Publications by authors named "Qianheng Du"

We report a comprehensive study of the nanoscale inhomogeneity and disorder on the thermoelectric properties of FeSe[Formula: see text]S[Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]) single crystals and the evolution of correlation strength with S substitution. A hump-like feature in temperature-dependent thermpower is enhanced for x = 0.12 and 0.

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Kagome lattice materials have attracted growing interest for their topological properties and flatbands in electronic structure. We present a comprehensive study on the anisotropy and out-of-plane electric transport in Fe_{3}Sn_{2}, a metal with bilayer of Fe kagome planes and with massive Dirac fermions that features high-temperature noncollinear magnetic structure and magnetic skyrmions. For the electrical current path along the c axis, in micron-size crystals, we found a large topological Hall effect over a wide temperature range down to spin-glass state.

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Article Synopsis
  • Nanoscale inhomogeneity significantly affects the properties of two-dimensional van der Waals materials, particularly in FeSeS where sulfur replaces selenium.
  • This substitution leads to variations in Fe-Ch bond lengths and increases disorder when the sulfur concentration is between 0.4 and 0.8, which lowers the superconducting transition temperature.
  • The high-temperature metallic resistivity surpasses the expected limits, indicating a new scattering mechanism linked to the disorder of Se/S atoms around iron, which may involve complex charge or magnetic behaviors.
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Recent reports of superconductivity at KTaO (KTO) (110) and (111) interfaces have sparked intense interest due to the relatively high critical temperature as well as other properties that distinguish this system from the more extensively studied SrTiO (STO)-based heterostructures. Here, we report the reconfigurable creation of conducting structures at intrinsically insulating LaAlO/KTO(110) and (111) interfaces. Devices are created using two distinct methods previously developed for STO-based heterostructures: (1) conductive atomic-force microscopy lithography and (2) ultralow-voltage electron-beam lithography.

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Connections between crystal chemistry and critical temperature have been in the focus of superconductivity, one of the most widely studied phenomena in physics, chemistry, and materials science alike. In most Fe-based superconductors, materials chemistry and physics conspire so that correlates with the average anion height above the Fe plane, i.e.

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Strongly correlated kagome magnets are promising candidates for achieving controllable topological devices owing to the rich interplay between inherent Dirac fermions and correlation-driven magnetism. Here we report tunable local magnetism and its intriguing control of topological electronic response near room temperature in the kagome magnet Fe_{3}Sn_{2} using small angle neutron scattering, muon spin rotation, and magnetoresistivity measurement techniques. The average bulk spin direction and magnetic domain texture can be tuned effectively by small magnetic fields.

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We report on giant thermopower of S=2.5  mV/K in CoSbS single crystals: a material that shows strong high-temperature thermoelectric performance when doped with Ni or Se. Changes of low-temperature thermopower induced by a magnetic field point to the mechanism of electronic diffusion of carriers in the heavy valence band.

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