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Physics, Applied
Li Zhang, Z. W. Liang, Q. Liu, A. L. Yang, Jun-Jie Shi, Qi Wang
Summary: In this work, a constraint relationship for the frequency and wave number of surface optical (SO) phonon-mode-assisted exciton photoluminescence (PL) is established using momentum and energy conservation laws. The dispersion relationships of SO modes in anisotropic wurtzite nanowires are used to determine the frequency and wave number of SO-mode-assisted exciton PL emission. This theoretical scheme and numerical results not only explain experimental discrepancies but also provide the potential for predicting and designing exciton PL spectroscopy in quasi-1-dimensional nanostructures with SO phonon modes.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Fang Han Lim, Tomonori Ida, Mona Berciu
Summary: The study found that superconductivity with very high critical temperatures can occur at all carrier concentrations if the electron-phonon coupling is not too weak, with a gap of s + s* symmetry closing on the Fermi surface for appropriate parameters. Additionally, the possibility of finding p-type superconductivity was revealed, although it was found to be unstable within the approximations used in the study.
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
R. Ahmed, J. Wang, R. J. Si, S. Ur Rehman, T. Li, H. Bi, Y. Yu, Q. J. Li, Y. D. Li, S. G. Huang, Y. M. Guo, C. C. Wang
Summary: The role of A-sited elements in LiCuNb3O9 has been analyzed by replacing the Cu ions with Li ions. Two thermally activated relaxations have been observed, with one following a Mott variable-range-hopping mechanism and the other being a Maxwell-Wagner relaxation. The study highlights that polaronic hopping is responsible for the colossal dielectric permittivity behavior of LiCuNb3O9.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Weng Hong Sio, Feliciano Giustino
Summary: This study investigates the Frohlich coupling in two-dimensional (2D) materials and derives a unified expression for the Frohlich matrix element in 2D systems. It avoids the use of Coulomb truncation and provides a simple expression applicable to model Hamiltonian approaches. The approach is validated through direct calculations and may have applications in various areas such as polaron calculations, quasiparticle renormalization, transport coefficients, and superconductivity in 2D and quasi-2D materials.
Article
Optics
Yuchen Dai, Pengfei Qi, Guangyi Tao, Guangjie Yao, Beibei Shi, Zhixin Liu, Zhengchang Liu, Xiao He, Pu Peng, Zhibo Dang, Liheng Zheng, Tianhao Zhang, Yongji Gong, Yan Guan, Kaihui Liu, Zheyu Fang
Summary: This letter investigates phonon-assisted photon upconversion (UPC) in twisted 2D semiconductors, where an inverted contrast between UPC and conventional photoluminescence (PL) of WSe2 twisted bilayer emerges. A 4-fold UPC enhancement is achieved in the 5.5 degrees twisted bilayer while PL weakens by half. The rotation-angle-dependent UPC enhancement is attributed to reduced interlayer exciton conversion efficiency driven by lattice relaxation and enhanced pump efficiency resulting from spectral redshift. This counterintuitive phenomenon provides a novel insight into the effect of twisted angle on UPC and light-matter interactions in 2D semiconductors. Furthermore, the UPC enhancement platform with various superimposable means offers an effective method for lighting bilayers and expanding the application prospect of 2D stacked van der Waals devices.
