Journal of Applied Physics
Articles in this Issue
Identification of disorder and effect of annealing on physical properties of half-metallic Fe–Ti–Sn based Heusler alloys
One notable yet typical characteristic of Heusler compounds is their susceptibility to antisite defects and disorders. Concerning this, the Fe2TiSn Heusler compound has been an exciting and disputed c...
Weighing unequal parameter importance and measurement expense in adaptive quantum sensing
A large class of experiments consists of measuring the parameters of physical models. In these experiments, the goal is to learn about these parameters as accurately and, often, quickly as possible. A...
Estimation of channel capacity in CAT6 cable with circular waveguide modeling for future THz communication systems
Millimeter-wave and terahertz (THz) frequency bands are being explored in wired and wireless communication systems due to ongoing demands for increased data rates. Recently, it has been proposed that...
Nonequilibrium ac quantum transport in nanoscale transistors
This paper presents the small-signal (ac) nonequilibrium Green function (NEGF) simulation approach. By utilizing the solution of the steady-state (dc) NEGF solutions, the ac responses of the electrost...
Optical sensing of nanoparticles employing porous silicon thin films
With the increasing consumption of nanomaterials in a variety of applications, our environment becomes more and more exposed to different kinds of (possibly toxic) nanomaterials having variable sizes...
Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasmas: A topical review through representative results obtained over the last 60 years
The present review is devoted to the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasmas. Considering that the electromagnetic wave absorption using the ECR concept has been employed since the 1960s, it become...
Application of ultrafast x-ray lasers in studying the material structure under shock compression
For more than a century, x rays have been an essential tool in physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and other subjects, considerably expanding our understanding of the fundamental structure...
Perspective: Are glasses really frozen?
A glass is obtained by cooling a liquid fast enough to avoid crystallization. It is a solid with elastic constants and density similar to those of a crystal with the same composition. It is customaril...
Large magnetoresistance induced by monolayer ScV2S4 with interlayer antiferromagnetic coupling between two V atomic layers
Antiferromagnetic spintronic devices are ideal candidates for next-generation picosecond-response and high-density information carriers, and the discovery of van der Waals (vdW) antiferromagnets provi...
Cu interconnect lifetime estimation in the presence of thermal gradients
Through physical and electrical analysis, the impact of thermal gradients on mass transport in Cu interconnects is studied using a dedicated test structure. The key physical parameter for thermomigrat...
The Zintl pnictides Yb10CdSb9 and Yb14CdSb11: New candidate thermoelectric materials
The synthesis of new materials is the lifeline of solid-state science, and it continues to offer us unique opportunities for testing various theoretical formulations and models on a practical material...
Nanoscale electrical conductance and leakage currents in etched and selective-area regrown GaAs pn junctions
Analysis and mitigation of junction leakage currents are central to the engineering of vertical semiconductor diode structures. We have used scanning capacitance microscopy and conductive atomic force...
Unstable instantaneous normal modes and diffusion in supercooled liquids
At supercooled temperatures, liquid fluidity requires barrier crossing on the multidimensional potential energy surface or landscape. However, most equilibrium quantities are then dominated by configu...
Continuum shock mixture models for Ni+Al multilayers: Individual layers and bulk equations of state
Continuum shock mixture models are reviewed and applied to determine the equations of state for five different compositions of NixAly, as well as bulk Ni+Al reactive multilayers, by combining the fund...
Alloying and strain effect on the electron transport, mechanical, and optical properties of Ga2O3 monolayer: A first-principles investigation
In this work, we first investigate the effects of alloying on the transport properties of the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor two-dimensional (2D) Ga2O3 using the special quasi-random structure appro...
Significance of radial magnetic field and Hall current on magnetic nanoparticle-assisted drug delivery and therapeutics in cylindrical vessels with bioconvection effects
Blood flow patterns are crucial for diagnosing circulatory disorders such as arteriosclerotic disease, promoting bioengineers and medical scientists to focus on analyzing blood flow dynamics within th...
Parametric pumping of coherent spin waves by surface acoustic waves
This study investigates the parametric pumping of coherent forward volume spin waves using traveling surface acoustic waves in thin-film yttrium iron garnet. Theoretical analysis, micromagnetic modeli...
An improved in-plane dynamics analysis of auxetic star structures enhanced with self-similar inclusions
This paper presents an extensive mechanical and deformation characterization of the stiffness and energy harvesting of the proposed modified star-shaped auxetic honeycomb structure (MAHS), reinforced...
New insights into tackling large amplitude oscillatory shear from an analytic perspective
Large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) has been widely applied for performing rheological analysis of complex fluids, especially yield stress fluids (YSFs) encountered in nature, daily life, or indu...
Effect of phase separation on electron transport diagram in indium-tin-oxide system
Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) have attracted significant attention due to their high electrical conductivity and optical transparency, which are crucial for modern optoelectronics. Among TCOs,...
Ultralow voltage resistive switching characteristics of HfOx/NiOx stacks
HfOx/NiOx stacks composed of polycrystalline HfOx and ⟨111⟩/⟨100⟩-orientation preferred NiOx films were prepared by magnetron sputtering. Triangular pyramid-shaped NiOx⟨111⟩ grains assemble into the d...
Increased critical current density in iron selenide telluride crystals doping with trace amount of cobalt
Iron selenide telluride superconductors, succeeding copper oxide superconductors, have refuted the long-standing belief that superconductors are incompatible with ferromagnetic elements. Moreover, the...