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Micromask Lithography for Cheap and Fast 2D Materials Microstructures Fabrication
Micromachines. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 8. Article 850.
The fast and precise fabrication of micro-devices based on single flakes of novel 2D materials and stacked heterostructures is vital for exploration of novel functionalities. In this paper, we demonstrate a fast high-resolution contact mask lithography through a simple upgrade of metallographic optical microscope. Suggested kit for the micromask lithography is compact and easily compatible with a glove box, thus being suitable for a wide range of air-unstable materials. The shadow masks could be either ordered commercially or fabricated in a laboratory using a beam lithography. The processes of the mask alignment and the resist exposure take a few minutes and provide a micrometer resolution. With the total price of the kit components around USD 200, our approach would be convenient for laboratories with the limited access to commercial lithographic systems.
The Search of the Process e+e−→(ω, ρ)→ηe+e− at 680–820 MeV c.m. Energy Range with the CMD-3 Detector
A. K. Narvatkina, Physics of Atomic Nuclei 2025 Vol. 88 No. 4 P. 386–393
We report a search for the rare Dalitz decays ω → ηe+e− and ρ → ηe+e− using data from the CMD-3 detector at the VEPP-2000 e+e− collider. These decays probe the electromagnetic structure of vector mesons and test the Vector Dominance Model (VDM) in low-energy QCD. A blind analysis technique, combined with kinematic constraints and ...
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Fominykh N., Stegailov V., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 Article 115132
The enigmatic puzzle of the Verwey transition in magnetite Fe3O4 has been unresolved for almost a century. We present an ab initio-based model of the polaron transport combining kinetic Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics calculations to directly describe the coupling of polarons with lattice vibrations. Contrary to the Ihle-Lorenz small-polaron model, we find no significant ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Piliugin L., Antropov A., Lobashev E. et al., Journal of Nuclear Materials 2026 Vol. 632 Article 156876
The effects of dislocations on the mobility of gas nanobubbles pinned to them are considered as novel unex- plored mechanisms of accelerated fission gas release and investigated using classical molecular dynamics of helium bubbles in FCC aluminum. Non-equilibrium methods are developed to calculate the mobility of a pinned bubble both along and across the dislocation ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Teregulov T., Loubenets E. R., / Series Quantum Physics "arXiv". 2026. No. 2609.31472.
We develop a new three-party quantum secret-sharing (QSS) protocol based on a three-qubit W state. This protocol encodes the secret-sequence bits using X gates and employs randomly selected Hadamard operations and measurement bases to generate information and security-test rounds. We evaluate the efficiency of the proposed protocol and analyze its security against an internal adversary ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Щербинин С. А., Корзникова Е. А., Дмитриев С. В. et al., Physics Letters A 2026 Vol. 591 Article 131884
In this work, a simple genetic algorithm (GA) is used to find and characterize different QBs in a 𝛽-FPUT chain. By considering the space of initial particle displacements as a global optimization landscape, GA maximizes the energy localization function by automatically evolving candidate states toward highly localized long-lived solutions without a priori symmetry assumptions. 200 ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Vergeles S. S., Vointsev I., Physics of Fluids 2026 Vol. 38 P. 024117-1–024117-8
We analytically consider the problem of the Langmuir instability. The instability describes emergence of transverse modulation of horizontal current with vertical shear, when it is superimposed on surface wave co-directional with the flow. Compared to the Craik–Leibovich scheme, we account for the scattering of surface wave on the modulated current, which is significant if the ...
Added: September 26, 2026
Frolov N. Y., Klokov A. Y., Sharkov A. I. et al., Applied Physics Letters 2026 Vol. 128 P. 092201-1–092201-5
Understanding the properties of two-dimensional material interfaces with the substrate is necessary for device applications. Surface acoustic wave propagation through a layered material flake on a substrate could provide unique information on the transverse rigidity of the flake-to-substrate interaction. Ultrasonic waves were generated by a focused femtosecond laser pulse at the surface of a model ...
