The magnetic properties of CoFeB thin films grown on flexible polyimide substrates were investigated using a magneto-optical Kerr effect magnetometer. In-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy was observed in the virgin state. The strain induced by bending the flexible substrate was applied on the sample to change the magnetic properties of CoFeB.The strain induced uniaxial magnetic anisotropy changed linearly with the deformation by about 8.41 × 10^4erg/cm^3 at 1%of deformation. Our results prove the magnetic properties of CoFeB grown on flexible polyimide substrate can be tuned effectively by bending, which could be important for future flexible spintronics.
III-V Semiconductors containing a small amount of Bi, known as dilute bismides, have attracted great interest in recent years, due to the large band-gap reduction and other unique properties [1,2]. Previous studies have been pri- marily focused on the growth and optical properties of the GaAs-based bismuthides [3], while the properties of other dilute bismides are less well understood. Berding et al. [4] theoretically predicted that InPBi is expected to be an attractive candidate for narrow-gap applications. Experimentally, the InPBi alloy with good single crystal quality has been successfully synthesized recently and exhibits strong and broad photoluminescence at room temperature [5,6]. However, the electric transport characteristics of the InPBi alloy are poorly understood. In this work, we systematically investigate the effect of Bi incorporation on electric transport properties of the InP1-xBix alloys.
We carefully investigated the ferromagnetic coupling in the as-grown and annealed ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs/A1GaMnAs bilayer devices. We observed that the magnetic interaction between the two layers strongly affects the magnetoresistance of the GaMnAs layer with applying the out of plane magnetic field. After low temperature annealing, the magnetic easy axis of the A1GaMnAs layer switches from out of plane into in-plane and the interlayer coupling efficiency is reduced from up to 0.6 to less than 0.4. However, the magnetic coupling penetration depth for the annealed device is twice that of the as-grown bilayer device.
CAO YuFeiLI YanYongLI YuanYuanWEI GuanNanJI YangWANG KaiYou
Transition metal dichalcogenides （TMDCs） have gained considerable attention because of their novel properties and great potential applications. The flakes of TMDCs not only have great light absorption from visible to near infrared, but also can be stacked together regardless of lattice mismatch like other two-dimensional （2D） materials. Along with the studies on intrinsic properties of TMDCs, the junctions based on TMDCs become more and more important in applications of photodetection. The junctions have shown many exciting possibilities to fully combine the advantages of TMDCs, other 2D materials, conventional and organic semiconductors together. Early studies have greatly enriched the application of TMDCs in photodetection. In this review, we investigate the efforts in photodetectors based on the junctions of TMDCs and analyze the properties of those photodetectors. Homojunctions based on TMDCs can be made by surface chemical doping, elemental doping and electrostatic gating. Heterojunction formed between TMDCs/2D materials, TMDCs/conventional semiconductors and TMDCs/organic semiconductor also deserve more attentions. We also compare the advantages and disadvantages of different junctions, and then give the prospects for the development of junctions based on TMDCs.
