The pressure dependence of the resistivity and structure of La0.60Y0.07Ca0.33MnO3 has been explored in the pressure range from 1 atm to ;7 GPa. The metal to insulator transition temperature (TMI) was found to reach a maximum and the resistivity achieves a minimum at ;3.8 GPa. Beyond this pressure, TMI is reduced with a concomitant increase in the resistivity. Structural measurements at room tem...

We have measured the resistivity and Hall effect of R2Fe17 (R = Y, Tb, and Gd) single crystals in the temperature T range 4 < T < 300 K and applied magnetic fields of up to 9 T. The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is very anisotropic in these ferromagnets. The AHE resistivity, measured with an applied magnetic field H perpendicular to the c axis, is very large and varies quite linearly with the lon...

Highly efficient energy storage is in high demand for next-generation clean energy applications. As a promising energy storage material, the application of Mn2O3 is limited due to its poor electrical conductivity. Here, high-pressure techniques enhanced the electrical conductivity of Mn2O3 significantly. In situ synchrotron micro X-Ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and resistivity measurement...

Laboratory measurements of the resistivity of three sandstone samples collected during imbibition (increasing SXJ) and drainage (decreasing Sn,) show pronounced hysteresis in resistivity throughout much of the saturation range. The variation in resistivity can be related to changes in pore-scale fluid distribution caused by changes in saturation history. The form of the hysteresis is such that ...

Crustal fluids exist near fault zones, but their relation to the processes that generate earthquakes, including slow-slip events, is unclear. Fault-zone fluids are characterized by low electrical resistivity. Here we investigate the time-dependent crustal resistivity in the rupture area of the 1999 Mw 7.6 Izmit earthquake using electromagnetic data acquired at four sites before and after the ea...

An acoustic method is proposed for measuring the flow resistivity and the thickness of air-saturated porous materials. The conventional methods [14, 16, 17] for the measurement of the flow resistivity (or the viscous permeability) require the prior knowledge of the porosity. The method presented in this work is based on a temporal model of the direct problem in which a simplified expression (in...

The conductivity of high-resistivity polymer films is dependent on the magnitude of applied electric field, repeated electric field exposure, and sample temperature. A traditional constant voltage method was used, maintained under vacuum to more closely resemble the space environment. Both the strength of the applied voltage and the thickness of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) samples were vari...

We systematically investigated the in-plane resistivity anisotropy of electron-underdoped EuFe2−xCoxAs2 and BaFe2−xCoxAs2, and hole-underdoped Ba1−xKxFe2As2. Large in-plane resistivity anisotropy was found in the former samples, while tiny in-plane resistivity anisotropy was detected in the latter ones. When it is detected, the anisotropy starts above the structural transition temperature and i...

The effect of reduction and re-oxidation firing on the PTCR properties of Sm-doped barium titanate ceramics was investigated for the application in multilayered PTC thermistors. The lattice parameters a, and c decreases monotonically with increasing oxygen concentration in the re-oxidation atmosphere, which seems to be related with an electrostatic Coulomb interaction between an oxygen vacancy ...

This work demonstrates an anisotropic increase in resistivity with decreasing width in single crystal tungsten (W) nanowires having a height of 21 nm. Nanowire-widths were in the range of 15-451 nm, with the anisotropy observed for widths below 50 nm. The longitudinal directions of the nanowires coincided with the <100>, <110> and <111> orientations of the body centered cubic phase of W. The re...