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The electronic orders appearing in condensed matter systems are originating from the precise arrangement of atoms constituting the crystal as well as their nature. This teneous relationship can lead to highly different phases in condensed…
We studied TbTe$_{3}$ using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the temperature range of 298 - 355 K. As seen in previous STM measurements on RTe$_{3}$ compounds, our measurements detect a unidirectional charge density wave state (CDW)…
Single walled carbon nanotubes of 2 nm diameter and 3 to 13 micro meter length were compressed in Cu bullets and irradiated with positive ions of Cs with energies from 0.2 to 2.0 keV and subjected to successively increasing Cs dose. From…
In this work, we present the synthesis of transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanotubes with a preferred chiral angle. SnS2, MoS2, and WS2 are formed with high yield and structural purity inside the channels of boron nitride nanotubes.…
The time-dependent rate coefficients for the charge exchange reaction C+ + Si -> C + Si+ for doublet and quartet states have been determined with ab initio quantum calculations coupled with a non-adiabatic transition model based on a simple…
We have computed a grid of hydrostatic spherical COMARCS models for C stars covering metallicities from [Z/H]=0 to -2 and values of the carbon excess [C-O] from 6.41 to 9.15, plus some temperature sequences, where the amount of oxygen and…
Inspired by the synthesis of XB3C3 (X= Sr, La) compounds in the bipartite sodalite clathrate structure, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed on members of this family containing up to two different metal atoms. A…
Circumbinary discs (CBDs) arise in many astrophysical settings, including young stellar binaries and supermassive black hole binaries. Their structure is mediated by gravitational torques exerted on the disc by the central binary. The…
The carbon vacancy in $4H$-SiC is a powerful minority carrier recombination center and a major cause of degradation of SiC-based devices. Despite the extensiveness of the literature regarding the characterization and modeling of the defect,…
Low-dimensional electron systems, as realized naturally in graphene or created artificially at the interfaces of heterostructures, exhibit a variety of fascinating quantum phenomena with great prospects for future applications. Once…
Various forms of carbon based complexes in GaN are studied with first-principles calculations employing Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional within the framework of density functional theory. We consider carbon complexes made of the…
Members of the CaK(Fe$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$)$_{4}$As$_{4}$ series have been synthesized by high-temperature solution growth in single crystalline form and characterized by X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, magnetic and transport…
Optically active defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising candidates for active components in emerging quantum technologies, such as single-photon emitters and spin centers. However, further progress in hBN-based quantum…
The detailed composition of most metal-poor halo stars has been found to be very uniform. However, a fraction of 20-70% (increasing with decreasing metallicity) exhibit dramatic enhancements in their abundances of carbon - the so-called…
Titanium-carbide molecular clusters are thought to form in the circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of carbon-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars (AGBs) but, to date, their detection has remained elusive. To facilitate the astrophysical…
We describe a mechanism that explains the formation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbyls from hydrogenated graphene/graphite; hard C-C bonds are weakened and broken by the synergistic effect of chemisorbed hydrogen and high temperature…
The interplay of different emergent phenomena -- superconductivity (SC) and domain formation -- appearing on different spatial and energy scales are investigated using high-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) in the…
It is generally considered, as a rule of thumb, that carbon monoxide forms very early in envelopes of AGB stars, and that it consumes most of the carbon, or most of the oxygen, depending on whether the photosphere is oxygen-rich or…
Accurate atomic data are essential for opacity calculations and for abundance analyses of the Sun and other stars. The aim of this work is to provide accurate and extensive results of energy levels and transition data for C I - IV. The…
This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study of the distribution of carbon atoms in the octahedral interstitial sites of the face-centered cubic (fcc) phase of the iron-carbon system. The experimental part of the work consists…