Emerging ultrafast techniques for studying quantum materials

A Zong, BR Nebgen, SC Lin, JA Spies… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In quantum materials, emergent functional properties resulting from strong correlations or
electronic topology offer opportunities for new applications. Over the past decade, ultrafast …

Time-resolved ARPES studies of quantum materials

F Boschini, M Zonno, A Damascelli - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2024 - APS
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), with its exceptional sensitivity to both
the binding energy and the momentum of valence electrons in solids, provides unparalleled …

Vibrational dichroism of chiral valley phonons

Y Pan, F Caruso - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Valley degrees of freedom in transition metal dichalcogenides thoroughly influence electron–
phonon coupling and its nonequilibrium dynamics. We conducted a first-principles study of …

Direct observation of strong momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling in a metal

M Mo, A Tamm, E Metsanurk, Z Chen, L Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phonon scattering in metals is one of the most fundamental processes in materials science.
However, understanding such processes has remained challenging and requires detailed …

Light-induced hexatic state in a layered quantum material

T Domröse, T Danz, SF Schaible, K Rossnagel… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The tunability of materials properties by light promises a wealth of future applications in
energy conversion and information technology. Strongly correlated materials such as …

High gradient terahertz-driven ultrafast photogun

J Ying, X He, D Su, L Zheng, T Kroh, T Rohwer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Terahertz (THz)-based electron acceleration has potential as a technology for next-
generation cost-efficient compact electron sources. Although proof-of-principle …

Melting Is Well-Known, but Is It Also Well-Understood?

G de With - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Contrary to continuous phase transitions, where renormalization group theory provides a
general framework, for discontinuous phase transitions such a framework seems to be …

Radiative loss of coherence in free electrons: a long-range quantum phenomenon

CI Velasco, V Di Giulio… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum physics rules the dynamics of small objects as they interact over microscopic
length scales. Nevertheless, quantum correlations involving macroscopic distances can be …

Using In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study Strong Metal‐Support Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis

J Dai, Y Sun, Z Liu, Y Zhang, S Duan… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precisely controlling the microstructure of supported metal catalysts and regulating metal‐
support interactions at the atomic level are essential for achieving highly efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction at high repetition rates

KM Siddiqui, DB Durham, F Cropp, F Ji… - Structural …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The ability to resolve the dynamics of matter on its native temporal and spatial scales
constitutes a key challenge and convergent theme across chemistry, biology, and materials …