Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Molecular transport through capillaries made with atomic-scale precision.
Author: B. Radha, A. Esfandiar, F. C. Wang, A. P. Rooney, K. Gopinad- han, A. Keerthi, A. Mishchenko, A. Janardanan, P. Blake, L. Fumagalli, M. Lozada-Hidalgo, S. Garaj, S. J. Haigh, I. V. Grigorieva, H. A. Wu, A. K. Geim.
Nature, doi:10.1038/nature19363 (2016)

2. Sieving hydrogen isotopes through two dimensional crystals.
Authors: Lozada-Hidalgo, S. Hu, O. Marshall, A. Mishchenko, A. N. Grigorenko, R. A. W. Dryfe, B. Radha, I. V. Grigorieva, A. K. Geim.
Science 351, 68 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Fransisco Guinea , DQMP, Imdea Nanscience, Madrid.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_02
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Stochastic thermodynamics of active matter.
Author: T.Speck.
EPL 114 30006 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_01
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Quantum Entanglement Growth Under Random Unitary Dynamics.
Authors: Adam Nahum, Jonathan Ruhman, Sagar Vijay and Jeongwan Haah.
arXiv: 1608.06950

Recommended with a commentary by Rahul Nandkishore, Colorado University, Boulder.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_03
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1. The development of cryo-EM into a mainstream structural biology technique.
Author: Nogales, E.
Nat. Meth. 13, 2427 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3694

2. Single-particle cryo-EM at crystallographic resolution Cheng.
Authors: Cheng, Y.
Cell 161, 450457 (2015)

3. Cluster imaging with a direct detection CMOS pixel sensor in transmission electron microscopy.
Authors: Battaglia, M., Contarato, D., Denes, P. & Giubilatos.
Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 608, 363365 (2009)

4. Comparison of optimal performance at 300 keV of three direct electron detectors for use in low dose electron microscopy.
Authors: McMullan, G., Faruqi, A. R., Clare, D. & Henderson, R..
Ultramicroscopy 147, 156163 (2014)

Recommended with a commentary by Simon Billinge, DQMP, Columbia University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2016_01
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Nanoscale thermal imaging of dissipation in quantum systems.
Authors: D. Halbertal, J. Cuppens, M. Ben Shalom, L. Embon, N. Shadmi, Y. Anahory, H. R. Naren, J. Sarkar, A. Uri, Y. Ronen, Y. Myasoedov, L. S. Levitov, E. Joselevich, A. K. Geim, and E. Zeldov.
arXiv: 1609.01487

Recommended with a commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2016_02
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Continuous Rotation of Achiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets Driven by Heat Flux.
Authors: Jordi Ignés-Mullol, Guilhem Poy, and Patrick Oswald.
Physical Review Letters 117, 057801 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2016_03
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Dependence of the critical temperature in overdoped copper oxides on superfluid density.
Authors: I. Bozovic, X. He, J. Wu, and A. T. Bollinger.
Nature 536, 309 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_01
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Information capacity of specific interactions.
Authors: M. H. Huntley, A. Murugan, and M. P. Brenner.
PNAS 113, 58415846 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_02
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Competing valley, spin, and orbital symmetry breaking in bilayer graphene.
Authors: B.M. Hunt, J.I.A. Li, A.A. Zibrov, L. Wang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Hone, C.R. Dean, M. Zaletel, R.C. Ashoori, and A.F. Young.
arXiv:1607.0646v1

Recommended with a commentary by S. A. Parameswaran, University of California, Irvine.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_03
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1. Site-resolved observations of antiferromagnetic correlations in the Hubbard model.
Authors: M. F. Parsons, A. Mazurenko, C.S. Chiu, G. Ji, D. Greif, and M. Greiner.
arXiv:1605.02704

2. Spin and Charge Resolved Quantum Gas Microscopy of Antiferromagnetic Order in Hubbard Chains.
Authors:Martin Boll, Timon A. Hilker, Guillaume Salomon, Ahmed Omran, Immanuel Bloch, and Christian Gross.
arXiv:1605.05661

Recommended with a commentary by Thierry Giamarchi, DQMP, University of Geneva.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2016_01
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1. Magnetic ground state of FeSe.
Authors: Qisi Wang, Yao Shen, Bingying Pan, Xiaowen Zhang, K. Ikeuchi, K. Iida, A. D. Christianson, H. C. Walker, D. T. Adroja, M. Abdel-Hafiez, Xiaojia Chen, D. A. Chareev, A. N. Vasiliev, Jun Zhao.
Nature Communications 7, 12182 (2016)

