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Recent publications of the researchers involved in NANO-TEC

UNINS ♦ CEA ♦ UCAM ♦ WIS ♦ CNRS ♦ HIT ♦ IMDEA ♦ UAU ♦ ULANC ♦ IBM-ZRL ♦ LIED ♦ UMCS ♦ STM CROLLES

Beneficiary 1 – Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (UNINS)

  • Fundamental aspects of steady state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale
    G. Benenti, G. Casati, K. Saito and R.S. Whitney
    preprint arXiv:1608.05595
  • A minimalistic model for a quantum thermoelectric motor
    U. Bissbort, C. Teo, C. Guo, G. Casati, G. Benenti and D. Poletti
    preprint arXiv:1609.02916
  • From thermal rectifiers to thermoelectric devices
    G. Benenti, G. Casati, C. Mejia-Monasterio and M. Peyrard
    in Springer Lecture Notes in Physics vol. 921 “Thermal transport in low dimensions: from statistical physics to nanoscale heat transfer”, edited by S. Lepri (2016)
    arXiv:1512.06889
  • Closed-loop approach to thermodynamics
    C. Goupil, H. Ouerdane, E. Herbert, G. Benenti, Y. D'Angelo and Ph. Lecoeur
    Phys. Rev. E 94, 032136 (2016)
  • The thermoelectric working fluid: thermodynamics and transport
    G. Benenti, H. Ouerdane and C. Goupil
    C. R. Physique 17, 1072 (2016)
  • Thermoelectricity of interacting particles: A numerical approach
    S. Chen, J. Wang, G. Casati and G. Benenti
    Phys. Rev. E 92, 032139 (2015)
  • Magnetic thermal switch for heat management at the nanoscale
    R. Bosisio, S. Valentini, F. Mazza, G. Benenti, R. Fazio, V. Giovannetti and F. Taddei
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 205420 (2015)
  • Separation of heat and charge currents for boosted thermoelectric conversion
    F. Mazza, S. Valentini, R. Bosisio, G. Benenti, V. Giovannetti, R. Fazio and F. Taddei
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 245435 (2015)
  • Thermoelectric efficiency in momentum-conserving systems
    G. Benenti, G. Casati and C. Mejia-Monasterio
    New J. Phys. 16, 015014 (2014)
  • Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines
    F. Mazza, R. Bosisio, G. Benenti, V. Giovannetti, R. Fazio and F. Taddei
    New J. Phys. 16, 085001 (2014)
  • Conservation laws and thermodynamic efficiencies
    G. Benenti, G. Casati and W. Jiao
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 070604 (2013)
  • Efficiency of three-terminal thermoelectric transport under broken time-reversal symmetry
    V. Balachandran, G. Benenti and G. Casati
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 165419 (2013)
  • Validity of Wiedemann Franz law in small molecular wires
    V. Balachandran, R. Bosisio and G. Benenti
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 035433 (2012)
  • Railway switch transport model
    M. Horvat, T. Prosen, G. Benenti and G. Casati
    Phys. Rev. E 86, 052102 (2012)
  • Thermodynamic bounds on efficiency for systems with broken time-reversal symmetry
    G. Benenti, K. Saito and G. Casati
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 230602 (2011)
  • Thermopower with broken time-reversal symmetry
    K. Saito, G. Benenti, G. Casati and T. Prosen
    Phys. Rev. B 84, 201306(R) (2011)

Beneficiary 2 – Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Beneficiary 3 – University of Cambridge (UCAM)

