简介:Theadiabaticelectrontransportistheoreticallystudiedinazigzaggraphenenanoribbon(ZGNR)junctionwithtwotime-dependentpumpingelectricfields.BymodelingaZGNRp–njunctionandapplyingtheKeldyshGreen’sfunctionmethod,wefindthatapumpedchargecurrentisflowinginthedeviceatazeroexternalbias,whichmainlycomesfromthephoton-assistedtunnelingprocessandthevalleyselectionruleinaneven-chainZGNRjunction.ThepumpedchargecurrentanditsONandOFFstatescanbeefficientlymodulatedbychangingthesystemparameterssuchasthepumpingfrequency,thepumpingphasedifference,andtheFermilevel.AferromagneticZGNRdeviceisalsostudiedtogenerateapurespincurrentandafullypolarizedspincurrentduetothecombinedspinpumpeffectandthevalleyvalveeffect.Ourfindingmightpavethewaytomanipulatethedegreeoffreedomofelectronsinagraphene-basedelectronicdevice.
简介:Cell-celljunctionsinthecochleaarehighlycomplexandwellorganized.Theroleofthesejunctionsistomaintainstructuralandfunctionalintegrityofthecochlea.Inthisreview,wedescribeclassificationofcelljunction-associatedproteinsidentifiedwithinthecochleaandprovideabriefoverviewofthefunctionoftheseproteinsinadherentjunctions,gapjunctionsandtightjunctions.
简介:UsingthedensityfunctionaltheoryandthenonequilibriumGreen’sfunctionmethod,westudiedthefinite-biasquantumtransportinaCr/graphene/Crmagnetotunneljunction(MTJ)constructedbyasinglegraphenelayersandwichedbetweentwosemi-infiniteCr(111)electrodes.Wefoundthatthetunnelingmagnetoresistance(TMR)ratiointhisMTJreached108%,whichisclosetothatofaperfectspinfilter.Underanexternalpositivebias,wefoundthattheTMRratioremainedconstantat65%,incontrasttoMgO-basedMTJs,theTMRratiosofwhichdecreasewithincreasingbias.TheseresultsindicatethattheCr/graphene/CrMTJisapromisingcandidateforspintronicsapplications.
简介:Anoveldiodestring-triggeredgated-PiNjunctiondevice,whichisfabricatedinastandard65-nmcomplementarymetal-oxidesemiconductor(CMOS)technology,isproposedinthispaper.Anembeddedgated-PiNjunctionstructureisemployedtoreducethediodestringleakagecurrentto13nA/μminatemperaturerangefrom25°Cto85°C.Toprovidetheeffectiveelectrostaticdischarge(ESD)protectioninmulti-voltagepowersupply,thetriggeringvoltageofthenoveldevicecanbeadjustedthroughredistributingparasiticresistanceinsteadofchangingthestackeddiodenumber.