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A nonperturbative dynamical coupling approach based on tight-binding molecular dynamics is used to evaluate the electron-ion (electron-phonon) coupling parameter in irradiated semiconductors as a function of the electronic temperature up to…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-25 Nikita Medvedev

The mechanisms for strong electron-phonon coupling predicted for hydrogen-rich alloys with high superconducting critical temperature ($T_c$) are examined within the Migdal-Eliashberg theory. Analysis of the functional derivative of $T_c$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-09-28 K. Tanaka , J. S. Tse , H. Liu

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is foundational in condensed matter physics, determining intriguing phenomena and properties in both conventional and quantum materials. In this manuscript, we propose and demonstrate a novel two dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-09 Sheng Qu , Vishal K. Sharma , Jaco Geuchies , Maksim Grechko , Mischa Bonn , Falko Pientka , Heejae Kim

The electron-phonon interaction in magnesium diboride MgB_2 single crystals is investigated by point-contact (PC) spectroscopy. For the first time the electron coupling with E_2g phonon modes is resolved in the PC spectra. The correlation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Yu. G. Naidyuk , I. K. Yanson , O. E. Kvitnitskaya S. Lee , S. Tajima

Superconductivity in two-dimensional compounds is widely concerned, not only due to its application in constructing nano-superconducting devices, but also for the general scientific interests. Very recently, borophene (two-dimensional boron…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-13 Miao Gao , Qi-Zhi Li , Xun-Wang Yan , Jun Wang

We have studied the lattice dynamics, electron-phonon coupling, and superconducting properties of $\alpha$-MoB$_2$, as a function of applied pressure, within the framework of density functional perturbation theory using a mixed-basis…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-31 Marco-Antonio Carmona-Galván , Rolf Heid , Omar De la Peña-Seaman

The increasing financial and environmental cost of many inorganic materials has motivated study into organic and "green" alternatives. However, most organic compounds contain a large number of atoms in the primitive unit cell, posing a…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-14 Alexander C. Tyner , Alexander V. Balatsky

When the electron-phonon coupling is quadratic in the phonon coordinates, electrons can pair to form bipolarons due to phonon zero-point fluctuations, a purely quantum effect. We study superconductivity originating from this pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-18 Zhaoyu Han , Steven A. Kivelson , Pavel A. Volkov

We calculate the phonon-dispersion relations of several two-dimensional materials and diamond using the density-functional based tight-binding approach (DFTB). Our goal is to verify if this numerically efficient method provides sufficiently…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-04 Thomas A. Niehaus , Sigismund T. A. G. Melissen , Balint Aradi , S. Mehdi Vaez Allaei

Electronic structure of a novel superconducting noncentrosymmetric compound Mg10Ir19B16 was calculated using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method. Electronic part of the electron-phonon coupling constant, McMillan-Hopfield parameters, were…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Wiendlocha , J. Tobola , S. Kaprzyk

The title compound is investigated by specific heat measurements in the normal and superconducting state supplemented by upper critical field transport, susceptibility and magnetization measurements. From a detailed analysis including also…

The coupling between electrons and phonons in solids plays a central role in describing many phenomena, including superconductivity and thermoelecric transport. Calculations of this coupling are exceedingly demanding as they necessitate…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-16 Anderson S. Chaves , Alex Antonelli , Daniel T. Larson , Efthimios Kaxiras

The attempt to understand cuprate superconductors is complicated by the presence of multiple strong interactions. While many believe that antiferromagnetism is important for the superconductivity, there has been revived interest in the role…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Reznik , L. Pintschovius , M. Ito , S. Iikubo , M. Sato , H. Goka , M. Fujita , K. Yamada , G. D. Gu , J. M. Tranquada

The electron-phonon coupling strength in the spin-split valence band maximum of single-layer MoS$_2$ is studied using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density functional theory-based calculations. Values of the electron-phonon…

By using the stripline Microwave Vector Network Analyzer Ferromagnetic Resonance and Pulsed Inductive Microwave Magnetometry spectroscopy techniques, we study a strong coupling regime of magnons to microwave photons in the planar geometry…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-22 B. Bhoi , T. Cliff , I. S. Maksymov , M. Kostylev , R. Aiyar , N. Venkataramani , S. Prasad , R. L. Stamps

Thermal properties are of great interest in modern electronic devices and nanostructures. Calculating these properties is straightforward when the device is made from a pure material, but problems arise when alloys are used. Specifically,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Timothy B. Boykin , Arvind Ajoy , Hesameddin Ilatikhameneh , Michael Povolotskyi , Gerhard Klimeck

The coupling between electrons and phonons is one of the fundamental interactions in solids, underpinning a wide range of phenomena such as resistivity, heat conductivity, and superconductivity. However, direct measurements of this coupling…

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is one of the most common and fundamental interactions in solids. It not only dominates many basic dynamic processes like resistivity, thermal conductivity etc, but also provides the pairing glue in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-15 An-min Zhang , Qing-ming Zhang

We report an inelastic neutron scattering investigation of phonons with energies up to 159 meV in the conventional superconductor YNi$_2$B$_2$C. Using the SWEEP mode, a newly developed time-of-flight technique involving the continuous…

Magnetic materials are crucial for manipulating electron spin and magnetic fields, enabling applications in data storage, spintronics, charge transport, and energy conversion, while also providing insight into fundamental quantum phenomena.…