Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Broadband Ground-Plane Cloak Authors: R. Liu, C. Ji, J. J. Mock, J. Y. Chin, T. J. Cui, and D. R. Smith. Science 16 January 2009 323: 366-369 Recommended with a Commentary by Stephen Berry, University of Chicago. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_March09_01

Authors: J. D. Koralek, C. Weber, J. Orenstein, A. Bernevig, S. Zhang, S. Mack, and D. Awschalom. http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4709v2 . To appear in Nature, April 2, 2009. Recommended with a Commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University.  | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_March09_02

1. Direct measurement of critical Casimir forces Authors: C. Hertlein, L. Helden, A. Gambassi, S. Dietrich, and C. Bechinger, Nature 451, 172 (2008) 2. Critical Casimir Forces in Colloidal Suspensions on Chemically Patterned Surfaces Authors: Florin Soyka, Olga Zvyagolskaya, Christopher Hertlein, Laurent Helden, and Clemens Bechinger, arXiv:0810.1866 Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 208301 (2008) Recommended with […]

Author: Laurent Ponson cond-mat/0805.1802, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Recommended with a commentary by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, CFM | View Commentary (PDF) | JCCM_Feb09_01

1. Modeling the selective partitioning of cations into negatively charged nanopores water Authors: L. Yang, S. Garde J. Chem. Phys. 126, 084706 (2007) 2. Anomalous Increase in Carbon Capacitance at Pore Sizes Less Than 1 Nanometer Authors: J. Chmiola, G. Yushin, Y. Gogotsi, C. Portet, P. Simon, P. L. Taberna Science, 313, 1760 (2006) 3. […]

1. Skyrmion Lattice in a Chiral Magnet ” Authors: S. Mhlbauer, B. Binz, F. Jonietz, C. Pfleiderer, A. Rosch, A. Neubauer, Georgii, P. Boni arXiv:0902.1968 [Science 323, 915 (2009)] 2. Topological Hall effect in the A-phase of MnSi” Authors: A. Neubauer, C. Pfleiderer, B. Binz, A. Rosch, R. Ritz, P. G. Niklowitz, Boni, arXiv:0902.1933 3. […]

Authors: Gáspár Jékely, Julien Colombelli, Harald Hausen, Keren Guy, Ernst Stelzer, François Nédélec & Detlev Arendt Nature 456, 395-399 (2008): doi:10.1038/nature07590 Recommended with commentary by Raymond E. Goldstein, DAMTP, University of Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan09_01

“Observation of the Spin Seebeck Effect,” Authors: K. Uchida, S. Takahashi, K. Harii, J. Ieda, W. Koshibae, K. Ando, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh Nature 455, 778 (2008) Recommended with a Commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan09_02

1. The Statistics of the Work Done on a Quantum Critical System by Quenching a Control Parameter Author: Alessandro Silva arXiv:0806.4301; Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120603 (2008) and 2. On quenches in quantum many-body systems: the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model revisited Author: Guillaume Roux arXiv:0810.3720 Recommended with a Commentary by Anatoly Polkovnikov, Boston University   | View […]

Authors: Sung-Yoon Chung, Young-Min Kim, Jin-Gyu Kim, Youn-Joong Kim Nature Physics (23 Nov 2008), doi: 10.1038/nphys1148 Recommended with commentary by Daan Frenkel, Dept of Chemistry, U. Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) |

1. Superconducting interfaces between insulating oxides Authors: N. Reyren, S. Thiel, A. D. Caviglia, L. F. Kourkoutis, G. Hammerl, C. Richter, C. W. Schneider, T. Kopp, A.-S. Ruetschi, D. Jaccard, M. Gabay, D. A. Muller, J.-M. Triscone, and J. Mannhart, Science 317, 1196 (2007). 2. Electric-field-induced superconductivity in an insulator, Authors: K. Ueno, S. Nakamura, […]

1. Signatures of Electron Fractionalization in Ultraquantum Bismuth Authors:  K. Behnia, L. Balicas and Y. Kopelevich, arXiv:0802.1993, Science 317, 1729 (2007). 2. Phase Transitions of Dirac Electrons in Bismuth Authors: L. Li, J.G. Checkelsky, Y.S. Uher, A.F. Hebard, R.J. Cava and N.P. Ong, Science 321, 547 (2008). Recommended with a commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster […]

Authors: Andrea F. Young and Philip Kim arXiv:0808.0855 Recommended with a Commentary by Francisco Guinea, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid | View Commentary (pdf) |

Dynamic Proteomics of Individual Cancer Cells in Response to a Drug Authors: A.A. Cohen, N. GevaZatorsky, E. Eden, M. FrenkelMorgenstern, I. Issaeva, A. Sigal, R. Milo, C. CohenSaidon, Y. Liron, Z. Kam, L. Cohen, T. Danon, N. Perzov, and U. Alon. Published online November 20 2008; 10.1126/science.1160165 (Science Express Research Articles) Variability and Robustness in […]

Unconventional spin freezing and fluctuations in the frustrated antiferromagnet NiGa2S4 Authors: D. E. MacLaughlin, Y. Nambu, S. Nakatsuji, R. H. Heffner, Lei Shu, O. O. Bernal and K. Ishida http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1057 Spin disorder on a Triangular Lattice Authors: S. Nakatsuji, Y. Nambu, H. Tonomura, O. Sakai, S. Jonas, C. Broholm, H. Tsunetsugu, Y. Qiu, Y. Maeno […]

Authors: Max Hofheinz, E.M. Weig, M. Ansmann, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Erik Lucero, M. Neeley, A.D. O’Connell, H. Wang, John M. Martinis, and A.N. Cleland Nature 454, 310 (2008) Recommended and Commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Oct08_01

Authors: Fangyong Yan, Christopher Adam Hixson, and David J. Earl Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 157801 Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Oct08_02

1. Specific heat Measurements: “Fully gapped superconducting state based on a high normal state quasiparticle density of states in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 single crystals,” G. Mu, H. Luo, Z. Wang, L. Shan, C. Ren and H.H. Wen. arXiv:0808.2941. 2. ARPES Measurements:“Observation of Fermi surface-dependent nodeless superconduct- ing gaps in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 ,” […]

Authors: Brian P. Tighe, Adrianne R. T. van Eerd, and Thijs J. H. Vlugt arXiv:0803.0907, Phys. Rev. Lett, 100, 238001 (2008) Recommended with Commentary by R.P. Behringer, Duke University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Sept08_01

Structure from Fleeting Illumination of Faint Spinning Objects in Flight with Application to Single Molecules Authors: Russell Fung, Valentin Shneerson, Dilano K. Saldin, and Abbas Ourmazd arXiv: 0806.2341v1 [physics.bio-ph] (2008) Recommended with a commentary by Simon J. L. Billinge, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, and Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science […]