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Aditya Sood, Xiaozhe Shen, Yin Shi, Suhas Kumar, Su Ji Park, Marc Zajac, Yifei Sun, Long-Qing Chen, Shriram Ramanathan, Xijie Wang, William C. Chueh, Aaron M. Lindenberg
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Summary: The Hubbard model is a celebrated theoretical framework in condensed-matter physics. This study implements the extended Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian by confining semiconductor dipolar excitons in an artificial two-dimensional square lattice, showcasing the characteristic features of checkerboard spatial order.
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Summary: The effects of strain on the metal-insulator phase transitions in V2O3 are explored. It is found that the expansion of the ab-plane is crucial for inducing negative pressure effects in the films. The findings provide insights into manipulating a Mott transition in V2O3 and expanding its potential applications in electronics.
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Dooyong Lee, Taewon Min, Jiwoong Kim, Sehwan Song, Jisung Lee, Haeyong Kang, Jouhahn Lee, Deok-Yong Cho, Jaekwang Lee, Jae Hyuck Jang, Sungkyun Park
Summary: The study found that octahedral symmetry in VO2 can control its IMT characteristics by changing orbital occupancy, and monoclinic VO2 with high octahedral symmetry exhibits bandwidth-controlled IMT characteristics.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
P. Homm, M. Menghini, J. W. Seo, S. Peters, J-P Locquet
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
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Summary: The coexistence of localized and extended excitations is crucial for the macroscopic properties of correlated materials. Through the study of 1T-TaS2, we find that the electronic excitations are influenced by the low symmetry of the crystal field, providing insights into the electron localization and the debate between Mott and band insulators.
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Xing Deng, Si-Qi Wang, Yu-Xiang Liu, Ni Zhong, Yu-Hui He, Hui Peng, Ping-Hua Xiang, Chun-Gang Duan
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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
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Subrata Das, Sanjoy Kr Mahatha, Konstantin Glazyrin, R. Ganesan, Suja Elizabeth, Tirthankar Chakraborty
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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
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Physics, Condensed Matter
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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)