  • Sensitive Radio-Frequency Measurements of a Quantum Dot by Tuning to Perfect Impedance Matching
    Ares, N., Schupp, F. J., Mavalankar, A., Rogers, G., Griffiths, J., Jones, G. A. C., Farrer, I., Ritchie, D. A., Smith, C. G., Cottet, A., Briggs, G. A. D., Laird, E. A.
    Phys. Rev. Applied. 5, 034011 (2016)
  • Transient Resistive Switching Devices Made from Egg Albumen Dielectrics and Dissolvable Electrodes
    He, Xingli; Zhang, Jian; Wang, Wenbo; Xuan, Weipeng; Wang, Xiaozhi; Zhang, Qilong; Smith, Charles; G. Luo, Jikui
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 10954 (2016)
  • Effect of Split Gate Size on the Electrostatic Potential and 0.7 Anomaly within Quantum Wires on a Modulation-Doped GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructure
    Smith, L. W.; Al-Taie, H.; Lesage, A. A. J.; Thomas, K. J.; Sfigakis, F.; See, P.; Griffiths, J. P.; Farrer, I.; Jones, G. A. C.; Ritchie, D. A.; Kelly, M. J.; Smith, C. G.
    Phys. Rev. Applied 5, 044015 (2016)
  • Magnetic-field-induced charge redistribution in disordered graphene double quantum dots
    Chiu, K. L., Connolly, M. R., Cresti, A., Griffiths, J. P., Jones, G. A. C., and Smith, C. G.
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 155408 (2015)
  • Spatial mapping and statistical reproducibility of an array of 256 one-dimensional quantum wires
    Al-Taie, H., Smith, L. W., Lesage, A. A. J., See, P., Griffiths, J. P., Beere, H. E., GAC Jones, DA Ritchie, Smith, C. G.
    J. Appl. Phys. 118, 075703 (2015)
  • Imaging ballistic carrier trajectories in graphene using scanning gate microscopy
    Morikawa, S., Dou, Z., Wang, S. -W., Smith, C. G., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Saturi M., Tomoki M., Connolly, M. R.
    arXiv:1508.00233 (2015)
  • Dependence of the 0.7 anomaly on the curvature of the potential barrier in quantum wires
    L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, A. A. J. Lesage, F. Sfigakis, P. See, J. P. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, A. R. Hamilton, M. J. Kelly, and C. G. Smith
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 235402 (2015)
  • Assisted extraction of the energy level spacings and lever arms in direct current bias measurements of one-dimensional quantum wires, using an image recognition routine
    Lesage, A. A. J., Smith, L. W., Al-Taie, H., See, P., Griffiths, J. P., Farrer, I. Jones, G. A. C. Ritchie, D. A. Kelly, M. J. Smith, C. G.
    J. Appl. Phys. 117, 015704 (2015)
  • Radio-frequency capacitance spectroscopy of metallic nanoparticles
    Frake, J. C., Kano, S., Ciccarelli, C., Griffiths, J., Sakamoto, M., Teranishi, T. Majima, Y. Smith, C. G. Buitelaar, M. R.
    Sci. Rep. 5, 10858 (2015)
  • Multiplexed charge-locking device for large arrays of quantum devices
    Puddy, R. K., Smith, L. W., Al-Taie, H., Chong, C. H., Farrer, I., Griffiths, J. P., Ritchie, D. A., Kelly, M. J., Smith, C. G.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 143501 (2015)
  • Direct imaging of coherent quantum transport in graphene p-n-p junctions
    Herbschleb, E. D., Puddy, R. K., Marconcini, P., Griffiths, J. P., Jones, G. A. C., Macucci, M., Smith, C. G. Connolly, M. R.
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 125414 (2015)
  • Statistical study of conductance properties in one-dimensional quantum wires focusing on the 0.7 anomaly
    Smith, L. W., Al-Taie, H., Sfigakis, F., See, P., Lesage, A. A. J., Xu, B Griffiths J. P. Beere H. E. Jones G. A. C. Richie, D. A. Kelly M. J. Smith, C. G.
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 045426 (2015)
  • Vortex detection and quantum transport in mesoscopic graphene Josephson-junction arrays
    Richardson, C. L., Edkins, S. D., Berdiyorov, G. R., Chua, C. J., Griffiths, J. P., Jones, G. A. C., Buitelaar, M. R., Narayan, V., Sfigakis F., Smith, C. G., Covaci, L., Connolly, M. R.
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 245418 (2015)
  • Quantum Hall effect and quantum point contact in bilayer-patched epitaxial graphene
    Chua, C., Connolly, M., Lartsev, A., Yager, T., Lara-Avila, S., Kubatkin, S., Koblov, S., Fal’ko, V., Yakimova, R., Pearce, R., Janssen T. J. B. M., Tzalenchuk, A., Smith, C. G.
    Nano Lett. 14, 3369 (2014)
  • Evidence of Novel Quasiparticles in a Strongly Interacting Two-Dimensional Electron System: Giant Thermopower and Metallic Behaviour
    V. Narayan, M. Pepper, J. Griffths, H. Beere, F. Sfigakis, G. Jones, D. Ritchie, and A. Ghosh
    J. Low Temp. Phys. 171, 626 (2013)
  • Density-dependent thermopower oscillations in mesoscopic two-dimensional electron gases
    V. Narayan, E. Kogan, C. Ford, M. Pepper, M. Kaveh, J. Griffiths, G. Jones, H. Beere, and D. Ritchie
    New J. Phys. 16, 085009 (2014)
  • A non-invasive electron thermometer based on charge sensing of a quantum dot
    Mavalankar, A., Chorley, S. J., Griffiths, J., Jones, G. A. C., Farrer, I., Ritchie, D. A., and Smith, C. G.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 133116 (2013)
  • Cryogenic on-chip multiplexer for the study of quantum transport in 256 split-gate devices
    Al-Taie, H., Smith, L. W., Xu, B., See, P., Griffiths, J. P., Beere, H. E., Jones, G. A. C., Ritchie, D. A., Kelly, M. J., Smith, C. G.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 243102 (2013) – (Erratum) Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 099901 (2013)
  • Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in multi-layer graphene
    Chuang, C., Lin, L. -H., Aoki, N., Ouchi, T., Mahjoub, A. M., Woo, T. –P, Puddy, R. K., Ochiai. Y., Smith, C. G., Liang, C. -T.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 043117 (2013)
  • Gigahertz quantized charge pumping in graphene quantum dots
    M. R. Connolly, K. L. Chiu, S. P. Giblin, M. Kataoka, J. D. Fletcher, C. Chua, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, V. I. Fal'ko, C. G. Smith, and T. J. B. M. Janssen
    Nature Nanotech. 8, 417 (2013)
  • Non-ohmic behavior of carrier transport in highly disordered graphene
    Lo, S. -T., Chuang, C., Puddy, R. K., Chen, T. -M., Smith, C. G., and Liang, C. -T.
    Nanotechnology 24, 165201 (2013)
  • Random telegraph signals by alkanethiol-protected Au nanoparticles in chemically assembled single-electron transistors
    Kano, S., Azuma, Y., Tanaka, D., Sakamoto, M., Teranishi, T., Smith, L. W., Smith, C. G., Majima, Y.
    J. Appl. Phys. 114, 223717 (2013)

Beneficiary 4 – Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)

