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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Artur M. Lacerda, Archak Purkayastha, Michael Kewming, Gabriel T. Landi, John Goold
Summary: Understanding the thermodynamics of driven quantum systems strongly coupled to thermal baths is a central focus of quantum thermodynamics and mesoscopic physics. A variety of different methodological approaches exist in the literature, all with their own advantages and disadvantages. In this work, the authors generalize the mesoscopic leads approach to incorporate an arbitrary time dependence in the system Hamiltonian.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jinlei Yang, Bin Tu, Munan Fang, Lianshan Li, Zhiyong Tang
Summary: This Perspective discusses the strong interactions between adjacent pores in an ordered nanopore array of covalent organic framework-based monolayers, highlighting their impact on ion transport and showcasing the exciting features of porous nanostructures.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Anirudha Mirmira, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja
Summary: This study investigates the steady-state direct current transport characteristics of a system composed of an interacting quantum dot coupled to two metallic noninteracting leads with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The authors employ an interpolative perturbative approach to obtain the single-particle spectra, current, and differential conductance over a wide range of spin-orbit coupling and bias values. The results provide qualitative explanations for recent experimental observations and reproduce the temperature dependence of the zero-bias conductance.
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Chemistry, Physical
Stefan Schwarzmueller, Daniel Souchay, Gerald Wagner, Paul Kemmesies, Daniel Guenther, Michael Bittner, Guanhua Zhang, Zefeng Ren, Armin Feldhoff, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Oliver Oeckler
Summary: In this study, it was demonstrated that a new composite material can be formed by adding copper and doping material to a specific composition of copper germanium antimony tellurides. The composite material exhibits superior thermoelectric properties suitable for temperature-dependent applications. Furthermore, strategies such as optimizing grain boundaries and temperature-induced microstructure reset were proposed to overcome material degradation during electrical current application.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
P. Elli Stamatopoulou, Sotiris Droulias, Guillermo P. Acuna, N. Asger Mortensen, Christos Tserkezis
Summary: This paper introduces and analyzes the concept of manipulating optical chirality by strongly coupling the optical modes of chiral nanostructures with excitonic transitions in molecular layers or semiconductors. By demonstrating the generation of two spectral branches that retain the object's high chirality density through strong coupling with a nearby excitonic material, the authors propose that post-fabrication manipulation of optical chirality can be achieved. These findings are further verified through simulations of circular dichroism in a realistic chiral architecture.
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Chemistry, Physical
Jeanne Heintz, Francesca Legittimo, Sebastien Bidault
Summary: This article proposes using the high local curvatures at the tips of plasmonic nanocubes to achieve strong coupling at visible frequencies. It highlights a trade-off between coupling strength and emission yield in gold nanocube dimers, while silver nanocube dimers exhibit similar coupling strength but higher emission yield, providing design rules for efficient strongly coupled hybrid nanostructures at room temperature.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yuanhai Lin, Heng Guo, Deqing Che, Junsheng Wang
Summary: This paper presents a quasi-planar chiral metamaterial made of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tetramer arrays that support multiple plasmon modes and achieve significant chiroptical responses. The chiroptical responses can be controlled by adjusting the insulator thickness, switching between near-field and far-field coupling regimes. Numerical calculations reveal that near-field coupling dominates at small insulator thickness, while far-field coupling becomes dominant at large spacing due to phase retardation. The tunable plasmonic chirality of the quasi-planar chiral metamaterial enables efficient light modulation for polarization conversion from circular to elliptical/linear polarization.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Toolika Agrawal, Robert T. Martin, Stephen Collins, Zachary Wilhelm, Mytia D. Edwards, Osvaldo Gutierrez, Joshua D. Sieber
Summary: A cost-effective and readily available Cu-catalyzed system for reductive coupling of chiral allenamide with N-alkyl substituted aldimines to access chiral 1,2-diamino synthons has been disclosed in this study, providing high yields of single stereoisomers. The method shows broad reaction scope, high diastereoselectivity, and easy scalability. Mechanistic investigations have identified the reversible addition to the imine, impacting the development of catalyst-controlled stereoselective variants of the reductive coupling.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bin Zhao, Chenchen Feng, Xiaojuan Huang, Yong Ding, Yingpu Bi
