quartz (SiO$_2$) as a model system. A midinfrared free-electron laser provides direct access to optical phonon resonances ranging ...
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Insight into Two-Dimensional Borophene: Five-Center Bond and Phonon-Mediated Superconductivity: We report a previously unknown monolayer borophene allotrope and we call it super-B with a flat structure based on the ab initio calculations. It has good thermal, dynamical, and mechanical stability compared with many oth...
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Density-functional approach to the band gaps of finite and periodic two-dimensional systems: We present an approach based on density-functional theory for the calculation of fundamental gaps of both finite and periodic two-dimensional (2D) electronic systems. The computational cost of our approach is comparable to th...
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Mechanical behavior of high-entropy alloys: A review: High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are materials that consist of equimolar or near-equimolar multiple principal components but tend to form single phases, which is a new research topic in the field of metallurgy, have attracted extensive attention in the past decade. The HE...
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Topological Nature of the Phonon Hall Effect: We provide a topological understanding on phonon Hall effect in dielectrics with Raman spinphonon coupling. A general expression for phonon Hall conductivity is obtained in terms of the Berry curvature of band structures. We find a nonmonotonic behavior of phonon Hall condu...
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Optical properties of Mn4+ ions in GaN:Mn codoped with Mg acceptors: The optical properties of Mn-Mg codoped epitaxial GaN were studied. Addition of Mg acceptors quenches the weak manganese-related photoluminescence (PL) band at 1.3 eV in GaN:Mn and a series of sharp PL peaks are observed at 1 eV in codoped epilayers. ...
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Atoms, dimers, and nanoparticles from orbital-free density-potential functional theory: Density-potential functional theory (DPFT) is an alternative formulation of orbital-free density functional theory that may be suitable for modeling the electronic structure of large systems. To date, DPFT has been applied mainly ...
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Initial stages of the graphite-SiC(0001) interface formation studied by photoelectron spectroscopy: Graphitization of the 6H-SiC(0001) surface as a function of annealing temperature has been studied by ARPES, high resolution XPS, and LEED. For the initial stage of graphitization - the 6root3 reconstructed surface - w...
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Dirac energy spectrum and inverted band gap in metamorphic InAsSb/InSb superlattices: A Dirac-type energy spectrum was demonstrated in gapless ultra-short-period metamorphic InAsSb/InSb superlattices by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES_ measurements. The Fermi velocity value 7.4x10^5 m/s in a gapless ...
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Photoemission study of the skutterudite compounds Co(Sb$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$)$_3$ and RhSb$_3$: We have studied the electronic structure of the skutterudite compounds Co(Sb$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$)$_3$ (x= 0, 0.02, 0.04) by photoemission spectroscopy. Valence-band spectra revealed that Sb 5p states are dominant near the Fermi lev...
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Pressure induced crossing of the core-levels in 5d metals: Pressure induced interaction between core electrons, the core level crossing (CLC) transition has been observed in hcp Os at P~400 GPa [L. Dubrovinksy, et al., Nature 525, 226-229 (2015)]. In this work, we carry out a systematic study of the influence of pressu...
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Ultrafast terahertz field control of the emergent magnetic and electronic interactions at oxide interfaces: Ultrafast electric-field control of emergent electronic and magnetic states at oxide interfaces offers exciting prospects for the development of new generations of energy-efficient devices. Here, we demonstrate...
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High-performance Computation of Kubo Formula with Vectorization of Batched Linear Algebra Operation: We have proposed a method to accelerate the computation of Kubo formula optimized to vector processors. The key concept is parallel evaluation of multiple integration points, enabled by batched linear algebra operatio...
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Experimental demonstration of a generalized Fourier's Law for non-diffusive thermal transport: Phonon heat conduction over length scales comparable to their mean free paths is a topic of considerable interest for basic science and thermal management technologies. Although the failure of Fourier's law beyond the diffu...
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High-temperature oxidation and nitridation of substoichiometric zirconium carbide in isothermal air: The influence of nitrogen on the oxidation behavior of hot-pressed zirconium carbide was investigated using a flow-tube furnace at temperatures ranging from 1000 to 1600 {\deg}C. Mass gain, oxide formation characteris...
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Electric field-controlled reversible order-disorder switching of a metal tip surface: While it is well established that elevated temperatures can induce surface roughening of metal surfaces, the effect of a high electric field on the atomic structure at ambient temperature has not been investigated in detail. Here we...
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Efficient thermo-spin conversion in van der Waals ferromagnet FeGaTe: Recent discovery of 2D van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials has spurred progress in developing advanced spintronic devices. A central challenge lies in enhancing the spin-conversion efficiency for building spin-logic or spin-memory devices. We syst...
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Nanostructured Immunosensors. Application to the detection of Progesterone: A novel nanostructured electrochemical immunsensor for the determination of progesterone is reported. The approach combines the properties of gold nanoparticles with the use of a graphite-Teflon composite electrode matrix, into which gold nan...
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Pitfalls and solutions for perovskite transparent conductors: Transparent conductors-nearly an oxymoron-are in pressing demand, as ultra-thin-film technologies become ubiquitous commodities. As current solutions rely on non-abundant elements, perovskites such as SrVO3 and SrNbO3 have been suggested as next generation t...
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An Accurate and Transferable Machine-Learning Interatomic Potential for Silicon: The development of modern ab initio methods has rapidly increased our understanding of physics, chemistry and materials science. Unfortunately, intensive ab initio calculations are intractable for large and complex systems. On the other ...
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Three-dimensional coordinates of individual atoms in materials revealed by electron tomography: Crystallography, the primary method for determining the three-dimensional (3D) atomic positions in crystals, has been fundamental to the development of many fields of science. However, the atomic positions obtained from cr...
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