The study of crystalline solids and condensed matter physics at large concerns itself with the new behaviors and phases of matter exhibited by elementary particles, atoms, and molecules by virtue of being assembled into a structure. These phases arise from complex microscopic behaviors, which makes it is difficult to establish rigorous quantitative...
Published in Journal of Physics: Energy
We consider well-known signatures of disorder in crystallographic and inelastic neutron scattering data. We show that these can arise from different types of disorder, corresponding to different values of the system entropy. Correlating the entropy of a material with its atomistic structure and dynamics is in general a difficult problem that requir...
Published in Nanotechnology
The generation of disorder often gives rise to profound and irreversible physical phenomena. Here, we explore the influence of disorder on the superconducting properties of In2Te3 through comprehensive high-pressure investigations. Building upon previous findings, we investigated the progressive suppression of superconductivity in In2Te3 during the...
Published in New Journal of Physics
The transport properties of electrons in graphene p–n junction with uniform Kekulé lattice distortion have been studied using the tight-binding model and the Landauer–Büttiker formalism combined with the nonequilibrium Green’s function method. In the Kekulé-ordered graphene, the original K and Kʹ valleys of the pristine graphene are folded together...
Published in New Journal of Physics
Nodal-line semimetals are new members of the topological materials family whose experimental characterization has seen recent progress using both ARPES and quantum oscillation measurements. Here, we theoretically study the presence of a disorder-induced phase transition in a cubic lattice nodal-line semimetal using numerical diagonalization and spe...
Published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
The intermittent damage evolution preceding the failure of heterogeneous brittle solids is well-described by scaling laws. In deciphering their origins, failure is routinely interpreted as a critical transition. However, at odds with expectations of universality, a large scatter in the value of the scaling exponents is reported during acoustic emis...
Published in Journal of Physics: Complexity
The behaviour of Bitcoin owners is reflected in the structure and the number of bitcoin transactions encoded in the Blockchain. Likewise, the behaviour of Bitcoin traders is reflected in the formation of bullish and bearish trends in the crypto market. In light of these observations, we wonder if human behaviour underlies some relationship between ...
Published in Andrology
Although male factor accounts for 40%-50% of unintended childlessness, we are far from fully understanding the detailed causes. Usually, affected men cannot even be provided with a molecular diagnosis. We aimed at a higher resolution of the human sperm proteome for better understanding of the molecular causes of male infertility. We were particular...
Published in Superconductor Science and Technology
Quantum efficiency is one of the most important performance metrics for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). Specifically, near-infrared NbN-SNSPDs with high quantum efficiency are extremely desirable in quantum communications. However, due to the high energy gap of NbN, it is difficult to achieve a saturated quantum efficienc...
