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Decoupled Molecular and Inorganic Framework Dynamics in CH 3 NH 3 PbCl 3

December 30, 2019
Author(s)
M. Songvilay, Zitian Wang, Victoria Garcia Sakai, T. Guidi, M. Bari, Zuo-Guang Ye, Guangyong Xu, K. L. Brown, Peter M. Gehring, Christopher Stock
The organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites are composed of organic molecules embedded in an inorganic framework. The compounds with general formula CH 3NH 3PbX 3 (MAPbX 2) display large photovoltaic efficiencies for halogens X=Cl, Br, and I in a wide

Use of quantum effects as potential qualifying metrics for "quantum grade silicon"

December 30, 2019
Author(s)
Aruna N. Ramanayaka, Ke Tang, Joseph A. Hagmann, Hyun S. Kim, David S. Simons, Curt A. Richter, Joshua M. Pomeroy
Across solid state quantum information, material deficiencies limit performance through enhanced relaxation, charge defect motion, or isotopic spin noise. While classical measurements of device performance provide cursory guidance, specific qualifying

Absence of Magnetic Ordering in the Spin Liquid Candidate Ca 3 Cu 2 GeV 2 O 12

December 27, 2019
Author(s)
Joey A. Lussier, Brooke N. Richtik, Cole Mauws, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Chris R. Wiebe
Typically, quantum spin liquid candidates can be found in materials with a combination of geometrical frustration along with low spin. Due to its spin of S=1/2 the copper (II) ion is often present in the discussion on spin liquid candidates. The solid

Point-Node Gap Structure of Spin-Triplet Superconductor UTe 2

December 19, 2019
Author(s)
Tristin Metz, Seokjin Bae, Sheng NMN Ran, I-Lin Liu, Yun Suk Eo, Wesley T. Fuhrman, Daniel F. Agterberg, Steven M. Anlage, Nicholas Butch, Johnpierre Paglione
Low-temperature electrical and thermal transport, heat capacity and magnetic penetration depth measurements were performed on single crystals of the actinide superconductor UTe 2 to determine the structure of the superconducting energy gap. Millikelvin

Dielectric properties of Nb_x}W_1-x}Se_2} alloys

December 16, 2019
Author(s)
Albert Rigosi, Heather M. Hill, Sergiy Krylyuk, Nhan V. Nguyen, Angela Hight Walker, Albert Davydov, David Newell
The growth of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) alloys provides an opportunity to experimentally access information elucidating how optical properties change with gradual substitutions in the lattice compared with their pure compositions. In this work

A Strategy for Handling Aberration in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry

December 11, 2019
Author(s)
Jacob Tosado, Wangchun Chen, Efrain E. Rodriguez
We present a strategy for identifying and correcting for aberration effects in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry. The transformation of the neutron beam polarization vector due to scattering from a material is determined with Spherical Neutron Polarimetry

Extreme Magnetic Field-Boosted Superconductivity

December 1, 2019
Author(s)
Sheng NMN Ran, I Lin NMN Liu, Yun Suk Eo, Daniel J. Campbell, Paul M. Neves, Wesley T. Fuhrman, Shanta Ranjan Saha, Christoper Eckberg, Hyunsoo Kim, David Graf, Fedor Balakirev, John Singleton, Johnpierre N. Paglione, Nicholas Butch
Applied magnetic fields underlie exotic quantum states, such as the fractional quantum Hall effect 1 and Bose-Einstein condensation of spin excitations 2. Superconductivity, on the other hand, is inherently antagonistic towards magnetic fields. Only in

On Low-Energy Tail Distortions in the Detector Response Function of X-Ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometers

November 21, 2019
Author(s)
Galen C. O'Neil, Paul Szypryt, Endre Takacs, Joseph N. Tan, Sean W. Buechele, Aung Naing, Young I. Joe, Daniel S. Swetz, Daniel R. Schmidt, William B. Doriese, Johnathon D. Gard, Carl D. Reintsema, Joel N. Ullom, John S. Villarrubia, Yuri Ralchenko
We use narrow spectral lines from the X-ray spectra of various highly charged ions to measure low-energy tail-like deviations from a Gaussian response function in a microcalorimeter X-ray spectrometer with Au absorbers at energies from 650 to 3320 eV. We

Chalcogenide Topological Insulators

November 15, 2019
Author(s)
Joseph A. Hagmann
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the chalcogenide materials systems that host the topological insulator phase of quantum matter. Specifically, the HgTe quantum well 2D topological insulator system and the V2VI3-type bismuth- and

Correlating Decoherence in Transmon Qubits: Low Frequency Noise by Single Fluctuators

November 8, 2019
Author(s)
Steffen Schlor, Jurgen Lisenfeld, Clemens Muller, Alexander Bilmes, Andre Schneider, David P. Pappas, Alexey V. Ustinov, Martin Weides
We report on long-term measurements of a highly coherent, nontunable superconducting transmon qubit, revealing low-frequency burst noise in coherence times and qubit transition frequency. We achieve this through a simultaneous measurement of the qubit's

