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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 293 cited

Chemical assembly of atomically thin transistors and circuits in a large scale

Mervin Zhao, Yu Ye, Yimo Han +5

Next-generation electronics calls for new materials beyond silicon for increased functionality, performance, and scaling in integrated circuits. Carbon nanotubes and semiconductor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 87 cited

Nanoscale assembly processes revealed in the nacroprismatic transition zone of Pinna nobilis mollusc shells

Robert Hovden, Stephan E. Wolf, Megan E. Holtz +3

Intricate biomineralization processes in molluscs engineer hierarchical structures with meso-, nano-, and atomic architectures that give the final composite material exceptional me…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 7 cited

Ferromagnetic resonance phase imaging in spin Hall multilayers

Feng Guo, Jason M. Bartell, Gregory D. Fuchs

We experimentally image the magnetic precession phase of patterned spin Hall multilayer samples to study the rf driving field vector using time-resolved anomalous Nernst effect (TR…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 165 cited

`Ferroelectric' Metals Reexamined: Fundamental Mechanisms and Design Considerations for New Materials

Nicole A. Benedek, Turan Birol

The recent observation of a ferroelectric-like structural transition in metallic LiOsO has generated a flurry of interest in the properties of polar metals. Such materials are…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Ferroelectric Transition in Compressively Strained SrTiO3 Thin Films

Amit Verma, Santosh Raghavan, Susanne Stemmer +1

We report the temperature dependent capacitance-voltage characteristics of Pt/SrTiO3 Schottky diodes fabricated using compressively strained SrTiO3 thin films grown on (LaAlO3)0.3(…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Nucleation and strain-stabilization during organic semiconductor thin film deposition

Yang Li, Jing Wan, Detlef-M. Smilgies +3

The nucleation mechanisms during solution deposition of organic semiconductor thin films determine the grain morphology and may influence the crystalline packing in some cases. Her…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 25 cited

Structure of Periodic Crystals and Quasicrystals in Ultrathin Film Ba-Ti-O

Eric Cockayne, Marek Mihalkovic, Christopher L. Henley

We model the remarkable thin-film Ba-Ti-O structures formed by heat treatment of an initial perovskite BaTiO thin film on a Pt(111) surface. All structures contain a rumpled Ti…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Transient phases during fast crystallization of organic thin films from solution

Jing Wan, Yang Li, Jeffrey G. Ulbrandt +4

We report an in-situ microbeam grazing incidence X-ray scattering study of 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C-BTBT) organic semiconductor thin film deposition…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 65 cited

Thickness-Dependent Magnetoelasticity and its Effects on Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Ta|CoFeB|MgO Thin Films

Praveen G. Gowtham, Gregory M. Stiehl, Daniel C. Ralph +1

We report measurements of the in-plane magnetoelastic coupling in ultra-thin Ta|CoFeB|MgO layers as a function of uniaxial strain, conducted using a four-point bending apparatus. F…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 27 cited

Tunable excitonic insulator in quantum limit graphite

Z. Zhu, R. D. McDonald, A. Shekhter +4

Half a century ago, Mott noted that tuning the carrier density of a semimetal towards zero produces an insulating state in which electrons and holes form bound pairs. It was later…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 40 cited

A co-crystal between benzene and ethane, an evaporite material for Saturn's moon Titan

Helen E. Maynard-Casely, Robert Hodyss, Morgan L. Cable +1

Using synchrotron powder diffraction the structure of a co-crystal between benzene and ethane has been determined. The structure is remarkable, a lattice of benzene molecules playi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 16 cited

A Critical Analysis of the Feasibility of Pure Strain-Actuated Giant Magnetostrictive Nanoscale Memories

Praveen G. Gowtham, Graham E. Rowlands, Robert A. Buhrman

Concepts for memories based on the manipulation of giant magnetostrictive nanomagnets by stress pulses have garnered recent attention due to their potential for ultra-low energy op…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 49 cited

Hierarchical spin-orbital polarisation of a giant Rashba system

L. Bawden, J. M. Riley, C. H. Kim +15

The Rashba effect is one of the most striking manifestations of spin-orbit coupling in solids, and provides a cornerstone for the burgeoning field of semiconductor spintronics. It…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Phase-sensitive imaging of ferromagnetic resonance using ultrafast heat pulses

Feng Guo, J. M. Bartell, D. H. Ngai +1

Measuring local magnetization dynamics and its spatial variation is essential for advancements in spintronics and relevant applications. Here we demonstrate a phase-sensitive imagi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 22 cited

Comparative study of rare earth hexaborides using high resolution angle-resolved photoemission

Shyama V. Ramankutty, Nick de Jong, Ying-Kai Huang +5

Strong electron correlations in rare earth hexaborides can give rise to a variety of interesting phenomena like ferromagnetism, Kondo hybridization, mixed valence, superconductivit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 90 cited

Traveling surface spin-wave resonance spectroscopy using surface acoustic waves

Praveen G. Gowtham, Takahiro Moriyama, Daniel C. Ralph +1

Coherent gigahertz-frequency surface acoustic waves (SAWs) traveling on the surface of a piezoelectric crystal can, via the magnetoelastic interaction, resonantly excite traveling…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 36 cited

Spin and lattice excitations of a BiFeO3 thin film and ceramics

S. Skiadopoulou, V. Goian, C. Kadlec +7

We present a comprehensive study of polar and magnetic excitations in BiFeO3 ceramics and a thin film epitaxially grown on an orthorhombic (110) TbScO3 substrate. Infrared reflecti…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 6 cited

Unique opportunity to harness polarization in GaN to override the conventional power electronics figure-of-merits

Huili Grace Xing, Bo Song, Mingda Zhu +4

Owing to the large breakdown electric field, wide bandgap semiconductors such as SiC, GaN, Ga2O3 and diamond based power devices are the focus for next generation power switching a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 386 cited

Esaki diodes in van der Waals heterojunctions with broken-gap energy band alignment

Rusen Yan, Sara Fathipour, Yimo Han +8

Van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions composed of 2-dimensional (2D) layered materials are emerging as a solid-state materials family that exhibit novel physics phenomena that can po…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 129 cited

Enhancement of the Anti-Damping Spin Torque Efficacy of Platinum by Interface Modification

Minh-Hai Nguyen, Chi-Feng Pai, Kayla X. Nguyen +3

We report a strong enhancement of the efficacy of the spin Hall effect (SHE) of Pt for exerting anti-damping spin torque on an adjacent ferromagnetic layer by the insertion of $\ap…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 3 cited

Characterization of the Surface of Moving solid 4He

Ethan Livne, Anna Eyal, Ori Scaly +1

Crystal grains of solid He can move in relation to each other even when embedded inside the solid. In this work, we characterize a macroscopic motion of solid hcp He compos…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 16 cited

Stoichiometry Dependence of Potential Screening at LaAlO/SrTiO Interfaces

C. Weiland, G. E. Sterbinsky, A. K. Rumaiz +4

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) and variable kinetic energy x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (VKE-XPS) analyses have been performed on 10 unit cell LaAl$_{…