应用物理
True random number generators (TRNGs) are fundamental building blocks for many applications, such as cryptography, Monte Carlo simulations, neuromorphic computing, and probabilistic computing. While perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions…
Multifunctional coatings are central for information, biomedical, transportation and energy technologies. These coatings must possess hard-to-attain properties and be scalable, adaptable, and sustainable, which makes layer-by-layer assembly…
We report the discovery of a giant out-of-plane coercivity in the Fe-doped Mn3Sn single crystals. The compound of Mn2.42Fe0.58Sn exhibits a series of magnetic transitions accompanying with large magnetic anisotropy and electric transport…
When diamond anvil cell (DAC) sample chambers are outfitted with both thermal insulation and electrodes, two cutting-edge experimental methods are enabled: Joule heating with spectroradiometric temperature measurement, and electrical…
Topological metamaterials unlock confined and robust elastic wave control in mechanical structures. Recent breakthroughs have precipitated the development of 3D topological mechanical metamaterials, which extend beyond the conventional 1D…
Thermionic electron emission cathodes are critical components of various high power and high frequency vacuum electronic devices, electron microscopes, e-beam lithographic devices, and thermionic energy converters, which all demand an…
We introduce a multiple-carrier-lifetime model (MCLM) for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with non-uniform carrier distribution, such as in multiple-quantum-well (MQW) structures. By employing the MCLM, we successfully explain the modulation…
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are promising self-powering supplies for a diverse range of intelligent sensing and monitoring devices, especially due to their capability of harvesting electric energy from low frequency and small-scale…
We study pressure acoustic propagation in asymmetric spoof-fluid-spoof acoustic waveguides and its potential application in acoustic gas sensors. First, a stable and efficient analytical method is established for fast calculation of the…
Efficient manipulation of spin waves (SWs) is considered as one of the promising means for encoding information with low power consumption in next generation spintronic devices. The SW Doppler shift is one important phenomenon by…
A wide-field magnetometer utilizing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond that does not require microwaves is demonstrated. It is designed for applications where microwaves need to be avoided, such as magnetic imaging of biological or…
HfO$_2$-based ferroelectrics are one of the most actively developed functional materials for memory devices. However, in HfO$_2$-based ferroelectric devices, dielectric breakdown is a main failure mechanism during repeated polarization…
Chemical separations are costly in terms of energy, time, and money. Separation methods are optimized with inefficient trial-and-error approaches that lack insight into the molecular dynamics that lead to the success or failure of a…
Pyromark 2500 is a widely used coating for concentrated solar power central receiver systems due to its high absorptivity, ease in application, and relatively low cost. Pyromark's performance is quantified by its figure of merit (FOM),…
Wireless networks-on-chip (WNoCs) are an enticing complementary interconnect technology for multi-core chips but face severe resource constraints. Being limited to simple on-off-keying modulation, the reverberant nature of the chip…
Many recent papers report on the interest of spin waves for applications. This paper revisits the propagating spin wave spectroscopy when using inductive transceivers connected to a network analyzer. The spin wave conduit can be made of a…
The recent advances in autonomous systems have prompted a strong demand for the next generation of adaptive structures and materials to possess more built-in intelligence in their mechanical domain, the so-called mechano-intelligence (MI).…
Despite the prospect of next-generation electronic technologies has spurred the investigation of the remarkable topological magnetoelectric response, it remains largely unexplored its potential in the application of basic electronic…
In this study, we present the production of silver nanoparticles in aqueous Inula Viscosa extract by the green synthesis approach at room temperature. The structural, morphological properties as well as formation kinetics of the synthesized…
Achieving amplification with high gain and quantum-limited noise is a difficult problem to solve. Parametric amplification using a superconducting transmission line with high kinetic inductance is a promising technology not only to solve…