Applied Physics Letters
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Enabling room-temperature ferromagnetism in few-layered MoS2 films via strain engineering
Strain engineering presents a promising pathway for modulating the physical properties of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides materials. In this study, we investigate the strain-indu...
Magnetic order in pulsed laser deposited films of van der Waals magnet (Fe,Ni)5GeTe2
We report the growth of highly textured thin films of (Fe,Ni)5GeTe2 two-dimensional ferromagnet on c-plane sapphire using pulsed laser deposition. Structural characterization via x-ray diffraction con...
Electron trapping/detrapping at oxygen vacancies and imprint evolution in La-doped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 ferroelectric capacitors probed by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
We evaluate the correlation between polarization-dependent oxygen vacancy profile and imprint in technologically relevant TiN/La-doped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2/TiN ferroelectric capacitors using hard x-ray photoe...
Anomalous spontaneous entropy reduction phenomenon in oil droplet diffusion
Entropy inherently tends to increase in the absence of external influence, leading to greater disorder. Herein, the anomalous spontaneous entropy reduction phenomenon was found, as demonstrated by the...
Scalable, non-contact determination of electric properties of nanostructures via electro-rotation in water solution
Breakthroughs in nanotechnology have enabled the large-scale fabrication of nanoparticles with varied compositions and structures. Yet, evaluating their electrical conductivities remains challenging d...
Field-enhanced photocarrier separation in a split-gate MOS photocatalytic device
Semiconductor photocatalysis offers significant potential for solving energy and environment challenges, but its efficiency is often limited by the rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carrier...