Applied Physics Letters
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Reward based optimization of resonance-enhanced piezoresponse spectroscopy
Dynamic spectroscopies in scanning probe microscopy (SPM) are critical for probing material properties, such as force interactions, mechanical properties, polarization switching, electrochemical react...
Low-temperature buffer layer-assisted heteroepitaxial growth of γ-CuI thin films by pulsed laser deposition: Tailoring electrical properties
As the first discovered p-type transparent conductive material, copper(I) iodide (CuI) is considered the most competitive p-type candidate in the field of transparent electronics. Herein, we introduce...
Quantitative analysis of leakage current in III-nitride micro-light-emitting diodes
The electrical characteristics under forward- and reverse-bias conditions of III-nitride blue and green micro-light-emitting diodes (μLEDs) are analyzed. A fitting model is proposed to determine the c...
Stretchable wearable thermoelectric generator from <i>in situ</i> reaction wavy tellurium films
Recent years have witnessed substantial advancements in wearable thermoelectric generators (TEGs) leveraging 2D thin-film structures. However, the rational design of TEGs that harmonizes high output p...
Three-dimensional carbon fiber networks with self-orienting nano-textures enabled by femtosecond laser processing
Here, an interconnected three-dimensional (3D) network of carbon fibers possessing nano-scaled ripples, or laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS), is fabricated via laser processing with an...
Achieving effective photoluminescence control in two-dimensional van der Waals transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures via laser-modified ozone intercalation
The integration of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) layers into van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures offers substantial opportunities for both materials synthesis and device desig...
Determining the mechanical properties of AlN films using micromechanical membranes
The mechanical properties of thin films can vary significantly due to variations in the deposition process. Monitoring these properties is essential when, e.g., engineering micro-mechanical devices. E...
The interfacial trapped charge of quintuple-layers Al2O3 induced by point defect
For two-dimensional (2D) polar semiconductors with out-of-plane polarization, as the number of stacked layers increases, the electronic properties could change from single-layer semiconductor to multi...
Transferable machine learning approach for predicting electronic structures of charged defects
The study of electronic properties of charged defects plays a crucial role in advancing our understanding of how defects influence conductivity, magnetism, and optical behavior in various materials. H...
Implementation of scalable suspended superinductors
Superinductors have become a crucial component in the superconducting circuit toolbox, playing a key role in the development of more robust qubits. Enhancing the performance of these devices can be ac...
Transmission of photonic entangled states encoded via eigenstates of photon-number parity operator
The transfer of quantum entangled states is of fundamental interest in quantum physics and plays an important role in quantum information processing, quantum communication, and quantum technology. Her...
Type-I and type-II interfaces in a MoSe2/WS2 van der Waals heterostructure
We report experimental evidence that MoSe2 and WS2 allow the formation of type-I and type-II interfaces, according to the thickness of the former. Heterostructure samples are obtained by stacking a mo...
Visible-spectrum (405–505 nm) low-temperature-deposited deuterated (D) SiNx-SiOy waveguides
Deuterated silicon nitride (SiNx:D)–silicon oxide (SiOy:D) waveguides grown by low-temperature (300 °C) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) operating in the violet (405 nm) to cyan (505 ...
Optimized perovskite photodetector achieved through optical manipulation via biomimetic nanostructure
Photodetectors with high integration and detectivity are in great demand for the development of wearable and flexible electronic devices. However, the limited photoelectric conversion efficiency at lo...
Wavelength-insensitive and fast photothermoelectric response in magnetic-Weyl-semimetal Co3Sn2S2 crystals
We systematically characterize the photothermoelectric (PTE) effect of pristine and Se-doped (4%, 8%, and 11%) Co3Sn2S2 crystals, a magnetic-Weyl-semimetal, on electromagnetic-wave wavelength and temp...
Erratum: “Production of 13.5 nm light with 5% conversion efficiency from 2 μm laser-driven tin microdroplet plasma” [Appl. Phys. Lett. <b>23</b> , 234101 (2023)]
Enhanced breakdown strength and reduced polarization hysteresis in relaxor ferroelectric polymers with increased gamma phase content for energy storage capacitors
Polymer dielectric energy storage capacitors play a vital role in modern electronic and electrical power systems, particularly in high-voltage environments. However, achieving both high energy density...
Nonlinear field dependence of Hall effect and high-mobility multi-carrier transport in an altermagnet CrSb
As a promising candidate for altermagnet, CrSb possesses a distinctive compensated spin split band structure that could lead to groundbreaking concepts in the field of spintronics. In this work, we ha...
Magnetic field tunable spectral response of kinetic inductance detectors
We tune the onset of optical response in aluminum kinetic inductance detectors from a natural cutoff frequency of 90 GHz to 60 GHz by applying an external magnetic field. The change in the spectral re...
Unipolar neuromorphic memtransistors with reconfigurable inhibition–excitation switching based on antagonistic dual mechanisms
Implementing reconfigurable excitatory–inhibitory bidirectional weight updates in a unipolar transistor is highly desirable for developing compact neuromorphic hardware but remains a significant chall...
Observation of transient trion induced by ultrafast charge transfer in graphene/MoS2 heterostructure
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures constructed from transition metal dichalcogenidess provide an ideal platform for exploring various quasiparticle behaviors, with trion—composed of neutral exciton...
Chemical-state imaging of a mammalian cell through multi-elemental soft x-ray spectro-ptychography
Soft x-ray spectro-ptychography is a high-resolution chemical state imaging technique and has significant potential for the analysis of light-element-rich samples such as biological cells. We measured...
Single-frame statistical gating in a speckle pattern generated by the dynamic scattering in disordered medium
The propagation of coherent light in a dynamic disordered medium generates dynamic speckle patterns. The dynamics intrinsic to the disordered medium result in a shorter decorrelation time for the mult...
In dopant enabled resonant level for thermoelectric enhancements in PbSnGeTe3
Resonant level engineering is an effective strategy to increase the Seebeck coefficient of thermoelectric semiconductors for high performance. Herein, we report a significant enhancement of the thermo...
Revealing the twist-angle-dependent interlayer coupling in WS2/MoSe2 heterostructures
Periodic moiré superlattice structures in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) heterostructures exhibit nanoscale tunable electronic and optical properties. Much effort has been devoted to understa...