Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1.Nematic liquid crystal boojums with handles on colloidal handlebodies. Authors:Q. Liu, B. Senyuk, M. Tasinkevych and I. I. Smalyukh. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2013) 110, no. 23, 9231-9236 Recommended with a commentary by Mark Bowick, Soft Matter Program, Syracuse University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_01

1.Observation of Quantum Spin Hall States in InAs/GaSb Bilayers under Broken Time-reversal Symmetry. Authors:Lingjie Du, Ivan Knez, Gerard Sullivan and Rui-Rui Du. arXiv:1306.1925 Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_02

1.Quantum oscillations and high carrier mobility in the delafossite PdCoO2. Authors:Clifford W. Hicks, Alexandra S. Gibbs, Andrew P. Mackenzie, Hiroshi Takatsu, Yoshiteru Maeno, and Edward A. Yelland. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 116401 (2012) Recommended with a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_03