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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 13 cited

Electron-phonon mediated spin-flip as driving mechanism for ultrafast magnetization dynamics in 3 ferromagnets

Theodor Griepe, Unai Atxitia

Despite intense experimental effort, theoretical proposals and modeling approaches, a lack of consensus exists about the intrinsic mechanisms driving ultrafast magnetization dynami…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 94 cited

Breaking through the Mermin-Wagner limit in 2D van der Waals magnets

Sarah Jenkins, Levente Rozsa, Unai Atxitia +3

The Mermin-Wagner theorem states that long-range magnetic order does not exist in one- or two-dimensional (2D) isotropic magnets with short-ranged interactions. The theorem has bee…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 34 cited

Understanding the growth mechanism of BaZrS chalcogenide perovskite thin films from sulfurized oxide precursors

Santhanu Panikar Ramanandan, Andrea Giunto, Elias Z. Stutz +8

Barium zirconium sulfide (BaZrS3) is an earth-abundant and environmentally friendly chalcogenide perovskite with promising properties for various energy conversion applications. Re…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 22 cited

High power density energy harvesting devices based on the anomalous Nernst effect of Co/Pt magnetic multilayers

Guillermo Lopez-Polin, Hugo Aramberri, Jorge Marques-Marchan +4

The anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) is a thermomagnetic phenomenon with potential applications in thermal energy harvesting. While many recent works studied the approaches to increas…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 74 cited

Strain control of hybridization between dark and localized excitons in a 2D semiconductor

Pablo Hernández López, Sebastian Heeg, Christoph Schattauer +8

Mechanical strain is a powerful tuning knob for excitons, Coulomb-bound electron-hole complexes dominating optical properties of two-dimensional semiconductors. While the strain re…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 25 cited

Enhanced thermally-activated skyrmion diffusion with tunable effective gyrotropic force

Takaaki Dohi, Markus Weißenhofer, Nico Kerber +12

Magnetic skyrmions, topologically-stabilized spin textures that emerge in magnetic systems, have garnered considerable interest due to a variety of electromagnetic responses that a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 41 cited

Electron paramagnetic resonance of alkali metal atoms and dimers on ultrathin MgO

Stepan Kovarik, Roberto Robles, Richard Schlitz +4

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) can provide unique insight into the chemical structure and magnetic properties of dopants in oxide and semiconducting materials that are of in…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 18 cited

Realization of the electric-field driven "one-material"-based magnetic tunnel junction using van der Waals antiferromagnetic MnPX3 (X: S, Se)

Yichen Jin, Mouhui Yan, Yuriy Dedkov +1

Presently a lot of efforts are devoted to the investigation of new two-dimensional magnetic materials, which are considered as promising for the realization of the future electroni…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 6 cited

Insights on the variability of Cu filament formation in the SiO2 electrolyte of quantized-conductance conductive bridge random access memory devices

Florian Maudet, Veeresh Deshpande, Catherine Dubourdieu

Conductive bridge random access memory devices such as Cu/SiO2/W are promising candidates for applications in neuromorphic computing due to their fast, low-voltage switching, multi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 18 cited

Donors, Acceptors, and a Bit of Aromatics: Electronic Interactions of Molecular Adsorbates on hBN and MoS Monolayers

Giacomo Melani, Juan Pablo Guerrero-Felipe, Ana M. Valencia +3

The design of low-dimensional organic-inorganic interfaces for the next generation of opto-electronic applications requires an in-depth understanding of the microscopic mechanisms…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 28 cited

Universal criteria for single femtosecond pulse ultrafast magnetization switching in ferrimagnets

Florian Jakobs, Unai Atxitia

Single-pulse switching has been experimentally demonstrated in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo and MnRuGa alloys. Complete understanding of single-pulse switching is missing due to th…