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The physical characterisation and understanding of molecular magnetic materials is one of the most important steps towards the integration of such systems in hybrid spintronic devices. Amongst the many characterisation techniques employed…
Irreversible diffusion limited cluster aggregation (DLCA) of hard spheres was simulated using Brownian cluster dynamics. Bound spheres were allowed to move freely within a specified range, but no bond breaking was allowed. The structure and…
Quantum sensing of meV-scale scattering and absorption of impinging particles with electrons in solid state detectors is a challenging technological advancement with the potential to enable breakthroughs in quantum information applications…
We study quantum percolation which is described by a tight-binding Hamiltonian containing only off-diagonal hopping terms that are generally in quenched binary disorder (zero or one). In such a system, transmission of a quantum particle is…
We present Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of heavy inertial particles (dust) immersed in two-dimensional turbulent flow (gas). The dust are modeled as mono-dispersed heavy particles capable of modifying the flow through two-way coupling.…
In this paper, we study the low-energy $d-\alpha$ elastic scattering within the two-body cluster effective field theory (EFT) framework. The importance of the $d(\alpha,\alpha) d$ scattering in the $^6 \textrm{Li} $ production reaction…
The diffraction pattern of a single non-periodic compact object, such as a molecule, is continuous and is proportional to the square modulus of the Fourier transform of that object. When arrayed in a crystal, the coherent sum of the…
We report on the translation and rotation of particle clusters made through the combination of spherical building blocks. These clusters present ideal model systems to study the motion of objects with complex shape. Because they could be…
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals ferroelectrics are recognized for enabling many applications, from memory and logic to neuromorphic computing, as well as transforming other materials to control electronic phase transitions and…
Suppose that a plane wave is incident onto an impenetrable grating profile of Dirichlet or Impedance type or a penetrable grating. The grating interface is assumed to be given by a Lipschitz function in two dimensions. We derive stability…
We show that experiments clearly verify the assumptions made by the first-order two-wave coupling theory for one dimensional lossless unslanted planar volume holographic gratings using the beta-value method rather than Kogelnik's K-vector…
Materials that undergo reversible metal-insulator transitions are obvious candidates for new generations of devices. For such potential to be realised, the underlying microscopic mechanisms of such transitions must be fully determined. In…
The diffusion of electronic wave packets in one-dimensional systems with on-site, binary disorder is numerically investigated within the framework of a single-band tight-binding model. Fractal properties are incorporated by assuming that…
Two-dimensional flat-band systems have recently attracted considerable interest due to the rich physics unveiled by emergent phenomena and correlated electronic states at van Hove singularities. However, the difficulties in electrically…
Diffraction gratings with large angular dispersion rates are central to obtaining high spectral resolution in grating spectrometers operating over a broad spectral range from infrared to soft-x-ray domains. The greatest challenge is of…
We investigate a system related to a particular isothermal gas-solid chromatography process, called ?Pressure Swing Adsorption?, with two species and instantaneous exchange kinetics. This system presents the particularity to have a linearly…
Twistronic assembly of 2D materials employs the twist angle between adjacent layers as a tuning parameter for designing the electronic and optical properties of van der Waals heterostructures. Here, we study how interlayer hybridization,…
Van der Waals (vdW) magnets have rapidly emerged as a fertile playground for novel fundamental physics and exciting applications. Despite the impressive developments over the past few years, technical limitations pose a severe challenge to…
Matter-wave interferometry has become an essential tool in studies on the foundations of quantum physics and for precision measurements. Mechanical gratings have played an important role as coherent beamsplitters for atoms, molecules and…
Moir\'e potentials in two-dimensional materials have been proven to be of fundamental importance to fully understand the electronic structure of van der Waals heterostructures, from superconductivity to correlated excitonic states. However,…