Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Hofstadter’s butterfly in Moire superlattices: A fractal quantum Hall effect. Authors: C. R. Dean, L. Wang, P. Maher, C. Forsythe, F. Ghahari, Y. Gao, J. Katoch, M. Ishigami, P. Moon, M. Koshino, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, K. L. Shepard, J. Hone, P. Kim, arXiv:1212.4783. 2. Changes in Fermi surface topology and Hofstadter quantization in […]

1. Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging Authors: Z. Fei, A. S. Rodin, G. O. Andreev, W. Bao, A. S. McLeod, M. Wagner, L. M. Zhang, Z. Zhao, G. Dominguez, M. Thiemens, M. M. Fogler, A. H. Castro-Neto, C. N. Lau, F. Keilmann, D. N. Basov, Nature 487, 82 (2012). 2. Optical nano-imaging […]

Generic Indicators for Loss of Resilience Before a Tipping Point Leading to Population Collapse. Authors: L. Dai, D. Vorselen, K.S. Korolev, J. Gore, Science 336, 1175 (2012). Recommended with a commentary by Mehran Kardar, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_03