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Nodal loop semimetals are topological materials with drumhead surface states characterized by reduced kinetic energy. If the Fermi energy of such a system is near these nondispersive states interaction among charge carriers substantially…

The identification of magnetic quantum critical points in heavy fermion metals has provided an ideal setting for experimentally studying quantum criticality. Motivated by these experiments, considerable theoretical efforts have recently…

We study a possible deconfined quantum phase transition in a realistic model of a two-dimensional Shastry-Sutherland quantum magnet, using both numerical and field theoretic techniques. Using the infinite density matrix renormalization…

Single-crystal synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements in strong magnetic fields have been performed for magnetoelectric compounds GdMnO3 and TbMnO3. It has been found that the P || a ferroelectric phase induced by the application of a…

We report $^{59}$Co nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements on the Nd-based compound NdCo$_2$Zn$_{18}$Ga$_2$, which undergoes an antiferromagnetic transition at $T_{\rm N} = 1.5$ K. Although the NQR spectra show no detectable change…

In this work we present the results of theoretical analysis of magnetic quantum oscillations of the velocity and attenuation of high frequency ultrasound waves traveling in quasi-two-dimensional conductors. We chose a geometry where the…

Insight into the electronic structure of the pnictide family of superconductors is obtained from quantum oscillation measurements. Here we review experimental quantum oscillation data that reveal a transformation from large quasi-two…

Recent measurements of the out-of-plane magnetoresistance of delafossites (PdCoO$_2$ and PtCoO$_2$) observed oscillations closely resembling the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Here, we show that the magnetoresistance oscillations are explained by…

The coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in RuSr$_2$GdCu$_2$O$_8$ was reported both from experiments (by Tallon et. al.) and first-principles calculations (by Pickett et. al.). Here we report that our first-principles…

Magnetization measurements on single-crystal cubic SrCuTe$_2$O$_6$ with an applied magnetic field of along three inequivalent high symmetry directions $[100]$, $[110]$, and $[111]$ reveal weak magnetic anisotropy. The fits of the magnetic…

We study the electronic structure of delafossite PtCoO$_2$ to elucidate its extremely small resistivity and high mobility. The band exhibits steep dispersion near the Fermi level despite the fact that it is formed mainly by Pt $d$ orbitals…

As experimentally well established, undoped LaFeAsO is antiferromagnetic below 137K with the magnetic moments lying on the Fe sites. We determine the orthorhombic body-centered group Imma (74) as the space group of the experimentally…

CrN is observed to undergo a paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition accompanied by a shear distortion from cubic NaCl-type to orthorhombic structure. Our first-principle plane wave and ultrasoft pseudopotential calculations confirm…

(BEDT-TTF)$_2$MHg(SCN)$_4$[M:K,Rb,Tl] shows typical two-dimensional angular dependent magnetoresistance oscillation (ADMRO) at high temperature (T$>$8K), but at lower temperature it shows anomalously large magnetoresistance, and the ADMRO…

Very thick films of BiCrO$_3$ have been grown on a SrTiO$_3$ substrate, maintaining a tetragonal lattice up to thicknesses of 14,000\AA. Assuming we can treat films of this thickness as bulk crystals, we first calculated the experimentally…

Transport of electrons in a bulk metal is usually well captured by their particle-like aspects, while their wave-like nature is commonly harder to observe. Microstructures can be are fully designed to reveal the quantum phase, for example…

Layered chromium tellurides are model systems for studying low-dimensional magnetism in van der Waals materials. We report the synthesis and characterization of K$_{1-x}$CrTe$_2$ single crystals ($x \approx 0.3$), which crystallize in the…

We report on the synthesis of a new $\gamma$-phase of the spin $S$~=~$\frac{3}{2}$ compound SrCo$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$ together with a detailed structural, magnetic and thermodynamic properties. The $\gamma$-phase of SrCo$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$…

The magnetic susceptibility, crystal and magnetic structures, and electronic structure of double perovskite Sr2ScOsO6 are reported. Using both neutron and x-ray powder diffraction we find that the crystal structure is monoclinic P21/n from…

We have found weak long range antiferromagnetic order in the quasi-two-dimensional insulating oxide $ KCr_3(OD)_6(SO_4)_2$ which contains Cr$^{3+}$ S=3/2 ions on a kagom\'{e} lattice. In a sample with $\approx$ 76% occupancy of the chromium…