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Template epitaxial growth of thermoelectric Bi/BiSb superlattice nanowires by charge-controlled pulse electrodeposition
© The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved. Except as provided under U.S. copyright law, this work may not be reproduced, resold, distributed, or modified without the express permission of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The archival version of this work was published in The Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 156(9), 2009.Bi/BiSb superlattice nanowires (SLNWs) with a controllable and very small bilayer thickness and a sharp segment interface were grown by adopting a charge-controlled pulse electrodeposition. The deposition parameters were optimized to ensure an epitaxial growth of the SLNWs with a preferential orientation. The segment length and bilayer thickness of the SLNWs can be controlled simply by changing the modulating time, and the consistency of the segment length can be well maintained by our approach. The Bravais law in the electrodeposited nanowires is verified by the SLNW structure. The current–voltage measurement shows that the SLNWs have good electrical conductance, particularly those with a smaller bilayer thickness. The Bi/BiSb SLNWs might have excellent thermoelectric performances.National Natural Science Foundation
of China and the National
Major Project of Fundamental Research for Nanomaterials and
Nanostructures
Temperature effects on microwave-induced resistivity oscillations and zero resistance states in 2D electron systems
In this work we address theoretically a key issue concerning
microwave-induced longitudinal resistivity oscillations and zero resistance
states, as is tempoerature. In order to explain the strong temperature
dependence of the longitudinal resistivity and the thermally activated
transport in 2DEG, we have developed a microscopic model based on the damping
suffered by the microwave-driven electronic orbit dynamics by interactions with
the lattice ions yielding acoustic phonons. Recent experimental results show a
reduction in the amplitude of the longitudinal resistivity oscillations and a
breakdown of zero resistance states as the radiation intensity increases. In
order to explain it we have included in our model the electron heating due to
large microwave intensities and its effect on the longitudinal resistivity.Comment: 4 pages and 4 figures. Accepted in Phys Rev
Counting statistics of tunneling through a single molecule: effect of distortion and displacement of vibrational potential surface
We analyze the effects of a distortion of the nuclear potential of a
molecular quantum dot (QD), as well as a shift of its equilibrium position, on
nonequilibrium-vibration-assisted tunneling through the QD with a single level
() coupled to the vibrational mode. For this purpose, we derive an
explicit analytical expression for the Franck-Condon (FC) factor for a
displaced-distorted oscillator surface of the molecule and establish rate
equations in the joint electron-phonon representation to examine the
current-voltage characteristics and zero-frequency shot noise, and skewness as
well. Our numerical analyses shows that the distortion has two important
effects. The first one is that it breaks the symmetry between the excitation
spectra of the charge states, leading to asymmetric tunneling properties with
respect to and . Secondly, distortion (frequency
change of the oscillator) significantly changes the voltage-activated cascaded
transition mechanism, and consequently gives rise to a different nonequilibrium
vibrational distribution from that of the case without distortion. Taken in
conjunction with strongly modified FC factors due to distortion, this results
in some new transport features: the appearance of strong NDC even for a
single-level QD with symmetric tunnel couplings; a giant Fano factor even for a
molecule with an extremely weak electron-phonon interaction; and enhanced
skewness that can have a large negative value under certain conditions.Comment: 29 pages, 11 figures, published versio
Radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in two-dimensional electron systems under bichromatic irradiation
We analyze the magnetoresistance oscillations in high-mobility
two-dimensional electron systems induced by the combined driving of two
radiation fields of frequency and , based on the
balance-equation approach to magnetotransport for high-carrier-density systems
in Faraday geometry. It is shown that under bichromatic irradiation of
, most of the characterstic peak-valley pairs in the
curve of versus magnetic field in the case of monochromatic
irradiation of either or disappear, except the one around
or . oscillations
show up mainly as new peak-valley structures around other positions related to
multiple photon processes of mixing frequencies ,
, etc. Many minima of these resistance peak-valley pairs can
descend down to negative with enhancing radiation strength, indicating the
possible bichromaticzero-resistance states.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Institutional change and productivity growth in China's manufacturing: the microeconomics of knowledge accumulation and "creative restructuring"
4sìreservedThis article investigates the microeconomics underlying the spectacular growth of productivity in China’s manufacturing sector over the period 1998–2007. Underlying the aggregate evidence of such dramatic growth, one observes a large, albeit shrinking, intra-sectoral heterogeneity coupled with an even more important process of learning and knowledge accumulation. A major process of both catching-up and dying out among the least efficient ones occurs. Furthermore, we explore the effect of the characteristics of firms according to the ownership and governance structure upon the productivity distributions, highlighting the importance of the transformation of domestic firms as drivers of technical learning. In essence, China’s fast catching-up process entails more of learning and “creative restructuring” of domestic firms rather than sheer “creative destruction” and even less so a multinational corporation-led drive.mixedYU, XIAODAN; DOSI, Giovanni; Lei, J.; NUVOLARI, ALESSANDROYu, Xiaodan; Dosi, Giovanni; Lei, J.; Nuvolari, Alessandr
Two-dimensional Superconductivity from Dimerization of Atomically Ordered AuTe2Se4/3 Cubes
The emergent phenomena such as superconductivity and topological phase
transitions can be observed in strict two-dimensional crystalline matters.
Artificial interfaces and one atomic thickness layers are typical 2D materials
of this kind. Although having 2D characters, most bulky layered compounds,
however, do not possess these striking properties. Here, we report the 2D
superconductivity in bulky AuTe2Se4/3,where the reduction in dimensionality is
achieved through inducing the elongated covalent Te-Te bonds. The
atomic-resolution images reveal that the Au, Te and Se are atomically ordered
in a cube, among which are Te-Te bonds of 3.18 A and 3.28 A. The
superconductivity at 2.85 K is discovered, which is unraveled to be the
quasi-2D nature owing to the BKT topological transition. The nesting of nearly
parallel Fermi sheets could give rise to strong electron-phonon coupling. It is
proposed to further depleting the thickness could result in more
topologically-related phenomena.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures,To be published in Nature Communication
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