Added: September 26, 2026
Войтович В. И., Makhov I., Мельниченко И. А. et al., Optics Letters 2026 Vol. 51 No. 17 P. 4872–4875
The influence of cavity surface passivation with SiO2 coating deposited by the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique is investigated for injection microdisk lasers with an InGaAsN/GaAs quantum well active region. The electroluminescence spectra of the microdisk lasers with cavity diameters ranging from 12 to 32 μm with and without sidewall surface passivation were studied for a ...
Added: September 25, 2026
Бабичев А. В., Makhov I., Kryzhanovskaya N. et al., Оптика и спектроскопия 2026 Т. 134 № 3 С. 272–277
Представлены результаты по реализации генерации при повышенных температурах в лазерах с длиной волны генерации 980 nm на основе вертикального микрорезонатора с использованием непоглощающих на длине волны оптической накачки зеркал. Минимальная пороговая мощность накачки составила ~0.8 mW и соответствовала температуре 150 K. Добротность микрорезонатора, определенная на пороге генерации, превысила 13000. Максимальная рабочая температура микролазера составила 195 ...
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Бабичев А. В., Makhov I., Kryzhanovskaya N. et al., Письма в Журнал технической физики 2026 Т. 52 № 12 С. 40–43
Реализована одночастотная генерация при 300 K в лазерах на основе вертикального микрорезонатора. Для лазеров с полупроводниковым выводным зеркалом пороговая плотность мощности накачки составила 6.5 kW/cm2. Добротность микрорезонатора и длина волны излучения, определенные на пороге генерации, равнялись 8800 и ~ 959.8 nm. Применение конструкции микрорезонатора с гибридным выводным зеркалом позволило повысить добротность микрорезонатора (до 12 360) ...
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Бабичев А. В., Makhov I., Kryzhanovskaya N. et al., Письма в Журнал технической физики 2026 Т. 52 № 18 С. 30–34
Представлены результаты реализации генерации при комнатной температуре в планарных вертикальных микрорезонаторах на основе зеркал Al0.2Ga0.8As/Al0.9Ga0.1As. При 300 K пороговая плотность мощности и добротность на пороге генерации составили 11.4± 0.7 kW/cm2 и 5070± 160 соответственно. Двукратное превышение порога генерации привело к увеличению добротности микрорезонатора до 19 000. Эффективный латеральный теплоотвод подтвержден малым сдвигом энергии кванта, который составил ...
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Budkov Y., Kiselev M. G., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 No. 12 Article 124508
We develop a three-mode statistical-mechanical theory for a two-conformer
solute in a near-critical solvent. A compressible lattice model with
vacancies yields the Gaussian free-energy functional for a critical conserved
density, an orthogonal noncritical conserved mode, and the local conformer
fraction. Their couplings follow from packing and cohesive interactions,
rather than being introduced phenomenologically. Kawasaki transport of the
two conserved fields and ...
Added: September 24, 2026
Корзникова Е. А., Babicheva R. I., Davletbakov A. A. et al., JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE: MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING 2026 Vol. 21 Article 84
The influence of crack position and its size on short-range ordering (SRO) and high-temperature cyclic deformation behavior of refractory high-entropy alloy (RHEA) HfNbTiZr using bicrystal models has been investigated by combined Monte-Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It was revealed that the SRO process is affected not only by the crack size, namely the ...
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Корзникова Е. А., Mukhametov A., Samikov I. et al., Computational Condensed Matter 2026 Vol. 47 Article e01295
Aluminium (Al)- and copper (Cu)-based alloys may corrode in harsh environments. This occurs because corrosion ions penetrate into the intergranular structures and react with the atoms of the host matrix at the grain boundaries (GBs). Therefore, elucidating atomic-level mechanisms at GBs is critical for enhancing Al/Cu corrosion resistance upon penetration of corrosion ions, such as ...
Added: September 24, 2026
Кузькин В. А., Кривцов А. М., Wang Y. et al., Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 2026 Vol. 113 Article 65305
We propose a time-series paradigm named ChronoCast for molecular dynamics simulation using an advanced autoregressive Equivariant Graph Neural Network, which reformulates the conventionally time-consuming integration process into a forecasting task. This reformulation in turn offers a promising solution to overcome the challenge of tremendous computational cost for studying complex physical problems based on traditional algorithms. ...