  • MBE growth of self-assisted InAs nanowires on graphene
    J.-H. Kang, Y. Ronen, Y. Cohen, D. Convertino, A. Rossi, C. Coletti, S. Heun, L. Sorba, P. Kacman and H. Shtrikman
    Semicond. Sci. Technol. 31, 115005 (2016)
  • Enhancing thermoelectric efficiency and power using nonlinear inelastic transport
    Jian-Hua Jiang, Yoseph Imry
    submitted to APL – arXiv:1610.02818
  • Linear and Nonlinear Mesoscopic Thermoelectric Transport with Coupling to Heat Baths
    Jian-Hua Jiang, Yoseph Imry
    Comptes Rendus Physique 17, 1047 (2016) – arXiv:1602.01655
  • Phonon-thermoelectric transistors and rectifiers
    Jian-Hua Jiang, Manas Kulkarni, Dvira Segal, Yoseph Imry
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 045309 (2015) – arXiv:1505.01880
  • Phonon thermoelectric transistors and rectifiers
    J.-H. Jiang, M. Kulkarni, D. Segal, and Y. Imry
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 045309 (2015)
  • Enhanced performance of joint cooling and energy production
    O. Entin-Wohlman, Y. Imry, and A. Aharony
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 054302 (2015)
  • Efficiency and dissipation in a two-terminal thermoelectric junction, emphasizing small dissipation
    O. Entin-Wohlman, J.-H. Jiang, and Y. Imry
    Phys. Rev. E 89, 012123 (2014)
  • Comment on “Cooling by Heating: Refrigeration Powered by Photons”
    O. Entin-Wohlman and Y. Imry
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 048901 (2014)
  • Duality Symmetry, and its Breakdown, in the Vicinity of the Superconductor-InsulatorTransition
    M. Ovadia, D. Kalok, B. Sacépé, and D. Shahar
    Nature Phys. 9, 415 (2013)
  • Three-terminal semiconductor junction thermoelectric devices: improving performance
    J.-H. Jiang, O. Entin-Wohlman, and Y. Imry
    New J. Phys. 15, 075021 (2013)
  • Hopping thermoelectric transport in finite systems: Boundary effects
    J.-H. Jiang, O. Entin-Wohlman, and Y. Imry
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 205420 (2013)
  • Thermoelectric three-terminal hopping transport through one-dimensional nanosystems
    J.-H. Jiang, O. Entin-Wohlman, and Y. Imry
    Phys. Rev. B 85, 075412 (2012)
  • Zero-bias peaks and splitting in an Al–InAs nanowire topological superconductor as a signature of Majorana fermions
    A. Das, Y. Ronen, Y. Most, Y. Oreg, M. Heiblum and H. Shtrikman
    Nature Phys. 8, 887 (2012)
  • Three-terminal thermoelectric transport through a molecular junction
    O. Entin-Wohlman, Y. Imry, and A. Aharony
    Phys. Rev. B 82, 115314 (2010)
  • Fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter as an origin of the Nernst effect
    K. Michaeli and A. M. Finkel'stein
    Europhys. Lett. 86, 27007 (2009)
  • Quantum kinetic approach for studying thermal transport in the presence of electron-electron interactions and disorder
    K. Michaeli and A. M. Finkel'stein
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 115111 (2009) (Editors' suggestion)

Beneficiary 5 – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

  • Quantum criticality at the superconductor to insulator transition revealed by specific heat measurements
    Shachaf Poran, Tuyen Nguyen-Duc, Assa Auerbach, Nicolas Dupuis, Aviad Frydman, and Olivier Bourgeois
    accepted to Nat. Comm. (2016)
  • Reduction of phonon mean free path: from low temperature physics to room temperature applications in thermoelectricity
    Olivier Bourgeois, Dimitri Tainoff, Adib Tavakoli, Yanqing Liu, Mustapha Boukhari, André Barski, Emmanuel Hadji
    Comptes Rendus Physique 17, 1154 (2016)
  • Very sensitive nanocalorimetry of small mass systems and glassy materials
    J.-L. Garden, A. Tavakoli, T. Nguyen-Duc, A. Frydman and O. Bourgeois
    Nanomaterials for Security, 35-44, Springer 2016
  • Effect of texture on the structural and transport properties of Sb-doped Mg2Si thin films
    C. Prahoveanu, A. Lacoste , C. de Vaulx, K. Azzouz, M. Salaun, Y. Liu, D. Tainoff, O. Bourgeois, L. Laversenne
    J. Alloy. Compd. 688, 195 (2016)
  • Classical decoherence in a nanomechanical resonator
    Olivier Maillet, Frantisek Vavrek, Andrew D. Fefferman, Olivier Bourgeois, Eddy Collin
    New J. Phys. 18, 073022 (2016)
  • Scaling laws for the bifurcation-escape rate in a nanomechanical resonator
    M. Defoort, V. Puller, O. Bourgeois, F. Pistolesi, and E. Collin
    Phys. Rev. E 92, 050903 (2015)
  • Thermal conductivity of silicon nitride membranes is not sensitive to stress
    H. Ftouni, C. Blanc, D. Tainoff, A. D. Fefferman, K. J. Lulla, J. Richard, E. Collin, and O. Bourgeois
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 125439 (2015)
  • Sensitive 3-omega measurements on epitaxial thermoelectric thin films
    Y.Q. Liu, D. Tainoff, M. Boukhari, J. Richard, A. Barski, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, E. Hadji and O. Bourgeois
    IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 68, 012005 (2014)
  • Slippage and boundary layer probed in an almost-ideal gas by a nano-mechanical oscillator
    M. Defoort, K.J. Lulla, C. Blanc, O. Bourgeois, and E. Collin
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 136101 (2014)
  • Heat transmission between a profiled nanowire and a thermal bath
    C. Blanc, J.-S. Heron, T. Fournier, and O. Bourgeois
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 043106 (2014)
  • Phonon Heat Conduction in Corrugated Silicon Nanowires Below the Casimir Limit
    C. Blanc, A. Rajabpour, S. Volz, T. Fournier, and O. Bourgeois
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 043109 (2013)
  • Specific heat measurements of thin suspended SiN membrane from 8K to 300K using the 3 omega-Völklein method
    H. Ftouni, D. Tainoff, J. Richard, K. Lulla, J. Guidi, E. Collin, and O. Bourgeois
    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 094902 (2013)

