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In the previous paper [Nenashev et al., arXiv:0912.3161] an analytical theory confirmed by numerical simulations has been developed for the field-dependent hopping diffusion coefficient D(F) in one-dimensional systems with Gaussian…
The impact of the edges and presence of dopants to the work function (WF) of graphene nanoribbons (GNR) and nanoflakes was studied by an ab initio approach. The strong dependence of the WF upon the GNR structure was found and a promising…
The presence of an electrical transport current in a material is one of the simplest and most important realisations of non-equilibrium physics. The current density breaks the crystalline symmetry and can give rise to dramatic phenomena,…
Electric-field-controlled charge transport is a key concept of modern computers, embodied namely in field effect transistors. The metallic gate voltage controls charge population, thus it is possible to define logical elements which are the…
We present the combination of Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) for computing the electron transmission through two-terminals nanoscale devices. The method is then applied to metallic junctions…
The one-dimensional side gate based on graphene edges shows a significant capability of reducing the channel length of field-effect transistors, further increasing the integration density of semiconductor devices. The nano-scale electric…
Electron dynamics in external electric fields governs the behavior of solid-state electronic devices. First-principles calculations enable precise predictions of charge transport in low electric fields. However, studies of high-field…
We review the theoretical foundations, methodological approaches and current status of the determination of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). A large variety of measurements in fixed-target and collider experiments provide…
We study the stochastic nature of switching current in hysteretic current-voltage characteristics of superconductor-graphene-superconductor (SGS) junctions. We find that the dispersion of the switching current distribution scales with…
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It is predicted that oscillations of temperature during propagation of third sound in a thin superfluid film cause appearance of an alternating electric field in the surrounding space (a peculiar non-stationary thermoelectric effect). The…
First principles density-functional theory calculations were performed to study the effects of strain, edge passivation, and surface functional species on the structural and electronic properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs)…
We study how the Fermi energy of a graphene monolayer separated from a conducting substrate by a dielectric spacer depends on the properties of the substrate and on an applied voltage. An analytical model is developed that describes the…
Electric field distribution is critically important for quantitative insights into the physics of non-equilibrium plasma like corona. To analyze the electric field as well as the ion flow (space charge) distribution under DC corona…
Work fluctuations and work probability distributions are fundamentally different in systems with short- ranged versus long-ranged correlations. Specifically, in systems with long-ranged correlations the work distribution is extraordinarily…
We compute analytically the distribution function P(E) for the energy E acquired by a Fermi gas after being subjected to an arbitrary time-dependent external potential (switching event). We relate the distribution function to a solution of…
The semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation of charged, massive fermions in a rotating frame of reference, in the presence of external electromagnetic fields is solved in the relaxation time approach to establish the distribution…
Simultaneous solar flare observations with SDO and RHESSI provide spatially resolved information about hot plasma and energetic particles in flares. RHESSI allows the properties of both hot (> 8 MK) thermal plasma and nonthermal electron…
We investigate the full counting statistics of extreme-near-field radiative heat transfer using nonequilibrium Green's function formalism. In the extreme near field, the electron-electron interactions between two metallic bodies dominate…
In most surface-bound exospheres Na has been observed at altitudes above what is possible by thermal release. Photon stimulated desorption of adsorbed Na on solid surfaces has been commonly used to explain observations at high altitudes. We…