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20182026
most citedExperimental Observation of Localized Interfacial Phonon Modes

137 citations · 301 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Trade-off between interface morphology and compositional homogeneity in AlGaAs/GaAs quantum wells revealed by multislice electron ptychography

Yiwei Ju, Han-Hsuan Wu, Amberly Ricks +7

AlGaAs/GaAs asymmetric coupled quantum wells (ACQWs) are promising platforms for enhanced second-order optical nonlinearities, with their performance strongly influenced by the str…

physics.optics2026

Subwavelength Coherent Scaling of High-Order Nonlinear Light Generation in Bulk Monolayer MoS2 Thin Films

Boxuan Zhou, Yuancheng Jing, Chun-Chieh Yu +7

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (e.g., MoS2) exhibit exceptionally large optical nonlinearities for high-order nonlinear light generation (NLG), yet their inherent atomi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Emergent Moiré fringes in direct-grown quasicrystal

Jingwei Li, Kejie Bao, Honglin Sun +13

Quasicrystals represent a category of rarely structured solids that challenge traditional periodicity in crystal materials. Recent advancements in the synthesis of two-dimensional…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Atomic-scale tunable phonon transport at tailored grain boundaries and Their Impact on Thermal Conductivity

Xiaowang Wang, Chaitanya A. Gadre, Wanjuan Zou +16

Grain boundaries (GBs) strongly influence thermal transport in crystalline solids by disrupting lattice periodicity and scattering phonons. Due to the atomic-level disorder and str…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Inelastic electron scattering at large angles: the phonon polariton contribution

Hongbin Yang, Paul Zeiger, Andrea Konečná +11

We explore the inelastic electron scattering in SrTiO3, PbTiO3, and SiC in their phonon energy range, challenging the assumption that phonon polaritons are excluded at large angles…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 15 cited

Real-Space Visualization of Frequency-Dependent Anisotropy of Atomic Vibrations

Xingxu Yan, Paul M. Zeiger, Yifeng Huang +11

The underlying dielectric properties of materials, intertwined with intriguing phenomena such as topological polariton modes and anisotropic thermal conductivities, stem from the a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 137 cited

Experimental Observation of Localized Interfacial Phonon Modes

Zhe Cheng, Ruiyang Li, Xingxu Yan +12

Interfaces impede heat flow in micro/nanostructured systems. Conventional theories for interfacial thermal transport were derived based on bulk phonon properties of the materials m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 39 cited

Capturing 3D atomic defects and phonon localization at the 2D heterostructure interface

Xuezeng Tian, Xingxu Yan, Georgios Varnavides +9

The 3D local atomic structures and crystal defects at the interfaces of heterostructures control their electronic, magnetic, optical, catalytic and topological quantum properties,…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 108 cited

Gate-Induced Interfacial Superconductivity in 1T-SnSe2

Junwen Zeng, Erfu Liu, Yajun Fu +16

Layered metal chalcogenide materials provide a versatile platform to investigate emergent phenomena and two-dimensional (2D) superconductivity at/near the atomically thin limit. In…