Beneficiary 6 – Hitachi Europe Limited (HIT)

  • An optimal single-electron charge qubit for solid-state double quantum dots
    J. Mosakowski, E. T. Owen, T. Ferrus, D. A. Williams, M. C. Dean, and C. H. W. Barnes
    arXiv:1603.05112 (2016)
  • High sensitivity silicon single nanowire junctionless phototransistor
    S. Das, V. Dhyani, Y.M. Georgiev, and D. A. Williams
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 6, 063113 (2016)
  • Electrical control of quantum-dot fine-structure splitting for high-fidelity hole spin initialization
    J. D. Mar, J. J. Baumberg, X. L. Xu, A. C. Irvine, and D. A. Williams
    Phys. Rev. B 93, 045316 (2016)
  • Observation of coupling between zero- and two-dimensional semiconductor systems based on anomalous diamagnetic effects
    S. Cao, J. Tang, Y. Sun, K. Peng, Y. Gao, Y. Zhao, C. Qian, S. Sun, H. Ali, Y. Shao, S. Wu, F. Song, D.A. Williams, W. Sheng, K. Jin, and X. Xu
    Nano Research 9, 2, 306 (2016)
  • Charge Qubits in Doped Quantum Dots : Effects on Computation and Coherence
    T. Ferrus, T. -Y. Yang, Y. Yamaoka, T. Kambara, T. Kodera, S. Oda, and D. A. Williams
    Thinkmind Digital Library Icqnm 9, 51 (2015)
  • Longitudinal wave function control in single quantum dots with an applied magnetic field
    S. Cao, J. Tang, Y. N. Gao, Y. Sun, K. S. Qiu, Y. H. Zhao, M. He, J. A. Shi, L. Gu, D. A. Williams, W. D. Sheng, K. J. Jin, and X. L. Xu
    Scientific Reports 5, 8041 (2015)
  • Quantum dots in single electron transistors with ultrathin silicon-on-insulator structures
    S. Ihara, A. Andreev, D. A. Williams, T. Kodera, and S. Oda
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 013102 (2015)
  • Ultrafast high-fidelity initialization of a quantum-dot spin qubit without magnetic fields
    J. Mar, J. Baumberg, X. Xu, A. Irvine, and D. Williams
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 241303 (2014)
  • Temperature dependence of spin Hall magnetoresistance in thin YIG/Pt films
    S. R. Marmion, M. Ali, M. Mclaren, D. A. Williams, and B. J. Hickey
    Phys. Rev. B 89, 220404 (2014)
  • Charge state control in single InAs/GaAs quantum dots by external electric and magnetic fields
    J. Tang, S. Cao, Y. Gao, Y. Sun, W. Geng, D. Williams, K. Jin, and X. Xu
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 041109 (2014)
  • GHz photon-activated hopping between localized states in a silicon quantum dot
    T. Ferrus, A. Rossi, A. Andreev, T. Kodera, T. Kambara, W. Lin, S. Oda, and D. A. Williams
    New J. Phys. 16, 013016 (2014)
  • Charge Sensing in Intrinsic Silicon Quantum Dots
    G. Podd, S.J. Angus, D. A. Williams and A.J. Ferguson
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 082104 (2010)
  • Single-shot Measurement of a Silicon Single-electron Transistor
    D. Hasko, T. Ferrus, Q.R. Morrissey, S.R. Burge, E.J. Freeman, M.J. French, A. Lam, L. Cresswell, R.J. Collier, D.A. Williams and G.A.D. Briggs
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 192116 (2008)
  • Singlet-Triplet Physics and Shell Filling in Carbon Nanotube Double Quantum Dots
    H. Ingerslev Jorgensen, K Grove-Rasmussen, K. Flensberg, P.E. Lindelof, K.-Y. Wang, A.M. Blackburn and D.A. Williams
    Nature Phys. 4, 536 (2008)

Beneficiary 7 – Fundacion IMDEA Nanocienca (IMDEA)

