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Irradiation of a sharp tungsten tip by a femtosecond laser and exposed to a strong DC electric field led to gradual and reproducible surface modifications. By a combination of field emission microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, we observed asymmetric surface faceting with sub-ten nanometer high steps. The pres…
Abstract Hyper doping Si with up to 6 at.% Ti in solid solution was performed by ion implantation followed by pulsed laser annealing and flash lamp annealing. In both cases, the implanted Si layer can be well recrystallized by liquid phase epitaxy and solid phase epitaxy, respectively. Cross-sectional transmission ele…
This work presents a Monte Carlo study of the phase transition in the perovskites La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$Mn$_{0.7}^{3+}$Mn$_{0.3-x}^{4+}$Ti$_x$O$_3$ ($x$= 0.1, 0.2, and 0.25). We take into accountnearest-neighbor (NN) interactions between magnetic ions Mn$^{3+}$($S=2$) and Mn$^{4+}$($S=3/2$) using a spin model describing…
are a class of superconductors that have received much attention but are less understood in comparison with their FeAs-based counterparts. Here, the controversial issues such as Fe vacancy, the real phase responsible for superconductivity, and lattice stability have been addressed based on first-principles calculation…
Lu${}_{2}$MnCoO${}_{6}$ is a rare example of a double-perovskite material exhibiting multiferroic behavior -- coupling of magnetic and electric order -- and a rare example of hysteretic coupling in a bulk material. Here, the authors lay to rest questions about whether it occurs in single crystals and verify that it is…
We report a density-functional study on the evolution of the electronic and lattice structure in ${\mathrm{BiFeO}}_{3}$ with injected electrons and holes. First, the self-trapping of electrons and holes was investigated. We found that the injected electrons tend to be localized on Fe sites due to the local lattice exp…
Topological nodal line semimetals exhibit protected one-dimensional Fermi lines, which arise due to an intricate interplay between the symmetry and topology of the electronic wave functions. In this paper, the authors derive the $\mathbb{Z}$ invariants that guarantee the stability of the line nodes in the bulk under r…
We report electrical characterization of quantum dots formed by introducing pairs of thin wurtzite (WZ) segments in zinc blende (ZB) InAs nanowires. Regular Coulomb oscillations are observed over a wide gate voltage span, indicating that WZ segments create significant barriers for electron transport. We find a direct…
This paper explores different photo-bending shapes in polydomain nematic glass. The motivation is to explain the phenomenon in experiment [1] under polarized light in which a nematic film curls into an circular arc, like part of a cylindrical surface. Polarized light triggers photo-isomerization and therefore makes li…
In steels and single-crystal superalloys the control of the formation of topologically close-packed (TCP) phases is critical for the performance of the material. The structural stability of TCP phases in multi-component transition-metal alloys may be rationalised in terms of the average valence-electron count $\bar{N}…
Extensive efforts have been devoted to the study of spin-orbit torque in ferromagnetic metal/heavy metal bilayers and exploitation of it for magnetization switching using an in-plane current. As the spin-orbit torque is inversely proportional to the thickness of the ferromagnetic layer, sizable effect has only been re…
The discovery of two-dimensional superconductivity in Bi2Te3/FeTe heterostructures provides a new platform for the search of Majorana fermions in condensed matter systems. Since Majorana fermions are expected to reside at the core of the vortices, a close examination of the vortex dynamics in superconducting interface…
The assembly of complex structures is driven by an interplay between several intermolecular interactions, from strong covalent bonds to weaker dispersion forces. Surface-based self-assembly is particularly amenable to modeling and measuring these interactions in well-defined systems. This study focuses on 2-butanol, t…
To get insight into the mechanism of emergence of unconventional quantum criticality observed in quasicrystal Yb$_{15}$Al$_{34}$Au$_{51}$, the approximant crystal Yb$_{14}$Al$_{35}$Au$_{51}$ is analyzed theoretically. By constructing a minimal model for the approximant crystal, the heavy quasiparticle band is shown to…
With x-ray absorption spectroscopy and polarized neutron reflectometry we studied how the magnetic proximity effect at the interface between the cuprate high-${T}_{C}$ superconductor ${\mathrm{YBa}}_{2}{\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$ (YBCO) and the ferromagnet ${\mathrm{La}}_{2/3}{\mathrm{Ca}}_{1/3}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{…
The results of magnetic investigations on a new series of compounds, Mn2R3Sb3O14, containing 2-dimensional Kagome lattice of R ions and belonging to pyrochlore series, are presented. Crystallographic features of light R members (R= La, Pr and Nd) of this family, as established in the recent literature, have been repor…
Electronic states with non-trivial topology host a number of novel phenomena with potential for revolutionizing information technology. The quantum anomalous Hall effect provides spin-polarized dissipation-free transport of electrons, while the quantum spin Hall effect in combination with superconductivity has been pr…
The influence of pressure on the structural and elastic properties of ScM (M = Rh, Cu, Ag, Hg) compounds has been performed by using ab initio approach pseudopotential plane- wave method based on the density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The optical properties have been investi…
Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are topological quantum states wherein the electronic bands disperse linearly around pairs of nodes with fixed chirality, the Weyl points. In WSMs, nonorthogonal electric and magnetic fields induce an exotic phenomenon known as the chiral anomaly, resulting in an unconventional negative longitud…
Ferroelectrics, with their spontaneous switchable electric polarization and strong coupling between their electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical responses, provide functionalities crucial for a diverse range of applications. Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in epitaxial strain engineerin…