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most citedThermal Properties of the Binary-Filler Composites with Few-Layer Graphene and Copper Nanoparticles

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Charge-Density-Wave Phase Transitions in Monolayer 1T-TaS2 from Universal Machine Learning Molecular Dynamics

Valentina Nesterova, Tribhuwan Pandey, Tom Berlijn +3

Charge-density-wave (CDW) phases in 1T transition-metal dichalcogenides arise from strong electron-phonon coupling and accompanying lattice instabilities. Capturing their temperatu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Angle-Resolved Cryogenic Brillouin-Mandelstam Spectroscopy of Surface and Bulk Acoustic Phonons in Diamond

Jordan Teeter, Dylan Wright, Nidhish Thiruthukkal Puthenveettil +2

We used angle-resolved Brillouin-Mandelstam light-scattering spectroscopy to monitor surface and bulk acoustic phonons in diamond along the <100> and <110> crystallographic directi…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Electronic-Structure Correlations Governing Superconductivity in Nb-Based High-Entropy Alloys

Md Sabbir Hossen Bijoy, Vladislav Korostelev, Deva Prasaad Neelakandan +10

Superconducting high-entropy alloys have recently emerged as a new platform for exploring superconductivity in highly disordered metallic systems and may offer advantages for appli…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Phonon Signatures of Near-Room-Temperature Phase Transition in Quasi-One-Dimensional Bi4I4 Topological van der Waals Material

Nidhish Thiruthukkal Puthenveettil, Topojit Debnath, Clayton Mantz +7

The quasi-one-dimensional material Bi4I4 hosts two crystallographically similar polymorphs that realize distinct topological insulating phases separated by a first-order structural…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Anomalous spin-lattice coupling in a 2D antiferromagnetic semiconductor revealed by surface acoustic Rayleigh waves

Zahra Ebrahim Nataj, Md. Sabbir Hossen Bijoy, Vladislav Korostelev +5

Magnetic order in van der Waals magnets can strongly influence their lattice dynamics, yet how this interaction manifests across different phonon length scales remains unclear. Opt…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Quantum Spin Singlet Ground State with Large Excitation Gap in the S = 3/2 quasi-1D van der Waals materials MoX3 (X = I, Br)

Jordan Teeter, Topojit Debnath, Harshil Goyal +18

We report the first experimental evidence for a quantum-disordered spin-singlet ground state and gapped triplon excitations in quasi-one-dimensional van der Waals materials. The in…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Acoustic Phonon Characteristics of Gallium Oxide Single Crystals Investigated with Brillouin-Mandelstam Light Scattering Spectroscopy

Dylan Wright, Erick Guzman, Md. Sabbir Hossen Bijoy +5

We report an investigation of the bulk and surface acoustic phonons in gallium oxide ultra-wide bandgap single crystals along various crystallographic directions using Brillouin-Ma…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

First-principles study of structural, electronic and optical properties of non-toxic RbBaX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) perovskites under hydrostatic pressure

Pranti Saha, In Jun Park, Protik Das +1

We have investigated the structural, mechanical, electronic and optical properties of Rb-based cubic perovskite RbBaX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) under hydrostatic pressure, using first…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Acoustic and Optical Phonon Frequencies and Acoustic Phonon Velocities in Silicon-Doped Aluminum Nitride Thin Films

Dylan Wright, Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage, Erick Guzman +6

We report the results of the study of the acoustic and optical phonons in Si-doped AlN thin films grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on sapphire substrates. The Brillo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Solution-Processed Inks with Fillers of NbS Quasi-One-Dimensional Charge-Density-Wave Material

Tekwam Geremew, Maedeh Taheri, Nicholas Sesing +4

We report on the solution processing and testing of electronic ink comprised of quasi-one-dimensional NbS charge-density-wave fillers. The ink was prepared by liquid-phase exfo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Acoustic and Optical Phonons in Quasi-Two-Dimensional MPX3 Van der Waals Semiconductors

Dylan Wright, Zahra Ebrahim Nataj, Erick Guzman +4

We report the results of the investigation of the acoustic and optical phonons in quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnetic semiconductors of the transition metal phosphorus trisulfi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 7 cited

Strong Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity in High-Purity Cubic Boron Arsenide