Flow Resistance & Structures in Viscoelastic Channel Flows at Low Re

November 5, 2019
Author(s)
Boyang Qin, Paul Salipante, Steven Hudson, Paulo E. Arratia
The flow of viscoelastic fluids in channels and pipes remain poorly understood, particularly at low Reynolds numbers. Here, we investigate the flow of polymeric solutions in straight channels using pressure measurements and particle tracking. The law of

Magnetic Ground State and Magnetic Excitations in Black Dioptase Cu 6 Si 6 O 18

November 1, 2019
Author(s)
A. Podlesnyak, O. Prokhnenko, S. E. Nikitin, A. I. Kolesnikov, M. Matsuda, Sachith E. Dissanayake, Timothy R Prisk, H. Nojiri, I. F. Diaz-Ortega, L. M. Anovitz
The low-temperature magnetic properties and magnetic structure of fully dehydrated black dioptase Cu 6Si 6O 18 have been studied by single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetization measurements in magnetic fields up to 30 T. The intrachain J c and

Recent trends in crystallography a current IUCr journals perspective

November 1, 2019
Author(s)
Andrew J. Allen
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) publishes papers in nine scientific journals, including its high-impact, cross-cutting open-access journal, IUCrJ, plus its data publication, IUCrData. Where are these papers cited? To what degree are

Coexistence of Ferromagnetic Fluctuations and Superconductivity in the Actinide Superconductor UTe 2

October 23, 2019
Author(s)
Shyam Sundar, S. Gheidi, K. Akintola, A. M. Cote, S. R. Dunsiger, S. Ran, Nicholas Butch, S. R. Saha, J. Paglione, J. E. Sonier
We report low-temperature muon spin relaxation/rotation (υSR) measurements on single crystals of the actinide superconductor UTe 2. Below 5 K we observe a continuous slowing down of magnetic fluctuations, which persists through the superconducting

Spin Seebeck Imaging of Spin-Torque Switching in Antiferromagnetic Pt/NiO Heterostructures

October 22, 2019
Author(s)
Isaiah Gray, Takahiro Moriyama, Nikhil Sivadas, Gregory M. Stiehl, John T. Heron, Ryan F. Need, Brian Kirby, David H. Low, Katja Nowack, Darrell G. Schlom, Daniel C. Ralph, Teruo Ono, Gregory D. Fuchs
We demonstrate the spin Seebeck microscope as a sensitive method for imaging in-plane antiferromagnetic order in thin films. Recently, antidamping spin-orbit torques have been used to reorient Neel order in antiferromagnetic devices. Although the readout

Vapor deposition of a nonmesogen prepares highly structured organic glasses

October 22, 2019
Author(s)
Camille Bishop, Jacob L. Thelen, Eliot Gann, Michael F. Toney, Lian Yu, Dean DeLongchamp, Mark D. Ediger
We show that glasses with aligned smectic liquid crystal-like order can be produced by physical vapor deposition of a molecule without any equilibrium liquid crystal phases. Smectic-like order in vapor-deposited films was characterized by wide-angle X-ray

Spin Rotation Induced by Applied Pressure in Cd-Doped Ce 2 RhIn 8 Intermetallic Compound

October 21, 2019
Author(s)
D. S. Christovam, C. Giles, L. Mendonca-Ferreira, Juscelino Leao, William D. Ratcliff, Jeffrey W. Lynn, S. Ramos, E. N. Hering, H. Hidaka, E. Baggio-Saitovich, Z. Fisk, P. G. Pagliuso, C. Adriano
The pressure evolution of the magnetic properties of the Ce 2RhIn 7.79Cd 0.21 heavy fermion compound was investigated by single crystal neutron magnetic diffraction and electrical resistivity experiments under applied pressure. From the neutron magnetic

Using Structural Phase Transitions to Enhance the Coercivity of Ferromagnetic Films

October 17, 2019
Author(s)
Ryan F Need, Josh Lauzier, Logan Sutton, Brian J Kirby, Jose de la Venta
Storing information in magnetic recording technologies requires careful optimization of the recording media's magnetic properties. For example, heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) relies on a pre-recording heating step that momentarily lowers the

Nonvolatile memory based on redox-active Ruthenium molecular monolayers

October 14, 2019
Author(s)
Kai Jiang, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Tong Ren, Sean Natoli, Brent A. Sperling, Joseph W. Robertson, Curt A. Richter, Sheng Yu, Qiliang Li
A monolayer of diruthenium molecules was self-assembled onto the silicon oxide surface in a semiconductor capacitor structure with a ‘click' reaction for nonvolatile memory applications. The attachment of the active molecular monolayer was verified by x

Polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy of \alpha-RuCl3 and evidence of room temperature two-dimensional magnetic scattering

October 14, 2019
Author(s)
Thuc T. Mai, Amber D. McCreary, P. Lampen-Kelley, Nicholas P. Butch, Jeffrey R. Simpson, J.-Q. Yan, S. E. Nagler, D. Mandrus, Angela R. Hight Walker, Rolando Valdes Aguilar
Polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy was performed and analyzed from large, high quality, mono-domain single crystal of \alpha-RuCl3, a proximate Kitaev quantum spin liquid. Spectra were collected with laser polarizations parallel and perpendicular to
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