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yocefu Hattori, Jie Meng, Kaibo Zheng, Ageo Meier de Andrade, Jolla Kullgren, Peter Broqvist, Peter Nordlander, Jacinto Sa
Summary: By adjusting the operating temperature, the hot electron generation and transfer in plasmonic semiconductor materials can be optimized, contrasting with photodriven processes in nonplasmonic systems. This effect appears to be related to an enhancement in hot carrier generation due to phonon coupling. This discovery provides a new strategy for the optimization of photodriven energy production and chemical synthesis.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Masanori Kaneko, Shunsuke Nozawa, Koichi Yamashita
Summary: In this study, the structural changes in the electronically excited state of tungsten oxide were discussed using first-principles calculations. It was found that the interaction between carriers and phonons led to local lattice distortion and the formation of bipolaron states, which enhanced the internal quantum yields in photocatalysis.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Devi Puttar, Vishal Verma, Vinayak Garg, R. K. Moudgil
Summary: The ground-state properties of an electron-phonon coupled quantum wire, taking into account the coupling between longitudinal optical phonons and wire electrons, are investigated. The results show that the electrons undergo Wigner crystallization at a critical electron density due to the dynamics of severely correlated electrons. Additionally, the inclusion of electron-phonon coupling significantly increases the critical electron density, and the contribution of plasmon-phonon coupled modes and electron-phonon interactions to the ground-state energy is computed.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Takatsugu Endo, Takeru Nakano, Nana Tokumasu, Yoshifumi Kimura
Summary: This study investigated the formation of complex cellulose crystals with 12 ionic liquids (ILs) using wide-angle X-ray scattering. The results showed that complex crystals were more likely to form when the ion sizes of the cation and anion were close. Solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy revealed that the crystal structures were almost the same regardless of the starting cellulose structure (cellulose I or II).
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
J. Nguepnang, C. Kenfack-Sadem, A. Kenfack-Jiotsa, C. Guimapi, A. J. Fotue, A. E. Merad
Summary: This paper theoretically investigates the effect of electron-phonon coupling on the dynamic and optical absorption of exciton-polaron in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides under a magnetic field. It is found that the absorption coefficient is influenced by the magnetic field, internal distance between TMDs monolayers and polar substrates, choice of polar substrates, and type of TMDs. Different characteristics are observed for weak, intermediate, and strong coupling regimes.
OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
E. Shneyder, M. Zotova, S. Nikolaev, S. G. Ovchinnikov
Summary: This study investigates the influence of electron-phonon interaction on the insulator-metal transitions driven by doping in a strongly correlated system, using the polaronic version of the generalized tight-binding method. It analyzes a wide electron-phonon parameter range and demonstrates the relationship between transition features and system properties such as polaron and bipolaron crossovers, redistribution of spectral weight, orbital selectivity, flat-band formation, and pseudogap behavior of various origins.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tao Huang, Qilin Wei, Wenchao Lin, Hui Peng, Shangfei Yao, Bingsuo Zou
Summary: In this paper, a new zero-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid manganese bromide single crystal with high efficiency yellow-green emission has been synthesized. The relationship between the emission wavelength and relaxation process under CW laser excitation was investigated. The results showed different emission colors under continuous-wave laser excitation of different wavelengths. The study also discussed the photophysical properties of multiple emission bands and the microscopic interactions of the spin, carrier, and phonon inside the lattice.
MATERIALS TODAY PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sourav Mondal, Alessandro Lunghi
Summary: Paramagnetic defects in diamond and hexagonal boron nitride exhibit spin and optical properties that make them ideal for solid-state qubits. However, their coherence is limited by spin-phonon relaxation, and a complete understanding of this process is lacking. In this study, we use ab initio spin dynamics simulations to successfully reproduce the experimental temperature dependence of spin relaxation and coherence time. We find that low-frequency two-phonon modulations are responsible for spin relaxation and decoherence, and attribute the shorter coherence time to the vibrations in 2-dimensional materials. These findings provide insights into spin-phonon decoherence in solid-state qubits and facilitate the design of more efficient spin qubits.
NPJ COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Optics
Shi-fan Qi, Jun Jing
Summary: The study proposes a photon-phonon conversion protocol in a hybrid magnomechanical system, utilizing interactions between photons, magnons, and phonons. Evaluation of conversion fidelity by examining leakages and non-Markovian noise shows robustness of state evolution fidelity to weak leakages and insensitivity of transfer fidelity to environmental types.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Christopher C. S. Chan, Kezhou Fan, Han Wang, Zhanfeng Huang, Dino Novko, Keyou Yan, Jianbin Xu, Wallace C. H. Choy, Ivor Loncaric, Kam Sing Wong
Summary: The study investigates the electron-phonon interactions in common perovskite films using transient absorption spectroscopy and density function theory calculations. The analysis reveals the complex relationship between carrier temperature and carrier density in HOIPs, shedding light on the hot-phonon bottleneck effect. The research provides a novel perspective on energy transfer in HOIPs and resolves existing experimental contradictions.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)