Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials Authors: A.I. Boukai, Y. Bunimovich, J. Tahir-Kheli, J.K. Yu, W.A. Goddard III, J.R. Heath Nature 451, 1680 (2008) 2. Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires Authors: A.I. Hochbaum, R.K. Chen, R.D. Delgado, W.J. Liang, M. Najarian, A. Majumdar, and P.D. Yang Nature 451, 1680 (2008) Recommended with […]

A. Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene Authors: A. C. Kane and G. Mele http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411737 Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 226801 (2005) B. Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells Authors: A. Bernevig, T. Hughes, S.C. Zhang http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611399 Science, 314, 1757 (2006) C. Topological invariants of time-reversal-invariant band structures Authors: J. […]

Structure of a thiol monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle at 1.1 A resolution, Authors: Pablo D. Jadzinsky, Guillermo Calero, Christopher J. Ackerson, David A. Bushnell and Roger D. Kornberg Science 318 430 (2007) Recommended with a commentary by Simon J. L. Billinge, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_01

Authors: S. Condamin, O. B ́enichou, V. Tejedor, R. Voituriez, J. Klafter. http://arXiv:0711.0682 Nature 450, 77-80 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Bernard Nienhuis, University of Amsterdam | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_02

Authors: C.R. Wiebe, J.A. Janik, G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, J.D. Garrett, H.D. Zhou, Y.-J. Jo, L. Balicas, Y. Qiu, J.R. D. Copley, Z. Yamani, and W.J. L. Buyers. http://Arxiv:0710.0896v2 Recommended and a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_03

Quantum oscillations and the Fermi surface in an underdoped high-Tc superconductor Authors: Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Cyril Proust, David LeBoeuf, Julien Levallois, Jean-Baptiste Bonnemaison, Ruixing Liang, D.A. Bonn, W.N. Hardy and Louis Taillefer Nature, 565 (31 May 2007). and Electron pockets in the Fermi surface of hole-doped high-Tc superconductors Authors: David LeBoeuf, Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Julien Levallois, R. […]

Authors: Michi Nakata, Giuliano Zanchetta, Brandon D. Chapman, Christopher D. Jones, Julie O. Cross, Ronald Pindak, Tommaso Bellini, and Noel A. Clark Science 318 (2007) 1276 Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Dec07_02

Authors: M. Konig, S. Wiedemann, C. Brune, A. Roth, H. Buhmann, L. W. Molenkamp, X-L Qi, S-C Zhang, Science 318, 766 (2007) Recommended and a Commentary by Leonid Levitov, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM Dec07 03

Authors: O. Astafiev, K. Inomata, A.O. Niskanen, T. Yamamoto, Yu. A. Pashkin, Y. Nakamura, and J.S. Tsai Nature 449, 588 (2007) http://arXiv:0710.0936 Recommended and Commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Nov07_01

Authors: Marcelo Behar, Henrik G. Dohlman and Timothy C. Elston Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 16146-16151 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Martin Howard, The John Innes Centre, UK | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Nov07_02

Authors: M-S Nam, A. Ardavan, S. J. Blundell and J. A. Schlueter, Nature 449, 4 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Nov07_03

Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions Authors: Yong-il Shin, Christian H. Schunch, Andre Schirotzek, Wolfgang Ketterle, arXiv:0709.3027 and Deformation of a trapped Fermi gas with unequal spin population Authors: G.B. Partridge, Wenhui Li, Y,.A. Liao, R.G. Hulet, M. Hague, H.T.C. Stoof, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 190407 (2006). Recommended with a Commentary […]

Author: M.W. Matsen Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 148304 Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania | View Commentary | JCCM_Oct07_2

Authors: K. Byczuk, M. Kollar, K. Held, Y.-F. Yang, I. A. Nekrasov, Th. Pruschke and D. Vollhardt Nature Physics 3, 168 (2007) http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609594 Recommended and Commentary by Peter Wölfle, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany | View Commentary | JCCM_Oct07_3

Authors: T. Susaki, Y. Kozuka, Y. Tateyama, and H. Y. Hwang, http://arXiv.org/abs/0708.3725 Recommended with a Commentary by Atsushi Fujimori, University of Tokyo | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Sept07_01

Authors: Van M. Savage and Geoffrey B. West Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 1051-1056 (2007) http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/3/1051 Recommended with a Commentary by Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute, Israel. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Sept07_02

Authors: K. K. Gomes, A. N. Pasupathy, A. Pushp, S. Ono, Y. Ando and A. Yazdani http;//arXiv:0706.0214 Nature 447, 569 (2007). and Authors: M. C. Boyer, W. D. Wise, K. Chatterjee, M. Yi, T. Kondo, T. Takeuchi, H. Ikuta, and E. W. Hudson http://arXiv:0705.1731 Recommended with a Commentary by Subir Sachdev, Harvard University | View […]

Authors: Gregg Lois, Anaël Lemaître and Jean M. Carlson http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612679 Phys. Rev. E, 76, 021302 (2007) Recommended with Commentary by R.P. Behringer, Duke University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_August07_01

Authors: O. Gunnarsson and O. Rösch http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1407 Recommended with a Commentary by Claudio Castellani, Universita’ di Roma | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_August07_02

Authors: M. Grayson, L. Steinke, D. Schuh, M. Bichler, L. Hoeppel, J. Smet, K. v. Klitzing, D. K. Maude, and G. Abstreiter. http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701295 Recommended with a Commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_August07_03