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Artini C, Pennelli G, Graziosi P, Li Z, Neophytou N, Melis C, Colombo L, Isotta E, Lohani K, Scardi P, Castellero A, Baricco M, Palumbo M, Casassa S, Maschio L, Pani M, Latronico G, Mele P, Di Benedetto F, Contento G, De Riccardis MF, Fucci R, Palazzo B, Rizzo A, Demontis V, Prete D, Isram M, Rossella F, Ferrario A, Miozzo A, Boldrini S, Dimaggio E, Franzini M, Galliano S, Barolo C, Mardi S, Reale A, Lorenzi B, Narducci D, Trifiletti V, Milita S, Bellucci A, Trucchi DM. Roadmap on thermoelectricity. Nanotechnology 2023; 34. [PMID: 37019100 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acca88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
The increasing energy demand and the ever more pressing need for clean technologies of energy conversion pose one of the most urgent and complicated issues of our age. Thermoelectricity, namely the direct conversion of waste heat into electricity, is a promising technique based on a long-standing physical phenomenon, which still has not fully developed its potential, mainly due to the low efficiency of the process. In order to improve the thermoelectric performance, a huge effort is being made by physicists, materials scientists and engineers, with the primary aims of better understanding the fundamental issues ruling the improvement of the thermoelectric figure of merit, and finally building the most efficient thermoelectric devices. In this Roadmap an overview is given about the most recent experimental and computational results obtained within the Italian research community on the optimization of composition and morphology of some thermoelectric materials, as well as on the design of thermoelectric and hybrid thermoelectric/photovoltaic devices.
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- Cristina Artini
- DCCI, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy, National Research Council, CNR-ICMATE, Via De Marini 6, I-16149 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via Caruso 16, I-56122 Pisa, Italy
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- CNR-ISMN, v. Gobetti 101, I-40129, Bologna, Italy
- University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, United States of America
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS, INSTM, University of Turin, Italy
- CNR-ICMATE, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS, INSTM, University of Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS, INSTM, University of Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS, INSTM, University of Turin, Italy
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- DCCI, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- CNR-SPIN Genova, Corso Perrone 24, I-16152 Genova, Italy
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- Shibaura Institute of Technology, Omiya Campus, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
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- Shibaura Institute of Technology, Omiya Campus, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 337-8570, Japan
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable Economic Development, SSPT-PROMAS-MATAS Brindisi Research Centre S.S. 7 - Km I-706 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Informatiche e Matematiche, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 213/A, I-41125, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Informatiche e Matematiche, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 213/A, I-41125, Modena, Italy
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- CNR-ICMATE, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Pisa, Via Caruso 16, I-56122 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Gioacchino Quarello 15A, Torino I-10135, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science, INSTM Reference Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco I-10095, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Gioacchino Quarello 15A, Torino I-10135, Italy
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- CHOSE - Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy and Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) Department of Science and Technology, University of Linköping, Bredgatan 34, Norrkoping 581 83, Sweden
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- CHOSE - Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy and Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Materials Science-University of Milano Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi 55, I-20125-Milano, Italy
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- Department of Materials Science-University of Milano Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi 55, I-20125-Milano, Italy
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- Department of Materials Science and Solar Energy Research Center (MIB-SOLAR), University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM), Via Piero Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM-CNR), DiaTHEMA Lab, Montelibretti Unit, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo (RM), Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM-CNR), DiaTHEMA Lab, Montelibretti Unit, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo (RM), Italy
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Bergenti I, Kamiya T, Li D, Riminucci A, Graziosi P, MacLaren DA, Rakshit RK, Singh M, Benini M, Tada H, Smogunov A, Dediu VA. Spinterface Effects in Hybrid La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3/SrTiO 3/C 60/Co Magnetic Tunnel Junctions. ACS Appl Electron Mater 2022; 4:4273-4279. [PMID: 36193212 PMCID: PMC9523579 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Orbital hybridization at the Co/C60 interface been has proved to strongly enhance the magnetic anisotropy of the cobalt layer, promoting such hybrid systems as appealing components for sensing and memory devices. Correspondingly, the same hybridization induces substantial variations in the ability of the Co/C60 interface to support spin-polarized currents and can bring out a spin-filtering effect. The knowledge of the effects at both sides allows for a better and more complete understanding of interfacial physics. In this paper we investigate the Co/C60 bilayer in the role of a spin-polarized electrode in the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3/C60/Co configuration, thus substituting the bare Co electrode in the well-known La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3/Co magnetic tunnel junction. The study revealed that the spin polarization (SP) of the tunneling currents escaping from the Co/C60 electrode is generally negative: i.e., inverted with respect to the expected SP of the Co electrode. The observed sign of the spin polarization was confirmed via DFT calculations by considering the hybridization between cobalt and molecular orbitals.