  • Strong modulation of optical properties in black phosphorus through strain-engineered rippling
    J. Quereda, P. San-Jose, V. Parente, L. Vaquero-Garzon, A. J. Molina-Mendoza, N. Agraït, G. Rubio-Bollinger, F. Guinea, R. Roldan, and A. Castellanos-Gomez
    Nano letters 16, 2931 (2016)
  • Enhanced superconductivity in atomically thin TaS2
    E. Navarro-Moratalla, J. O. Island, S. Mañas-Valero, E. Pinilla-Cienfuegos, A. Castellanos-Gomez, J. Quereda, G. Rubio-Bollinger, L. Chirolli, J. Angel Silva-Guillén, N. Agraït, G. A. Steele, F. Guinea, H. SJ van der Zant, E. Coronado
    Nature communications 7, 11043 (2016)
  • Spatially resolved optical absorption spectroscopy of single-and few-layer MoS2 by hyperspectral imaging
    Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Jorge Quereda, Herko P van der Meulen, Nicolás Agraït, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger
    Nanotechnology 27, 115705 (2016))
  • Thermopower measurements in molecular junctions
    L Rincón-García, C Evangeli, G Rubio-Bollinger, N Agraït
    Chemical Society Reviews 45, 4285 (2016)
  • Highly responsive UV-photodetectors based on single electrospun TiO2 nanofibres
    A. Molina-Mendoza, A. Moya, R. Frisenda, S. A Svatek, P. Gant, S. Gonzalez-Abad, E. Antolin, N. Agraït, G. Rubio Bollinger, D. Perez de Lara, J. Vilatela, A. Castellanos-Gomez
    J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 10707 (2016)
  • Strong Quantum Confinement Effect in the Optical Properties of Ultrathin a-In2Se3
    Jorge Quereda, Robert Biele, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger, Nicolás Agraït, Roberto D'Agosta, Andres Castellanos-Gomez
    Adv. Optical Materials (Publication online 16 August 2016)
  • Molecular design and control of fullerene-based bi-thermoelectric materials
    L. Rincón-García, A. K. Ismael, C. Evangeli, I. Grace, G. Rubio-Bollinger, K. Porfyrakis, N. Agraït, and C. J. Lambert
    Nature Materials 15, 289 (2016)
  • Centimeter-Scale Synthesis of Ultrathin Layered MoO3 by van der Waals Epitaxy
    Aday J. Molina-Mendoza, José L. Lado, Joshua O. Island, Miguel Angel Niño, Lucía Aballe, Michael Foerster, Flavio Y. Bruno, Alejandro López-Moreno, Luis Vaquero-Garzon, Herre S. J. van der Zant, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger, Nicolás Agraït, Emilio M. Pérez, Joaquín Fernández-Rossier, and Andres Castellanos-Gomez
    Chem. Mater. 28, 4042 (2015)
  • Quantum Thermopower of Metallic Atomic-Size Contacts at Room Temperature
    C. Evangeli, M. Matt, L. Rincon-García, F. Pauly, P. Nielaba, G. Rubio-Bollinger, J. C. Cuevas, and N. Agraït
    Nano Lett. 15, 1006 (2015)
  • Incorporating single molecules into electrical circuits. The role of the chemical anchoring group
    E. Leary, A. La Rosa, M. Teresa Gonzaález, G. Rubio-Bollinger, N. Agraït and N. Martín
    Chem. Soc. Rev. 44, 920 (2015)
  • Current rectification in a single molecule diode: the role of electrode coupling
    S. Sherif, G. Rubio-Bollinger, E. Pinilla-Cienfuegos, E. Coronado, J. C. Cuevas and N. Agraït
    Nanotechnology 26, 291001 (2015)
  • Single-molecule conductance of a chemically modified, p-extended tetrathiafulvalene and its charge-transfer complex with F4TCNQ
    R. García, M. Ángeles Herranz, E. Leary, M. Teresa González, G. Rubio Bollinger, M. Bürkle, L. A. Zotti, Y. Asai, F. Pauly, J. C. Cuevas, N. Agraït and N. Martín
    Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 11, 1068 (2015)
  • Toward Multiple Conductance Pathways with Heterocycle-Based Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) Derivatives
    D. Miguel, L. Álvarez de Cienfuegos, A. Martín-Lasanta, S. P. Morcillo, L. A. Zotti, E. Leary, M. Bürkle, Y. Asai, R. Jurado, D. J. Cárdenas, G. Rubio-Bollinger, N. Agraït, J. M. Cuerva, and M. Teresa González
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 13818 (2015)
  • Electronic Bandgap and Exciton Binding Energy of Layered Semiconductor TiS3
    A. J. Molina-Mendoza, M. Barawi, R. Biele, E. Flores, J. R. Ares, C. Sánchez, G. Rubio-Bollinger, N. Agraït, R. D'Agosta, I. J. Ferrer and A. Castellanos-Gomez
    Advanced Electronic Materials 1 (9) (2015)
  • Enhanced Visibility of MoS2, MoSe2, WSe2 and Black-Phosphorus: Making Optical Identification of 2D Semiconductors Easier
    G. Rubio-Bollinger, R. Guerrero, D. Perez de Lara, J. Quereda, L. Vaquero-Garzon, N. Agraït, R. Bratschitsch and A. Castellanos-Gomez
    Electronics 4, 847 (2015)
  • Long-range Scanning Tunneling Microscope for the study of nanostructures on insulating substrates
    A. Molina-Mendoza, J. Gabriel Rodrigo, J. Island, E. Burzuri, G. Rubio-Bollinger, H. van der Zant, and N. Agraït
    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 026105 (2014)
  • Does the Cyclopropane Ring Enhance the Electronic Communication in Dumbbell-type C60 dimers?
    A. La Rosa, K. Gillemot, E. Leary, C. Evangeli, T. Gonzalez, S. Filippone, N. Agraït, C. J. Lambert, N. Martín
    J. Org. Chem. 79, 4871 (2014)
  • Single-layer MoS2 roughness and sliding friction quenching by interaction with atomically flat substrates
    Quereda, J.; Castellanos-Gomez, A.; Agrait, N.; Rubio-Bollinger, G.
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 053111 (2014)
  • Structural versus Electrical Functionalization of Oligo(phenylene ethynylene) Diamine Molecular Junctions
    M. T. González, X. Zhao, D. Z. Manrique, D. Miguel, E. Leary, M. Gulcur, A. S. Batsanov, G. Rubio-Bollinger, C. J. Lambert, M. R. Bryce and N. Agraït
    J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 21655 (2014)
  • A Comprehensive Study of Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Cruciform Molecules for Molecular Electronics: Synthetic Strategies and Electrical Transport Measurements
    C. R. Parker, E. Leary, R. Frisenda, Z. Wei, K. S. Jennum, E. Glibstrup, P. B. Abrahamsen, M. Santella, M. A. Christensen, E. A. Della Pia, T. Li, M. Teresa Gonzalez, X. Jiang, T. J. Morsing, B. W. Laursen, K. Nørgaard, H. van der Zant, N. Agrait, M. B. Nielsen
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 16497 (2014)

