Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials

A Zong, BR Nebgen, SC Lin, JA Spies… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In quantum materials, emergent functional properties resulting from strong correlations or
electronic topology offer opportunities for new applications. Over the past decade, ultrafast …

Time-resolved ARPES studies of quantum materials

F Boschini, M Zonno, A Damascelli - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2024 - APS
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), with its exceptional sensitivity to both
the binding energy and the momentum of valence electrons in solids, provides unparalleled …

High gradient terahertz-driven ultrafast photogun

J Ying, X He, D Su, L Zheng, T Kroh, T Rohwer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Terahertz (THz)-based electron acceleration has potential as a technology for next-
generation cost-efficient compact electron sources. Although proof-of-principle …

Vibrational dichroism of chiral valley phonons

Y Pan, F Caruso - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Valley degrees of freedom in transition metal dichalcogenides thoroughly influence electron–
phonon coupling and its nonequilibrium dynamics. We conducted a first-principles study of …

Direct observation of strong momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling in a metal

M Mo, A Tamm, E Metsanurk, Z Chen, L Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phonon scattering in metals is one of the most fundamental processes in materials science.
However, understanding such processes has remained challenging and requires detailed …

Exploring Quantum Materials with Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

M Mitrano, S Johnston, YJ Kim, MPM Dean - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Understanding quantum materials—solids in which interactions among constituent electrons
yield a great variety of novel emergent quantum phenomena—is a forefront challenge in …

Light-induced hexatic state in a layered quantum material

T Domröse, T Danz, SF Schaible, K Rossnagel… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The tunability of materials properties by light promises a wealth of future applications in
energy conversion and information technology. Strongly correlated materials such as …

Using In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study Strong Metal‐Support Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis

J Dai, Y Sun, Z Liu, Y Zhang, S Duan… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precisely controlling the microstructure of supported metal catalysts and regulating metal‐
support interactions at the atomic level are essential for achieving highly efficient …

Melting Is Well-Known, but Is It Also Well-Understood?

G de With - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Contrary to continuous phase transitions, where renormalization group theory provides a
general framework, for discontinuous phase transitions such a framework seems to be …

Relativistic electrons from vacuum laser acceleration using tightly focused radially polarized beams

J Powell, SW Jolly, S Vallières, F Fillion-Gourdeau… - Physical review …, 2024 - APS
We generate a tabletop pulsed relativistic electron beam at 100 Hz repetition rate from
vacuum laser acceleration by tightly focusing a radially polarized beam into a low-density …