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- Ilaria Bergenti
- Institute
of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Department
of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka
University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan 560-8531
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- CEMES,
Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, F-31055 Toulouse, France
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- Institute
of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Institute
of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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- CSIR
- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- CSIR
- National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Institute
of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Department
of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka
University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan 560-8531
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- Service de
Physique de l’Etat Condensé (SPEC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
Cedex France
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- Institute
of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy
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Prieto-Ruiz JP, Miralles SG, Prima-García H, López-Muñoz A, Riminucci A, Graziosi P, Aeschlimann M, Cinchetti M, Dediu VA, Coronado E. Enhancing Light Emission in Interface Engineered Spin-OLEDs through Spin-Polarized Injection at High Voltages. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1806817. [PMID: 30645012 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The quest for a spin-polarized organic light-emitting diode (spin-OLED) is a common goal in the emerging fields of molecular electronics and spintronics. In this device, two ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes are used to enhance the electroluminescence intensity of the OLED through a magnetic control of the spin polarization of the injected carriers. The major difficulty is that the driving voltage of an OLED device exceeds a few volts, while spin injection in organic materials is only efficient at low voltages. The fabrication of a spin-OLED that uses a conjugated polymer as bipolar spin collector layer and ferromagnetic electrodes is reported here. Through a careful engineering of the organic/inorganic interfaces, it is succeeded in obtaining a light-emitting device showing spin-valve effects at high voltages (up to 14 V). This allows the detection of a magneto-electroluminescence (MEL) enhancement on the order of a 2.4% at 9 V for the antiparallel (AP) configuration of the magnetic electrodes. This observation provides evidence for the long-standing fundamental issue of injecting spins from magnetic electrodes into the frontier levels of a molecular semiconductor. The finding opens the way for the design of multifunctional devices coupling the light and the spin degrees of freedom.
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- Juan Pablo Prieto-Ruiz
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia. Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46890, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia. Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46890, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia. Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46890, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia. Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46890, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati ISMN - CNR, Via Gobetti, 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Instituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati ISMN - CNR, Via Gobetti, 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse 46, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VI, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Instituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati ISMN - CNR, Via Gobetti, 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia. Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46890, Paterna, Spain
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Riminucci A, Yu ZG, Prezioso M, Cecchini R, Bergenti I, Graziosi P, Dediu VA. Controlling Magnetoresistance by Oxygen Impurities in Mq3-Based Molecular Spin Valves. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:8319-8326. [PMID: 30720264 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b20423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The understanding of magnetoresistance (MR) in organic spin valves (OSVs) based on molecular semiconductors is still incomplete after its demonstration more than a decade ago. Although carrier concentration may play an essential role in spin transport in these devices, direct experimental evidence of its importance is lacking. We probed the role of the charge carrier concentration by studying the interplay between MR and multilevel resistive switching in OSVs. The present work demonstrates that all salient features of these devices, particularly the intimate correlation between MR and resistance, can be accounted for by the impurity band model, based on oxygen migration. Finally, we highlight the critical importance of the carrier concentration in determining spin transport and MR in OSVs and the role of interface-mediated oxygen migration in controlling the OSV response.
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- ISP/Applied Sciences Laboratory , Washington State University , Spokane , Washington 99210 , United States
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Bergenti I, Borgatti F, Calbucci M, Riminucci A, Cecchini R, Graziosi P, MacLaren DA, Giglia A, Rueff JP, Céolin D, Pasquali L, Dediu V. Oxygen Impurities Link Bistability and Magnetoresistance in Organic Spin Valves. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:8132-8140. [PMID: 29411962 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b16068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Vertical crossbar devices based on manganite and cobalt injecting electrodes and a metal-quinoline molecular transport layer are known to manifest both magnetoresistance (MR) and electrical bistability. The two effects are strongly interwoven, inspiring new device applications such as electrical control of the MR and magnetic modulation of bistability. To explain the device functionality, we identify the mechanism responsible for electrical switching by associating the electrical conductivity and the impedance behavior with the chemical states of buried layers obtained by in operando photoelectron spectroscopy. These measurements revealed that a significant fraction of oxygen ions migrate under voltage application, resulting in a modification of the electronic properties of the organic material and of the oxidation state of the interfacial layer with the ferromagnetic contacts. Variable oxygen doping of the organic molecules represents the key element for correlating bistability and MR, and our measurements provide the first experimental evidence in favor of the impurity-driven model describing the spin transport in organic semiconductors in similar devices.
