Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Optimization of the antimicrobial activity of magainin peptides by modification of charge Authors: Margitta Dathe, Heike Nikolenko, Jana Meyer, Michael Beyermann, and Michael Bienert FEBS Letters 501, 146-150 (2001) and Physical Basis of Membrane-Charge Selectivity of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Authors: Sattar Taheri-Araghi and Bae-Yeun Ha Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 168101-1–16801-4 (2007) Recommended with a commentary […]

Authors: H. Matsubara, S. Yoshimoto, H. Saito, Y. Jianglin, Y. Tanaka and S. Noda. Science 319, 445 (2008) Recommended with a commentary by Stephen Berry, University of Chicago. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Mar08_01

Density modulations in an elongated BEC released from a disordered potential. Authors: David Cl ́ement, Philippe Bouyer, Alain Aspect, and Laurent Sanchez-Palencia. http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1984 Disorder-induced trapping versus anderson localization in Bose-Einstein condensates expanding in disordered potentials. Authors: L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Cl ́ement, P. Lugan, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect. http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1774 Effect of interactions on the localization […]

Towards identification of a non-Abelian state: observation of a quarter of electron charge at ν = 5/2 quantum Hall state,Authors: M. Dolev, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, A. Stern, D. Mahaluhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0930 and Quasiparticle Tunneling in the Fractional Quantum Hall State at ν = 5/2,Authors: I. P. Radu, J. B. Miller, C. M. Marcus, M. A. Kastner, […]

Authors: Reem Jaafar, S. McHugh, Yoko Suzuki, M.P. Sarachik, Y. Myasoedov, E. Zeldov, H. Shtrikman, R. Bagai, G. Christou http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703448 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 320 (2008) 695–698 Recommended with a commentary by Albert Migliori, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_February08_01

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