Applied Physics Letters
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Coexistence of topological nodal lines and Weyl nodes in a room-temperature half-metallic ferromagnet Cr3Si2Te6
Topological half-metallic ferromagnets, featured by topologically nontrivial states and fully spin-polarized electronic carriers at the Fermi level, are fertile playgrounds for exploring topo-spintron...
MoO2-modified carbon nanotablets prepared by assembly of a polyoxomolybdate precursor for enhanced microwave absorption properties
The electromagnetic wave pollution, originating from various electronic devices, has attracted widespread attention and has brought serious threats to human life. For this situation, the high-efficien...
Difference between dynamic and hydrostatic pressure-induced phase transition behaviors of ferroelectric ceramics
PZT95/5 is a widely used ferroelectric material renowned for its exceptional ferroelectric properties, making it a crucial component in pulsed power systems and advanced devices. The phase transition...
Transforming semitransparent organic photovoltaics into catalysts for positive emotional responses
Semitransparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs), due to their transparency, can be integrated into building designs through building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) to address the energy challenges p...
Wafer-level magnetic field biased single domain soft magnetic layers by integrated NdFeB micromagnets
Single magnetic domain soft magnetic films are the basis for many magnetic field sensing applications. The absence of magnetic domain walls reduces magnetic noise, which is relevant for magnetic sensi...
Tri-band terahertz polarization reconfigurable reflective metasurface based on liquid crystal
Terahertz technology is poised to revolutionize next-generation wireless communication systems, such as 5G-A and 6G, by addressing the growing need for efficient electromagnetic wave modulation in the...
Dual-channel fiber-optic biosensors based on LSPR and SPR for the trace detection of rabies virus
In this paper, a transmissive dual-channel fiber-optic biosensor based on local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is designed for the simultaneous detection of rabie...
An AlN/Al<i>x</i>Ga1-<i>x</i>N/GaN graded channel HEMT with enhanced power and linearity performance
In this work, an AlN/AlxGa1-xN/GaN graded channel HEMT (AlN. GC HEMT) with enhanced power and linearity performance has been proposed. With the adoption of a strong-polarized AlN barrier and a graded...
Interplay between magnetization compensation temperature and thickness in ferrimagnetic CoGd alloy films
In this study, we explore the interplay between magnetization compensation temperature (Tcom) and thickness in ferrimagnetic CoGd alloys. Temperature-dependent anomalous Hall effect shows that the thi...
An automatic energy storage and release high-performance micro-harvester with steady-state output for low-frequency random energy harvesting
Harvesting wideband and random vibration energy in the vehicle environment is a promising route to power mobile electronic devices. Conventional energy harvesters cannot realize steady-state output, m...
Strain-engineering the lattice thermal conductivity of 2D kagome silica
Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit a significant potential for thermal management and thermoelectric energy generation due to their unique electrical and thermal transport properties that enhance...
High-pressure high-temperature synthesis of cubic B-C-N compounds with high thermal stability
Exploring superhard materials is of great significance in materials research. Ternary B-C-N superhard compounds exhibit a superior thermal stability to diamond, with hardness surpassing cubic boron ni...
Experimental demonstration of synchronization between two quantum dot passively mode-locked laser frequency combs utilizing bidirectional optical coupling
Two monolithic edge-emitting passively mode-locked InAs/InGaAs semiconductor quantum dot lasers generating ps optical pulses at repetition rates of 10 GHz and optical frequency combs centered at 1260 ...
A perspective on mechanism of heat transfer and performance optimization in advanced thermal interface materials
In recent years, thermal interface materials (TIMs) have garnered increasing attention in the field of thermal management for electronic devices. By effectively bridging the gap between electronic com...
Non-ergodic-induced negative differential piezoresponse in relaxor ferroelectrics
Relaxor ferroelectrics exhibit a unique competition between long-range and short-range interactions that can be tuned electrically, which prioritizes these materials in a broad range of electro-mechan...
Prediction of toroidal dipole resonance in dielectric metasurface by deep learning
Toroidal dipole (TD) resonance is a promising method for enhancing light–matter interactions, offering significant potential in photonic device design. While numerical simulations are commonly used to...
Dual-metal hybrid metasurface for liquid-tunable infrared polarization-selective perfect absorption
Nanostructure-based metasurfaces provide a promising route for arbitrarily manipulating light waves, especially versatile absorption. Although various meta-absorbers have been studied for perfect abso...
Enhancement to the conductivity of surface transfer-doped (111) diamond through thermochemical surface etching
The use of a transition metal catalyzed thermochemical etching method for improving the carrier transport properties of the near-surface two-dimensional (2D) hole gas in surface transfer-doped hydroge...
Investigating the interplay between spin polarization and magnetic damping in CoxFe80−xB20 for magnonics applications
For magnonics and spintronics applications, the spin polarization (P) of a transport current and the magnetic damping (α) play a crucial role, e.g., for magnetization dynamics and magnetization switch...
Control of impurity incorporation into CVD diamond synthesized with <i>tert</i>-butylphosphine for quantum applications
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in phosphorus-doped diamond have potential applications in quantum technologies because their electron spin has the longest spin coherence time among those in solid syste...
Voltage-controlled strain-mediated elliptical micro-magnetic motors for single magnetic bead manipulation
Effective manipulation of magnetic beads (MBs) with dimensions similar to single cells is crucial for advancing clinical and diagnostic technologies. Traditional methods like optical tweezers and diel...
Self-reassembly wearable thermoelectric generator using surface-modified TMDCs
Wearable thermoelectric generators (WTEGs) are of significance in the conversion of body heat into electricity for the purpose of powering wearable electronic devices. Two-dimensional (2D) transition...
3D protoacoustic radiography: A proof of principle study
We propose protoacoustic radiography (PAR), an imaging modality combining proton excitation and acoustic detection for three-dimensional (3D) imaging from a single proton projection. PAR avoids the ef...
A piezoelectric wind-induced vibration energy harvester via the Venturi effect
In this Letter, the Venturi effect is introduced to change the vibration behaviors of a downwind bluff body and a piezoelectric wind-induced vibration energy harvester using the Venturi effect (VE-PWV...
Influence of bias-voltage noise on the inelastic cooper-pair tunneling amplifier (ICTA)
We experimentally show that the inelastic cooper-pair tunneling amplifier (ICTA), implementing a DC-powered parametric amplification scheme, can achieve gain and noise performance similar to that of A...