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- Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) , Catedrático José Beltrán Martínez 2 , 46980 Paterna , Spain
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Glasgow , Glasgow G12 8QQ , Scotland
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- IOM-CNR , s.s. 14, Km. 163.5 in AREA Science Park , Basovizza , 34149 Trieste , Italy
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL , Saint-Aubin, BP 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex , France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL , Saint-Aubin, BP 48, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex , France
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- IOM-CNR , s.s. 14, Km. 163.5 in AREA Science Park , Basovizza , 34149 Trieste , Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria E. Ferrari , Via Vivarelli 10 , 41125 Modena , Italy
- Department of Physics , University of Johannesburg , P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 , South Africa
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Pincelli T, Lollobrigida V, Borgatti F, Regoutz A, Gobaut B, Schlueter C, Lee TL, Payne DJ, Oura M, Tamasaku K, Petrov AY, Graziosi P, Granozio FM, Cavallini M, Vinai G, Ciprian R, Back CH, Rossi G, Taguchi M, Daimon H, van der Laan G, Panaccione G. Quantifying the critical thickness of electron hybridization in spintronics materials. Nat Commun 2017; 8:16051. [PMID: 28714466 PMCID: PMC5520016 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
In the rapidly growing field of spintronics, simultaneous control of electronic and magnetic properties is essential, and the perspective of building novel phases is directly linked to the control of tuning parameters, for example, thickness and doping. Looking at the relevant effects in interface-driven spintronics, the reduced symmetry at a surface and interface corresponds to a severe modification of the overlap of electron orbitals, that is, to a change of electron hybridization. Here we report a chemically and magnetically sensitive depth-dependent analysis of two paradigmatic systems, namely La1−xSrxMnO3 and (Ga,Mn)As. Supported by cluster calculations, we find a crossover between surface and bulk in the electron hybridization/correlation and we identify a spectroscopic fingerprint of bulk metallic character and ferromagnetism versus depth. The critical thickness and the gradient of hybridization are measured, setting an intrinsic limit of 3 and 10 unit cells from the surface, respectively, for (Ga,Mn)As and La1−xSrxMnO3, for fully restoring bulk properties. Surface versus bulk effects in electronic structure of spintronics materials are crucial to their applications but are yet well understood. Here the authors experimentally determine the critical thickness that defines the crossover of electron hybridization between surface and bulk for two prototype spintronics materials.
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- T Pincelli
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, Milano I-20133, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, Roma I-00146, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna I-40129, Italy
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14 Km 163.5, Area Science Park, Trieste 34149, Italy
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna I-40129, Italy
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- CNR-SPIN, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Napoli 80126, Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica, Università 'Federico II' di Napoli, Napoli, 80126, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, Bologna I-40129, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- Institut fur Experimentelle Physik, Universitat Regensburg, Regensburg D-93040, Germany
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, Milano I-20133, Italy
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.,Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8-9165 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8-9165 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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Graziosi P, Gambardella A, Calbucci M, O'Shea K, MacLaren DA, Riminucci A, Bergenti I, Fugattini S, Prezioso M, Homonnay N, Schmidt G, Pullini D, Busquets-Mataix D, Dediu V. Seed layer technique for high quality epitaxial manganite films. AIP Adv 2016; 6:085109. [PMID: 27648371 PMCID: PMC5000783 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We introduce an innovative approach to the simultaneous control of growth mode and magnetotransport properties of manganite thin films, based on an easy-to-implement film/substrate interface engineering. The deposition of a manganite seed layer and the optimization of the substrate temperature allows a persistent bi-dimensional epitaxy and robust ferromagnetic properties at the same time. Structural measurements confirm that in such interface-engineered films, the optimal properties are related to improved epitaxy. A new growth scenario is envisaged, compatible with a shift from heteroepitaxy towards pseudo-homoepitaxy. Relevant growth parameters such as formation energy, roughening temperature, strain profile and chemical states are derived.
