Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
A. Signoles, T. Franz, R. Ferracini Alves, M. Gaerttner, S. Whitlock, G. Zuern, M. Weidemueller
Summary: This study observed anomalous relaxation dynamics in disordered quantum systems, where relaxation originates from the buildup of nonclassical correlations. The research found that the evolution towards a randomized state is independent of the strength of disorder, hinting towards a unifying description of relaxation dynamics in disordered isolated quantum systems.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kumpei Shiraishi, Hideyuki Mizuno, Atsushi Ikeda
Summary: Supercooled liquids with complicated structural relaxation processes have been a long-standing problem in condensed matter physics. Previous experiments observed that relaxation dynamics in many molecular liquids separate into two distinct processes at low temperatures. This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the potential energy landscape and provides the first direct evidence of the topographic hierarchy that induces relaxation. The results contribute to a fundamental and comprehensive understanding of relaxation dynamics in supercooled liquids.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hayato Shiba, Masatoshi Hanai, Toyotaro Suzumura, Takashi Shimokawabe, Takashi Shimokawabe
Summary: Recent developments in machine learning have made accurate predictions of the dynamics of slow structural relaxation in glass-forming systems possible. However, existing machine-learning models mainly focus on learning a single dynamic quantity and its relation to the structural features of glassy liquids. In this study, a graph neural network model called "BOnd TArgeting Network (BOTAN)" is proposed, which learns the relative motion between neighboring pairs of particles and the self-motion of particles. By relating the structural features to these two different dynamical variables, the model can autonomously discern the effects of different dynamical processes on the self-motion of particles undergoing slow relaxation, thus enabling high-precision prediction of slow structural relaxation in space and time.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Schultzen, T. Franz, S. Geier, A. Salzinger, A. Tebben, C. Hainaut, G. Zuern, M. Weidemuller, M. Gaerttner
Summary: In this study, we investigate the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a quantum Ising model with power-law interactions and positional disorder. We analytically find a stretched exponential decay of the global magnetization and ensemble-averaged single-spin purity, and confirm the persistence of glassy behavior numerically. We identify the dephasing between disordered coherent pairs as the main mechanism for the relaxation of global magnetization, while genuine many-body interactions lead to a loss of single-spin purity and the build-up of entanglement. This study extends prior findings in classical and open quantum systems to both integrable and nonintegrable quantum systems.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Stefan Boettcher, Paula A. Gago, Paolo Sibani
Summary: Research shows that restricting the impact of energy fluctuations on records is crucial for the evolution of systems during glassy relaxation.
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Schultzen, T. Franz, C. Hainaut, S. Geier, A. Salzinger, A. Tebben, G. Zuern, M. Gaerttner, M. Weidemueller
Summary: In this study, we numerically investigate the out-of-equilibrium dynamics in a family of Heisenberg models with 1/r6 power-law interactions and positional disorder using the semiclassical discrete truncated Wigner approximation method. We find that the magnetization and ensemble-averaged single-spin purity display robust glassy behavior for almost any value of the anisotropy parameter in the Heisenberg Hamiltonian. Furthermore, our analysis shows that the stretch power is close to the analytically obtained value in the Ising limit, indicating the wide occurrence of glassy relaxation behavior in disordered quantum spin systems, regardless of the specific symmetries and integrability of the Hamiltonian.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jianhua Zhang, Wen Zheng, Shiyun Zhang, Ding Xu, Yunhuan Nie, Zhehua Jiang, Ning Xu
Summary: This study explores the definition of temperature for nonequilibrium systems, focusing on fluctuation-dissipation temperatures and proposing that they represent characteristic temperatures of their equilibrium counterparts. By calculating the fluctuation-dissipation relation of inherent structures, a temperature-like quantity T-IS is obtained, which matches with crystallization temperature T-c for crystal-formers and onset temperature T-on for glass-formers. The research reveals the nature of effective temperatures, the connections between nonequilibrium and equilibrium systems, and confirms the equivalence between T-on and T-c.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Dor Shohat, Yaniv Friedman, Yoav Lahini
