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Transformation optics (TO) has been used to propose various novel optical devices. With the help of metamaterials, several intriguing designs, such as invisibility cloaks, have been implemented. However, as the basic units should be much…
Thin film oxides are a source of endless fascination for the materials scientist. These materials are highly flexible, can be integrated into almost limitless combinations, and exhibit many useful functionalities for device applications.…
Thermal conductivity is a fundamental material property but challenging to predict, with less than 5% out of about $10^5$ synthesized inorganic materials being documented. In this work, we extract the structural chemistry that governs…
We report on the transport characterization in dark and under light irradiation of three different interfaces: LaAlO3/SrTiO3, LaGaO3/SrTiO3, and the novel NdGaO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure. All of them share a perovskite structure, an…
Through the integration of semiconductors or complex oxides into metal resonators, tunable metamaterials have been achieved by a change of environment using an external stimulus. Metals provide high conductivity to realize a strong resonant…
Recently, we have reported that a highly disordered fractal MgO/MgB2 nanocomposite exhibits bulk-like superconducting properties with isotropic pinning, showing an excellent phase-coherent capability irrespective of the low volume fraction…
Transparent amorphous oxide semiconductors (TAOSs) based transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs) with high field effect mobility are essential for developing advanced flat panel displays. Among TAOSs, amorphous (a-) SnO$_2$ has several…
In this work we study the optical properties, by means of the transfer matrix method, of one-dimensional photonic crystals in which layers of silica nanoparticles are alternated with layers of indium tin oxide nanoparticle (ITO) / titania…
Machine learning in atomistic materials science has grown to become a powerful tool, with most approaches focusing on atomic arrangements, typically decomposed into local atomic environments. This approach, while well-suited for…
The unique electronic properties of amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin films are closely associated with the complex charge dynamics of the materials. Conventional studies of charge transport in a-IGZO usually involve…
Metal oxide (MO) semiconductors are widely used in electronic devices due to their high optical transmittance and promising electrical performance. This work describes the advancement toward an eco-friendly, streamlined method for preparing…
We report on the successful synthesis of highly conductive PdCoO2 ultrathin films on Al2O3 (0001) by pulsed laser deposition. The thin films grow along the c-axis of the layered delafossite structure of PdCoO2, corresponding to the…
We present results for the optical conductivity of Na2IrO3 within density functional theory by including spin-orbit (SO) and correlation effects (U) as implemented in GGA+SO+U. We identify the various interband transitions and show that the…
In conventional superconductors, bulk physical properties typically degrade as the film thickness approaches the two-dimensional (2D) limit. Here in the (111) oriented LaAlO3/KTaO3 (LAO/KTO) heterostructure, we demonstrate experimental…
Although strong modulation of interfacial electron concentrations by the relative acidity of surface additives has been suggested, direct observation of corresponding changes in surface conductivity, crucial for understanding the role of…
Crack-template-based transparent conductive films (TCFs) are promising kinds of junction-free, metallic network electrodes that can be used, e.g., for transparent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. Using image processing of…
Recently amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOS) have gained commercial interest due to their low-temperature processability, high mobility and areal uniformity for display backplanes and other large area applications. A multi-cation amorphous…
Nanocrystals are often described as an interesting strategy for the design of low-cost optoelectronic devices especially in the infrared range. However the driving materials reaching infrared absorption are generally heavy metalcontaining…
In bulk semiconductor materials, the insulator-metal transition (IMT) is governed by the concentration of conduction electrons. Meanwhile, even when fabricated from metallic building blocks, nanocrystal films are often insulating with…