Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

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 room-temperature multiferroicity in BaTiO3. Authors: S. Valencia, A. Crassous, L. Bocher, V. Garcia, X. Moya, R. O. Cheri?, C. Deranlot, K. Bouzehouane, S. Fusil, A. Zobelli, A. Gloter, N. D. Mathur, A. Gaupp, R. Abrudan, F. Radu, A. Barthélémy, and M. Bibes. Nature Materials 10, 753-758 (2011). Recommended with a commentary by Atsushi […]

1. Brownian dynamics: from glassy to trivial. Authors: H. Jacquin and F. van Wijland. arXiv:1206.1586v2 Recommended and with a commentary by Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2012_02

1. Identifying Topological Order by Entanglement Entropy. Authors: Hong-Chen Jiang, Zhenghan Wang, and Leon Balents. arXiv:1205.4289v1 2. Nature of the Spin Liquid Ground State of the S = 1/2 Kagome Heisenberg Model. Authors: Stefan Depenbrock, Ian P. McCulloch, and Ulrich Schollwoeck. arXiv:1205.4858v1 Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: […]

1. Electrostatic carrier doping of GdTiO3 /SrTiO3 interfaces. Authors: Pouya Moetakef, Tyler Cain, Daniel G. Ouellette, Jack Y. Zhang, Dmitri O. Klenov, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle, Siddharth Rajan, S. James Allen, and Susanne Stemmer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 232116, (2011) 2. Carrier-controlled ferromagnetism in SrTiO3. Authors: Pouya Moetakef, James R. Williams, Daniel […]

Signatures of Majorana fermions in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices. Authors: V. Mourik, K. Zuo, S.M. Frolov, S.R. Plissard, E.P.A.M. Bakkers, and L.P. Kouwenhoven. Science 336, 1003 (2012), arXiv:1204.2792 Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2012_02

Elasticity of floppy and stiff random networks. Authors: M. Wyart, H. Liang, A. Kabla, and L. Madadevan. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215501 (2008) Recommended with a commentary by Alex Levine, UCLA |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2012_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2012_03

Topological semimetal and Fermi-arc surface states in the electronic structure of pyrochlore iridates. Authors: X. Wan, A.M. Turner, A. Vishwanath and S.Y. Savrasov. Phys. Rev. B 83, 205101 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Vivek Aji, University of California Riverside |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2012_01

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 […]

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography, Authors: Jungwook Kim, James A. Hanna, Myunghwan Byun, Christian D. Santangelo, Ryan C. Hayward. Science, 335, 1201 (2012). Recommended and a Commentary by Eran Sharon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2012_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2012_03

1. Shear flow of non-Brownian suspensions close to jamming. Authors: B. Andreotti, J.-L. Barrat, C. Heussinger arXiv:1112.1194 2. A unified framework for non-Brownian suspension flows and soft amorphous solids Authors: E. Lerner, G. Düring, M. Wyart. arXiv:1112.0558, PNAS (at press) Recommended with a commentary by L. Berthier, CNRS/Université Montpellier 2 |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2012_01 […]

1. Superconducting qubit in waveguide cavity with coherence time approaching 0.1ms Authors: Chad Rigetti, Stefano Poletto, Jay M. Gambetta, B.L.T. Plourde, Jerry M. Chow, A.D. Corcoles, John A. Smolin, Seth T. Merkel, J.R. Rozen, George A. Keefe, Mary B. Rothwell, Mark B. Ketchen, M. Steffen arXiv:1202.5533 Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale […]

1. Femtosecond dynamics of the collinear-to-spiral antiferromagnetic phase transition in CuO Authors: S. L. Johnson, R. A. de Souza, U. Staub, P. Beaud, E. Mohr-Vorobeva, G. Ingold, A. Caviezel, V. Scagnoli, W. F. Schlotter, J. J. Turner, O. Krupin, W.-S. Lee,Y.-D. Chuang, L. Patthey, R. G. Moore, D. Lu, M. Yi, P. S. Kirchmann, M. […]

Sampling rare events in nonequilibrium and nonstationary systems, Authors: J. T. Berryman and T. Schilling, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 244101 (2010) Recommended and a commentary by Mike Allen, University of Warwick |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_01

Time-reversal symmetry breaking and spontaneous Hall effect without magnetic order Authors: Yo Machida, Saturo Nakatsuji, Shigeki Onoda, Takashi Tayama, and Toshiro Sakakibara Nature, 463, 210, 2010. Recommendation and Commentary by Leon Balents, KITP, UCSB |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_02

1. Creating, moving and merging Dirac points with a Fermi gas in a tunable honeycomb lattice Authors: Leticia Tarruell, Daniel Greif, Thomas Uehlinger, Gregor Jotzu and Tilman Esslinger. arXiv: 1111.5020. Recommended and a commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, Ohio State University |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_03

1. Braiding of Abelian and non-Abelian anyons in the fractional quantum Hall effect Authors: S. An, P. Jiang, H. Choi, W. Kang, S.H. Simon, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, and K.W. Baldwin arXiv:1112.3400 2. Telegraph noise and the Fabry-Perot quantum Hall interferometer Authors: B. Rosenow and S.H. Simon arXiv:1111.6475 Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, […]

1. Macroscopic Torsional Strain and Induced Molecular Conformational Deracemization Authors: R. Basu, J. S. Pendery, R. G. Petschek, R. P. Lemieux, and C. Rosenblatt Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 237804 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2012_02

1. Quantum Ripples in Strongly Correlated Metals Authors: E. C. Andrade, E. Miranda, and V. Dobrosavljevic Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 236401 (2010) 2. Energy-Resolved Spatial Inhomogeneity of Disordered Mott Systems Authors: E. C. Andrade, E. Miranda, and V. Dobrosavljevic Physica B 404, 3167 (2009) 3. Electronic Griffiths Phase of the d = 2 Mott Transition […]

Vacancy-stabilized crystalline order in hard cubes Authors: F. Smallenburg, L. Filion, M. Marechal, M. Dijkstra, arXiv:1111.3466v2. Recommended and a commentary by Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge. | View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2011_01