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We investigate Co nanostructures on Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy [STM/STS], X-ray absorption spectroscopy [XAS], X-ray magnetic dichroism [XMCD] and calculations using the density functional…

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We demonstrate that the spin orientation of an electron propagating in a one-dimensional nanostructure with Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling can be manipulated on demand by changing the geometry of the nanosystem. Shape deformations that…

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Realization of spin crossover (SCO) based applications requires studying of spin state switching characteristics of SCO complex molecules at nanostructured environments especially on-surface. Except for a very few cases, the SCO of a…

In this letter we study the coherent electronic transport through a metallic nanowire with magnetic impurities. The spins of these impurities are considered as frozen to mimic a low temperature spin glass phase. The transport properties of…

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Lateral heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) materials, integrating different phases or materials into a single piece of nanosheet, have attracted intensive research interests in the past few years for high-performance electronic and…

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Two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) confined to the surface of narrowband semiconductors have attracted great interest since they can easily integrate with superconductivity (or ferromagnetism) enabling new possibilities in hybrid…

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Signatures of Majorana zero modes (MZMs), which are the building blocks for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing, have been observed in semiconductor nanowires (NW) with strong spin-orbital-interaction (SOI), such as InSb and InAs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-15 Zedong Yang , Brett Heischmidt , Sasa Gazibegovic , Ghada Badawy , Diana Car , Paul A. Crowell , Erik P. A. M. Bakkers , Vlad S. Pribiag

We report on spin transport along double-helical molecular systems by considering various contact configurations and asymmetries between the two helical strands in the regime of completely coherent charge transport. Our results reveal that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ai-Min Guo , E. Díaz , C. Gaul , R. Gutierrez , F. Domínguez-Adame , G. Cuniberti , Qing-feng Sun

Spherical nanoparticles (NPs) of size 14 nm, made of intermetallic Fe2CoAl (FCA) Heusler alloy, are synthesized via the co-precipitation and thermal deoxidization method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-25 Aquil Ahmad , Srimanta Mitra , S. K. Srivastava , A. K. Das

Magnetic nanoparticles are important building blocks for future technologies ranging from nano-medicine to spintronics. Many related applications require nanoparticles with tailored magnetic properties. However, despite significant efforts…

Using density-functional theory calculations, the atomic and electronic structure of single-layer WS_2 attached to Zr and Co contacts are determined. Both metals form stable interfaces that are promising as contacts for injection of n-type…

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We study the spin-dependent transport through a quantum dot coupled to two ferromagnetic electrodes using the equation of motion method for the nonequilibrium Green's functions. Our results show that the conductance and the density of…

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The occurrence of inhomogeneous spin-density distribution in multilayered ferromagnetic diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures leads to strong dependence of the spin-polarized transport properties on these systems. The spin-dependent…

A hybrid system which consists of a superconducting (SC) Pb film (100 nm thickness) containing $\sim$1 vol% single domain ferromagnetic (FM) Co particles of mean-size $\sim$4.5 nm reveal unusual magnetic properties: (i) a controlled…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. T. Xing , H. Micklitz , T. G. Rappoport , E. Baggio-Saitovitch

An important consequence of the discovery of giant magnetoresistance in metallic magnetic multilayers is a broad interest in spin dependent effects in electronic transport through magnetic nanostructures. An example of such systems are…

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We study the anisotropic electronic properties of 2D SnS, an analogue of phosphorene, grown by physical vapor transport. With transmission electron microscope and polarized Raman spectroscopy, we identify the zigzag and armchair directions…

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