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We address a problem of the upper critical field in a lattice described by a two-dimensional tight-binding model with the on-site pairing. We develop a finite-system-approach which enables investigation of magnetic and superconducting…
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We use relativistic ab-initio methods combined with model Hamiltonian approaches to analyze the normal-phase electronic and structural properties of the recently discovered WP superconductor. Remarkably, the outcomes of such study can be…
First-principles full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) calculations are performed to clarify the role of the interface geometry on piezoelectric fields and on potential line-ups at the [0001]-wurtzite and [111]-zincblende…
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We systematically investigate the electronic structures of pristine monolayer WSe$_2$ and WSe$_2$ superlattices with periodic nitrogen substitution. Unlike random doping, which often introduces in-gap impurity states, periodic nitrogen…
We present results for unpolarized and polarized semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering mediated by electroweak gauge bosons at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The results include all relevant…
Metallic behavior of band-insulator/ Mott-insulator interfaces was observed in artificial perovskite superlattices such as in nanoscale SrTiO3/LaTiO3 multilayers. Applying a semiclassical perspective to the parallel electronic transport we…
We present a novel approach to electron-lattice interaction beyond the linear-coupling regime. Based on the solution of a Holstein-Peierls-type model, we derive explicit analytical expressions for the eigenvalue spectrum of the Hamiltonian,…