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Author McNaughton, B.; Pinto, N.; Perali, A.; Milošević, M.V. url  doi
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  Title Causes and consequences of ordering and dynamic phases of confined vortex rows in superconducting nanostripes Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2022 Publication Nanomaterials Abbreviated Journal Nanomaterials-Basel  
  Volume 12 Issue 22 Pages 4043-18  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract Understanding the behaviour of vortices under nanoscale confinement in superconducting circuits is important for the development of superconducting electronics and quantum technologies. Using numerical simulations based on the Ginzburg-Landau theory for non-homogeneous superconductivity in the presence of magnetic fields, we detail how lateral confinement organises vortices in a long superconducting nanostripe, presenting a phase diagram of vortex configurations as a function of the stripe width and magnetic field. We discuss why the average vortex density is reduced and reveal that confinement influences vortex dynamics in the dissipative regime under sourced electrical current, mapping out transitions between asynchronous and synchronous vortex rows crossing the nanostripe as the current is varied. Synchronous crossings are of particular interest, since they cause single-mode modulations in the voltage drop along the stripe in a high (typically GHz to THz) frequency range.  
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  Language Wos 000887683200001 Publication Date 2022-11-18  
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  ISSN 2079-4991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 5.3 Times cited 2 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 5.3  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:192731 Serial 7286  
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Author Pinto, N.; McNaughton, B.; Minicucci, M.; Milošević, M.V.; Perali, A. url  doi
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  Title Electronic transport mechanisms correlated to structural properties of a reduced graphene oxide sponge Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2021 Publication Nanomaterials Abbreviated Journal Nanomaterials-Basel  
  Volume 11 Issue 10 Pages 2503  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract We report morpho-structural properties and charge conduction mechanisms of a foamy “graphene sponge ”, having a density as low as & AP;0.07 kg/m3 and a carbon to oxygen ratio C:O & SIME; 13:1. The spongy texture analysed by scanning electron microscopy is made of irregularly-shaped millimetres-sized small flakes, containing small crystallites with a typical size of & SIME;16.3 nm. A defect density as high as & SIME;2.6 x 1011 cm-2 has been estimated by the Raman intensity of D and G peaks, dominating the spectrum from room temperature down to & SIME;153 K. Despite the high C:O ratio, the graphene sponge exhibits an insulating electrical behavior, with a raise of the resistance value at & SIME;6 K up to 5 orders of magnitude with respect to the room temperature value. A variable range hopping (VRH) conduction, with a strong 2D character, dominates the charge carriers transport, from 300 K down to 20 K. At T < 20 K, graphene sponge resistance tends to saturate, suggesting a temperature-independent quantum tunnelling. The 2D-VRH conduction originates from structural disorder and is consistent with hopping of charge carriers between sp2 defects in the plane, where sp3 clusters related to oxygen functional groups act as potential barriers.</p>  
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  Language Wos 000713174500001 Publication Date 2021-09-28  
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  ISSN 2079-4991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record  
  Impact Factor 3.553 Times cited Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 3.553  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:184050 Serial 6988  
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Author McNaughton, B.; Milošević, M.V.; Perali, A.; Pilati, S. url  doi
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  Title Boosting Monte Carlo simulations of spin glasses using autoregressive neural networks Type A1 Journal article
  Year (down) 2020 Publication Physical Review E Abbreviated Journal Phys Rev E  
  Volume 101 Issue 5 Pages 053312  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)  
  Abstract The autoregressive neural networks are emerging as a powerful computational tool to solve relevant problems in classical and quantum mechanics. One of their appealing functionalities is that, after they have learned a probability distribution from a dataset, they allow exact and efficient sampling of typical system configurations. Here we employ a neural autoregressive distribution estimator (NADE) to boost Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations of a paradigmatic classical model of spin-glass theory, namely, the two-dimensional Edwards-Anderson Hamiltonian. We show that a NADE can be trained to accurately mimic the Boltzmann distribution using unsupervised learning from system configurations generated using standard MCMC algorithms. The trained NADE is then employed as smart proposal distribution for the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. This allows us to perform efficient MCMC simulations, which provide unbiased results even if the expectation value corresponding to the probability distribution learned by the NADE is not exact. Notably, we implement a sequential tempering procedure, whereby a NADE trained at a higher temperature is iteratively employed as proposal distribution in a MCMC simulation run at a slightly lower temperature. This allows one to efficiently simulate the spin-glass model even in the low-temperature regime, avoiding the divergent correlation times that plague MCMC simulations driven by local-update algorithms. Furthermore, we show that the NADE-driven simulations quickly sample ground-state configurations, paving the way to their future utilization to tackle binary optimization problems.  
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  Language Wos 000535862000014 Publication Date 2020-05-28  
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  ISSN 1539-3755; 1550-2376 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.366 Times cited 15 Open Access  
  Notes ; The authors thank I. Murray, G. Carleo, and F. RicciTersenghi for useful discussions. Financial support from the FAR2018 project titled “Supervised machine learning for quantum matter and computational docking” of the University of Camerino and from the Italian MIUR under Project No. PRIN2017 CEnTraL 20172H2SC4 is gratefully acknowledged. S.P. also acknowledges the CINECA award under the ISCRA initiative, for the availability of high performance computing resources and support. M.V.M. gratefully acknowledges the Visiting Professorship program at the University of Camerino that facilitated the collaboration in this work. ; Approved Most recent IF: NA  
  Call Number UA @ admin @ c:irua:170244 Serial 6463  
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