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow , Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow , Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Halle , 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Centro Ricerche Fiat , 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnología de Materiales, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia , Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati , v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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Samal SK, Goranov V, Dash M, Russo A, Shelyakova T, Graziosi P, Lungaro L, Riminucci A, Uhlarz M, Bañobre-López M, Rivas J, Herrmannsdörfer T, Rajadas J, De Smedt S, Braeckmans K, Kaplan DL, Dediu VA. Multilayered Magnetic Gelatin Membrane Scaffolds. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:23098-109. [PMID: 26451743 PMCID: PMC4867029 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A versatile approach for the design and fabrication of multilayer magnetic scaffolds with tunable magnetic gradients is described. Multilayer magnetic gelatin membrane scaffolds with intrinsic magnetic gradients were designed to encapsulate magnetized bioagents under an externally applied magnetic field for use in magnetic-field-assisted tissue engineering. The temperature of the individual membranes increased up to 43.7 °C under an applied oscillating magnetic field for 70 s by magnetic hyperthermia, enabling the possibility of inducing a thermal gradient inside the final 3D multilayer magnetic scaffolds. On the basis of finite element method simulations, magnetic gelatin membranes with different concentrations of magnetic nanoparticles were assembled into 3D multilayered scaffolds. A magnetic-gradient-controlled distribution of magnetically labeled stem cells was demonstrated in vitro. This magnetic biomaterial-magnetic cell strategy can be expanded to a number of different magnetic biomaterials for various tissue engineering applications.
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- Sangram K. Samal
- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Research Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S4-Bis, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics and Technology Innovation, NABI, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics and Technology Innovation, NABI, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Osteoarticular Research Group, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
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- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Av. Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Physics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, 1050 Arastradero, Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
- Corresponding Authors (D.L.K.) Tel.: +16176270851. Fax: +16176273231. . (V.A.D.),
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- Spintronic Devices Division, Institute for Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Corresponding Authors (D.L.K.) Tel.: +16176270851. Fax: +16176273231. . (V.A.D.),
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Cavallini M, Graziosi P, Calbucci M, Gentili D, Cecchini R, Barbalinardo M, Bergenti I, Riminucci A, Dediu V. Selective electrochemical decomposition of outgrowths and nanopatterning in La 0.7 Sr 0.3 MnO3 perovskite thin films. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7397. [PMID: 25491921 PMCID: PMC4261174 DOI: 10.1038/srep07397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The outgrowth formation in inorganic thin films is a dramatic problem that has limited the technological impact of many techniques and materials. Outgrowths are often themselves part of the films, but are detrimental for vertical junctions since they cause short-circuits or work as defects, compromising the reproducibility and in some cases the operation of the corresponding devices. The problem of outgrowth is particularly relevant in ablation-based methods and in some complex oxides, but is present in a large variety of systems and techniques. Here we propose an efficient local electrochemical method to selectively decompose the outgrowths of conductive oxide thin films by electrochemical decomposition, without altering the properties of the background film. The process is carried out using the same set-up as for local oxidation nanolithography, except for the sign of the voltage bias and it works at the nanoscale both as serial method using a scanning probe and as parallel method using conductive stamps. We demonstrated our process using La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 perovskite as a representative material but in principle it can be extended to many other conductive systems.
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- Massimiliano Cavallini
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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Pratt A, Graziosi P, Bergenti I, Prezioso M, Dediu A, Yamauchi Y. Ultrahigh vacuum and low-temperature cleaning of oxide surfaces using a low-concentration ozone beam. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:075116. [PMID: 25085182 DOI: 10.1063/1.4890208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present a novel method of delivering a low-concentration (<15%) ozone beam to an ultra-high vacuum environment for the purpose of cleaning and dosing experimental samples through oxidation processing. The system described is safe, low-cost, and practical and overcomes the limitations of ozone transport in the molecular flow environment of high or ultrahigh vacuum whilst circumventing the use of pure ozone gas which is potentially highly explosive. The effectiveness of this method in removing surface contamination is demonstrated through comparison of high-temperature annealing of a simple oxide (MgO) in ozone and oxygen environments as monitored using quadrupole mass spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy. Additionally, we demonstrate the potential of ozone for obtaining clean complex oxide surfaces without the need for high-temperature annealing which may significantly alter surface structure.
