On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons with atomically precise structural heterogeneities and on-site characterizations

R Yin, Z Wang, S Tan, C Ma, B Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are strips of graphene, with widths of a few nanometers, that
are promising candidates for future applications in nanodevices and quantum information …

The emergence of the hexagonal lattice in two-dimensional Wigner fragments

M Escobar Azor, A Alrakik… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
At very low density, the electrons in a uniform electron gas spontaneously break symmetry
and form a crystalline lattice called a Wigner crystal. But which type of crystal will the …

Designer topological flat bands in one-dimensional armchair graphene antidot lattices

J Wang, W Chen, Z Wang, J Meng, R Yin, M Chen… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We report a viable strategy to realize topological flat bands in one-dimensional armchair
graphene antidot lattices. The quantum destructive interference effect leads to largely …

Asymmetric Wigner molecules in nanowire Y-junctions

R Mendez-Camacho, E Cruz-Hernandez - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The possibility of crystalline states of interacting electrons, known as Wigner crystals, has
been intensively studied in each of the three dimensions. One-dimensional (1D) systems …

Finite-temperature quantum condensations in the space of states: A different perspective on quantum annealing

M Ostilli, C Presilla - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
In nature, everything occurs at finite temperature, and quantum phase transitions (QPTs)
cannot be an exception. Nevertheless, they are still mainly discussed and formulated at zero …

Finite temperature quantum condensations in the space of states: general proof

M Ostilli, C Presilla - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We formalize and prove the extension to finite temperature of a class of quantum phase
transitions, acting as condensations in the space of states, recently introduced and …

First-order quantum phase transitions as condensations in the space of states

M Ostilli, C Presilla - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate that a large class of first-order quantum phase transitions, namely,
transitions in which the ground state energy per particle is continuous but its first order …

Energy spectrum and structure of confined one-dimensional few-electron systems with and without coupling to light in a cavity

C Huang, D Pitagora, T Zaklama, K Varga - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
An explicitly correlated Gaussian basis is used to calculate the energies and wave functions
of one-dimensional few-electron systems in confinement potentials created by external …

Emergence of Wigner oscillations in a model of real time cooling process: a time-dependent density-functional theory approach

D Vieira - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Emergence of Wigner oscillations in a model of real time cooling process: a time-dependent
density-functional theory approach - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use …

Spectral evidence of Wigner crystallisation over a one-dimensional moiré superlattice under magnetic fields

B Wang, J Wang, L Wan, H Du, C Ma, M Tian, J Li… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
The advantages of moiré superlattice 1, 2 in engineering strongly correlated electronic
properties have triggered a rising tide on exploration of the fascinating Wigner crystals 3 in …