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Using molecular simulations and classical density functional theory, we study the liquid-crystalline phase behaviour of a series of bent rod-like mesogens with a controlled degree of chirality introduced through a twist at the centre of the…

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Phonons in chiral crystal structures can be circularly polarized, making them chiral. Chiral phonons carry angular momentum, which is observable in heat currents, and, via coupling to electron spin, in spin currents. Two-dimensional (2D)…

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In quantum mechanics, each conserved quantity (e.g., energy, position, linear momentum and angular momentum) is associated with a Hermitian operator. Its expected value can then be determined by performing a measurement on the wavefunction.…

Chiral response is of tremendous importance to many fields, such as analytical chemistry, polarization manipulation and biological sensing. Here, a chiral metasurface based on rectangular holes is systematically investigated. The results…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-07 Biyuan Wu , Mingjun Wang , Yasong Sun , Feng Wu , Zhangxing Shi , Xiaohu Wu

A set of interacting particles are coupled to a phenomenological core described using the generalized coherent state model. Among the particle-core states a finite set which have the property that the angular momenta carried by the proton…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 A. A. Raduta , C. M. Raduta

We theoretically investigate the role of chiral-transitions in the quantum friction force that acts on a two-level atom that moves with relative velocity v parallel to a planar metallic surface. We find that the friction force has a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-23 Muzzamal I. Shaukat , Mario G. Silveirinha

We here present a variable-range hopping model to describe the chirality-induced spin selectivity along the DNA double helix. In this model, DNA is considered as a one-dimensional disordered system, where electrons are transported by chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-01 Ryotaro Sano , Takeo Kato

A two-dimensional collective Hamiltonian (2DCH) on both azimuth and polar motions in triaxial nuclei is proposed to investigate the chiral and wobbling modes. In the 2DCH, the collective potential and the mass parameters are determined from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-10-05 Q. B. Chen , S. Q. Zhang , P. W. Zhao , R. V. Jolos , J. Meng

Anomalous Hall effect arising from non-trivial spin configuration (chirality) is studied based on the $s$-$d$ model. Considering a weak coupling case, the interaction is treated perturbatively. Scattering by normal impurities is included.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gen Tatara , Hikaru Kawamura

We report a computer simulation study on the effect of molecular structural biaxiality in the phase formation of chiral molecules. In this study, we have done coarse-grained modeling to observe self-assembled phase behavior. In our…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-16 Sayantan Mondal , Jayashree Saha

Recent progress in constructing supramolecular assemblies with hierarchical chirality offers new opportunities to investigate the chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect and its potential applications. In this work, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Song Chen , Kai-Yuan Zhang , Xi Sun , Shu-Zheng Zhou , Hua-Hua Fu

In the presence of parallel electric and magnetic fields, the violation of separate number conservation laws for the three dimensional left and right handed Weyl fermions is known as the chiral anomaly. The recent discovery of Weyl and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Gargee Sharma , Pallab Goswami , Sumanta Tewari

Chirality is a pervasive form of symmetry that is intimately connected to the physical properties of solids, as well as the chemical and biological activity of molecular systems. However, its control with light is challenging, because…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-13 Z. Zeng , M. Först , M. Fechner , M. Buzzi , E. Amuah , C. Putzke , P. J. W. Moll , D. Prabhakaran , P. Radaelli , A. Cavalleri

The chiral plasmon modes of relativistic matter in background magnetic and strain-induced pseudomagnetic fields are studied in detail using the consistent chiral kinetic theory. The results reveal a number of anomalous features of these…

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Chiral functionalities exhibited by systems lacking any mirror symmetry encompass natural optical activity, magnetochiral effect, diagonal current-induced magnetization, chirality-selective spin-polarized current of charged electrons or…

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We demonstrate that chirality of the electron scattering in Weyl semimetals leads to the formation of magnetic chemical bonds for molecular states of a pair of impurities. The effect is associated with the presence of time-reversal symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-10 Y. Marques , W. N. Mizobata , R. S. Oliveira , M. de Souza , M. S. Figueira , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

Understanding the molecular vibrations underlying each of the unknown infrared emission (UIE) bands (such as those found at 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 6.2, 6.9, 7.7, 11.3, 15.8, 16.4, 18.9 mm) observed in or towards astronomical objects is a vital link…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-22 SeyedAbdolreza Sadjadi , Quentin Andrew Parker

A hallmark feature of topological physics is the presence of one-way propagating chiral modes at the system boundary. The chirality of edge modes is a consequence of the topological character of the bulk. For example, in a non-interacting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 Sunil Mittal , Sriram Ganeshan , Jingyun Fan , Abolhassan Vaezi , Mohammad Hafezi

Quantum Hall edge modes are chiral while quantum spin Hall edge modes are helical. However, unlike chiral edge modes which always occur in topological systems, quasi-helical edge modes may arise in a trivial insulator too. These trivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Arjun Mani , Colin Benjamin

The chiral geometry of the multiple chiral doublet bands with identical configuration is discussed for different triaxial deformation parameters $\gamma$ in the particle rotor model with $\pi h_{11/2}\otimes \nu h_{11/2}^{-1}$. The energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-03 Hao Zhang , Qibo Chen