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- A Pratt
- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Harold Frank Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- CNR - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, v. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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Prezioso M, Riminucci A, Graziosi P, Bergenti I, Rakshit R, Cecchini R, Vianelli A, Borgatti F, Haag N, Willis M, Drew AJ, Gillin WP, Dediu VA. A single-device universal logic gate based on a magnetically enhanced memristor. Adv Mater 2013; 25:534-538. [PMID: 23097157 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201202031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Memristors are one of the most promising candidates for future information and communications technology (ICT) architectures. Two experimental proofs of concept are presented based on the intermixing of spintronic and memristive effects into a single device, a magnetically enhanced memristor (MEM). By exploiting the interaction between the memristance and the giant magnetoresistance (GMR), a universal implication (IMP) logic gate based on a single MEM device is realized.
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- Mirko Prezioso
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per lo, Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, (CNR-ISMN) - via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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Malavolti L, Poggini L, Margheriti L, Chiappe D, Graziosi P, Cortigiani B, Lanzilotto V, de Mongeot FB, Ohresser P, Otero E, Choueikani F, Sainctavit P, Bergenti I, Dediu VA, Mannini M, Sessoli R. Magnetism of TbPc2 SMMs on ferromagnetic electrodes used in organic spintronics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:11506-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46868b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Prezioso M, Riminucci A, Bergenti I, Graziosi P, Brunel D, Dediu VA. Electrically programmable magnetoresistance in multifunctional organic-based spin valve devices. Adv Mater 2011; 23:1371-1375. [PMID: 21400598 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201003974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Mirko Prezioso
- Instituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, ISMN - CNR, Via Gobetti, 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy.
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Braccio L, Camparini M, Graziosi P, Baratta G, Ferrigno L, Williams SL, Rosmini F, Sperduto RD, Maraini G. An independent evaluation of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) cataract grading system. Curr Eye Res 1998; 17:53-9. [PMID: 9472471 DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.1.53.5259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess intra- and interobserver reproducibility of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) system for grading lens opacities and to provide data on its capacity to reliably detect changes in lens status. METHODS Independent and replicate grading of 40 sets of lens photographs (one slit-lamp and two retroillumination photographs) were performed by three experienced observers. Patients were participants in the Collaborative Italian-American Clinical Trial of Nutritional Supplements which is testing the effect of a mineral-multivitamin supplement on age-related cataract (CTNS). Scatterplots and intraclass correlation were used to assess measurement error. RESULTS Analysis revealed good intra- and interobserver reproducibility of the system. Greatest intraobserver measurement error showed 100% of pairs within 10% areal difference for cortical cataract, 97.5% within 15% areal difference for posterior subcapsular cataract, and 100% within 1 density unit difference for nuclear opacity. Greatest interobserver measurement error showed 95% of pairs within 10% areal difference for cortical cataract, 97.5% within 15% areal difference for posterior subcapsular cataract, and 97.5% within 1.5 density unit difference for nuclear opacity. CONCLUSIONS The AREDS lens opacities grading system appears to be sufficiently reliable to detect changes of at least 10% areal involvement for cortical, 15% areal involvement for posterior subcapsular, and 1.0 units for nuclear opacities. It therefore seems sufficiently sensitive to adequately monitor progression of lens opacities in a longitudinal study of patients with early cataract. Its applicability in a population with advanced or complex mixed opacities must await further testing.