2. Unlocked Stripe-order Antiferromagnetism in FeSe under Pressure.
Authors:P. Wang, S. Sun, Y. Cui, W. Song, T. Li, Rong Yu, Hechang Lei, Weiqiang Yu.
arXiv:1603.04589

3. Strong cooperative coupling of pressure-induced mag- netic order and nematicity in FeSe.
Authors:K. Kothapalli, A. E. Böhmer, W. T. Jayasekara, B. G. Ueland, P. Das, A. Sapkota, V. Taufour, Y. Xiao, E. E. Alp, S. L. Bud’ko, P. C. Canfield, A. Kreyssig, A. I. Goldman.
arXiv:1603.04135

Recommended with a commentary by Qimiao Si, Rice University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2016_02
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Floquet Time Crystals.
Authors: Dominic V. Else, Bela Bauer, and Chetan Nayak.
arXiv:1603.08001

Recommended with a commentary by Leon Balents, UCSB.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_01
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1. Elucidating Reaction Mechanisms on Quantum Computers.
Authors: Markus Reiher, Nathan Wiebe, Krysta M. Svore, Dave Wecker, and Matthias Troyer.
arXiv:1605.03590

2. Nitrogenase: A Draft Mechanism.
Authors: Brian M. Hoffman, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, Dennis R. Dean, and Lance C. Seefeld.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2013 Feb 19; 46(2): 587595.

Recommended with a commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH Aachen, FZ Juelich.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_02
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Fluctuation-Reponse Theorem for the Active Noisy Oscillator of the Hair-Cell Bundle.
Authors: L. Dinis, P. Martin, J. Barral, J. Prost, and J.F. Joanny.
Physical Review Letters 109, 160602 (2012)

Recommended with a commentary by Alex Levine, UCLA.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_03
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Exponential Protection of Zero Modes in Majorana Islands.
Authors: S. M. Albrecht, A. P. Higginbotham, M. Madsen, F. Kuemmeth, T. S. Jespersen, J. Nygard, P. Krogstrup, and C. M. Marcus.
Nature 531, 206 (2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Anton Akhmerov, Delft University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_01
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Physical Modeling of Dynamic Coupling between Chromosomal Loci
Authors: T.J. Lampo, A.S. Kennard, and A.J. Spakowitz
Biophysical Journal, 110, p. 338, 2016

Recommended with a commentary by Michael Tamm, Moscow State University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_02
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1. Organic Salts as a Route to Energy Level Control in Low Bandgap, High Open-Circuit Voltage Organic and Transparent Solar Cells that Approach the Excitonic Voltage Limit.
Authors: John Suddard-Bangsund, Christopher J. Traverse, Margaret Young, Tyler J. Patrick, Yimu Zhao , and Richard R. Lunt.
Adv. Energy Mater, 6, 1501659 (2015)

2. Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Large-Area Solar Windows Enabled by Massive Stokes-Shift Nanocluster Phosphors.
Authors: Yimou Zhao and Richard R. Lunt.
Adv. Energy Mater. 3, 1143–1148 (2013)

Recommended with a commentary by Albert Migliori, Los Alamos National laboratory.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_03
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1. Observation of topological Faraday and Kerr rotations in quantum anomalous Hall state by terahertz magneto-optics.
Authors: K.N. Okada, Y. Takahashi, M. Mogi, R. Yoshimi, A. Tsukazaki, K.S. Takahashi, N. Ogawa, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura
arXiv:1603.02113

2. Quantized Faraday and Kerr rotation and axion electrodynamics of the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators.
Authors: L. Wu, M. Salehi, N. Koirala, J. Moon, S. Oh, and N.P. Armitage.
arXiv:1603.04317

3. Observation of the universal magnetoelectric effect in a 3D topological insulator.
Authors: V. Dziom, A. Shuvaev, A. Pimenov, G.V. Astakhov, C. Ames, K. Bendias, J. Böttcher, G. Tkachov, E.M. Hankiewicz, C. Brüne, H. Buhmann, and L.W. Molenkamp.
arXiv:1603.05482

Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_01
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Controlling spin relaxation with a cavity.
Authors: A. Bienfait, J.J. Pla, Y. Kubo, X. Zhou, M. Stern, C.C. Lo, C.D. Weis, T. Schenkel, D. Vion, D. Esteve, J.J.L. Morton and P. Bertet.
Nature 531,74(2016)

Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_02
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Knots as a Topological Order Parameter for Semiflexible Polymers.
Authors: Martin Marenz and Wolfhard Janke.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116,128301(2016)
arXiv:1506.07376

Recommended with a commentary by Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_03
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