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Semiconductor Bi$_2$O$_2$Se nanolayers of high crystal quality have been realized via epitaxial growth. These two-dimensional (2D) materials possess excellent electron transport properties with potential application in nanoelectronics. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-12 Mengmeng Meng , Shaoyun Huang , Congwei Tan , Jinxiong Wu , Yumei Jing , Hailin Peng , H. Q. Xu

We study the magnetic-field-induced breakdown of superconductivity in nm-scale metal grains having a mean electron level spacing $d \simeq \tilde\Delta$ (bulk gap). Using a generalized variational BCS approach that yields good qualitative…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-30 Fabian Braun , Jan von Delft , D. C. Ralph , M. Tinkham

Profiles of the spin and orbital angular momentum accumulations induced by a longitudinally applied electric field are explored in nanoribbons of $p$-band systems with a honeycomb lattice. We show that nanoribbons with zigzag borders can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Tarik P. Cysne , Filipe S. M. Guimarães , Luis M. Canonico , Tatiana G. Rappoport , R. B. Muniz

A joint theoretical approach, combining macroscopic symmetry analysis with microscopic methods (density functional theory and model cluster Hamiltonian), is employed to shed light on magnetoelectricity in Ba2CoGe2O7. We show that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-27 Kunihiko Yamauchi , Paolo Barone , Silvia Picozzi

We determine the spin susceptibility in a two dimensional electron system in GaAs/AlGaAs over a wide range of low densities from 2$\times10^{9}$cm$^{-2}$ to 4$\times10^{10}$cm$^{-2}$. Our data can be fitted to an equation that describes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Zhu , H. L. Stormer , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West

LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 are insulating, nonmagnetic oxides, yet the interface between them exhibits a two-dimensional electron system with high electron mobility,1 superconductivity at low temperatures,2-6 and electric-field-tuned metal-insulator…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-30 J. A. Bert , B. Kalisky , C. Bell , M. Kim , Y. Hikita , H. Y. Hwang , K. A. Moler

Based on a recent claim [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 127203 (2016)] that electron vortex can be used to image magnetism at the nanoscale in elastic scattering experiments, using transmission electron microscopy, a comprehensive computational…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-23 Alexander Edström , Axel Lubk , Ján Rusz

Understanding, creating, and manipulating spin polarization of two-dimensional electron gases at complex oxide interfaces presents an experimental challenge. For example, despite almost a decade long research effort, the microscopic origin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-12 Fangdi Wen , Yanwei Cao , Xiaoran Liu , Banabir Pal , Srimanta Middey , Mikhail Kareev , Jak Chakhalian

An attractive feature of magnetic adatoms and molecules for nanoscale applications is their superparamagnetism, the preferred alignment of their spin along an easy axis preventing undesired spin reversal. The underlying magnetic anisotropy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-22 Maciej Misiorny , Michael Hell , Maarten R. Wegewijs

The phenomenon of magnetization plateaus in antiferromagnets under magnetic field has always been an important topic in magnetism. We propose to probe the elusive physics of plateaus in 2-d by considering hole-doped antiferromagnet and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-21 Imam Makhfudz , Pierre Pujol

The magnetoplasmon spectrum of a magnetically modulated two-dimensional electron gas (MM2DEG) is investigated. We derive the inter and intra Landau band magnetoplasmon spectrum within the self consistent field approach. The derivation is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-12 M. Tahir , K. Sabeeh , A. MacKinnon

The effect of a unidirectional periodic potential on the orientation of the stripe state is studied for the two-dimensional electron system at half-filled high Landau levels. By considering a quantum well with two electric subbands, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shi-Jie Yang , Yue Yu

An external magnetic field, $H$, applied parallel to a quasi two-dimensional system modifies quantitatively and qualitatively the density of states. Using a self-consistent numerical approach, we study how this affects the entropy, $S$, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-12-05 Constantinos Simserides

We report on the effect of in-plane magnetic field $B_\parallel$ on stripe phases in higher ($N=2,3$) Landau levels of a high-mobility 2D electron gas. In accord with previous studies, we find that a modest $B_\parallel$ applied parallel to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Q. Shi , M. A. Zudov , J. D. Watson , G. C. Gardner , M. J. Manfra

In a thin strip of a two-dimensional semiconductor electronic system, spin-orbit coupling may be induced near both edges of the strip due to the substantial spatial variation of the confining potential in the boundary regions. In this paper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yongjin Jiang , Liangbin Hu

We study a multiple-spin exchange model on a triangular lattice, which is a possible model for low-density solid 3He films. Due to strong competitions between ferromagnetic three-spin exchange and antiferromagnetic four-spin one, the ground…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Tsutomu Momoi , Harumi Sakamoto , Kenn Kubo

This work investigates the influence of low temperature and broadened Landau levels on the thermodynamic properties of two-dimensional electron systems. The interplay between these two physical parameters on the magnetic field dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-28 Rayda Gammag , Cristine Villagonzalo

We report the temperature and field dependence of dc magnetization on sol-gel prepared nanoparticles of Ni(OH)_2. At higher temperature the system is found to behave as a paramagnet while we find evidence for superparamagnetic blocking at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-26 S. D. Tiwari , K. P. Rajeev

Energies and wave functions of edge states in twodimensional electron gas are evaluated for a finite step potential barrier model. The spectrum exhibits richer structure than observed previously for an infinite barrier model. Surprisingly,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 I. Bartos , B. Rosenstein

Micromagnetics simulation based on the classical Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation has long been a powerful method for modeling magnetization dynamics and reversal of three-dimensional (3D) magnets. For two-dimensional (2D) magnets,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-13 Essa M. Ibrahim , Shufeng Zhang