Journal of Applied Physics
Articles in this Issue
Bi-controlled toroidal dipole induced dual qBICs on flexible substrate for ultrahigh sensitive optical switch and gas sensor
We present a dielectric metasurface comprising four pairs of asymmetric silicon (Si) nanorod dimers (ASDs) arranged in a double mirror-symmetric supercell on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. U...
Spin-polarized current in field-effect transistors made of magnetic polymers
This study theoretically explores the spin-polarized current ratio, conductivity, and spin moments in multilayered polymer field-effect transistors. Respective layers are formed by dimerized backbones...
Thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional Janus penta-PdXY (XY = SeTe, SSe, or STe) monolayers: Electron–phonon averaged approximation studies
Accurate evaluation of the thermoelectric (TE) figure of merit (ZT) using theoretical methods is essential for developing efficient TE materials for practical applications. Previous work based on the...
All-dielectric magnetic dipole and Biot–Savart–Laplace law for displacement currents in the ring
We have demonstrated that a dielectric plane ring with a high permittivity excited by an incident plane electromagnetic wave in the GHz frequency range is an almost ideal magnetic dipole for the basic...
Melting of tantalum under high pressure: <i>in situ</i> x-ray diffraction and <i>ab initio</i> molecular dynamic simulations
The melting behavior of tantalum under high pressure is of fundamental importance to materials science and high-energy-density applications. In this study, we investigated tantalum up to 450 GPa by co...
Study of diffusion length of individual ZnO nanowire
The electrical properties of individual ZnO nanorods were investigated. Chemical vapor deposition was used to grow arrays of ordered ZnO nanorods on silicon substrates. A 3D manipulation system was us...
Suppressing multiband Lamb wave propagation using surface-mounted curved elastic metasurfaces
Vibration control in engineering structures is a critical and common challenge. Acoustic metasurfaces offer a novel approach for vibration control by manipulating acoustic wave propagation. However, c...
The mechanisms of temperature rise and wavefront broadening induced by nanoscale He bubbles in copper during shock loadings
A molecular dynamics simulation study is conducted to investigate the evolution of nanoscale helium bubbles with varying morphologies under shock wave loadings. The investigated morphologies consist o...
A selective discontinuous Galerkin implicit particle-in-cell method for plasma simulation with improved interpolation
This article dynamically incorporates multiple ideas into the existing direct implicit particle-in-cell (DIPIC) method for plasma simulation, in order to dramatically improve the DIPIC method for its...
Plasma volume control in hybrid-type beam-plasma systems
Hybrid-type generators of non-equilibrium low-temperature plasmas are considered in the context of possible ways to control the plasma volume location in setup working chambers as well as plasma parti...
Design of annealing conditions for the formation of isolated single-photon emitters at SiO2/SiC interfaces
Density control of color centers is crucial to suppress the overlap between their luminescence and make them individually function as single-photon emitters (SPEs). In the present study, we studied th...
Microstructural and mechanical analysis of single crystal iron under non-planar loading: Atomic simulation
Current research still lacks understanding of the microstructure evolution and mechanical response of iron under non-planar loading conditions. In this work, the molecular dynamics simulation is used...
Valence fluctuations in Co-doped FeSn antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal
Valence fluctuations arising from quantum phenomena in the magnetic kagome lattice offer a unique platform to study the instabilities in charge configuration associated with magnetic interactions. Her...
Influence of gas flow rate on modes of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in a grid-type surface dielectric barrier discharge
The presented work investigates a surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) operated dry synthetic air as the working gas using a combination of experimental measurements and simulations. The primar...
Evolution of nanotracks in silicon nitride under intense electronic excitation: Role of H evolution and a concomitant dynamic electronic energy loss
Exposure to intense electronic excitation in PECVD-grown amorphous hydrogenated silicon nitride (a-SiNx:H) thin films with 100 MeV Ni7+ results in the formation of continuous nanoscale ion track struc...
An atomic-scale investigation of structural transitions in ruthenium induced by x-ray free-electron lasers
The surface thermodynamic properties of ruthenium (Ru) targets were systematically investigated under different laser energy fluences to elucidate the irradiation damage mechanisms of the grazing inci...
Strain relief and threading dislocation reduction in GaSb/AlSb/GaSb heterostructures grown on Si(001) substrate
The monolithic integration of III-Sb materials on Si substrates enables the development of novel functionalities and promising device applications. However, due to the large lattice mismatch to Si, di...
Ferroelectric epitaxial Al(Sc/B)N/Mo/SiC heterostructures for high operating temperature devices
Advances in wurtzite nitride ferroelectrics of Al1−xMxN (M = Sc or B) have led to novel capabilities, which must be integrated into existing fabrication processes. In the case of electronics operating...
Phase transition behavior in ferroelectric BaTi0.8Zr0.2O3: Evidence of polar cluster reorientation above Curie temperature
We study the phase transition behavior of the ferroelectric BaTi0.8Zr0.2O3 in the paraelectric region above the Curie temperature. The investigation of the phase transition using caloric, dielectric,...
Passivation of localized states in GaAs/GaNAs core/Shell nanowires by post-growth hydrogenation
Due to its attractive electronic properties, the GaNAs alloy is considered a promising material for optoelectronic applications in the near-infrared spectral region. Unfortunately, nitrogen incorporat...
Band alignment of indium tin oxide (ITO) and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) on non-hydrogenated and H-terminated (100) diamond
We report the band alignments of ITO/diamond and AZO/diamond heterostructures, comparing hydrogen-terminated (H-diamond) and non-hydrogenated (O-diamond) surfaces using x-ray photoelectron spectroscop...
Decoupling light redistribution from absorption via waveguide-integrated bilayer metagratings
Integrated optical systems, encompassing microwave photonics, optical communication receivers, and optical sensing, require photodetectors with high saturation power and responsivity. Achieving unifor...
Device modeling and numerical analysis of VO2-based oscillatory neuristors
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) holds great promise as a building block for neuromorphic computing due to its reversible phase transition at moderate stimulations and rapid switching speed. When integrated wit...
Study on the influence of anode evaporation on discharge plasma in low-current short vacuum arc
Short vacuum arc ion sources (inter-electrode gaps, 100–300 μm) demonstrate higher efficiency in promoting anode arc discharge compared to conventional millimeter-scale vacuum arcs (1–10 mm); however,...
Numerical simulations on DC-driven low-temperature plasmas by physics-informed neural networks
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology is empowering various fields, and the combination of AI and numerical simulation of Low-Temperature Plasmas (LTPs) has attracted widespread att...