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- L Braccio
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Parma, Italy
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Bellotti G, Moraes A, Bocchi E, Esteves Filho A, Stolf N, Bacal F, Medeiros C, Graziosi P, Cerri G, Jatene A, Pileggi F. [Effects of partial ventriculectomy on left ventricular mechanical properties, shape, and geometry in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy]. Arq Bras Cardiol 1996; 67:395-400. [PMID: 9246827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the short-term effects of the partial ventriculectomy (resection of lateral wall associated to mitral annuloplasty) on cardiac mechanics, contractility, shape and geometry of the left ventricle (LV). METHODS Eleven male patients with severe congestive heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy were studied. The mean age was 51 +/- 7 years and the functional class was III (five patients) or IV (six patients) before the surgery. Patients were evaluated before and at 17 +/- 4 days after the surgery by simultaneous LV pressure and echocardiographic data. End-diastolic pressure (EDP-mmHg), wall stress (EDS-g/cm2) and diameter (EDD-cm); endsystolic wall stress (ESS) and diameter (ESD), fractional shortening (FS-%) and maximal elastance (Emax-mmHg/ cm/s); the diastolic slope of the pressure-diameter (Kp-mmHg/cm) and stress-strain (Km-g/cm2) loops; shape (L/ EDD, adimensional, where L is the LV long axis) and geometry (Th/EDD, adimensional, where TH is the LV diastolic thickness) were obtained. RESULTS 1) The ressected muscle fragments (diamond shape) were 10.8 +/- 1.3 cm in length and 5 +/- 0.6 cm in width; 2) all patients were discharged from hospital (15-29 days) in class I (eight cases), II (two), and III (one); 3) it was observed a decrease in EDP (24.3 +/- 7.7 x 17.5 +/- 3.2, p = 0.016); in EDD (8.0 +/- 0.7 x 7.2 +/- 0.8, p = 0.002); in EDS (57.9 +/- 26.8 x 37.4 +/- 19.2, p = 0.005); in ESS (199 +/- 46.9 x 102.8 +/- 33.1, p = 0.004); in ESD (7.1 +/- 0.7 x 5.7 +/- 0.8, p < 0.001); in Kp (22.3 +/- 15.9 x 11.5 +/- 6.9, p = 0.014); and in K(m) (467.4 +/- 212 x 214.6 +/- 87.4, p = 0.01); and, 4) it was noted an increase in FS (11.5 +/- 1.8 x 19.8 +/- 3.9, p < 0.001); in Emax (13.8 +/- 2.2 x 18.6 +/- 3.2, p < 0.001); and in L/EDD (1.32 +/- 0.1 x 1.47 +/- 0.13, p < 0.007) and Th/Dd (0.11 +/- 0.04 x 0.17 +/- 0.08, p < 0.038). CONCLUSION The partial ventriculectomy showed multiple significant beneficial effects in these dilated myopathic hearts.
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- G Bellotti
- Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP
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Graziosi P, Rosmini F, Bonacini M, Ferrigno L, Sperduto RD, Milton RC, Maraini G. Location and severity of cortical opacities in different regions of the lens in age-related cataract. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1996; 37:1698-703. [PMID: 8675414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To examine the distribution of cortical opacities across the lens in the Italian-American Natural History Study of Age-Related Cataract and to study the association between an index of sunlight exposure and the location of cortical cataract within the lens. METHODS Lens photographs of one eye of 731 persons with cortical opacities (503 with pure and 228 with mixed types of opacity) were included in the analysis. A radial grid superimposed on the photographs was used to assess presence, location, and severity of wedge-shaped cortical opacities. RESULTS Both the prevalence and the extent of cortical opacities were highest in the inferior-nasal quadrant and lowest in the superior-nasal quadrant of the lens. In polychotomous logistic regression, persons with the greatest excess areal involvement in the inferior half of the lens were more likely to have high exposure to sunlight, as measured by a sunlight index, than persons with excess involvement in the superior half of the lens (odds ratio, 1.73; 95% confidence interval 1.03, 2.93). Excess areal involvement of the inferior lens also was associated with the pure type of cortical cataract and with the total extent of the opacity. CONCLUSIONS Age-related cortical opacities occur more frequently inferiorly than superiorly and, to a lesser extent, nasally than temporally. Possibly higher exposure of these lens segments to sunlight may explain this preferential location of cortical opacities.
