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A first-principle model is proposed to study the electrostatic properties of a double-gated silicon slab of nano scale in the framework of density functional theory. The applied gate voltage is approximated as a variation of the…
SiGe alloy scattering is of significant importance with the introduction of strained layers and SiGe channels into CMOS technology. However, alloy scattering has till now been treated in an empirical fashion with a fitting parameter. We…
Two-dimensional materials and their van der Waals heterostructures enable a large range of applications, including label-free biosensing. Lattice mismatch and work function difference in the heterostructure material result in strain and…
The role of graded interfaces between materials in a cylindrical free-standing quantum wire with longitudinal heterostructures is theoretically investigated, by solving the Schr\"odinger equation within the effective mass approximation.…
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Complex van der Waals heterostructures from layered molecular stacks are promising optoelectronic materials offering means to efficient, modular charge separation and collection layers. The effect of stacking in the electrodynamics of such…
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Carbon nanomaterials continue to amaze scientists due to their exceptional physical properties. Recently there have been theoretical predictions and first reports on graphene multilayers, where, due to the rotation of the stacked layers,…
The symmetry of exchange interaction of charge carriers in semiconductor nanostructures (quantum wells and quantum dots) is analysed. It is shown that the exchange Hamiltonian of two particles belonging to the same energy band can be…
Bottom-up production of semiconductor nanomaterials is often accompanied by inhomogeneity resulting in a spread in electronic properties which may be influenced by the nanoparticle geometry, crystal quality, stoichiometry or doping. Using…
We develop a two-carrier Hall effect model fitting algorithm to analyze temperature-dependent magnetotransport measurements of a high-density ($\sim4\times10^{13}$ cm$^2$/Vs) polarization-induced two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) in a GaN/AlN…
Tunneling of electrons through the barriers in heterostructures devices is investigated by using the unified Transfer Matrix Method. The effect of barrier width on electron transmission coefficients has also been examined for different…
We find that layered materials composed of various oxides of cations with $s^2$ electronic configuration, $XY_2$O$_4$, $X$=In or Sc, $Y$=Ga, Zn, Al, Cd and/or Mg, exhibit isotropic electron effective mass which can be obtained via averaging…
We apply the supersymmetry approach to one-dimensional quantum systems with spatially-dependent mass, by including their ordering ambiguities dependence. In this way we extend the results recently reported in the literature. Furthermore, we…
Recent theory and experiment have suggested that space-charge-limited transport should be prevalent in high aspect-ratio semiconducting nanowires. We report on InAs nanowires exhibiting this mode of transport and utilize the underlying…
We have investigated a holographic model of a multi-layered superconductor in (2+1)-dimensions using the AdS/CFT correspondence. This correspondence allows us to study strongly interacting condensed matter systems through a weakly…
In order to provide the best possible performance, modern infrared photodetector designs necessitate extremely precise modeling of the superlattice absorber region. We advance the Rode's method for the Boltzmann transport equation in…
We investigate the electronic band structure of modulation-doped GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires for both n- and p-doping. We developed an 8-band Burt-Foreman k.p Hamiltonian approach to describe coupled conduction and valence bands in…
Understanding the nature of electrical conductivity, superconductivity and magnetism between layers of oxides is of immense importance for the design of electronic devices employing oxide heterostructures. We demonstrate that resonant…