Journal of Applied Physics
Articles in this Issue
Strain-controllable electronic, magnetic properties, and magnetic anisotropy energy in a 2D ferromagnetic half-metallic MGT monolayer
The investigation of two-dimensional (2D) intrinsic ferromagnetic material is important in the field of spintronics. In this study, the Mn2Ge2Te6 monolayer (ML) with intrinsic ferromagnetism was fabri...
Effective demagnetizing tensor incorporating finite width effect for magnetic nanowire design in racetrack devices
Structural engineering is a promising approach to enhance the performance of racetrack devices in term of power consumption for domain wall dynamics and shift errors via the control of the in-plane sh...
Elastic properties associated with liquid–liquid phase transition in molten cerium
Cerium is regarded as one of the few metals that exhibit a first-order liquid–liquid phase transition (LLPT). However, despite the theoretical attribution of the LLPT to the localized-itinerant transi...
Residual strain optimization in 3D MOSFET structures for enhanced mobility via nanoscale heat transfer
This study addresses the optimization of strain in continuous MOSFET downscaling, particularly at the nanoscale, where traditional Fourier models fail due to non-diffusive phonon transport effects. We...
An innovative and rapid method for permanent hydrophilic modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) chip surfaces
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a fundamental material in the fabrication of microfluidic devices, suffers from nonspecific adsorption of biological samples due to its hydrophobic nature. Herein, by empl...
All-optical vector magnetometry based on fine and hyperfine interactions in spin-32 centers in silicon carbide
The possibility of using axial spin centers with S=3/2 in silicon carbide for all-optical measurement of the projection Bz of the external magnetic field onto the c-axis of the SiC crystal, as well as...
A radial micro-vibration system for reducing friction of passive interventional guidewire
Endovascular guidewire interventional surgery is an effective treatment for vascular diseases. However, due to factors, such as blood viscosity and complex vascular morphology, the guidewire is interf...
Electrical properties of ScN thin films controlled by defect engineering using oxygen ion implantation
Defects tend to modify significantly the properties of semiconductors, such as transport properties, by increasing the scattering of electrons and phonons, or optical properties, by modifying the band...
Photoluminescence dynamics and ligand exchange in PbS/CdS core/shell nanocrystal films
Photoluminescence studies in PbS/CdS core/shell nanocrystal thin films reveal that the length of organic ligands at the nanocrystal surface controls the photoluminescence rise time and the short-lived...
Study of the recrystallization behaviors induced by annealing and irradiation on amorphous SiC
Silicon carbide and its derivatives are promising materials with potential applications in various types of nuclear reactors. To better understand their characteristics, this paper investigates the re...
Temperature dependent thermoelectric transport in PEDOT–PSS conducting polymer: The effect of additives
We report on both the electrical and thermoelectric transport properties as a function of temperature in poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT)–poly(styrene sulfonate) conducting polymers for a wid...
Voltage controlled light states in a spatially pseudo-random bit sequence encoded optical lattice
We have demonstrated reconfigurable light states in an optical lattice utilizing the electro-optic Pockels effect in a LiNbO3 slab through altering the transverse refractive index profile of the latti...
Tuning the superconducting dome in granular aluminum thin films
The peculiar superconducting properties of granular aluminum, which consists of nanometer-sized aluminum grains separated by aluminum oxide, are attractive for applications in quantum circuitry, and t...
Temperature-independent zero–zero-birefringence polymer using <i>N</i>-substituted maleimide and styrene
To date, the orientational birefringence and the photoelastic birefringence of alternating copolymers have not been studied in detail. We focused on N-substituted maleimide (RMI) and styrene (St) as a...
Experimental observation of mutual coupling in resonator array on thin-metal-film
We present the experimental observation of electromagnetic mutual coupling in an array of ring-shaped resonators (meta-atoms) fabricated on a free-standing thin metal film using a maskless direct lase...
Spin-transfer switching dynamics in a two-macrospin-coupled model system
A quantitative understanding of spin-torque switching of nanomagnets beyond a macrospin limit and at finite temperature is important for applications, such as spin-torque magnetic random access memory...
Interface instabilities in hafnium hydride entrained iron metal matrix composites
The chemical interactions in Fe–HfH2 metal matrix composites (MMCs) are studied across multiple length scales to elucidate the decomposition of the parent phases and corresponding reaction zone physic...
Frictional heating in cyclotrimethylene trinitramine during nanoscratching: Plasticity and localized melting
Frictional heating in cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) can generate hotspots, which are local regions of elevated temperature that may trigger explosion. In this study, we quantified the character...
Sorption of gases by disordered materials: A model based on the glass transition effect
Disordered materials in the glassy state show different gas sorption properties compared to same materials in the liquid or rubbery state. The sorption enthalpy becomes more exothermic, and the absorb...
Million-atom heat transport simulations of polycrystalline graphene approaching first-principles accuracy enabled by neuroevolution potential on desktop GPUs
First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of heat transport in systems with large-scale structural features are challenging due to their high computational cost. Here, using polycrystalline grap...
Hydrogen-terminated single crystal diamond MOSFET with the dielectric of Ga2O3
In this work, the first fabrication and investigation of normally-off single crystal hydrogen-sterminated diamond MOSFETs with Ga2O3 dielectric has been successfully carried out. 50-nm-thick Ga2O3 was...
Charge-mediated electric control of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Fe–Ga/PMN-PT composite multiferroic
We present an experimental study of the magnetoelectric coupling in the Fe-Ga/Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3]0.68-[PbTiO3]0.31 thin-film multiferroic composite using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and ferromagn...
Generation of non-diffracting vortex beams by an Archimedean spiral plate
The non-diffraction beams are featured with maintained phase and intensity profiles, which have been utilized in various fields. Previous approaches for producing non-diffraction beams focused on desi...