4 papers
Towards Quantum-Dot Detectors as Barcodes for Dark Matter Interactions
Marek Matas, Andrea Gallo Rosso, Antonio Cammarata +6
Quantum dots are tunable semiconductor nanocrystals that can be produced at industrial scales. We present the first ab initio calculation of the scattering of dark matter on electr…
Dynamical multiferroicity in framework materials
Marek Matas, Carl P. Romao
Dynamical multiferroicity, which describes the magnetic fields generated by circularly polarized phonons in materials, is an established mechanism for optical control of magnetism.…
Zero Indirect Band Gap and Flat Bands in a Niobium Oxyiodide Cluster Material
Jan Beitlberger, Mario Martin, Marcus Scheele +4
Explorative chemistry in a reaction system composed of NbI, Li(CN), and LiO has led to the discovery of a number of niobium oxyiodide cluster compounds. During this…
Chiral phonons in metal-organic frameworks as quantum sensors for the direct detection of dark matter
Marek Matas, Filip Krizek, Carl P. Romao
We investigate a new quantum sensor for dark matter direct detection with sub-eV sensitivity, focusing on several candidate materials that potentially host chiral phonons with larg…