Beneficiary 8 – University of Augsburg (UAU)

  • Implementation of transmission functions for an optimized three-terminal quantum dot heat engine
    Ch. H. Schiegg, M. Dzierzawa, and U. Eckern
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, accepted (2017) – arXiv:1610.02974
  • Spin-charge coupled dynamics driven by a time-dependent magnetization
    S. Tölle, U. Eckern, and C. Gorini
    Submitted to Phys. Rev. B – arXiv:1611.03378
  • Unravelling the interplay of geometrical, magnetic and electronic properties of metal-doped graphene nanomeshes
    M. M. Fadlallah, A. A. Maarouf, U. Schwingenschlögl, U. Eckern
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, accepted (2017) – arXiv:1611.02855
  • Defect engineering of the electronic transport through cuprous oxide interlayers
    M. M. Fadlallah, U. Eckern, and U. Schwingenschlögl
    Sci. Rep. 6, 27049 (2016) – arXiv:1605.04171
  • Electronic transport properties of (fluorinated) metal phthalocyanine
    M. M. Fadlallah, U. Eckern, A. H. Romero, and U. Schwingenschlögl
    New J. Phys. 18, 013003 (2016) – arXiv:1502.02603
  • Optimization of a three-terminal non-linear heat nano-engine
    B. Szukiewicz, U. Eckern, and K. I. Wysokinski
    New J. Phys. 18, 023050 (2016) – arXiv:1601.02971
  • Thermoelectric properties of CoSb3 skutterudite thin films
    M. V. Daniel, M. Lindorf, and M. Albrecht
    J. Appl. Phys. 120, 125306 (2016)
  • Electronic Transport in Thermoelectric YbzCo4Sb12 Skutterudite Thin Films Studied by Resistance Noise Spectroscopy
    M. Lonsky, S. Heinz, M. Daniel, M. Albrecht, and J. Müller
    J. Appl. Phys. 120, 142101 (2016)
  • From thermoelectric bulk to nanomaterials: Current progress for Bi2Te3 and CoSb3
    N. Peranio, O. Eibl, S. Bäßler, K. Nielsch, B. Klobes, R. P. Hermann, M. Daniel, M. Albrecht, H. Görlitz, V. Pacheco, N. Beodoya-Martinez, A. Hashibon, and C. Elsässer
    Phys. Status Solidi A 213, 739 (2016)
  • Thermal stability of thermoelectric CoSb3 skutterudite thin films
    M. V. Daniel, M. Friedemann, J. Franke, and M. Albrecht
    Thin Solid Films 589, 203 (2015)
  • Structural properties of thermoelectric skutterudite FexCo1-xSb3 gradient films fabricated by elemental modulated reactant method
    M. V. Daniel, D. C. Johnson, G. Katona, D. Beke, and M. Albrecht
    J. Alloys Comp. 636, 405 (2015)
  • Structural and thermoelectric properties of FeSb3 skutterudite thin films
    M. V. Daniel, L. Hammerschmidt, C. Schmidt, F. Timmermann, J. Franke, N. Jöhrmann, M. Hietschold, D. C. Johnson, B. Paulus, and M. Albrecht
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 085410 (2015)
  • Structural properties of thermoelectric CoSb3 skutterudite thin films prepared by molecular beam deposition
    M. V. Daniel, C. Brombacher, G. Beddies, N. Jöhrmann, M. Hietschold, D. C. Johnson, Z. Aabdin, N. Peranio, O. Eibl, and M. Albrecht
    J. Alloys Comp. 624, 216 (2015)
  • Effect of Gd doping and O deficiency on the Curie temperature of EuO
    N. Jutong, U. Eckern, T. Mairoser, and U. Schwingenschlögl
    Sci. Rep. 5, 8038 (2015) – arXiv:1405.1173
  • Spin Hall effects due to phonon skew scattering
    C. Gorini, R. Raimondi, and U. Eckern
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 076602 (2015) – arXiv:1501.03092
  • Non-equilibrium transport through a model quantum dot: Hartree-Fock approximation and beyond
    Ch. Schiegg, M. Dzierzawa, and U. Eckern
    New J. Phys. 17, 083060 (2015) – arXiv:1506.07360
  • Transmission through correlated CunCoCun heterostructures
    L. Chioncel, C. Morari, A. Östlin, W. H. Appelt, A. Droghetti, M. M. Radonjic, I. Rungger, L. Vitos, U. Eckern, and A. V. Postnikov
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 054431 (2015) – arXiv:1504.06588
  • The fate of half-metallicity near interfaces: the case of NiMnSb/MgO and NiMnSi/MgO
    R.-J. Zhang, U. Eckern, and U. Schwingenschlögl
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 14516 (2014) – arXiv:1403.0889
  • Room-temperature spin thermoelectrics in metallic films
    S. Tölle, C. Gorini, and U. Eckern
    Phys. Rev. B 90, 235117 (2014) – arXiv:1409.1809
  • Dynamics of coherent acoustic phonons in thin films of CoSb3 and partially filled YbxCo4Sb12 skutterudites
    C. He, M. Daniel, M. Grossmann, O. Ristow, D. Brick, M. Schubert, M. Albrecht, and T. Dekorsy
    Phys. Rev. B 89, 174303 (2014)

