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Over the last few years, group IV hexagonal-diamond type crystals have acquired great attention in semiconductor physics thanks to the appearance of novel and very effective growth methods. However, many questions remain unaddressed on…
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Diamond is an outstanding semiconductor for extreme electronics, yet reproducible n-type doping remains a long-standing challenge. Here we demonstrate stable n-type single-crystal diamond grown in a single step by a precisely controlled…
Using accurate dissipative DFT-NEGF atomistic-simulation techniques within the Wannier-Function formalism, we give a fresh look at the possibility of sub-10 nm scaling for high-performance CMOS applications. We show that a combination of…
The enhanced photocatalytic performance of doped graphene(GR)/semiconductor nanocomposites have recently been widely observed, but an understanding of the underlying mechanisms behind it is still out of reach. As a model system to study the…
Quantum dots exhibit reproducible conductance fluctuations at low temperatures due to electron quantum interference. The sensitivity of these fluctuations to the underlying disorder potential has only recently been fully realized. We…
Choosing the Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) ternary alloy for thin films solar cells might yield high benefits concerning efficiency and reliability, because its bandgap can be tuned through the Indium composition and radiations have little…
The London penetration depth was measured in single crystals of self-doped Na$_{1-\delta}$FeAs (from under - to optimal - doping, $T_c$ from 14 to 27 K) and electron-doped Na(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)As with $x$ ranging from undoped, $x=0$ to…
This study investigates the influence of indium doping on the defect states in (Bi0.3Sb0.7)2Te3 (BST) ternary topological insulators. Thin (10 nm) and thick (60 nm) films of pristine BST and indium-doped BST (In0.14(Bi0.3Sb0.7)1.86Te3) were…
The structural, optical and magnetic properties of the Zn1-xMnxO (0 < x < 0.05) thin films synthesized by sol-gel technique have been analyzed in the light of modification of the electronic structure and disorder developed in the samples…
Steady-state access to intraband transitions in colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), via heavy doping, allows exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum at energies below the band gap. CQD intraband optoelectronics opens up a new path to cheap mid-…
Most paints contain pigments that absorb light and fade over time. A robust alternative can be found in nature, where structural coloration arises from the interference of light with submicron features. Plant-derived, cellulose nanocrystals…
Electrostatic doping in materials can lead to various exciting electronic properties, such as metal-insulator transition and superconductivity, by altering the Fermi level position or introducing exotic phases. Cd3As2, a three-dimensional…
The behavior of spin diffusion in doped semiconductors is shown to be qualitatively different than in undoped (intrinsic) ones. Whereas a spin packet in an intrinsic semiconductor must be a multiple-band disturbance, involving inhomogeneous…
InAs nanowires were grown on GaAs substrates by the Au-assisted vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) method in a gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GS-MBE) system. Passivation of the InAs nanowires using InP shells proved difficult due to the tendency…
Cu-Cr-O delafossite thin films were grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition with various extrinsic dopants (Al, Mg, Mn, Sc, Y, and Zn) targeted at 5 at % to investigate how such doping influences their structure and properties.…
Heavy metal-free quantum-dot light-emitting devices (QD-LEDs) have demonstrated remarkable brightness, saturated color, and high efficiencies across a broad spectral range. However, in contrast to organic LEDs (OLEDs), QD-LED operational…
Oxide materials offer a wide range of interesting physical and chemical properties. Even more versatile behavior of oxides is seen at the nanoscale, qualifying these materials for a number of applications. In this study we used DFT…
The peculiarities of defect modes and reflection spectra of chiral photonic crystals (CPC) with an isotropic defect for various thicknesses of the defect layer was investigated. The peculiarities of the spectra of photonic density of the…