Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Vacancy-stabilized crystalline order in hard cubes. Authors: Frank Smallenburg, Laura Filion, Matthieu Marechal, Marjolein Dijkstra, PNAS 109 (2012) 17886. Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania, | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_03

Phase Transformations and Metallization of Magnesium Oxide at High Pressure and Temperature. Authors: R. S. McWilliams, D. K. Spaulding, J. H. Eggert, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, R. F. Smith, G. W. Collins and R. Jeanloz, Science 338, 1330-1333 (2012). Recommended with a Commentary by Steve Berry, University of Chicago | View Commentary (pdf) […]

Colloidal Aggregation in Microgravity by Critical Casimir Forces. Authors: S.J. Veen, O. Antoniuk, B. Weber, M.A.C. Potenza, S. Mazzoni, P. Schall, and G.H. Wegdam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 248302 (2012). Recommended and a commentary by Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2013_02

1. Orbital selectivity in Hund’s metals: The iron chalcogenides. Authors: N. Lanatà, H. U. R. Strand, G. Giovannetti, B. Hellsing, L. de’ Medici, and M. Capone, Phys. Rev. B 87, 045122 (2013). 2. Strong electronic correlations from Hund’s coupling. Authors: A. Georges, L. de’ Medici, and J. Mravlje, arXiv:1207.3033 ; to appear in Annu. Rev. […]

1. Tetrahedral colloidal clusters from random aggregation of bidisperse spheres. Authors: Nicholas B. Schade, Miranda C. Holmes-Cerfon, Elizabeth R. Chen, Dina Aronzon, Jesse W. Collins, Jonathan A. Fan, Federico Capasso, Vinothan N. Manoharan. arXiv:1201.3952. Recommended with a commentary by M. E. Cates, SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: […]

1. Statistical-Physics-Based Reconstruction in Compressed Sensing. Authors: F. Krzakala, M. Mézard, F. Sausset, Y. F. Sun, and L. Zdeborová. Phys. Rev. X 2, 021005 (2012). 2. Probabilistic reconstruction in compressed sensing: algorithms, phase diagrams, and threshold achieving matrices. Authors: Florent Krzakala, Marc Mézard, Francois Sausset, Yifan Sun and Lenka Zdeborová. J. Stat. Mech. (2012) P08009. […]

1. Discovery of the First Topological Kondo Insulator: SmB6. Authors: S. Wolgast, C. Kurdak, K. Sun, J. W. Allen, D-J. Kim and Z. Fisk. ArXiv.org/1211.5104. 2. Robust Surface Hall Effect and Non-local Transport in SmB6: Indication for an ideal Topological Insulator. Authors: J. Botimer, D-J. Kim, S. Thomas, T. Grant, Z. Fisk and X. Jia. […]

1. What buoyancy really is. A generalized Archimedes’ principle for sedimentation and ultracentrifugation. Authors: Roberto Piazza, Stefano Buzzaccaro, Eleonora Secchi and Alberto Parola. Soft Matter, 8, 7112 (2012). Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01

1. Resonating Valence Bond States in the PEPS Formalism. Authors: Norbert Schuch, Didier Poilblanc, J. Ignacio Cirac, and David Perez-Garcia. Phys. Rev. B 86, 115108 (2012). Recommeded and a Commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH Aachen | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_02

1. Mott criticality and pseudogap in Bose-Fermi mixtures. Authors: E. Altman, E. Demler, and A. Rosch. arXiv:1205.4026. Recommended with a commentary by Matthias Vojta, TU Dresden, Germany | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_03

1. Direct observation of competition between superconductivity and charge density wave order in YBa2 Cu3 Oy. Authors: J. Chang, E. Blackburn, A. T. Holmes, N. B. Christensen, J. Larsen, J. Mesot, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, A. Watenphul, M. v. Zimmermann, E. M. Forgan and S. M. Hayden. arXiv:1206.4333. (Nat. Phys. published […]

1. Flagellar synchronization independent of hydrodynamic interactions. Authors: Benjamin M. Friedrich and Frank Julicher. PRL 109, 138102 (2012) Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2012_02

1. Reconfigurable self-assembly through chiral control of interfacial tension. Authors: Thomas Gibaud, Edward Barry, Mark J. Zakhary, Mir Henglin, Andrew Ward, Yasheng Yang, Cristina Berciu, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Michael F. Hagan, Daniela Nicastro, Robert B. Meyer & Zvonimir Dogic. Nature 481, 348–351 (2012) Recommended with a Commentary by Efi Efrati, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago […]

1. Non-Fermi d-wave phases of strongly interacting electrons. Authors: Hong-Chen Jiang, Matthew Block, Ryan Mishmash, James Garrison, D.N. Sheng, Olexei Motrunich and Matthew P.A. Fisher. arXiv:1207.6608 . Recommended and a Commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2012_02

1. The Higgs amplitude mode at the two-dimensional superfluid/Mott insulator transition. Authors:Manuel Endres, Takeshi Fukuhara, David Pekker, Marc Cheneau, Peter Schau?, Christian Gross, Eugene Demler, Stefan Kuhr and Immanuel Bloch. Nature 487, 454 (2012). 2. Higgs Mode in a Two-Dimensional Superfluid. Authors: L. Pollet and N. Prokof’ev. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010401 (2012). Recommended and […]

1. Disorder-driven quantum phase transition in superconductors and magnets. Authors: L.B. Ioffe and M.Mézard. Phys.Rev.Lett. 105, 037001 (2010) 2. Superconductor-insulator transition and energy localization. Authors: M.V. Feigel’man, L.B. Ioffe and M.Mézard. Phys. Rev.B 82, 184534 (2010) Recommended with a Commentary by Claudio Castellani, Universita’ di Roma “La Sapienza” | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2012_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. Optimal protocols and optimal transport in stochastic thermodynamics. Authors: E. Aurell, C. Mejia-Monasterio, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 250601 (2011). 2. Refined Second Law of Thermodynamics for Fast Random Processes. Authors: E. Aurell, K. Gawedzki, C. Mejia-Monasterio, R. Mohayaee,P. Muratore-Ginanneschi. Journal of Statistical Physics, 147, 487-505 (2012). 3. Experimental verification of Landauer’s principle […]

1. Non-Euclidean geometry of twisted lament bundle packing. Authors: Isaac R. Bruss and Gregory M. Grason. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2012) 109, no. 27, 10781-10786. Recommended with a commentary by Mark Bowick, Soft Matter Pro- gram, Syracuse University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2012_01

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 […]