Beneficiary 9 – University of Lancaster (ULANC)

  • Functionalization mediates heat transport in graphene nanoflakes
    Haoxue Han, Yong Zhang, Zainelabideen Y Mijbil, Hatef Sadeghi, Yuxiang Ni, Shiyun Xiong, Kimmo Saaskilahti, Steven Bailey, Yuriy A Kosevich, Johan Liu, Colin J Lambert, Sebastian Volz
    Nat. Commun. 7, 11281 (2016)
  • Redox-dependent Franck-Condon blockade and avalanche transport in a graphene-fullerene single-molecule transistor
    Chit Siong Lau, Hatef Sadeghi, Gregory Rogers, Sara Sangtarash, Panagiotis Dallas, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, Jamie H Warner, Colin J Lambert, G Andrew D Briggs, Jan Mol
    Nano Lett. 16, 170 (2016)
  • A New Approach to Materials Discovery for Electronic and Thermoelectric Properties of Single-Molecule Junctions
    David Zsolt Manrique, Qusiy Al-Galiby, Wenjing Hong, and Colin J. Lambert
    Nano Lett. 16, 1308 (2016)
  • Quantum interference in graphene nanoconstrictions
    P. Gehring, H. Sadeghi, S. Sangtarash, C. S. Lau, J. Liu, A. Ardavan, J. H. Warner, C. J. Lambert, G. Andrew. D. Briggs, J. A. Mol
    Nano Lett. 16, 4210 (2016)
  • Molecular design and control of fullerene-based bi-thermoelectric materials
    L. Rincón-García, A. K. Ismael, C. Evangeli, I. Grace, G. Rubio-Bollinger, K. Porfyrakis, N. Agraït, and C. J. Lambert
    Nature Materials 15, 289 (2016)
  • Oligoyne molecular junctions for efficient room temperature thermoelectric power generation
    C. J. Lambert, H. Sadeghi, and S. Sangtarash
    Nano Lett. 15, 7467 (2015) – arXiv:1510.05945
  • Searching the hearts of graphene-like molecules for simplicity, sensitivity, and logic
    S. Sangtarash, C. Huang, H. Sadeghi, G. Sorohhov, J. Hauser, T. Wandlowski, W. Hong, S. Decurtins, S.-X. Liu, and C. J. Lambert
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11425 (2015) – arXiv:1509.00984
  • Electron and heat transport in porphyrin-based single-molecule transistors with electro-burnt graphene electrodes
    H. Sadeghi, S. Sangtarash, C. J. Lambert
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6, 1413 (2015)
  • Enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit in engineered graphene nanoribbons
    H. Sadeghi, S. Sangtarash, C. J. Lambert
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6, 1176 (2015)
  • Magic ratios for connectivity-driven electrical conductance of graphene-like molecules
    Y. Geng, S. Sangtarash, C. Huang, H. Sadeghi, Y. Fu, W. Hong, T. Wandlowski, S. Decurtins, C. J. Lambert, and S.-X. Liu
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 4469 (2015) – arXiv:1509.00982
  • Increasing the thermopower of crown-ether-bridged anthraquinones
    A. K. Ismael, I. Grace, and C. J. Lambert
    Nanoscale 7, 17338 (2015) – arXiv:1510.02922
  • Graphene-porphyrin single-molecule transistors
    J. A. Mol, C. S. Lau, W. J. M. Lewis, H. Sadeghi, C. Roche, A. Cnossen, J. H. Warner, C. J. Lambert, H. L. Anderson, and G. A. D. Briggs
    Nanoscale 7, 13181 (2015)
  • A quantum circuit rule for interference effects in single-molecule electrical junctions
    Manrique, D. Z.; Huang, C.; Baghernejad, M.; Zhao, X.; Al-Owaedi, O.; Sadeghi, H.; Kaliginedi, V.; Hong, W.; Gulcur, M.; Wandlowski, T.; Bryce, M. R.; Lambert, C. J.
    Nat. Commun. 6, 6389 (2015) – arXiv:1509.00990
  • Conductance Enlargement in Pico-scale Electro-burnt Graphene Nanojunctions
    Sadeghi, H.; Mol, J.; Lau, C.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Warner, J.; Lambert, C. J.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 9, 2658 (2015)
  • Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency of Porous Silicene Nanoribbons
    Sadeghi, H.; Sangtarash, S.; Lambert, C. J.
    Scientific Reports 5, 9514 (2015)
  • Interplay between quantum interference and conformational fluctuations in single-molecule break junctions
    Berritta, M.; Manrique, D. Z.; Lambert, C. J.
    Nanoscale 7, 1096 (2015)
  • Basic concepts of quantum interference and electron transport in single-molecule electronics
    Lambert, C. J.
    Chem. Soc. Rev. 44, 875 (2015)
  • GOLLUM: a next-generation simulation tool for electron, thermal and spin transport
    Ferrer, J.; Lambert, C. J.; García-Suárez, V. M.; Manrique, D. Z.; Visontai, D.; Oroszlany, L.; Rodríguez-Ferradás, R.; Grace, I.; Bailey, S. W. D.; Gillemot, K.; Sadeghi, K. H.; Algharagholy, L. A.
    New J. Phys. 16, 093209 (2014) – arXiv:1502.04966
  • Thermoelectric performance of various benzo-difuran wires
    Péterfalvi, C. G.; Grace, I.; Manrique, D. Z.; Lambert, C. J.
    J. Chem. Phys. 140, 174711 (2014) – arXiv:1305.3229
  • Redox control of thermopower and figure of merit in phase-coherent molecular wires
    V. M. García-Suárez, C. J. Lambert, D. Z. Manrique, and T. Wandlowski
    Nanotechnology 25, 205402 (2014)