Summary: This study reveals the structural mechanism of logarithmic aging in disordered mechanical systems and emphasizes the importance of understanding the dynamic slow-down process.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Birgit Strodel
Summary: Although AlphaFold has made breakthroughs in protein structure prediction, it cannot predict protein folding pathways and structures of intrinsically disordered proteins. Molecular dynamics simulations offer an alternative computational method and have successfully explored the energy landscapes of IDP conformational switching and protein aggregation.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Amruthesh Thirumalaiswamy, Robert A. Riggleman, John C. Crocker
Summary: This study reports a modified metadynamics algorithm that efficiently explores and samples low-energy regions of high-dimensional energy landscapes in glass-forming systems. The algorithm successfully discovers and descends meandering canyons in the landscape, allowing for high densities and low energies to be reached.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yanshuang Chen, Zefang Ye, Kexin Wang, Jiping Huang, Hua Tong, Yuliang Jin, Ke Chen, Hajime Tanaka, Peng Tan
Summary: Glasses can relax internally even when their structure is frozen. In a two-dimensional glass former, non-constrained bonds survive the freezing of structural relaxation, leading to persistent internal relaxation. This study directly visualizes the internal relaxations in a glass through observations of a mechanically driven granular system, revealing the emergence of slow beta relaxation as the structure relaxation freezes.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Daniele Coslovich, Robert L. Jack, Joris Paret
Summary: This study uses unsupervised learning methods to characterize the disordered microscopic structure of supercooled liquids and glasses. Dimensionality reduction is performed on smooth structural descriptors, and the ability of the method to capture the essential structural features of glassy binary mixtures is assessed. The results indicate that some mixtures have well-defined locally favored structures and are reflected in bimodal distributions of structural variables identified through dimensionality reduction.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zijian Song, Cristian Rodriguez-Tinoco, Allen Mathew, Simone Napolitano
Summary: This study identifies a molecular process known as Slow Mode (SAP) that is universally observed in liquid dynamics of thin films and is closely connected to high-temperature flow. The findings suggest that measurements of liquid dynamics can be used to predict the equilibration rate in the glassy state.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
I. Gershenzon, B. Lacroix-A-Chez-Toine, O. Raz, E. Subag, O. Zeitouni
Summary: We investigate the effect of introducing a weak nonlinear on-site potential on the average number of critical points N over bar in a many-body system with disordered two-body interactions. We find that this dramatically increases N over bar exponentially with system size and provides a comprehensive understanding of the organization of critical points. Our findings extend solvable spin-glass models to more realistic models and have implications for glassy systems, nonlinear oscillator networks, and many-body interacting systems.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Bichitra Borah, Gobin Raj Acharya, Diana Grajeda, Matthew S. Emerson, Matthew A. Harris, Am Milinda Abeykoon, Joshua Sangoro, Gary A. Baker, Andrew J. Nieuwkoop, Claudio J. Margulis
Summary: This article reports on the structural-dynamic pathway from liquid to glass in ionic liquids containing a specific cation. Experimental and computational evidence suggests that the transition from liquid to glass occurs in separate stages.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Physics, Applied
Andreas Glatz, Ivan A. Sadovskyy, Ulrich Welp, Wai-Kwong Kwok, George W. Crabtree
JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Koohee Han, Gasper Kokot, Oleh Tovkach, Andreas Glatz, Igor S. Aranson, Alexey Snezhko
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Article
Physics, Applied
Serena Eley, Andreas Glatz, Roland Willa
Summary: In superconductors, the motion of vortices can introduce unwanted dissipation, but material defects can immobilize vortices, significantly improving superconductor properties. While there has been research on increasing vortex pinning strength, effective materials engineering remains a challenge.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
A. A. Varlamov, Y. M. Galperin, S. G. Sharapov, Yuriy Yerin
Summary: This review focuses on the milestones and recent applications of the electronic topological transitions (ETT) in classical theory, discussing key scholars and contributions in ETT research, as well as highlighting the importance of the Fermi surface in the life of electrons.
LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jie Hou, Sisay Mebre Abie, Runar Strand-Amundsen, Yuri M. Galperin, Joakim Bergli, Christin Schuelke, Sina Hashemizadeh, Orjan Grottem Martinsen
Summary: In this study, dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) was used to investigate the conformation and dielectric properties of the GABA molecule at different temperatures. The findings suggest that higher temperatures lead to lower viscosity and shorter relaxation times of the GABA molecule.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
F. Colauto, D. Carmo, A. M. H. de Andrade, A. A. M. Oliveira, W. Ortiz, Y. M. Galperin, T. H. Johansen
Summary: The study introduces a method to measure the electrical connectivity between square superconducting plates by observing specific lines in the current flow patterns, and measuring the angle between discontinuity lines or d-lines to determine the connectivity between the plates.
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
M. R. Perelshtein, A. Pakhomchik, A. A. Melnikov, A. A. Novikov, A. Glatz, G. S. Paraoanu, V. M. Vinokur, G. B. Lesovik
Summary: This study utilizes phase estimation and classical optimization algorithms for solving a specific class of large linear systems of equations. By introducing the entanglement properties of the associated phase estimation operation and a straightforward matrix-to-circuit map, an efficient search for solutions is achieved. A record-breaking result for solving a 2(17)-dimensional linear system is demonstrated on IBM quantum computer processors.
ANNALEN DER PHYSIK
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, A. Rydh, R. Divan, D. Rosenmann, A. Glatz, W. -k. Kwok
Summary: We observed tailored vortex motion in a niobium film placed on periodic arrays of T and I-shaped permalloy elements under different in-plane polarizations. The vortex can easily penetrate the patterned area, showing enhanced vortex pinning and meandering motion. This behavior can be explained by magnetostatic interactions between the polarized TI elements and induced vortices.
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
I. L. Drichko, I. Yu. Smirnov, A. V. Suslov, K. W. Baldwin, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Y. M. Galperin
Summary: We studied the transverse AC magnetoconductance of a high-mobility p-GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well near two Landau-level filling factors: v = 1 and v = 1/3. By measuring the attenuation and velocity of surface acoustic waves, we obtained the complex transverse AC conductance sigma AC xx (co). We analyzed the real and imaginary parts of the hole conductance and observed the emergence of "wings" in the sigma(v) dependence, which we attributed to the formation of a pinned Wigner crystal, or Wigner solid.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
A. Al Luhaibi, A. Glatz, J. B. Ketterson
Summary: In this study, we simulated the motion of a commensurate vortex lattice in an artificial pinning lattice with different characteristics using the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau formalism. We observed that when the DC current density reaches a critical value, the vortices depin and induce an oscillatory electric field with a defect hopping frequency. This frequency can be locked to an applied AC current density.
Article
Optics
Han Fu, Andreas Glatz, F. Setiawan, Kai-Xuan Yao, Zhendong Zhang, Cheng Chin, K. Levin
Summary: In this study, the dynamic realization of a Hofstadter Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is demonstrated experimentally, revealing a complex evolution process, including a chaotic heating stage and spontaneous reentrance to the BEC.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Koohee Han, Andreas Glatz, Alexey Snezhko
Summary: The study investigates how the microscale magnetic roller behavior leads to the emergence of seed vortices, their aggregation or annihilation, and the formation of stable large-scale vortical structures. The coupling of roller-induced hydrodynamic flows guides the local self-densifications and self-organization of the micro-rollers into seed vortices. The resulting multi-vortical state is sensitive to the external magnetic field amplitude, allowing tuning the rollers' number density in a vortex and its characteristic size.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, A. Glatz, D. Rosenmann, R. Divan, W-K Kwok
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
A. Glatz, A. Pourret, A. A. Varlamov
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yury N. Ovchinnikov, Andrey A. Varlamov, Gregory J. Kimmel, Andreas Glatz