Current Selections

Perfect Coulomb Drag in bilayer exciton systems

January 31st, 2026

1. Perfect Coulomb drag in a dipolar excitonic insulator
Authors: Phuong X. Nguyen, Liguo Ma, Raghav Chaturvedi, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jie Shan, and Kin Fai Mak
Science 388, 274–278 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/science.adl1829

2. Perfect Coulomb drag and exciton transport in an excitonic insulator
Authors: Ruishi Qi, Andrew Y. Joe, Zuocheng Zhang, Jingxu Xie, Qixin Feng, Zheyu Lu, Ziyu Wang, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Sefaattin Tongay, and Feng Wang
Science 388, 278–283 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/science.adl1839

Recommended with a commentary by Xi Dai , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_01

Condensation of DNA and RNA in solution

January 31st, 2026

1. Collapse of a single polymer chain: Effect of chain stiffness and attraction range
Authors: Yanyan Zhu, Haim Diamant, and David Andelman
arXiv:2601.09908, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.09908

2. Long ssRNA undergoes continuous compaction in the presence of polyvalent cations
Authors: Ana Luisa Duran-Meza, Liya Oser, Richard Sportsman, Martin Phillips, Charles M. Knobler, and William M. Gelbart
Biophysical Journal 122, 3469-3475 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.022

Recommended with a commentary by Achille Giacometti , Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_02

Topological Quantum Orders at Finite Temperature

January 31st, 2026

Finite-Temperature Quantum Topological Order in Three Dimensions
Authors: Shu-Tong Zhou, Meng Cheng, Tibor Rakovszky, Curt von Keyserlingk, and Tyler D. Ellison
Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 040402 (2025), DOI: 10.1103/n9sq-8cxw

Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath , Harvard University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_03

 

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