Added: September 24, 2026
Kryzhanovskaya N., Makhov I., Dragunova A., St. Petersburg Polytechnical University Journal: Physics and Mathematics 2026 Vol. 19 No. 1.1 P. 98–104
The planar microcavity structure was grown using molecular-beam epitaxy.
Single-mode lasing was observed at a wavelength of 960 nm for pillars with a diameter of
15 μm. At 300 K, the lasing threshold was approximately 30 mW. Increasing the pump
power to 2.7 times the threshold power resulted in a mode energy shift of approximately
1 meV. This shift ...
Added: September 23, 2026
Chowde Gowda C., Alexey Kartsev, Tiwari N. et al., Small 2024 Vol. 20 No. 47 Article 2405197
A vast majority of electrical devices have integrated magnetic units, which generate constant magnetic fields with noticeable vibrations. The majority of existing nanogenerators acquire energy through friction/mechanical forces and most of these instances overlook acoustic vibrations and magnetic fields. Magnetic two-dimensional (2D) tellurides present a wide range of possibilities for devising a potential flexible energy ...
Added: March 16, 2026
Tissen M., Kushchuk L., Bagzhanov D. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026 Vol. 17 No. 2 P. 466–475
Recently, there has been a lot of interest in two-dimensional materials with intrinsic magnetism as potential platforms for the next generation of spintronic devices. Structural defects, that is, point atomic defects in the crystal structure, play a significant role in modulating the electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional materials. To gain a better understanding of ...
Added: January 2, 2026
Галиуллин А. А., Kuntsevich A., Pugachev M. et al., Micromachines 2024
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This paper presents a home-built projection lithographer designed to transfer the image from a DLP (digital light processing) projector MEMS matrix onto the microscope objective’s field of view, where a photoresist-covered substrate is placed. The photoresist is exposed using blue light with a wavelength of 450 nm. To calibrate the device and adjust focal lengths, ...
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Paukov M. I., Starchenko V. V., Melnikov A. et al., Materials Today Chemistry 2024 No. 36 Article 101886
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Arbenin A. Y., Petrov A. A., Nazarov D. V. et al., Procedia Structural Integrity 2023 Vol. 50 P. 27–32
The presented work is devoted to the study of the possibility of using planar materials consisting of ultramicroelectrode arrays for voltammetric analysis of compounds with close redox potential, but with different diffusion coefficients, which has great prospects in the analysis of various oligomers, including oligopeptides. A feature of the electrochemical behavior of materials containing arrays ...
Added: January 30, 2025
K.V. Shein, A.N. Lyubchak, Zharkova E. et al., St. Petersburg Polytechnical University Journal: Physics and Mathematics 2024 Vol. 17 No. 3.2 P. 241–245
Photonic integrated circuits (PIC) represent a promising platform for applications in the field of quantum technologies, such as quantum computing and cryptography. One of the key components for these applications is detectors based on thin superconducting films. Nevertheless, fabricating thin detectors atop a waveguide utilizing conventional superconducting materials acquired through magnetron sputtering presents a multifaceted ...
Added: November 5, 2024
Jiang X., Tan J., Liu D. et al., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2024 Vol. 15 No. 10 P. 2867–2875
The rapid recombination of photogenerated carriers heavily restrict the photocatalytic efficiency. Here, we propose a new strategy to improve catalytic efficiency based on ferroelectric van der Waals heterostructure (CuBiP2Se6/C2N). Combining density functional theory and nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) method, we have systematically analyzed the ground state properties and carrier dynamics images in CuBiP2Se6/C2N heterostructure. Our ...
Added: March 5, 2024
Duleba A., Pugachev M., Mark Blumenau et al., Micromachines 2024 Vol. 15 No. 1 Article 94
Most 2D materials are unstable under ambient conditions. Assembly of van der Waals heterostructures in the inert atmosphere of the glove box with ex situ lithography partially solves the problem of device fabrication out of unstable materials. In our paper, we demonstrate an approach to the next-generation inert-atmosphere (nitrogen, <20 ppm oxygen content) fabrication setup, ...
Added: February 15, 2024