Summary: This study demonstrated highly efficient hole transfer from photoanodes to oxygen evolution catalysts by coupling NiCo catalyst with carbon quantum dots on alpha-Fe2O3 photoanodes, achieving one of the highest PEC activities and H2 generation rates. The carbon quantum dots acted as an efficient medium to promote hole transport and selectively tailor the electronic structure of surface-active sites, significantly enhancing surface charge separation and oxygen evolution process.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Can Wang, Luca Cusin, Chun Ma, Elif Unsal, Hanlin Wang, Valentina Girelli Consolaro, Veronica Montes-Garcia, Bin Han, Stefania Vitale, Arezoo Dianat, Alexander Croy, Haiming Zhang, Rafael Gutierrez, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Zhaoyang Liu, Lifeng Chi, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samori
Summary: Researchers reported the rational design and optimized synthesis of 2D covalent organic frameworks (2D-COFs) for the generation of MoS2/2D-COF vdWHs with strong interlayer coupling effects. The high crystallinity of 2D-COF films enables the engineering of an ultrastable periodic doping effect on MoS2, leading to enhanced field-effect mobility in devices.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zsofia Sarkadi, David Fertig, Zoltan Hato, Monika Valisko, Dezso Boda
Summary: Scaling of the behavior of a nanodevice involves a unique and smooth function of a scaling parameter, with the Dukhin number serving as an appropriate parameter for certain limits. The non-linear dependence of selectivities on system parameters necessitates the use of alternative scaling parameters in different limits of nanopore length.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Yan Liu, Xi-Jing Wang, Jian-Pin Wu, Xin Zhang
Summary: We have created a holographic superfluid that exhibits different behaviors depending on the positive or negative gauge-axion coupling, such as metallic or insulating behavior in the normal state. The system also displays a mid-IR peak in the AC conductivity due to the competition between explicit and spontaneous symmetry breaking, leading to the presence of a pseudo-Goldstone mode. Additionally, the AC conductivity shows a dip at low frequencies, resulting from the excitation of the spontaneous symmetry breaking Goldstone mode.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiefeng Zhu, Shuyou Chen, Chuan He
Summary: A rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective construction of triorgano-substituted silicon-stereogenic siloxanes and alkoxysilanes has been developed, expanding the chemical space of silicon-centered chiral molecules. The method was further demonstrated by constructing CPL-active silicon-stereogenic alkoxysilane small organic molecules with potential applications in chiral organic optoelectronic materials.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhiwei Li, Qingsong Fan, Zuyang Ye, Chaolumen Wu, Zhongxiang Wang, Yadong Yin
Summary: Colloidal assembly into chiral superstructures can be achieved rapidly and with materials of any chemical compositions and sizes using magnetic assembly techniques. The chiral superstructures are controlled by the strength of the magnetic field and the orientation of the magnets. Moreover, the chirality can be transferred to achiral molecules by incorporating guest molecules into the magnetic nanostructures.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Manzoor Ahmad, Naveen J. Roy, Anurag Singh, Debashis Mondal, Abhishek Mondal, Thangavel Vijayakanth, Mayurika Lahiri, Pinaki Talukdar
Summary: Artificial biomimetic chloride anionophores have potential applications in anticancer scaffolds. Stimuli-responsive chloride transporters that can be selectively activated inside cancer cells are rare. Light-responsive systems, with their spatiotemporal controllability, low toxicity, and high tunability, show promise for photodynamic therapy. In this work, o-nitrobenzyl-linked, benzimidazole-based protransporters and active transporters were studied, and one compound showed efficient ion transport activity. Detailed mechanistic studies revealed the main ion transport process and the necessity of double protection with photocages for complete activation by external light. The activated procarriers induced phototoxic cell death in MCF-7 cancer cells.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
G. L. Celardo, M. Angeli, T. J. A. Craddock, P. Kurian
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
(2019)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Marco Gulli, Alessia Valzelli, Francesco Mattiotti, Mattia Angeli, Fausto Borgonovi, Giuseppe Luca Celardo
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
(2019)
Review
Optics
Nicholas C. Harris, Jacques Carolan, Darius Bunandar, Mihika Prabhu, Michael Hochberg, Tom Baehr-Jones, Michael L. Fanto, A. Matthew Smith, Christopher C. Tison, Paul M. Alsing, Dirk Englund
Article
Physics, Condensed Matter
Nahum C. Chavez, Francesco Mattiotti, J. A. Mendez-Bermudez, Faust O. Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Amos Matthew Smith, H. Shelton Jacinto
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Nahum C. Chavez, Francesco Mattiotti, J. A. Mendez-Bermudez, Fausto Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
Summary: This study reveals novel and robust quantum transport regimes achievable in nanosystems by exploiting long-range hopping. In a 1D disordered nanostructure, transport efficiency experiences a disorder-enhanced transport (DET) regime, eventually reaching a disorder-independent transport (DIT) regime.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Francesco Mattiotti, William M. Brown, Nicola Piovella, Stefano Olivares, Erik M. Gauger, G. Luca Celardo
Summary: The study proposes a bio-inspired approach to upgrade natural sunlight to a coherent laser beam. By using a molecular aggregate inspired by photosynthetic complexes in purple bacteria as the laser medium, researchers aim to achieve lasing under natural sunlight. This novel design also paves the way for developing other bio-inspired quantum devices.
