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20192026
most citedEpitaxy, exfoliation, and strain-induced magnetism in rippled Heusler membranes

53 citations · 241 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Epitaxial stabilization of magnetic GdAuSb/LaAuSb superlattices

Patrick J. Strohbeen, Soohyun Im, Tamalika Samanta +7

We report the epitaxial stabilization of GdAuSb films and GdAuSb/LaAuSb superlattices via molecular beam epitaxy on (0001)-oriented AlO substrates. GdAuSb crystallize i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Tunable polar distortions and magnetism in GdLaPtSb epitaxial films

Dongxue Du, Cheyu Zhang, Jingrui Wei +5

Hexagonal intermetallics are predicted to have tunable ferroelectric, topological, and magnetic properties as a function of the polar buckling of atomic planes. We repor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Effect of Pt vacancies on magnetotransport of Weyl semimetal candidate GdPtSb epitaxial films

Dongxue Du, Laxman Raju Thoutam, Konrad T. Genser +5

We examine the effects of Pt vacancies on the magnetotransport properties of Weyl semimetal candidate GdPtSb films, grown by molecular beam epitaxy on c-plane sapphire. Rutherford…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 34 cited

Perspective: strain and strain gradient engineering in membranes of quantum materials

Dongxue Du, Jiamian Hu, Jason K Kawasaki

Strain is powerful for discovery and manipulation of new phases of matter; however, the elastic strains accessible to epitaxial films and bulk crystals are typically limited to sma…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 27 cited

Controlling the balance between remote, pinhole, and van der Waals epitaxy of Heusler films on graphene/sapphire

Dongxue Du, Taehwan Jung, Sebastian Manzo +6

Remote epitaxy on monolayer graphene is promising for synthesis of highly lattice mismatched materials, exfoliation of free-standing membranes, and re-use of expensive substrates.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 53 cited

Pinhole-seeded lateral epitaxy and exfoliation of GaSb films on graphene-terminated surfaces

Sebastian Manzo, Patrick J. Strohbeen, Zheng-Hui Lim +3

Remote epitaxy is a promising approach for synthesizing exfoliatable crystalline membranes and enabling epitaxy of materials with large lattice mismatch. However, the atomic scale…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 14 cited

Solid phase epitaxial growth of the correlated-electron transparent conducting oxide SrVO3

Samuel D. Marks, Lin Lin, Peng Zuo +11

SrVO3 thin films with a high figure of merit for applications as transparent conductors were crystallized from amorphous layers using solid phase epitaxy (SPE). Epitaxial SrVO3 fil…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 12 cited

Electronic correlations in the semiconducting half-Heusler compound FeVSb

Estiaque H. Shourov, Patrick J. Strohbeen, Dongxue Du +8

Electronic correlations are crucial to the low energy physics of metallic systems with localized and states; however, their effect on band insulators and semiconductors is…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 53 cited

Epitaxy, exfoliation, and strain-induced magnetism in rippled Heusler membranes

Dongxue Du, Sebastian Manzo, Chenyu Zhang +6

Single-crystalline membranes of functional materials enable the tuning of properties via extreme strain states; however, conventional routes for producing membranes require the use…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 8 cited

Semi-adsorption-controlled growth window for half Heusler FeVSb epitaxial films

Estiaque H. Shourov, Ryan Jacobs, Wyatt A. Behn +8

The electronic, magnetic, thermoelectric, and topological properties of Heusler compounds (composition or ) are highly sensitive to stoichiometry and defects. Here we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 12 cited

Control of polymorphism during epitaxial growth of hyperferroelectric candidate LiZnSb on GaSb (111)B

Dongxue Du, Patrick J. Strohbeen, Hanjong Paik +6

A major challenge for ferroelectric devices is the depolarization field, which competes with and often destroys long-range polar order in the limit of ultrathin films. Recent theor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 22 cited

High electrical conductivity in the epitaxial polar metals LaAuGe and LaPtSb

Dongxue Du, Amber Lim, Chenyu Zhang +7

Polar metals are an intriguing class of materials that simultaneously host free carriers and polar structural distortions. Despite the name "polar metal," however, most well-studie…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 6 cited

Electronically enhanced layer buckling and Au-Au dimerization in epitaxial LaAuSb films

Patrick J. Strohbeen, Dongxue Du, Chenyu Zhang +5

We report the molecular beam epitaxial growth, structure, and electronic measurements of single-crystalline LaAuSb films on AlO (0001) substrates. LaAuSb belongs to a broad…