Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

F Xu, X Ma, Q Zhang, HK Lo, JW Pan - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
In principle, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security based on
the laws of physics. In practice, however, the imperfections of realistic devices might …

Structure prediction drives materials discovery

AR Oganov, CJ Pickard, Q Zhu, RJ Needs - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Progress in the discovery of new materials has been accelerated by the development of
reliable quantum-mechanical approaches to crystal structure prediction. The properties of a …

Route to a superconducting phase above room temperature in electron-doped hydride compounds under high pressure

Y Sun, J Lv, Y Xie, H Liu, Y Ma - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
The recent theory-orientated discovery of record high-temperature superconductivity (T c∼
250 K) in sodalitelike clathrate LaH 10 is an important advance toward room-temperature …

Hydrogen clathrate structures in rare earth hydrides at high pressures: possible route to room-temperature superconductivity

F Peng, Y Sun, CJ Pickard, RJ Needs, Q Wu, Y Ma - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Room-temperature superconductivity has been a long-held dream and an area of intensive
research. Recent experimental findings of superconductivity at 200 K in highly compressed …

Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure

H Liu, II Naumov, R Hoffmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A systematic structure search in the La–H and Y–H systems under pressure reveals some
hydrogen-rich structures with intriguing electronic properties. For example, LaH10 is found …

Materials discovery at high pressures

L Zhang, Y Wang, J Lv, Y Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Pressure is a fundamental thermodynamic variable that can be used to control the properties
of materials, because it reduces interatomic distances and profoundly modifies electronic …

Solids, liquids, and gases under high pressure

HK Mao, XJ Chen, Y Ding, B Li, L Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Pressure has long been recognized as a fundamental thermodynamic variable but its
application was previously limited by the available pressure vessels and probes. The …

Superconducting hydrides under pressure

CJ Pickard, I Errea, MI Eremets - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The measurement of superconductivity at above 200 K in compressed samples of hydrogen
sulfide and in lanthanum hydride at 250 K is reinvigorating the search for conventional high …

Current unknowns in the three-neutrino framework

F Capozzi, E Lisi, A Marrone, A Palazzo - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present an up-to-date global analysis of data coming from neutrino oscillation and non-
oscillation experiments, as available in April 2018, within the standard framework including …

Crystal structure of the superconducting phase of sulfur hydride

M Einaga, M Sakata, T Ishikawa, K Shimizu… - Nature physics, 2016 - nature.com
A superconducting critical temperature above 200 K has recently been discovered in H2S
(or D2S) under high hydrostatic pressure,. These measurements were interpreted in terms of …