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Author Wu, S.; Luo, X.; Turner, S.; Peng, H.; Lin, W.; Ding, J.; David, A.; Wang, B.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Wang, J.; Wu, T.;
Title Nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures Type A1 Journal article
Year (down) 2013 Publication Physical review X Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev X
Volume 3 Issue 4 Pages 041027-14
Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Abstract Resistive switching heterojunctions, which are promising for nonvolatile memory applications, usually share a capacitorlike metal-oxide-metal configuration. Here, we report on the nonvolatile resistive switching in Pt/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, where the conducting layer near the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface serves as the unconventional bottom electrode although both oxides are band insulators. Interestingly, the switching between low-resistance and high-resistance states is accompanied by reversible transitions between tunneling and Ohmic characteristics in the current transport perpendicular to the planes of the heterojunctions. We propose that the observed resistive switching is likely caused by the electric-field-induced drift of charged oxygen vacancies across the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface and the creation of defect-induced gap states within the ultrathin LaAlO3 layer. These metal-oxide-oxide heterojunctions with atomically smooth interfaces and defect-controlled transport provide a platform for the development of nonvolatile oxide nanoelectronics that integrate logic and memory devices.
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Publisher Place of Publication College Park, Md Editor
Language Wos 000328862400001 Publication Date 2013-12-17
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ISSN 2160-3308; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor 12.789 Times cited 77 Open Access
Notes FWO;FP7;IFOX; Countatoms; Hercules Approved Most recent IF: 12.789; 2013 IF: 8.463
Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:112524 Serial 2365
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Author Varykhalov, A.; Marchenko, D.; Sanchez-Barriga, J.; Scholz, M.R.; Verberck, B.; Trauzettel, B.; Wehling, T.O.; Carbone, C.; Rader, O.
Title Intact dirac cones at broken sublattice symmetry : photoemission study of graphene on Ni and Co Type A1 Journal article
Year (down) 2012 Publication Physical review X Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev X
Volume 2 Issue 4 Pages 041017-10
Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Abstract The appearance of massless Dirac fermions in graphene requires two equivalent carbon sublattices of trigonal shape. While the generation of an effective mass and a band gap at the Dirac point remains an unresolved problem for freestanding extended graphene, it is well established by breaking translational symmetry by confinement and by breaking sublattice symmetry by interaction with a substrate. One of the strongest sublattice-symmetry-breaking interactions with predicted and measured band gaps ranging from 400 meV to more than 3 eV has been attributed to the interfaces of graphene with Ni and Co, which are also promising spin-filter interfaces. Here, we apply angle-resolved photoemission to epitaxial graphene on Ni (111) and Co(0001) to show the presence of intact Dirac cones 2.8 eV below the Fermi level. Our results challenge the common belief that the breaking of sublattice symmetry by a substrate and the opening of the band gap at the Dirac energy are in a straightforward relation. A simple effective model of a biased bilayer structure composed of graphene and a sublattice-symmetry-broken layer, corroborated by density-functional-theory calculations, demonstrates the general validity of our conclusions.
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Publisher Place of Publication College Park, Md Editor
Language Wos 000312703200001 Publication Date 2012-12-22
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ISSN 2160-3308; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor 12.789 Times cited 86 Open Access
Notes ; A. V. acknowledges helpful discussions with N. Sandler. This work was supported by SPP 1459 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. B. V. acknowledges support from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen). B. T. and T. O. W. would like to thank the KITP at Santa Barbara for hospitality during the completion of this work. ; Approved Most recent IF: 12.789; 2012 IF: 6.711
Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105964 Serial 1677
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Author Bliokh, K.Y.; Schattschneider, P.; Verbeeck, J.; Nori, F.
Title Electron vortex beams in a magnetic field : a new twist on Landau levels and Aharonov-Bohm states Type A1 Journal article
Year (down) 2012 Publication Physical review X Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev X
Volume 2 Issue 4 Pages 041011-41015
Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
Abstract We examine the propagation of the recently discovered electron vortex beams in a longitudinal magnetic field. We consider both the Aharonov-Bohm configuration with a single flux line and the Landau case of a uniform magnetic field. While stationary Aharonov-Bohm modes represent Bessel beams with flux- and vortex-dependent probability distributions, stationary Landau states manifest themselves as nondiffracting Laguerre-Gaussian beams. Furthermore, the Landau-state beams possess field- and vortex-dependent phases: (i) the Zeeman phase from coupling the quantized angular momentum to the magnetic field and (ii) the Gouy phase, known from optical Laguerre-Gaussian beams. Remarkably, together these phases determine the structure of Landau energy levels. This unified Zeeman-Landau-Gouy phase manifests itself in a nontrivial evolution of images formed by various superpositions of modes. We demonstrate that, depending on the chosen superposition, the image can rotate in a magnetic field with either (i) Larmor, (ii) cyclotron (double-Larmor), or (iii) zero frequency. At the same time, its centroid always follows the classical cyclotron trajectory, in agreement with the Ehrenfest theorem. Interestingly, the nonrotating superpositions reproduce stable multivortex configurations that appear in rotating superfluids. Our results open an avenue for the direct electron-microscopy observation of fundamental properties of free quantum-electron states in magnetic fields.
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Publisher Place of Publication College Park, Md Editor
Language Wos 000311551100001 Publication Date 2012-11-26
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2160-3308; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles
Impact Factor 12.789 Times cited 130 Open Access
Notes Vortex ECASJO_; Approved Most recent IF: 12.789; 2012 IF: 6.711
Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105139UA @ admin @ c:irua:105139 Serial 991
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