Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Nonequilibrium Fluctuation Relation for Sheared Micellar Gel in a Jammed State Authors: Sayantan Majumdar and A.K. Sood Phys Rev Lett 101, 078301 (2008) Recommended and with a commentary by Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_August08_2

(I) R.D. Schaller, M. Sykora, J.F. Pietryga, and V.I. Klimov: “Seven excitons at the cost of one: redefining the limits for conversion efficiency of photons into charge carriers”, Nano Letters, 6, 424 (2006). (II) G. Nair and M.G. Bawendi: “Carrier Multiplication yields for CdSe and CdTe nanocrystals by transient photoluminescence spectroscopy”, arXiv.org :0708.3866, Phys. Rev. […]

Authors: Suchitra E. Sebastian, N. Harrison, P. Sengupta, C. D. Batista, S. Francoual, E. Palm, T. Murphy, N. Marcano, H. A. Dabkowska, and B. D. Gaulin ArXiv.0707.2075 Recommended and Commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_July08_01

Authors: D. Hsieh, D. Qian, L. Wray, Y. Xia, Y. S. Hor, R. J. Cava, and M. Z. Hasan. Nature 454, 970 (2008) Recommended with a Commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_July08_02

Authors: Joerg Schumacher http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1634v1 [physics.flu-dyn], Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 (2008) 134502 Recommended with a commentary by Eberhard Bodenschatz, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen | View Commentary | JCCM_June08_01

Authors: R. R. Nair, P. Blake, A.N. Grigorenko, K.S. Novoselov, T. J. Booth, T. Stauber, N. M. R. Peres, A. K. Geim. http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3718 Science 320, 1308 (2008). Recommended with a Commentary by Francisco Guinea, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid | View Commentary | JCCM_June08_02

Nature of the enigmatic pseudogap state: novel magnetic order in superconducting HgBa2CuO4+d Authors: Y. Li, V. Balédent, N. Barisic, Y. Cho, B. Fauqué, Y. Sidis, G. Yu, X. Zhao, P. Bourges, and M. Greven, http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2959 and Thermodynamic signature of a phase transition to the pseudogap phase of YBa2 Cu3 Ox high-Tc superconductor Authors: B. Leridon, […]

Authors: Dirk Dietzel, Claudia Ritter, Tristan Monninghoff, Harald Fuchs, Andre Schirmeisen, and Udo D. Schwarz arXiv:0805.2448v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] Recommended with a commentary by J. Fineberg, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_May08_01

Commentary on “Spontaneously modulated spin textures in a dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensate” Authors: M. Vengalattore, S. R. Leslie, J. Guzman, D. M. Stamper-Kurn arXiv:0712.4182, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 170403 (2008), Recommended with a Commentary by Jason Ho, Ohio State University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_May08_02

Authors: Nikolaos Tombros, Csaba Jozsa, Mihaita Popinciuc, Harry T. Jonkman, Bart J. van Wees, arXiv:0706.1948, Nature 448, 571-574 (2007). Recommended with a Commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_May08_03

Authors: M. Nakamura, A. Sawa, H. Sato, H. Akoh, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura, arXiv:cond-mat/0702351v1; Phys. Rev. B 75, 155103 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Atsushi Fujimori, University of Tokyo | View Commentary (pdf) |

Optimization of the antimicrobial activity of magainin peptides by modification of charge Authors: Margitta Dathe, Heike Nikolenko, Jana Meyer, Michael Beyermann, and Michael Bienert FEBS Letters 501, 146-150 (2001) and Physical Basis of Membrane-Charge Selectivity of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Authors: Sattar Taheri-Araghi and Bae-Yeun Ha Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 168101-1–16801-4 (2007) Recommended with a commentary […]

Density modulations in an elongated BEC released from a disordered potential. Authors: David Cl ́ement, Philippe Bouyer, Alain Aspect, and Laurent Sanchez-Palencia. http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1984 Disorder-induced trapping versus anderson localization in Bose-Einstein condensates expanding in disordered potentials. Authors: L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Cl ́ement, P. Lugan, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect. http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1774 Effect of interactions on the localization […]

Towards identification of a non-Abelian state: observation of a quarter of electron charge at ν = 5/2 quantum Hall state,Authors: M. Dolev, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, A. Stern, D. Mahaluhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0930 and Quasiparticle Tunneling in the Fractional Quantum Hall State at ν = 5/2,Authors: I. P. Radu, J. B. Miller, C. M. Marcus, M. A. Kastner, […]

Authors: Reem Jaafar, S. McHugh, Yoko Suzuki, M.P. Sarachik, Y. Myasoedov, E. Zeldov, H. Shtrikman, R. Bagai, G. Christou http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703448 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 320 (2008) 695–698 Recommended with a commentary by Albert Migliori, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_February08_01

1. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials Authors: A.I. Boukai, Y. Bunimovich, J. Tahir-Kheli, J.K. Yu, W.A. Goddard III, J.R. Heath Nature 451, 1680 (2008) 2. Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires Authors: A.I. Hochbaum, R.K. Chen, R.D. Delgado, W.J. Liang, M. Najarian, A. Majumdar, and P.D. Yang Nature 451, 1680 (2008) Recommended with […]

A. Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene Authors: A. C. Kane and G. Mele http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411737 Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 226801 (2005) B. Quantum Spin Hall Effect and Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells Authors: A. Bernevig, T. Hughes, S.C. Zhang http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611399 Science, 314, 1757 (2006) C. Topological invariants of time-reversal-invariant band structures Authors: J. […]

Structure of a thiol monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle at 1.1 A resolution, Authors: Pablo D. Jadzinsky, Guillermo Calero, Christopher J. Ackerson, David A. Bushnell and Roger D. Kornberg Science 318 430 (2007) Recommended with a commentary by Simon J. L. Billinge, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_01

Authors: S. Condamin, O. B ́enichou, V. Tejedor, R. Voituriez, J. Klafter. http://arXiv:0711.0682 Nature 450, 77-80 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Bernard Nienhuis, University of Amsterdam | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_02

Authors: C.R. Wiebe, J.A. Janik, G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, J.D. Garrett, H.D. Zhou, Y.-J. Jo, L. Balicas, Y. Qiu, J.R. D. Copley, Z. Yamani, and W.J. L. Buyers. http://Arxiv:0710.0896v2 Recommended and a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan08_03