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Francesco Mattiotti, Mohan Sarovar, Giulio G. Giusteri, Fausto Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
Summary: Efficient devices for light harvesting and photon sensing are essential in energy science and various technologies. Inspired by the efficiency of natural photosynthetic systems, researchers have turned to biomimicry to design a new generation of light-capturing devices. In this study, an artificial light-harvesting and photodetection device was designed to maximize cooperative effects and enhance efficiency.
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Sushrut Ghonge, David Engel, Francesco Mattiotti, G. Luca Celardo, Masaru Kuno, Boldizsar Janko
Summary: Cooperative emission of coherent radiation, known as superradiance, has been observed in CsPbBr3 nanocrystal superlattices. However, the presence of energetic disorder strongly suppresses superradiance. By analyzing superlattices of different dimensionalities and nanocrystal aspect ratios, it is predicted that superlattices composed of cuboid-shaped nanocrystals in three-dimensional (3D) space can enhance robustness against energetic disorder by up to 15-fold. Two-dimensional (2D) superlattices with small numbers of nanocrystals (N ≤ 103) are found to be up to 10 times more robust to static disorder and up to twice as robust to thermal decoherence compared to 3D superlattices with the same N. As N increases, a crossover in the robustness of superradiance from 2D to 3D superlattices occurs, with 3D superlattices showing cooperative robustness to disorder for large N (> 103). This suggests the possibility of observing room temperature superradiance in large 3D superlattices if nanocrystal size fluctuations can be minimized.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Quantum Science & Technology
Shreyas Sadugol, Lev Kaplan
Summary: By using multi-photon entangled input states and photon-counting detection, this study estimates the phase uncertainty in a noiseless Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Bayesian inference is used to construct posterior uncertainty, and the optimal input states are obtained by minimizing the posterior variance. The study expands to a sequence of repeated measurements and develops optimal analytical formulae and scaling formula, which show the average number of shots required to reduce phase uncertainty to a target level. A comparison with a Monte Carlo simulation using frequentist inference suggests that the local non-adaptive method is the most effective practical method to reduce phase uncertainty.
AVS QUANTUM SCIENCE
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Matthew van Niekerk, David J. Starling, Gregory A. Howland, Gerald Leake, Alin Antohe, Siti Binti, Daniel Coleman, A. Matthew Smith, Christopher C. Tison, Michael L. Fanto, Stefan F. Preble
2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO)
(2020)
Article
Optics
Ryan E. Scott, Paul M. Alsing, A. Matthew Smith, Michael L. Fanto, Christopher C. Tison, James Schneeloch, Edwin E. Hach
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chahan M. Kropf, Angelo Valli, Paolo Franceschini, Giuseppe Luca Celardo, Massimo Capone, Claudio Giannetti, Fausto Borgonovi
Proceedings Paper
Physics, Applied
Yang Zhang, G. Luca Celardo, Fausto Borgonovi, Lev Kaplan
FIFTH CONFERENCE ON NUCLEI AND MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS
(2017)
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Yang Zhang, G. Luca Celardo, Fausto Borgonovi, Lev Kaplan
