Functional nanostructures for electronics, spintronics and sensors

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  1. Editor: Prof. Anatolie S. Sidorenko
    Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova

In the last decade, the very rapid development in a subfield of solid state physics and engineering – superconducting spintronics based on functional nanostructures comprised of alternating layers ferromagnetic and superconducting materials – has been observed. Due to the proximity effect of superconductor/ferromagnetic (S/F) layers and Andreev reflection of Cooper pairs at the S/F interface, a number of new phenomena were first theoretically predicted then experimentally detected, including: a non-uniform superconducting Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov state (FFLO state), S/F π-junctions, oscillations of critical temperature and critical current of S/F hybrids on the thickness of the F layer, multiperiodic re-entrant superconductivity, triplet pairing and triplet spin-valve effect – just to name some of the new phenomena that have been detected in layered S/F hybrid nanostructures. Moreover, the detected effects are very promising for technical applications directed towards enhancing the storage capacity of computer hard drives and the potential use as quantum computer building blocks.

The main goal of this thematic issue is to highlight this new area of research – superconductor/ferromagnetic hybrid nanostructures and their applications for quantum electronics and spintronics. In addition some other interesting functional nanostructures, such as sensors and single-atom transistors, are presented to highlight the fascinating world of nanoelectronics.

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  • Published 10 Nov 2020
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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1704–1706, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.152

Anomalous current–voltage characteristics of SFIFS Josephson junctions with weak ferromagnetic interlayers

  1. Tairzhan Karabassov,
  2. Anastasia V. Guravova,
  3. Aleksei Yu. Kuzin,
  4. Elena A. Kazakova,
  5. Shiro Kawabata,
  6. Boris G. Lvov and
  7. Andrey S. Vasenko
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  • Published 23 Jan 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 252–262, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.19

High dynamic resistance elements based on a Josephson junction array

  1. Konstantin Yu. Arutyunov and
  2. Janne S. Lehtinen
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  • Published 03 Mar 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 417–420, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.32

Epitaxial growth and superconducting properties of thin-film PdFe/VN and VN/PdFe bilayers on MgO(001) substrates

  1. Wael M. Mohammed,
  2. Igor V. Yanilkin,
  3. Amir I. Gumarov,
  4. Airat G. Kiiamov,
  5. Roman V. Yusupov and
  6. Lenar R. Tagirov
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  • Published 15 May 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 807–813, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.65

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  • Published 02 Jun 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 858–865, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.71

Band tail state related photoluminescence and photoresponse of ZnMgO solid solution nanostructured films

  1. Vadim Morari,
  2. Aida Pantazi,
  3. Nicolai Curmei,
  4. Vitalie Postolache,
  5. Emil V. Rusu,
  6. Marius Enachescu,
  7. Ion M. Tiginyanu and
  8. Veaceslav V. Ursaki
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  • Published 12 Jun 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 899–910, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.75

Microwave photon detection by an Al Josephson junction

  1. Leonid S. Revin,
  2. Andrey L. Pankratov,
  3. Anna V. Gordeeva,
  4. Anton A. Yablokov,
  5. Igor V. Rakut,
  6. Victor O. Zbrozhek and
  7. Leonid S. Kuzmin
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  • Published 23 Jun 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 960–965, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.80

Electrochemical nanostructuring of (111) oriented GaAs crystals: from porous structures to nanowires

  1. Elena I. Monaico,
  2. Eduard V. Monaico,
  3. Veaceslav V. Ursaki,
  4. Shashank Honnali,
  5. Vitalie Postolache,
  6. Karin Leistner,
  7. Kornelius Nielsch and
  8. Ion M. Tiginyanu
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  • Published 29 Jun 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 966–975, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.81

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  • Published 10 Jul 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1010–1018, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.85

Excitonic and electronic transitions in Me–Sb2Se3 structures

  1. Nicolae N. Syrbu,
  2. Victor V. Zalamai,
  3. Ivan G. Stamov and
  4. Stepan I. Beril
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  • Published 16 Jul 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1045–1053, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.89

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  • Published 18 Aug 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1242–1253, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.108

Proximity effect in [Nb(1.5 nm)/Fe(x)]10/Nb(50 nm) superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures

  1. Yury Khaydukov,
  2. Sabine Pütter,
  3. Laura Guasco,
  4. Roman Morari,
  5. Gideok Kim,
  6. Thomas Keller,
  7. Anatolie Sidorenko and
  8. Bernhard Keimer
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  • Published 21 Aug 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1254–1263, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.109

Cryogenic low-noise amplifiers for measurements with superconducting detectors

  1. Ilya L. Novikov,
  2. Boris I. Ivanov,
  3. Dmitri V. Ponomarev and
  4. Aleksey G. Vostretsov
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  • Published 02 Sep 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1316–1320, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.115

Controlling the proximity effect in a Co/Nb multilayer: the properties of electronic transport

  1. Sergey Bakurskiy,
  2. Mikhail Kupriyanov,
  3. Nikolay V. Klenov,
  4. Igor Soloviev,
  5. Andrey Schegolev,
  6. Roman Morari,
  7. Yury Khaydukov and
  8. Anatoli S. Sidorenko
  • Full Research Paper
  • Published 07 Sep 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1336–1345, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.118

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  • Published 14 Sep 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1402–1408, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.124

A wideband cryogenic microwave low-noise amplifier

  1. Boris I. Ivanov,
  2. Dmitri I. Volkhin,
  3. Ilya L. Novikov,
  4. Dmitri K. Pitsun,
  5. Dmitri O. Moskalev,
  6. Ilya A. Rodionov,
  7. Evgeni Il’ichev and
  8. Aleksey G. Vostretsov
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  • Published 30 Sep 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1484–1491, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.131

Selective detection of complex gas mixtures using point contacts: concept, method and tools

  1. Alexander P. Pospelov,
  2. Victor I. Belan,
  3. Dmytro O. Harbuz,
  4. Volodymyr L. Vakula,
  5. Lyudmila V. Kamarchuk,
  6. Yuliya V. Volkova and
  7. Gennadii V. Kamarchuk
  • Full Research Paper
  • Published 28 Oct 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1631–1643, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.146

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  • Published 20 Nov 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1757–1763, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.158

Molecular dynamics modeling of the influence forming process parameters on the structure and morphology of a superconducting spin valve

  1. Alexander Vakhrushev,
  2. Aleksey Fedotov,
  3. Vladimir Boian,
  4. Roman Morari and
  5. Anatolie Sidorenko
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  • Published 24 Nov 2020

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Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1776–1788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.160

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