The physics of quantum materials

B Keimer, JE Moore - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The physical description of all materials is rooted in quantum mechanics, which describes
how atoms bond and electrons interact at a fundamental level. Although these quantum …

Computational approach to molecular catalysis by 3d transition metals: challenges and opportunities

KD Vogiatzis, MV Polynski, JK Kirkland… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

Giant Enhancement of the Optical Second-Harmonic Emission of Monolayers by Laser Excitation at Exciton Resonances

G Wang, X Marie, I Gerber, T Amand, D Lagarde… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We show that the light-matter interaction in monolayer WSe 2 is strongly enhanced when the
incoming electromagnetic wave is in resonance with the energy of the exciton states of …

Stacking effects on the electronic and optical properties of bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides , , , and

J He, K Hummer, C Franchini - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Employing the random phase approximation we investigate the binding energy and Van der
Waals (vdW) interlayer spacing between the two layers of bilayer transition metal …

Realization of a two-dimensional Weyl semimetal and topological Fermi strings

Q Lu, PVS Reddy, H Jeon, AR Mazza, M Brahlek… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract A two-dimensional (2D) Weyl semimetal, akin to a spinful variant of graphene,
represents a topological matter characterized by Weyl fermion-like quasiparticles in low …

Maximally localized Wannier functions: Theory and applications

N Marzari, AA Mostofi, JR Yates, I Souza… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012 - APS
The electronic ground state of a periodic system is usually described in terms of extended
Bloch orbitals, but an alternative representation in terms of localized “Wannier functions” …

Oxidation of ethane to ethanol by N2O in a metal–organic framework with coordinatively unsaturated iron(II) sites

DJ **ao, ED Bloch, JA Mason, WL Queen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Enzymatic haem and non-haem high-valent iron–oxo species are known to activate strong C–
H bonds, yet duplicating this reactivity in a synthetic system remains a formidable challenge …

Prediction of an arc-tunable Weyl Fermion metallic state in MoxW1−xTe2

TR Chang, SY Xu, G Chang, CC Lee, SM Huang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A Weyl semimetal is a new state of matter that hosts Weyl fermions as emergent
quasiparticles. The Weyl fermions correspond to isolated points of bulk band degeneracy …

Recent progress in the development of semiconductor‐based photocatalyst materials for applications in photocatalytic water splitting and degradation of pollutants

F Opoku, KK Govender… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic approaches in the visible region show promising potential in photocatalytic
water splitting and water treatment to boost water purification efficiency. For this reason …

Vibrational and optical properties of MoS2: From monolayer to bulk

A Molina-Sanchez, K Hummer, L Wirtz - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Molybdenum disulfide, MoS 2, has recently gained considerable attention as a layered
material where neighboring layers are only weakly interacting and can easily slide against …