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Focusing of flexural waves achieved by pillared metasurface
A compact, lightweight metasurface consisting of pillars arranged on a flat plate successfully focuses an incident plane flexural wave into a spot.
Tunable elastic waveguide based on a soft phononic crystal
A soft, porous phononic crystal with hard inclusions serves as the basis for a unique type of waveguide that can be tuned by applying an external force.
Enhancing neuromorphic computing using memristors
Physical properties of these resistive memory devices could contribute to energy efficient brain-like circuit systems.
Unlocking the materials to new electronic behavior
The synthesis of a family of layered pnictides have garnered attention for their unique electronic properties.
The chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect necessitates a paradigm shift in this description of electron transport. The authors describe CISS for spin-dependent electron transport in chiral materials.
Weizmann Institute of Science
We overview experiments performed on the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect using various materials and experimental configurations. Through this survey of different material systems tha...
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Progress towards lower-cost proton exchange membrane fuel cells
A research update reviews the latest strategies to reduce the amount of expensive platinum group metals in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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The PVDF-TrFE/Si NW FeFET device achieved reliable synaptic plasticity and the inverter-in-synapse consisting of the FeFET synapse and resistor, promising a power-efficient neuromorphic system.
충북대학교(Chungbuk National University)
We herein demonstrate a brain-inspired synaptic device using a poly(vinylidene fluoride) and trifluoroethylene (PVDF-TrFE)/silicon nanowire (Si NW) based ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFE...
Ga2O3 films have been grown at rates exceeding 1 um/hr with excellent smoothness (< 1 nm rms on 4.5 um film) and crystallinity at low temperature (575 °C) by a new variant of MBE called suboxide MBE.
This paper introduces a growth method—suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy (S-MBE)—which enables a drastic enhancement in the growth rates of Ga2O3 and related materials to over 1 μm h−1 in an adsorptio...
Hydroxyl group substitution extends working temperature for ferroelectric materials
A hydroxyl group substitution method makes it easier to raise the transition temperature of molecular ferroelectric materials.
2D mineral substrate leads to more sensitive flexible magnetosensors
By using a layered mica substrate, magnetosensors can be made extremely flexible without sacrificing sensitivity.
Can negative capacitance help overcome the power dissipation limits in electronics? This perspective highlights recent progress and practical challenges for negative capacitance devices from the materials point of view.
Negative capacitance in ferroelectric materials has been suggested as a solution to reduce the power dissipation of electronics beyond fundamental limits. The discovery of ferroelectricity and nega...
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The authors review topological dipolar textures (vortices & skyrmions) formed in ferroelectric-oxide superlattices and emergent physical phenomena and their control through epitaxial strain, temperature and electric field.
Topological structures in ferroic materials have drawn great interest in recent years due to the richness of the underlying physics and the potential for applications in next generation electronics...
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Replicating structured surfaces with ultimate precision is a frontier in nanomanufacturing. Here the authors show that metallic glasses may be used to produce imprints that match the mold’s surface features with sub-angstrom accuracy.
Yale University
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have successfully been used to replicate molds that are structured at the nano- and even atomic scale through thermoplastic forming (TPF), an ability that was speculate...
Growth of AlGaO films on Ga2O3 substrates is limited by crack formation. First-principles surface calculations combined with Griffith theory elucidate mechanisms and predict the critical thickness.
UC Santa Barbara
Crack formation limits the growth of (AlxGa1−x)2O3 epitaxial films on Ga2O3 substrates. We employ first-principles calculations to determine the brittle fracture toughness of such films for three g...
Semi-automatic optimization of parameters fitted to distribution functions of ab-initio simulation enables us to produce interatomic force-fields for solid-state electrolytes very efficiently.
An automatic and high-throughput method to produce interatomic force-fields for solid-state electrolyte materials is proposed. The proposed method employs the cuckoo search algorithm with an automa...
Chibani and Coudert propose a brief overview of machine learning in chemistry and materials sciences, aimed at nonexperts, focusing on the methodologies for prediction of materials properties.
We give here a brief overview of the use of machine learning (ML) in our field, for chemists and materials scientists with no experience with these techniques. We illustrate the workflow of ML for ...
Strongly correlated molecules with spatial inversion symmetry breaking, showing electroresistance and electro-optic effects, have promising applications in molecular electronics and electro-optics.
University at Buffalo
Molecular ferroelectrics are often considered as an alternative to inorganic ferroelectrics due to their structural diversity, optical transparency, and low-temperature solution processing. A signi...
Halide perovskites have become blockbuster materials for devices. We review the emergence of halide perovskite epitaxy, which represents the next evolution to enable ascension in high end electronics and quantum computing.
Motivated by the exciting properties of metal halide perovskites in photovoltaic applications, there is an evolving need to further explore the limitations of this class of materials in broader fie...
Beyond the Mott-Schottky relation for Schottky junctions, interface dipole effect is effectively activated on wide bandgap semiconductor Ga2O3 by insertion of layered metal oxide PdCoO2.
Tohoku University
Control of Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) at metal/semiconductor interfaces is a critically important technique to design switching properties of semiconductor devices. In this study, we report th...
The paper focuses on the emergence of compositionally complex oxide materials through a survey of recent work, identifying challenges and new directions enabled by this class of materials.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A new class of ceramics, called entropy stabilized oxides, High Entropy Oxides (HEOs), multicomponent oxides, compositionally complex oxides, or polycation oxides, has generated considerable resear...
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