Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Composite fermions waltz to the tune of a Wigner crystal. Authors: Y. Liu, H. Deng, M. Shayegan, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, K.W. Baldwin. arXiv:1410.3435 Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_01

Experiment: 1. Observation of a topological 3D Dirac semimetal phase in high-mobility Cd3As2 and related materials. Authors: M. Neupane, SuYang Xu, R. Sankar, N. Alidoust, G. Bian, Chang Liu, I. Belopolski, T.-R. Chang, H.-T. Jeng, H. Lin, A. Bansil, Fangcheng Chou, M. Z. Hasan arXiv:1309.7892 2. Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal. Authors: Sergey […]

1.Nematic liquid crystal boojums with handles on colloidal handlebodies. Authors:Q. Liu, B. Senyuk, M. Tasinkevych and I. I. Smalyukh. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2013) 110, no. 23, 9231-9236 Recommended with a commentary by Mark Bowick, Soft Matter Program, Syracuse University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_01

1. Evidence for Helical Nuclear Spin Order in GaAs Quantum Wires Authors: C. P. Scheller, T.-M. Liu, G. Barak, A. Yacoby, L. N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, and D. M. Zumbühl arXiv:1306.1940 Recommended with a Commentary by Leon Balents, KITP, UCSB |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_01

1. Topological crystalline insulator states in Pb(1-x)Sn(x)Se. Authors: P. Dziawa, B. J. Kowalski, K. Dybko, R. Buczko, A. Szczerbakow, M. Szot, E. Lusakowska, T. Balasubramanian, B. M. Wojek, M. H. Berntsen, O. Tjernberg, T. Story. arXiv:1206.1705. 2. Observation of Topological Crystalline Insulator phase in the lead tin chalcogenide Pb1-xSnxTe material class. Authors: Su-Yang Xu, Chang […]

1. Theoretical Study of Possible Active Site Structures in Cobalt-Polypyrrole Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Authors: Z. Shi, H. Liu, K. Lee, E. Dy, J. Christunoff, M. Blair, P. Zelenay, J. Zhang, Z-S. Liu. J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 16672-80 (2011). Recommended and a Commentary by Albert Migliori, Los Alamos National Labs. | View Commentary […]

1) Interface induced high temperature superconductivity in single unit-cell FeSe films on SrTiO3. Authors: Q-Y Wang, Z. Li, W-H Zhang, Z-C Zhang, J-S Zhang, W. Li, H. Ding, Y-B Ou, P. Deng, K. Chang, J. Wen, C-L Song, K. He, J-F Jia, S-H Ji, Y. Wang, L. Wang, X. Chen, X. Ma, Q-K Xue. arXiv:1201.5694 […]

1. Electronic Phase Separation at the LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) Interface Authors: Ariando, X. Wang, G. Baskaran, Z. Q. Liu, J. Huijben, J. B. Yi, A. Annadi, A. Roy Barman, A. Rusydi, S. Dhar, Y. P. Feng, J. Ding, H. Hilgenkamp, and T. Venkatesan Nature Communications 2, 188 (2011). 2. Coexistence of Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in Two Dimensions […]

1. Quantum Hall effect from the topological surface states of strained bulk HgTe Authors: C. Brune, C.X. Liu, E.G. Novik, E.M. Hankiewicz, H. Buhmann, Y.L. Chen, X.L. Qi, Z.X. Shen, S.C. Zhang and L.W. Molenkamp Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 126803 (2011) 2. Gate-tuned normal and superconducting transport at the surface of a topological insulator, Authors: […]

1. Low-energy effective theory of Fermi surface coupled with U (1) gauge field in 2+1 dimensions Author: Sung-Sik Lee Phys. Rev. B 80, 165102 (2009) 2. Quantum phase transition of metals in two spatial dimensions. I. Ising-nematic order Authors: Max Metlitski and Subir Sachdev Phys. Rev. B 82, 075127 (2010) 3. A Controlled Expansion for […]

1.Effect of Cobalt Incorporation and Lithium Enrichment in Lithium Nickel Manganese Oxides Authors: H. Deng, I. Belharouak, H. Wu, D. Dambournet, and K. Amine Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 157, 7, A776-A781 (2010) 2. MLi2Ti6O14(M = Sr, Ba, 2Na) Lithium Insertion Titanate Materials: A Comparative Study Authors: Damien Dambournet, Ilias Belharouak, and Khalil Amine Inorg. […]

1) Intrinsic decoherence mechanisms in the microcavity polariton condensate Authors: A. P. D. Love, D. N. Krizhanovskii, D. M. Whittaker, R. Bouchekioua, D. Sanvitto, S. Al Rizeiqi, R. Bradley, M. S. Skolnick, P. R. Eastham, R. Andre, and Le Si Dang Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 067404 (2008) 2) Quantized vortices in an exciton-polariton condensate Authors: […]

1. Emergent quantum criticality, Fermi surfaces, and AdS2. Authors: Thomas Faulkner, Hong Liu, John McGreevy, David Vegh arXiv:0907.2694; arXiv:0903.2477 2. Fermions and the AdS/CFT correspondence: quantum phase transitions and the emergent Fermi-liquid. Authors: Mihailo Cubrovic, Jan Zaanen, Koenraad Schalm. arXiv:0904.1993 Recommended with a Commentary by Elihu Abrahams, Rutgers, Andrew Cohen, Boston University and Chandra Varma, […]

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

Elihu Abrahams, Rutgers University | View Contributions | Vivek Aji, University of California, Riverside |  View Contributions | Jason Alicea, California Institute of Technology | View Contributions | David Andelman, Tel Aviv University | View Contributions | Philip Anderson, Princeton University, Princeton | View Contributions | Arezoo M. Ardekani, University of Notre Dame | View Contributions | […]

Authors: N. Xu, M. Wyart, A. J. Liu and S. R. Nagel http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v98/e175502 http://arxiv.org/cond-mat/0611474 Recommended with a commentary by Wim van Saarloos, Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_May07_03

Authors: R. D. Kamien and A. J. Liu http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701343 Recommended with a commentary by Daan Frenkel, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam | View PDF | JCCM_March07_01

New Developments with cold atoms. Free Fermion Antibundching in a Degenerate Atomic Fermi Gas Released from an Optical Lattice Authors: T. Rom, Th. Best, D. van Oosten, U. Schneider, S. Folling, B. Paredes, and I. Bloch http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0611561, Nature 444, 733-736 (2006). Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect for boson versus fermions Authors: T. Jeltes, J.M. McNamara, […]

Authors: H.C. Liu, C. Y. Song, Z. R. Wasilewski, et al. (Phys. Rev Lett. 90, 077402 (2003) Recommended and a Commentary by: Claire Gmachl, Princeton University. | View Commentary (pdf) | (JCCM_Dec03_01)