Journal of Applied Physics
Articles in this Issue
Dynamic evolution of damage and temperature of PBX subjected to low-velocity impact
The mechanical–thermal–chemical coupled peridynamic (PD) model is employed to investigate the mechanical damage accompanied by the temperature rise of polymer bonded explosives (PBXs) subjected to low...
Koch snowflake-inspired acoustic metasurface for broadband sound diffusion in automotive loudspeaker systems
In confined automotive environments, the interaction between loudspeaker directivity and complex cabin boundaries further exacerbates the spatial non-uniformity of the sound field, especially at high...
Implementation of compound refractive lenses for large field-of-view x-ray phase-contrast imaging during hypervelocity impact experiments
Synchrotron x-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI) offers time-resolved visualization of dynamic compression phenomena, but its intrinsically small field-of-view (FOV) limits the time that key features r...
Field-free picosecond spin–orbit torque switching of a novel cylindrical magnetic tunnel junction
The development of high-density, field-free spin–orbit torque (SOT) magnetic random access memory (MRAM) at sub-5 nm technology nodes is crucial for next-generation memory technologies. Here, we propo...
Optimization of high-frequency loss properties in Fe-substituted Pr2(Co1−xFex)17 soft-magnetic composites
Soft-magnetic materials are critical functional components in high-frequency electronic devices and high-efficiency energy conversion systems. The development of new soft-magnetic materials has become...
Thermal design automation (TDA) for multiscale thermal management of electronics
Modern semiconductor devices face critical thermal management challenges as power densities increase and feature sizes approach deep nanoscale where classical Fourier’s heat conduction law breaks down...
Critical behavior near magnetic transition in room-temperature kagome magnet Fe3Sn2
Fe 3 Sn 2 is a promising kagome magnet known for holding room-temperature topologically stable spin textures and exhibiting non-trivial momentum-space topology. In this work, we present field-dependen...
A novel strategy to decorate Ni(OH)2 micro flowers on highly exfoliated rGO sheets supported by 3D-Ni foam architecture as binder free supercapacitive electrode
The reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been widely studied as a supercapacitive electrode material due to its distinctive properties, including high specific surface area and electronic conductivity. Ho...
Quantum size effect and anomalous optical property of Bi2Se3 thin films on mica
Bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) is a promising 2D quantum nanomaterial for thermoelectric and optoelectronic devices; however, several growth techniques lack crystalline uniformity and scalability. Through...
A review on the physics of phase transition in vanadium-sesquioxide thin-films and their synchrotron-based electronic structures
Vanadium-sesquioxide (V2O3) has been shown significant interest in material engineering in recent years. It is a direct consequence of the first order reversible phase transition that demonstrates a f...
Scanning spreading resistance microscopy for <i>p</i> – <i>n</i> junction and carrier distribution analysis in InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser heterostructure
Scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) was used to study the spatial distribution of carrier concentration in an InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser heterostructure. An analysis of the dependenc...
Mechanically tunable bending-wave actuators via defective phononic crystals on elastic foundations
Piezoelectric actuators that leverage defect modes in phononic crystals (PnCs) have the capacity to significantly amplify longitudinal or flexural waves, rendering them a compelling option for nondest...
Simulations of muon imaging with the LANL GMT detector for spent nuclear fuel cask content verification
Atmospheric muons are typically high energy, highly penetrating charged particles. They interact with matter primarily through multiple Coulomb scatterings. Muon scattering intensities can be used to...
A comprehensive study of thermal conductivity and infrared dielectric properties of PbTe
The low thermal conductivity (κ) of lead telluride (PbTe) has attracted significant attention due to its role as a representative mid-temperature thermoelectric material. Although numerous studies hav...
Hydration engineering of WO3 for optimizing hydrogen spillover: A first-principles guided approach to boost alkaline HER
The hydrogen evolution effect has been widely demonstrated to enhance the kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by decoupling the water splitting and hydrogen recombination steps. Although...
(100) Microcracks induced by (1 ± 11) stacking faults in halide vapor deposited (001) β-Ga2O3: Origin of reverse leakage current in Schottky barrier diodes observed by high-sensitive emission microscopy and synchrotron x-ray topography
This study reports that microcracks on a halide vapor-phase epitaxy (HVPE)-deposited (001) β-Ga2O3 epitaxial layer are killer defects in Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs). The microcracks are (100) crack...
Bidirectional cyclic hybrid quantum information transmission of arbitrary single-qubit state with different levels of control
Current hierarchical control quantum communication protocols are mostly limited to linear bidirectional architectures with only two communication agents, lacking cyclic information exchange capabiliti...
Phase transitions and virtual exceptional points in quantum emitters coupled to dissipative baths
Controlling atom–photon interactions in engineered environments is central to quantum optics and emerging quantum technologies. Non-Hermitian (NH) photonic baths, where dissipation fundamentally resha...
Integrated amorphous silicon designs for high-efficiency betavoltaic batteries
The self-absorption effect of the radioactive source is one of the factors that affect the output performance of betavoltaic batteries. This paper proposes a betavoltaic battery using amorphous silico...
As-grown domain structure and local switching in [111]-cut Cu-doped KNN single crystals
A comprehensive study of the ferroelectric domain structure in a [111]c-oriented KNN-Cu single crystal grown by the Bridgman route is presented. The research focused on both visualizing the domain str...
Investigation of dynamics of the microcantilever in torsional resonance atomic force microscopy in liquid environments
The dynamic behavior of the microcantilever in torsional resonance atomic force microscopy (TR-AFM) operating in liquid environments is governed by a complex interplay between hydrodynamic loading and...
Fibonacci-engineered spin and charge thermoelectrics in a long range Su–Schrieffer–Heeger chain: A pathway to giant figure of merit
In this work, we present a novel investigation into the spin-dependent thermoelectric performance of an extended Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model, showcasing for the first time, how its intrinsic spin...
Theoretical modeling and simulation of irradiation effects of non-ideal Gaussian beams on metal materials in linearly polarized mode
This paper investigates the modeling of irradiation effects of non-ideal Gaussian Linearly Polarized mode lasers on metallic materials and proposes corresponding theoretical models and numerical simul...
Transport of <i>p</i> – <i>n</i> junction in complex honeycomb lattice
We investigate electron transport through the p–n junction of a complex honeycomb (CHC) lattice under a vertical magnetic field, where m atoms are added to each side of the hexagonal honeycomb lattice...
Studies on the operation mechanism of the Ba2ScAlO5 impregnated cathode
The Ba2ScAlO5 cathode exhibits significant potential for applications in vacuum electronic devices. The tilted cathode possesses a large electron emission of 12.7 A/cm2 at 1000 °C in the DC mode. Micr...