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(Al,Cr)2O3 coatings with Al/(Al+Cr) = 0.5 or Al = 70 at.%, doped with 0, 5 or 10 at.% Si, were deposited on hard metal and Si(100) substrates to elucidate the influence of Si on the resulting coatings. The chemical analysis of the coatings…
Topological semimetals offer a rich platform for exploring massless fermion physics and realizing exotic properties with potential technological applications. GdPS, a magnetic semiconductor derived from the nodal-line semimetal ZrSiS…
In the present Ph.D. Thesis we report an experimental investigation on the effects of gamma- and beta-ray irradiation and of subsequent thermal treatment on many types of a-SiO2 materials, differing in the production methods, OH- and…
Recently, new quantum features have been observed and studied in the area of nanostructured layers. Nanograting on the surface of the thin layer imposes additional boundary conditions on the electron wave function and induces G-doping or…
The efficiencies and form of the upconversion spectra of rare earth ions embedded in crystalline matrices strongly depend upon the phonon dispersion of these, since the inter-level energy transition probabilities are influenced by the…
In this work, we report evidence of pressure-induced changes in the crystal structure of Sr(IO3)2HIO3 connected to changes the coordination of the iodine atom and the of the configuration of HIO3 and IO3 units. The changes favor iodine…
The dynamic structure factor of lithium-diborate glass has been measured at several values of the momentum transfer $Q$ using high resolution inelastic x-ray scattering. Much attention has been devoted to the low $Q$-range, below the…
Indentation has been widely used for investigating the mechanical behavior of glasses. However, how the various microscopic properties (such as atomic structure and mechanics) of glass evolve from the immediate contact with the indenter to…
Using the microscopic three temperature model, we simulate single-pulse all-optical switching (AOS) in alloys and bilayers consisting of Co and Gd. In particular, we investigate its dependence on the spin-flip probability of Gd…
The effect of dopants on the metallic glass forming ability is usually considered based on analysis of changes in the liquid structure or thermodynamics. What is missing in such considerations is an analysis of how a dopant changes the…
Semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition-metal thiophosphates (MPS3) offer promising opportunities for spintronic applications due to their highly tunable electronic properties. While alloying and intercalation…
Using the hybrid density functional theory and \textit{ab initio} atomistic thermodynamics, we report monodoping of non-metal (N) or metal (Mn) in SrTiO$_3$ can induce visible light absorption, but none of them are suitable to ameliorate…
This study presents investigations of Yb-doped $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$, an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor with potential use in future power and optoelectronic devices operating in high-radiation environments. The research has focused on the…
The nature of enhanced photoemission in disordered and amorphous solids is an intriguing open question. A point in case is light emission in silicon, which occurs when the material is porous or nanostructured, but the effect is absent in…
Efficient third-order nonlinearities of the Zinc Oxide and Al-doped Zinc Oxide were studied by Third Harmonic Generation (Third Harmonic Generation) Maker fringes to establish the effect Aluminum of Aluminum doping(Al-doping) on the cubic…
The band gap engineering of group IV semiconductors has not been well explored theoretically and experimentally, except for SiGe. Recently, GeSn has attracted much attention due to the possibility of obtaining a direct band gap in this…
We study the effects of gating and contact geometry on current through self-assembled monolayers of conjugated molecules strongly coupled to gold electrodes by sulfur ``anchor groups''. The current changes by more than an order of magnitude…
Doping via electrostatic gating is a powerful and widely used technique to tune the electron densities in layered materials. The microscopic details of how these setups affect the layered material are, however, subtle and call for careful…
Li2SO4-MgO-P2O5 glasses doped with varied contents of CuO (from 0- 1.0 mol%) were prepared. The optical birefringence induced by a High Q-2 femtosecond pulsed laser is explored as a function of copper oxide concentration in these glasses.…
We investigate the electronic, the thermal, and the optical properties of BN-codoped MgO monolayers taking into account the interaction effects between the B and the N dopant atoms. The relatively wide indirect band gap of a pure MgO…