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most citedSwitching Casimir forces with Phase Change Materials

127 citations · 157 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Classification of Metal - Insulator Transitions: Relating characteristic Properties to Quantum Chemical Bonding Descriptors

Tim Bartsch, Carl-Friedrich Schön, Dasol Kim +3

Pressure induced metal insulator transitions (MIT) are classified by the evolution of characteristic optoelectronic and vibrational properties calculated with density functional th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Bonding Signatures of Incipient Electron Localization in Topological Chiral Semimetals Near the Metal-Insulator Transition

Felix Hoff, Jonathan Frank, Mohit Raghuwanshi +11

How do electronic localization and delocalization compete in solids beyond the traditional limiting cases of metals and iono-covalent insulators? Topological chiral semimetals (TCS…

physics.optics2026

Nonresonant optomechanical control of structural phases

Jiaojian Shi, Yijing Huang, Christian Heide +24

Optical tweezers demonstrate how light can exert forces to trap, repel, and manipulate microscopic particles without absorption. Recent theory has suggested that such forces can ex…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Understanding and Designing Phase Change Materials: Insights from Atom Probe Tomography

Jan Köttgen, Nils von den Driesch, Alexander Pawlis +1

Phase Change Materials (PCMs) can be rapidly and reversibly switched between their amorphous and crystalline state; a transition which is accompanied by a pronounced change of opto…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Divergent Coherent Phonon Responses Across the Metal-Insulator Crossover

Felix Hoff, Timo Veslin, Tim Bartsch +3

Ultrafast laser control of material properties hinges on understanding light-matter interactions. We use two experimentally accessible response functions, laser fluence induced pho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Robust Material Properties in Epitaxial InTe Thin Films Across Varying Thicknesses

Maximilian Buchta, Felix Hoff, Lucas Bothe +8

Sesqui-chalcogenides serve as a critical bridge between traditional semiconductors and quantum materials, offering significant potential in applications such as thermoelectrics, ph…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Isothermal Annealing Effects on -Relaxations and Crystallization Behaviors in Amorphous GeTe

Arune Makareviciute, Qun Yang, Tomoki Fujita +12

A secondary -relaxation process is often the dominant source of atomic dynamics below in many glass forming systems. Recent studies reported the presence of -r…

physics.optics2025

Tailoring hBN's Phonon Polaritons with the Plasmonic Phase-Change Material In3SbTe2

Lina Jäckering, Aaron Moos, Lukas Conrads +8

Polaritons in van-der-Waals materials (vdWM) promise high confinement and multiple tailoring options by optical structures, e.g., resonators, launching structures and lenses. These…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Infrared Beam-shaping on Demand via Tailored Geometric Phase Metasurfaces employing the Plasmonic Phase-Change Material In3SbTe2

Lukas Conrads, Florian Bontke, Andreas Mathwieser +5

Conventional optical elements are bulky and limited to specific functionalities, contradicting the increasing demand of miniaturization and multi-functionalities. Optical metasurfa…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Atom probe tomography: a local probe for chemical bonds in solids

Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin, Yuan Yu, Jan Köttgen +5

Atom probe tomography is frequently employed to characterize the elemental distribution in solids with atomic resolution. Here we review and discuss the potential of this technique…

physics.optics2023★ 28 cited

Direct programming of confined Surface Phonon Polariton Resonators using the plasmonic Phase-Change Material InSbTe

Lukas Conrads, Luis Schüler, Konstantin G. Wirth +2

Tailoring light-matter interaction is essential to realize nanophotonic components. It can be achieved with surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs), an excitation of photons coupled with…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2010★ 127 cited

Switching Casimir forces with Phase Change Materials

G. Torricelli, P. J. van Zwol, O. Shpak +4

We demonstrate here a controllable variation in the Casimir force. Changes in the force of up to 20% at separations of ~100 nm between Au and AgInSbTe (AIST) surfaces were achieved…