Publications by authors named "Luke W Smith"

Magnetic field-driven insulating states in graphene are associated with samples of very high quality. Here, this state is shown to exist in monolayer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and wet transferred on AlO without encapsulation with hexagonal boron nitride (-BN) or other specialized fabrication techniques associated with superior devices. Two-terminal measurements are performed at low temperature using a GaAs-based multiplexer.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Integrating the Kondo correlation and spin-orbit interactions, each of which have individually offered unprecedented means to manipulate electron spins, in a controllable way can open up new possibilities for spintronics. We demonstrate electrical control of the Kondo correlation by coupling the bound spin to leads with tunable Rashba spin-orbit interactions, realized in semiconductor quantum point contacts. We observe a transition from single to double peak zero-bias anomalies in nonequilibrium transport-the manifestation of the Kondo effect-indicating a controlled Kondo spin reversal using only spin-orbit interactions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

We present multiplexer methodology and hardware for nanoelectronic device characterization. This high-throughput and scalable approach to testing large arrays of nanodevices operates from room temperature to milli-Kelvin temperatures and is universally compatible with different materials and integration techniques. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach on two archetypal nanomaterials-graphene and semiconductor nanowires-integrated with a GaAs-based multiplexer using wet or dry transfer methods.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Ideal discrete energy levels in synthesized Au nanoparticles (6.2 ± 0.8 nm) for a chemically assembled single-electron transistor (SET) are demonstrated at 300 mK.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: fopen(/var/lib/php/sessions/ci_sessionh509v83339lt15lrp05makpqj42d3c7p): Failed to open stream: No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 177

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: /var/lib/php/sessions)

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 137

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once