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In the present paper, we give a proof of the gap-labelling conjecture for quasi-crystals. The main tools are the measured index theorem for laminations and a naturality of the longitudinal Chern character.

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We present an approach to calculate the electronic structure for a range of materials using the quasiparticle self-consistent GW method with vertex corrections included in the screened Coulomb interaction W. This is achieved by solving the…

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Since the advent of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials become very attractive and there is growing interest to explore new 2D beyond graphene. Here, through density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we predict 2D wide-band-gap…

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The study of photonic crystals, artificial materials whose dielectric properties can be tailored according to the stacking of its constituents, remains an attractive research area. In this article we have employed a transfer matrix…

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We study the single particle entanglement spectrum in 2D topological insulators which possess $n$-fold rotation symmetry. By defining a series of special choices of subsystems on which the entanglement is calculated, or real space cuts, we…

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Our ability to efficiently detect and generate far-infrared (i.e., terahertz) radiation is vital in areas spanning from biomedical imaging to interstellar spectroscopy. Despite decades of intense research, bridging the terahertz gap between…

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At the beginning of cuprate superconductors, the interlayer tunneling (ILT) and Lawrence-Doniach (L-D) models, which connect the CuO planes by Josephson coupling were considered the leading theoretical proposals for these materials.…

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A condensed review is presented for two basic topics in the theory of pattern formation in nonlinear dissipative media: (i) domain walls (DWs, alias grain boundaries), which appear as transient layers between different states occupying…

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In this review, we present recent works on materials whose common point is the presence of electronic bands of very low dispersion, called "flat bands", which are due to specific atomic order effects without electron interactions. These…

Topological semimetals, such as Dirac, Weyl, or line-node semimetals, are gapless states of matter characterized by their nodal band structures and surface states. In this work, we consider layered (topologically trivial) insulating systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-12 Saavanth Velury , Taylor L. Hughes

Inferring spatial-temporal properties from data is important for many complex systems, such as additive manufacturing systems, swarm robotic systems and biological networks. Such systems can often be modeled as a labeled graph where labels…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Zhe Xu , Alexander J Nettekoven , A. Agung Julius , Ufuk Topcu

In moir\'{e} systems with twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), the amplification of Coulomb correlation effects at low twist angles ($\theta$) is a result of nearly flat low-energy electronic bands and divergent density of states (DOS) at van…

A new approach to the nonlinear reponse of a multiplayer structure consisting of alternating dielectric materials with intensity-dependent dielectric constants is considered in both analytical and numerical viewpoints. The nonlinear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Alain M. Dikandé , Timoléon C. Kofané

Since their spectacular experimental realisation in the early 80's, quasicrystals have been the subject of very active research, whose domains extend far beyond the scope of solid state physics. In optics, for instance, photonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 Patrizia Vignolo , Matthieu Bellec , Julian Boehm , Abdoulaye Camara , Jean-Marc Gambaudo , Ulrich Kuhl , Fabrice Mortessagne

We perform combined resistivity and compressibility studies of two-dimensional hole and electron systems which show the apparent metal-insulator transition - a crossover in the sign of dR/dT with changing density. No thermodynamic anomalies…

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Klein quantum dot (KQD) refers to a QD with quasi-bound states and a finite trapping time, which has been observed in experiments focused on graphene recently. In this paper, we develop a numerical method to calculate local density of…

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We apply density functional theory, in the local density approximation, to a quasi-one-dimensional electron gas in order to quantify the effect of Coulomb and correlation effects in modulating, and therefore patterning, the charge density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 E. T. Owen , C. H. W. Barnes

Calculating the quasiparticle (QP) band structure of two-dimensional (2D) materials within the GW self-energy approximation has proven to be a rather demanding computational task. The main reason is the strong $\mathbf{q}$-dependence of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-12 Filip A. Rasmussen , Per S. Schmidt , Kirsten T. Winther , Kristian S. Thygesen

A quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) electron liquid (EL) is formed at the interface of a semiconductor heterojunction. For an accurate characterization of the Q2D EL, many-body effects need to be taken into account beyond the random phase…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. Bulutay , M. Tomak

We calculate the electronic structure in quasiperiodic double-moir\'e systems of graphene sandwiched by hexagonal boron nitride, and identify the topological invariants of energy gaps. We find that the electronic spectrum contains a number…

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