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Aug, 2026

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A first principles approach for determining solute effect on electrical resistivity of Aluminum solid solution

There are no general approaches for predicting the effect of solutes on electrical resistivity changes in aluminum (Al) solid solutions. Here, we introduce a first principles-based approach for predicting temperature-dependent electrical resistivity of Al solid solutions. A combination of electronic structure methods was applied to calculate electronic scattering effects o…
Mar, 2026

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Substrate-Directed Underlayer Growth of Bilayer MoS2 Revealed by Mo Isotope Labeling

Direct control over the vertical formation sequence and stacking registry in van der Waals (vdW) bilayers is essential for device performance and moiré engineering yet difficult to resolve unambiguously with conventional probes. We use Mo isotope labeling in a two-step chemical vapor deposition process to synthesize bilayer MoS2 and trace its vertical formation on common s…
Mar, 2026

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Reversible Modification of Rashba States in Topological Insulators at Room Temperature by Edge Functionalization

Quantum materials with novel spin textures from strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) are essential components for a wide array of proposed spintronic devices. Topological insulators have a necessary strong SOC that imposes a unique spin texture on topological states and Rashba states that arise on the boundary, but there is no established methodology to control the spin textur…
Dec, 2025

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Nonequilibrium Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticle “Building Blocks” for Crystal Growth by Sequential Attachment in Pulsed Laser Deposition

Nonequilibrium growth pathways for crystalline nanostructures with metastable phases are demonstrated through the gas-phase formation, attachment, and crystallization of ultrasmall amorphous nanoparticles as building blocks in pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Temporally and spatially resolved gated-intensified charge couple device (ICCD) imaging and ion probe measurements ar…
Oct, 2025

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Multilayered Cu-Carbon Nanotube Composites for Advanced Conductors

Improving the efficiency of electrical components is critical in reducing energy consumption for various industrial and residential applications, ranging from rotating machinery to all electric devices and electric vehicle (EV) components to power grid systems. Substituting Cu wires with reduced resistance conductors that incorporate carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into Cu─ultraco…
Aug, 2025

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The Influence of Structural Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites on Their Photoluminescence Efficiency — Neutron Scattering Analysis

Two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have emerged as promising materials for light-emitting diode applications. In this study, by using time-of-flight neutron spectroscopy we identified and quantitatively separated the lattice vibrational and molecular rotational dynamics of two perovskites, butylammonium lead iodide (BA)2PbI4 and phenethyl-ammonium…
Aug, 2025

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Low energy implantation into transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers to form Janus structures

Atomically-thin two-dimensional (2D) materials face significant energy barriers for synthesis and processing into functional metastable phases such as Janus structures. Here, the controllable implantation of hyperthermal species from pulsed laser deposition (PLD) plasmas is introduced as a top-down method to compositionally engineer 2D monolayers. The kinetic energies of S…
Aug, 2025

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Strain Programming of Oxygen Octahedral Symmetry in Perovskite Oxide Thin Films

The collective rotations of oxygen octahedra play an important role in determining the physical properties of functional perovskite oxides. The epitaxial strain can serve as an effective means to modify the oxygen octahedral symmetry (OOS), i.e., oxygen octahedral rotation or tilt (OOR/OOT). However, the strain-OOS coupling that may alter the details of the OOS, thereby th…
Aug, 2025

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Thickness-dependent polaron crossover in tellurene

Polarons, quasiparticles from electron-phonon coupling, are crucial for material properties including high-temperature superconductivity and colossal magnetoresistance. However, scarce studies have investigated polaron formation in low-dimensional materials with phonon polarity and electronic structure transitions. In this work, we studied polarons of tellurene, composed o…
Aug, 2025

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First-Principles Calculations of the Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Copper and Nitrogen: Implications for Electronics, Energy Storage, and Nanodevices

In this work, we investigate the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), with a particular focus on the effects of doping. Using first-principles-based approaches, we study the electronic structure, phonon dispersion, and electron–phonon scattering to understand the finite-temperature electrical transport properties in CNTs. Our study covers both prototypical m…
Jun, 2025

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Controlling structural phases of Sn through lattice engineering

Topology and superconductivity, two distinct phenomena, offer unique insight into quantum properties and their applications in quantum technologies, spintronics, and sustainable energy technologies. Tin (Sn) plays a pivotal role here as an element because of its two structural phases, α-Sn exhibiting topological characteristics and β-Sn showing superconductivity. Here, we…
Sep, 2024

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Interplay between Topological States and Rashba States as Manifested on Surface Steps at Room Temperature

The unique spin texture of quantum states in topological materials underpins many proposed spintronic applications. However, realizations of such great potential are stymied by perturbations, such as temperature and local fields imposed by impurities and defects, that can render a promising quantum state uncontrollable. Here, we report room-temperature scanning tunneling m…

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A first principles approach for determining solute effect on electrical resistivity of Aluminum solid solution

Substrate-Directed Underlayer Growth of Bilayer MoS2 Revealed by Mo Isotope Labeling

Reversible Modification of Rashba States in Topological Insulators at Room Temperature by Edge Functionalization

Nonequilibrium Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticle “Building Blocks” for Crystal Growth by Sequential Attachment in Pulsed Laser Deposition

Multilayered Cu-Carbon Nanotube Composites for Advanced Conductors

The Influence of Structural Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites on Their Photoluminescence Efficiency — Neutron Scattering Analysis

Low energy implantation into transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers to form Janus structures

Strain Programming of Oxygen Octahedral Symmetry in Perovskite Oxide Thin Films

Thickness-dependent polaron crossover in tellurene

First-Principles Calculations of the Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Copper and Nitrogen: Implications for Electronics, Energy Storage, and Nanodevices

Controlling structural phases of Sn through lattice engineering

Interplay between Topological States and Rashba States as Manifested on Surface Steps at Room Temperature