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- P Graziosi
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Parma, Italy
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Maranhão R, Santos RD, Furlaneto C, Graziosi P, Stolf N, Vinagre C, Bocchi E, Belotti G, Jatene A, Pileggi F. [Lipoprotein (a), apolipoproteins and the lipid profile late after heart transplantation]. Arq Bras Cardiol 1994; 63:465-8. [PMID: 7605229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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PURPOSE--To evaluate if the levels of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)], apolipoproteins (apo) A1, B and the lipid profile (LP) differ among heart transplantation (HT) patients, with coronary artery disease (CAD) and patients without CAD (NL) and if LP discriminates patients with graft vascular disease (GVD). METHODS--A hundred and seventy patients separated in 3 groups: I) HT [n = 43 46 +/- 15 years, 24 months (median) after transplantation], of these 28 were submitted to serial angiography after the first year of transplantation subgroups with GVD (n = 9) and without GVD (NGVD) (n = 19); II) CAD (n = 72, 48 +/- 6 years); III) NL (n = 45, 50 +/- 6 years). RESULTS--HT presented higher apo A1 levels than CAD and NL (1.5 +/- 0.5 vs 1.2 +/- 0.05 vs 1.1 +/- 0.06 g/l p < 0.05 respectively). Apo B was higher on CAD than in HT and NL (1.5 +/- 0.05 vs 1.2 +/- 0.07 vs 1.3 +/- 0.09 g/l p < 0.05). Lp (a) presented a trend to higher levels in HT and CAD than in NL [25(2-97), 24(1-130) and 15 (1-100) mg/dl, p = 0.05)]. However, when individually evaluated against NL Lp(a) levels were higher in HT and CAD (p = 0.019 and 0.03 respectively). LP did not differ between GVD and NGVD. CONCLUSION--Increased Lp(a) levels after transplantation might be related to the high prevalence of GVD. The LP did not discriminate GVD.
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- R Maranhão
- Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP
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Maraini G, Rosmini F, Graziosi P, Tomba MC, Bonacini M, Cotichini R, Pasquini P, Sperduto RD. Influence of type and severity of pure forms of age-related cataract on visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. Italian American Cataract Study Group. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1994; 35:262-7. [PMID: 8300354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To compare the relationship between logMAR visual acuity (VA) and cataract severity and between contrast sensitivity (CS) and cataract severity in pure types of age-related lens opacities. METHODS Analysis included patients followed in the ongoing Italian-American Study of the Natural History of Age-Related Cataract. Lens opacities were classified and graded according to the Lens Opacities Classification System II (LOCS II). Visual acuity was measured with the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Chart. Contrast sensitivity was measured with the Pelli-Robson chart. RESULTS Data from 1,076 eyes were used for the analysis (366 clear lenses; 550, 124, and 36 eyes with cortical, nuclear and posterior subcapsular cataract, respectively). In age-adjusted analyses, increasing severity of all three cataract types was associated with progressively higher logMAR VA, which translates into poorer acuity, and lower CS scores. For both VA and CS, the effect of increasing severity was greatest for nuclear and least for cortical opacities. After adjusting for age and VA, CS scores were no longer associated with cataract type and severity, with the exception of advanced cortical opacities. CONCLUSIONS Increased cataract severity, as determined by LOCS II grading, is strongly associated with both VA and CS scores. Contrast sensitivity scores obtained from testing at low spatial frequency do not seem to offer additional information over standard VA testing in early cortical and posterior subcapsular opacities nor in nuclear cataracts.
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- G Maraini
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università di Parma, Italy
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Maraini G, Pasquini P, Sperduto RD, Bonacini M, Carrieri MP, Corona R, Graziosi P, Tomba MC, Williams SL. The effect of cataract severity and morphology on the reliability of the Lens Opacities Classification System II (LOCS II). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32:2400-3. [PMID: 2071351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Data collected from 3646 eyes in the Italian-American Natural History Study of Age-Related Cataract were used to investigate whether the reliability of the Lens Opacities Classification System II (LOCS II) by the severity of the opacity that is being graded or is influenced by the presence and severity of coexisting opacities. Reliability was assessed by comparing the slit-lamp gradings of two clinical examiners (346 eyes) and the gradings performed at the slit lamp with gradings of photographs (3646 eyes). The severity of cortical and nuclear opacities did not affect the reproducibility of slit-lamp gradings, but clinical grading of posterior subcapsular opacities became more reliable as the severity of the posterior subcapsular opacities increased. More advanced coexisting opacities decreased the agreement in the slit-lamp diagnosis of nuclear, but not cortical or posterior subcapsular, opacities. Comparisons of clinical and photographic gradings showed very good to excellent agreement for nuclear and cortical opacities, regardless of the severity of the specific opacity or the severity of the coexisting opacities. Agreement in diagnosing posterior subcapsular opacities was decreased in eyes with milder posterior subcapsular opacities and in eyes with more severe coexisting nuclear and/or cortical opacities. The effect of the severity of the opacity being graded and the severity of coexisting opacities on the reliability of the LOCS II must be considered in studies that use the system to classify and grade cataracts.
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- G Maraini
- Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Parma, Italy
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