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Recent measurements of an unusual high thermal conductivity of around 1000 W m-1 K-1 at room temperature in cubic boron arsenide (BAs) confirm predictions from theory and suggest potential applications of this semiconductor compound for…
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Discovering new materials with ultrahigh thermal conductivity has been a critical research frontier and driven by many important technological applications ranging from thermal management to energy science. Here we have rigorously…
The spectra of the second derivative of tunneling current d^{2}I/dV^{2} in the high-temperature superconductors YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-\delta} and Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+\delta} show clear dip and peak features due to strong coupling to the…
Using machine learning (ML) approach, we unearthed a new III-V semiconducting material having an optimal bandgap for high efficient photovoltaics with the chemical composition of Gallium-Boron-Phosphide(GaBP$_2$, space group: Pna2$_1$). ML…
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Hexagonal BC$_{2}$N is a superhard material recently identified to be comparable to or even harder than cubic boron nitride (c-BN) due the full $sp^3$ bonding character and the higher number of C-C and B-N bonds compared to C-N and…
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Photogenerated carrier transport and recombination in metal halide perovskites are critical to device performance. Despite considerable efforts, sample quality issues and measurement techniques have limited the access to their intrinsic…
Semiconductors simultaneously possessing high carrier mobility, moderate bandgap, and ambient environment stability are so important for the modern industry, and Si-based semiconducting materials can match well with the previous silicon…
Electronic Raman scattering and optical phonon self-energies are studied on single crystals of $LuB_{12}$ with different isotopic composition in the temperature region 10-650K and at pressures up to 10 GPa. The shape and energy position of…
Charge transport plays a crucial role in manifold potential applications of two-dimensional materials, including field effect transistors, solar cells, and transparent conductors. At most operating temperatures, charge transport is hindered…
We compute the electronic band structure and optical properties of boron arsenide using the relativistic quasiparticle self-consistent $GW$ approach, including electron-hole interactions through solution of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. We…
It is well known that at zero temperature and in the absence of electron-phonon coupling, the presence of an electric field leads to localization of carriers residing in a single band of finite bandwidth. We implement the Self-Consistent…
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