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Chalcogenide phase change materials enable non-volatile, low-latency storage-class memory. They are also being explored for new forms of computing such as neuromorphic and in-memory computing. A key challenge, however, is the temporal drift…
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For layered materials, the interlayer stacking is a critical degree of freedom tuning electronic properties, while its microscopic characterization faces great challenges. The transition-metal dichalcogenide 1T-TaS$_2$ represents a novel…
One of the biggest challenges in implementation of Quantum circuits or Photonic Integrated Circuits in general is the inability to create efficient relay devices due to small decoherence time, high delays and poor interconnections that…