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Synthesis of organometallic helicenes by simple combinations

Synthesis of organometallic helicenes by simple combinations

ChemistryDIPC BiochemistryMaterials

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“Helicene” is the name introduced by Newman in 1955, to describe the benzologues of phenanthrene in which the extra ortho -condensed rings give rise to a (regular) cylindrical helix. The pioneer work of Newman in this field cannot be overemphasized; his brillant synthesis and resolution of [6]helicene will remain as a landmark, for it opened […]

An odd nonlinear conductivity in chiral tellurium

An odd nonlinear conductivity in chiral tellurium

DIPC Advanced materialsDIPC Interfaces

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Electrical transport in non-centrosymmetric materials departs from the well-established phenomenological Ohm’s law. Instead of a linear relation between current and electric field, a non-linear conductivity emerges along specific crystallographic directions. This non-linear transport is fundamentally related to the lack of spatial inversion symmetry. Ohm’s law is one of the most established relations in Physics and […]

A Topological Phonon Database has been built

A Topological Phonon Database has been built

Condensed matterDIPC Advanced materialsQuantum physics

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The discovery of materials with topologically nontrivial electronic bands has led to high-throughput computational efforts that uncovered such bands in most known inorganic crystalline materials. Thus, in 2017, a team of researchers presented what they called Topological Quantum Chemistry (TQC), a new and complete understanding of the structure of bands in a material that links […]

How to calculate entanglement entropy using a Monte Carlo method

How to calculate entanglement entropy using a Monte Carlo method

DIPC Quantum Systems

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Entanglement entropy is a measure of the degree of quantum entanglement between two subsystems constituting a two-part composite quantum system. But entanglement entropy also quantifies the information shared between a subsystem and its environment in a quantum many-body wavefunction. Interestingly, the finite-size scaling form of entanglement entropy has contributions that depend uniquely on universal physical […]

Vortices and skyrmions in water surfaces

Vortices and skyrmions in water surfaces

DIPC Quantum SystemsPhysics

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Numerous physical systems—from classical electromagnetic fields to quantum particle fields—exhibit oscillating wave behavior. Specific settings exist, both in nature and in artificial systems, where these waves form patterns with holes, loops, and other distinct topological characteristics, often referred to as topological wave structures. Now, a team of researchers describes how these structures, which have previously […]

A boson travelling slower than escape velocities of stars and galaxies

A boson travelling slower than escape velocities of stars and galaxies

AstrophysicsCosmologyDIPC Particle Physics

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The emergence of detector technologies with sensitivity to lower energies and improved resolution invites a shift of emphasis in particle-decay searches for massive neutral bosons: the kinematic limit of these reactions remains an unexplored realm where cosmologically-relevant particles may be waiting to be discovered. A case that illustrate this is the charged lepton flavour violating […]

Contradictions in (Cs,K,Rb)V<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>5</sub> are a feature, not a bug

Contradictions in (Cs,K,Rb)V3Sb5 are a feature, not a bug

Condensed matterDIPC Advanced materials

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Spontaneously broken symmetries are at the heart of many phenomena of quantum matter and physics more generally. However, determining the exact symmetries that are broken can be challenging due to imperfections such as strain, in particular when multiple electronic orders are competing. This is exemplified by charge order in some kagome systems, where evidence of […]

Charge transfer and symmetry affect π-magnetic nanostructures

Charge transfer and symmetry affect π-magnetic nanostructures

DIPC Electronic PropertiesDIPC Interfaces

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Whenever an electric current flows a magnetic field is produced; as the orbital motion and the spin of atomic electrons are equivalent to tiny current loops, individual atoms create magnetic fields around them, when their orbital electrons have a net magnetic moment as a result of their angular momentum. The magnetic moment of an atom […]