Dissipation Power of a Disk-Shaped Superconducting Thin Film Along Its Virgin Magnetization Curves

Based on the Bean critical state model j ≤ j_(c) for both longitudinal and transverse geometry, the total dissipation power P along the virgin magnetization curves is calculated. The dissipation power obtained from the corre sponding magnetic measurements for a disk-shaped YBa_(2)Cu3O_(7-δ )thin film in a perpendicular magnetic field is verified. The virgin magnetization curves for the sample at different temperatures are calculated.

Symmetry-driven half-integer conductance quantization in Cobalt–fulvalene sandwich nanowire

Precise manipulation and monitoring spin transport in one-dimensional (1D) systems is a long-sought goal in the field of nano-spintronics. Based on first-principles calculations, we report the observation of half-integer conductance quantization in the Cobalt-fulvalene sandwich nanowire. Compared with a pure monatomic Cobalt wire, the introduction of fulvalene molecules leads to threeimportant features: Firstly, the strong coupling between the fulvalene and the Cobalt prevents the contamination of the ambientair, ensuring both chemical and physical stabilities;Secondly, the fulvalene symmetry-selectively filters out most of the d-typeorbitals of the Cobalt while leaving a single d-type orbital to form an open spin channel around the Fermi level, which offers amechanism to achieve the observed half-integer conductance;Thirdly, it maintains a superexchange coupling between adjacent Coatoms to achieve a high Curie temperature. Spin transport calculations show that this half-metallic nanowire can serve as a perfectspin filter or a spin valve device, thus revealing the potential of Cobalt-fulvalene sandwich nanowire as a promising building blockof high-performance spintronics technology.