Light incident upon materials can induce changes in their electrical conductivity, a phenomenon referred to as photoresistance. In semiconductors, the photoresistance is negative, as light-induced promotion of electrons across the bandgap enhances the number of charge carriers participating in transport. In superconductors and normal metals, the photoresistance is positive because of the destruction of the superconducting state and enhanced momentum-relaxing scattering, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwist-controlled moiré superlattices (MSs) have emerged as a versatile platform for realizing artificial systems with complex electronic spectra. The combination of Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) can give rise to an interesting MS, which has recently featured a set of unexpected behaviors, such as unconventional ferroelectricity and the electronic ratchet effect. Yet, the understanding of the electronic properties of BLG/hBN MS has, at present, remained fairly limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReversibly glycosylated polypeptides (RGPs) have been identified in many plant species and play an important role in cell wall formation, intercellular transport regulation, and plant-virus interactions. Most plants have several genes with different expression patterns depending on the organ and developmental stage. Here, we report on four members of the RGP family in .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExotic quantum transport phenomena established in Josephson junctions (JJs) are reflected by a nonsinusoidal current-phase relation (CPR). The solidified approach to measuring the CPR is via an asymmetric dc-SQUID with a reference JJ that has a high critical current. We probed this method by measuring CPRs of hybrid JJs based on the 3D topological insulator (TI) BiTeSe with a nanobridge acting as a reference JJ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCLE peptides are well-known hormonal regulators of plant development, but their role in somatic embryogenesis remains undetermined. genes are often regulated by WOX transcription factors and, in their turn, regulate the expression level of genes. In this study, we used in vitro cultivation, as well as qPCR and transcriptomic analysis, to find CLE peptides which could regulate the gene, stimulating somatic embryogenesis in .
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