Songrui Hou, Fengjiao Pan, Xinping Shi +11

Materials with high thermal conductivity are needed to conduct heat away from hot spots in high power electronics and optoelectronic devices. Cubic boron arsenide (c-BAs) has a hig…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Electronic Noise Spectroscopy of Quasi-2D van der Waals Antiferromagnetic Semiconductors

Subhajit Ghosh, Zahra Ebrahim Nataj, Fariborz Kargar +1

We investigated low-frequency current fluctuations, i.e. electronic noise, in FePS3 van der Waals, layered antiferromagnetic semiconductor. The noise measurements have been used as…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Phonon States in NbTe and TaTe Quasi-One-Dimensional van der Waals Crystals

Zahra Ebrahim Nataj, Fariborz Kargar, Sergiy Krylyuk +7

We report the results of polarization-dependent Raman spectroscopy of phonon states in single-crystalline quasi-one-dimensional NbTe and TaTe van der Waals materials. The m…

physics.app-ph2023

Temperature Dependent Low-Frequency Noise Characteristics of NiO/GaO p-n Heterojunction Diodes

Subhajit Ghosh, Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage, Fariborz Kargar +3

We report on the temperature dependence of the low-frequency electronic noise in NiO/GaO p-n heterojunction diodes. The noise spectral density is of the 1/f-type near r…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Optical and Acoustic Phonons in Turbostratic and Cubic Boron Nitride Thin Films on Diamond Substrates

Erick Guzman, Fariborz Kargar, Avani Patel +6

We report an investigation of the bulk optical, bulk acoustic, and surface acoustic phonons in thin films of turbostratic boron nitride (t-BN) and cubic boron nitride (c-BN) grown…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Conductance Fluctuations and Domain Depinning in Quasi-2D Charge-Density-Wave 1T-TaS Thin Films

Jonas O. Brown, Maedeh Taheri, Fariborz Kargar +5

We investigated the temperature dependence of the conductance fluctuations in thin films of the quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS van der Waals material. The conductance fluctuation…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Quantum Composites with the Functionality Defined by the Charge-Density-Wave Phase Transitions

Zahra Barani, Tekwam Geremew, Megan Stokey +7

We demonstrate a unique class of advanced materials - quantum composites based on polymers with fillers comprised of a van der Waals quantum material that reveals multiple charge-d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

Cryogenic Characteristics of Graphene Composites -- Evolution from Thermal Conductors to Thermal Insulators

Zahra Ebrahim Nataj, Youming Xu, Jonas Brown +4

The development of cryogenic semiconductor electronics and superconducting quantum computing requires composite materials that can provide both thermal conduction and thermal insul…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 35 cited

Specifics of the Elemental Excitations in "True One-Dimensional" MoI van der Waals Nanowires

Fariborz Kargar, Zahra Barani, Nicholas R. Sesing +15

We report on the temperature evolution of the polarization-dependent Raman spectrum of exfoliated MoI, a van der Waals material with a "true one-dimensional" crystal structure…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Low-Frequency Noise in Quasi-1D (TaSe)I Weyl Semimetal Nanoribbons

Subhajit Ghosh, Fariborz Kargar, Nick R. Sesing +5

We report on low-frequency current fluctuations, i.e. electronic noise, in quasi-one-dimensional (TaSe)I Weyl semimetal nanoribbons. It was found that the noise spectral de…

physics.app-ph2022

Electrical Gating of the Charge-Density-Wave Phases in Quasi-2D h-BN/1T-TaS Devices

Maedeh Taheri, Jonas Brown, Adil Rehman +5

We report on electrical gating of the charge-density-wave phases and current in h-BN capped three-terminal 1T-TaS heterostructure devices. It is demonstrated that the applicati…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

The Effects of Boron Doping on the Bulk and Surface Acoustic Phonons in Single-Crystal Diamond

Erick Guzman, Fariborz Kargar, Frank Angeles +7

We report the results of the investigation of bulk and surface acoustic phonons in the undoped and boron-doped single-crystal diamond films using the Brillouin-Mandelstam light sca…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 187 cited

One-Dimensional van der Waals Quantum Materials -- State of the Art and Perspectives

Alexander A. Balandin, Fariborz Kargar, Tina T. Salguero +1

The advent of graphene and other two-dimensional van der Waals materials, with their unique electrical, optical, and thermal properties, has resulted in tremendous progress for fun…