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Magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers: Prediction of four resistance states from first-principles
Julian P. Velev, Chun-Gang Duan, J. D. Burton +5
Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), composed of two ferromagnetic electrodes separated by a thin insulating barrier layer, are currently used in spintronic devices, such as magnetic…
The role of lubricant molecular shape in microscopic friction
Oleg M. Braun, Nicola Manini, Erio Tosatti
With the help of a simple two-dimensional model we simulate the tribological properties of a thin lubricant film consisting of linear (chain) molecules in the ordinary soft-lubrica…
Rack-and-pinion effects in molecular rolling friction
Oleg M. Braun, Erio Tosatti
Rolling lubrication with spherical molecules working as 'nanobearings' has failed experimentally so far, without a full understanding of the physics involved and of the reasons why…
Modeling the Unconventional Superconducting Properties of Expanded AC Fullerides
M. Capone, M. Fabrizio, C. Castellani +1
The trivalent alkali fullerides AC, where C are a well established family of molecular superconductors. The electron pairing has s-wave symmetry and is due to sta…
Two-level Physics in a Model Metallic Break Junction
P. Lucignano, G. E. Santoro, M. Fabrizio +1
We consider a model inspired by a metal break-junction hypothetically caught at its breaking point, where the non-adiabatic center-of-mass motion of the bridging atom can be treate…
Charging Induced Emission of Neutral Atoms from NaCl Nanocube Corners
Davide Ceresoli, Tatyana Zykova-Timan, Erio Tosatti
Detachment of neutral cations/anions from solid alkali halides can in principle be provoked by donating/subtracting electrons to the surface of alkali halide crystals, but generall…