Beneficiary 10 – IBM Research – Zurich (IBM-ZRL)

Partner Organization 1 – Université Paris Diderot, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain (LIED)

  • The thermoelectric working fluid: Thermodynamics and transport
    G. Benenti, H. Ouerdane, C. Goupil
    Comptes Rendus Physique 17, 1072 (2016)
  • Closed loop approach to thermodynamics
    C. Goupil, H. Ouerdane, E. Herbert, G. Benenti, Y. D’Angelo, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Phys. Rev. E 94, 032136 (2016)
  • Continuum theory of thermoelectric elements
    C. Goupil, K. Zabrocki, H. Ouerdane, Y. Apertet, and W. Seifert
    Book, Wiley, Berlin, C. Goupil editor (2016)
  • A note on the electrochemical nature of the thermoelectric power
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Eur. Phys. J. Plus 131, 76 (2016)
  • Continuity and boundary conditions in thermodynamics: From Carnot's efficiency to efficiencies at maximum power
    H. Ouerdane, Y. Apertet, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 224, 839 (2015)
  • Enhanced thermoelectric coupling near electronic phase transition: The role of fluctuation Cooper pairs
    H. Ouerdane, A. A. Varlamov, A. V. Kavokin, C. Goupil, and C. B. Vining
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 100501(R) (2015)
  • Transient Thermoelectric Generator : An Active Load Story
    J.G. Stockholm, C. Goupil, P. Maussion and H. Ouerdane
    Journal of Electronic Materials 44, 6 (2015)
  • Influence of thermal environment on optimal working conditions of thermoelectric generators
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    J. Appl. Phys. 116, 144901 (2014)
  • Revisiting Feynman’s ratchet with thermoelectric transport theory
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Phys. Rev. E 90, 012113 (2014)
  • Design of Apparatus for Ni/Mg2 Si and Ni/MnSi1.75 Contact Resistance Determination for Thermoelectric Legs
    Y. Thimont, Q. Lognoné, C. Goupil, F. Gascoin, E. Guilmeau
    Journal of Electronic Materials 43, 2023 (2014)
  • On the efficiency at maximum cooling power
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, A. Michot, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Europhysics Lett. 103, 40001 (2013)
  • From local force-flux relationships to internal dissipations and their impact on heat engine performance: The illustrative case of a thermoelectric generator
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Phys. Rev. E 88, 022137 (2013)
  • Mesoscopic thermoelectric transport near zero transmission energies
    A. Abbout, H. Ouerdane, and C. Goupil
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 155410 (2013)
  • The self-compatibility effect in graded thermoelectric cooler elements
    W. Seifert, , G. J. Snyder, E. S. Toberer, C. Goupil, K. Zabrocki, E. Müller
    Phys. Status Solidi A 210, 1407 (2013)
  • Optimal working conditions for thermoelectric generators with realistic thermal coupling
    Y. Apertet, H. Ouerdane, O. Glavatskaya, C. Goupil, and Ph. Lecoeur
    Europhysics Lett. 97, 28001 (2012)

Partner Organization 2 – Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS)

Partner Organization 3 – STMicroelectronics Crolles 2 SAS (STM CROLLES)

  • UTBB FDSOI: evolution and opportunities
    S. Monfray and T. Skotnicki
    Proc. ESSDERC 2015
  • Thermal modeling and optimization for a thermally-matched energy harvester
    J. Boughaleb, A. Arnaud, P. J. Cottinet, S. Monfray, P. Gelenne, P. Kermel, S. Quenard, F. Boeuf, D. Guyomar, and T. Skotnicki
    Smart Mater. Struct. 24, 085025 (2015)
  • Analysis of the thermal impact of a bimetal on the dynamic behavior of a thermal energy harvester
    J. Boughaleb, A. Arnaud, P. J. Cottinet, S. Monfray, S. Quenard, F. Boeuf, D. Guyomar, T. Skotnicki
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 236, 104 (2015)
  • Electrical performances of a pyroelectric bimetallic strip heat engine describing a Stirling cycle
    A. Arnaud, J. Boughaleb, S. Monfray, F. Boeuf, O. Cugat, and T. Skotnicki
    J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 660, 012047 (2015)
  • Spice modeling of a coupled piezoelectric–bimetal heat engine for autonomous wireless sensor nodes power supply
    J. Boughaleb et al.
    J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 557, 012091 (2014)