Topological phases with parafermions: theory and blueprints by Alicea, J, Fendley, P

“…First we generalize the intimate connection between the -symmetric Ising quantum spin chain and Majorana fermions to -symmetric chains and parafermions. …”

GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

“…We also expand the population of binaries with significantly asymmetric mass ratios reported in GWTC-2 by an additional two events (the mass ratio is less than 0.65 and 0.44 at 90% probability for GW190403_051519 and GW190917_114630 respectively), and find that two of the eight new events have effective inspiral spins χ eff > 0 (at 90% credibility), while no binary is consistent with χ eff < 0 at the same significance. …”
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Microwave tunable dielectric properties of multilayer CNT membranes for smart applications by Liu, L., Yang, Z. H., Kong, Ling Bing, Yin, W. Y., Wang, S.

“…Multilayer multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) silicone composite membranes with thickness greater than 10 μm were prepared with a spin-coating method. Dielectric permittivity and tunability of the circular membranes were measured from 0.1 to 7 GHz by using a single-port coaxial line method. …”
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Analysis of Λ b 0 → pK − μ + μ − decays by Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Abellan Beteta, C, Abudinén, F, Ackernley, T, Adefisoye, AA, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Agapopoulou, C, Aidala, CA, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Akiba, K, Albicocco, P, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Aliouche, Z, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Amalric, R, Amato, S, Amey, JL, Amhis, Y, Bacher, D, Bovill, M, Cervenkov, D, Fischer, KL, Gao, R, Gilman, AL, Goncalves Abrantes, F, Harnew, N, John, M, Mackay, I, Malde, S, Martel, L, Mohammed, RA, Patoc, J, Resmi, PK, Scantlebury Smead, LG, Smallwood, JC, Stanislaus, S, Suljik, F, Tat, MD, Vico Benet, D, Wilkinson, G, Zhang, S

“…The data are consistent with receiving contributions from a mixture of Λ resonances with different spin-parity quantum numbers. The angular coefficients show a pattern of vector-axial vector interference that is a characteristic of the type of flavour-changing neutral-current transition relevant for these decays.…”

Synthesis and characterization of reduced graphene oxide-based composites by Wu, Shixin

“…The conductive rGO films are fabricated by reduction of spin-coated GO films. By varying the solution volume in the spin-coating process, the film thickness can be adjusted and hence the film transmittance and sheet resistance can be controlled. …”
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Magnetic levitation using neodymium magnets for vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) II by Lai, Chunji

“…This project involved the design and fabrication of a test model vertical axis wind turbine, however as this experiment was carried out indoor without any wind condition, the author used a dc motor to simulate the wind required to spin the turbine. The advantage of this motor allows the author some control over the speed of the turbine. …”
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Singlet fission in organic crystals : ultrafast spectroscopic study by Ma, Lin

“…Singlet fission (SF) is a spin-allowed process in which one singlet excited molecule shares its energy with an adjacent molecule in the ground state, both molecules forming a pair of triplet states. …”
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Non-Volatile In-Memory Computing by Spintronics by Yu, Hao, Ni, Leibin, Wang, Yuhao

“…Since the main bottleneck is from memory, we aim to develop an energy-efficient in-memory computing platform in this book. First, the models of spin-transfer torque magnetic tunnel junction and racetrack memory are presented. …”
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Arsenene nanoribbon edge-resolved strong magnetism by Wang, Sanmei, Zhang, Xi, Huang, Yongli, Sun, Chang Qing

“…Consistency between bond-order-length-strength correlation (BOLS) theory and density functional theory (DFT) calculations verified that: (i) the edge bond contraction of 9.54% deepened the edge potential well of AsNR, (ii) a net charge of 0.06 e- transferred from the inner region to the edge; and (iii) the edge quantum well polarized the unpaired electron and the net spin (antiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic depending on the width) is localized at the zigzag edge. …”
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Neutron emission studies from miniature and medium size plasma focus device by Singh, Rajdeep Raweet.

“…Although dense plasma focus devices have attracted the attention of scientific community since 1960’s as a copious source of fusion neutrons but in the recent years owing to spin-off in the applications of compact and portable table top neutron sources in wider domain, like noninvasive interrogation of explosives and narcotic drugs (by using Pulsed Fast/Thermal Neutron Analysis (PFTNA) technique), dark matter research, radioisotope production, medical neutron therapy and soil humidity measurements, there has been renewed interest across the globe for the development of sub-kilojoule range, low energy small plasma focus device (hereafter called ‘Miniature Plasma Focus i.e. …”
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Synthesis, characterization and terahertz study of metal oxides by He, Mi

“…The interplays among various orderings of the spin, charge and orbital degrees of freedom in a broad spectrum of crystalline structures produce a number forms of symmetry-breaking patterns of spatial inversion, time-reversal and gauge symmetries, leading to exciting emergent phenomena in strongly-correlated electron systems and promising a variety of potential applications. …”
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Detection of magnetic field effects by confocal microscopy by Déjean, V, Konowalczyk, M, Gravell, J, Golesworthy, MJ, Gunn, C, Pompe, N, vander Elst, OF, Oxborrow, M, Aarts, DGAL, Mackenzie, S, Timmel, C

“…Certain pairs of paramagnetic species generated under conservation of total spin angular momentum are known to undergo magnetosensitive processes. …”

Analysis of Λ b 0 → pK−μ+μ− decays by Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., The LHCb collaboration

“…The data are consistent with receiving contributions from a mixture of Λ resonances with different spin-parity quantum numbers. The angular coefficients show a pattern of vector-axial vector interference that is a characteristic of the type of flavour-changing neutral-current transition relevant for these decays.…”
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Magnetization plateaus in generalized Shastry-Sutherland models by Wierschem, Keola, Sengupta, Pinaki

“…We study an anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet with ferromagnetic transverse spin exchange using exact quantum Monte Carlo methods. …”
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Discrimination of dendrimer aggregates on mica based on adhesion force : a pulsed force mode atomic force microscopy study by Grim, P. C. M., Vosch, T., Wiesler, U. M., Berresheim, A. J., Müllen, K., De Schryver, F. C., Zhang, Hua

“…Two different types of aggregated polyphenylene dendrimer molecules, G2Td(COOH)16 and G4-Td, obtained by spin coating a dilute solution onto freshly cleaved mica surfaces, and their adhesion properties were measured by pulsed force mode (PFM) AFM. …”
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Ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials probed by time-and-momentum-resolved techniques by Su, Yifan

“…In this part of the thesis, I will introduce a new pathway for launching coherent acoustic phonons: magnetostriction, and discuss the spin-mediated shear oscillator enabled by this mechanism in van der Waals antiferromagnet. …”
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Exploring Optoelectronic Properties of Twisted and Intercalated Niobium Oxide Dihalides by Luo, Ashley

“…As a result of modifications in physical and chemical design involving 2D materials such as stacking, twisting and ion intercalation, properties such as electrical conductivity, spin diffusion length, thermal conductivity, and mechanical strength observe more degrees of freedom than in their bulk material counterpart. …”
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Towards quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms by Weld, David M., Ketterle, Wolfgang

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Transition metal doped apatites as inert non-toxic pigments by Pang, Khin Yin

“…Testing of thin-film preparation method was done via spin-coating using 3 types of solvent, acetic acid, ethanol and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).…”
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Electrical charge transport and optical properties of iron pyrite by Shukla, Sudhanshu

“…To address that, thin films prepared by spray pyrolysis, spin-coating of hot-injection synthesized nanocubes and pulsed laser deposition were sulfurized to obtain the pure pyrite phase. …”
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