Search Results - "Bianco, Raffaello"
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Mapping topological order in coordinate space
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (13-12-2011)“…The organization of the electrons in the ground state is classified by means of topological invariants, defined as global properties of the wave function. Here…”
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Second-order structural phase transitions, free energy curvature, and temperature-dependent anharmonic phonons in the self-consistent harmonic approximation: Theory and stochastic implementation
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (18-07-2017)“…The self-consistent harmonic approximation is an effective harmonic theory to calculate the free energy of systems with strongly anharmonic atomic vibrations,…”
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Quantum crystal structure in the 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanum hydride
Published in Nature (London) (06-02-2020)“…The discovery of superconductivity at 200 kelvin in the hydrogen sulfide system at high pressures 1 demonstrated the potential of hydrogen-rich materials as…”
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Phonon Collapse and Second-Order Phase Transition in Thermoelectric SnSe
Published in Physical review letters (22-02-2019)“…Since 2014 the layered semiconductor SnSe in the high-temperature Cmcm phase is known to be the most efficient intrinsic thermoelectric material. Making use of…”
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van der Waals driven anharmonic melting of the 3D charge density wave in VSe2
Published in Nature communications (26-01-2021)“…Understanding of charge-density wave (CDW) phases is a main challenge in condensed matter due to their presence in high- T c superconductors or transition…”
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Anomalous High‐Temperature Superconductivity in YH6
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-04-2021)“…Pressure‐stabilized hydrides are a new rapidly growing class of high‐temperature superconductors, which is believed to be described within the conventional…”
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How disorder affects the Berry-phase anomalous Hall conductivity: A reciprocal-space analysis
Published in Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics (29-09-2014)“…The anomalous Hall conductivity of "dirty" ferromagnetic metals is dominated by a Berry-phase contribution which is usually interpreted as an intrinsic…”
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Large impact of phonon lineshapes on the superconductivity of solid hydrogen
Published in Communications physics (09-05-2024)“…Phonon anharmonicity plays a crucial role in determining the stability and vibrational properties of high-pressure hydrides. Furthermore, strong anharmonicity…”
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Orbital magnetization as a local property
Published in Physical review letters (22-02-2013)“…The modern expressions for polarization P and orbital magnetization M are k-space integrals. But a genuine bulk property should also be expressible in r space,…”
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Quantum Enhancement of Charge Density Wave in NbS 2 in the Two-Dimensional Limit
Published in Nano letters (08-05-2019)“…At ambient pressure, bulk 2H-NbS displays no charge density wave instability, which is at odds with the isostructural and isoelectronic compounds 2H-NbSe ,…”
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Quantum Enhancement of Charge Density Wave in NbS2 in the Two-Dimensional Limit
Published in Nano letters (08-05-2019)“…At ambient pressure, bulk 2H-NbS2 displays no charge density wave instability, which is at odds with the isostructural and isoelectronic compounds 2H-NbSe2,…”
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Weak Dimensionality Dependence and Dominant Role of Ionic Fluctuations in the Charge-Density-Wave Transition of NbSe2
Published in Physical review letters (04-09-2020)“…Contradictory experiments have been reported about the dimensionality effect on the charge-density-wave transition in 2H NbSe2. While scanning tunneling…”
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Anharmonicity and Doping Melt the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer TiSe2
Published in Nano letters (08-07-2020)“…Low-dimensional systems with a vanishing band gap and a large electron–hole interaction have been proposed to be unstable toward exciton formation. As the…”
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Strong anharmonicity in the phonon spectra of PbTe and SnTe from first principles
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Dominant Role of Quantum Anharmonicity in the Stability and Optical Properties of Infinite Linear Acetylenic Carbon Chains
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (28-10-2021)“…Carbyne, an infinite-length straight chain of carbon atoms, is supposed to undergo a second order phase transition from the metallic bond-symmetric cumulene…”
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Weak Dimensionality Dependence and Dominant Role of Ionic Fluctuations in the Charge-Density-Wave Transition of NbSe 2
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Bending rigidity, sound propagation and ripples in flat graphene
Published in Nature physics (01-08-2024)“…Many of the applications of graphene rely on its uneven stiffness and high thermal conductivity, but the mechanical properties of graphene—and, in general, of…”
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Non-trivial quantum geometry and the strength of electron–phonon coupling
Published in Nature physics (01-08-2024)“…Electron–phonon coupling is crucial for the existence of various phases of matter, in particular superconductivity and density waves. Here, we devise a theory…”
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Anharmonicity and Doping Melt the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer TiSe 2
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