Current opinion on the prospect of mapping electronic orbitals in the transmission electron microscope: State of the art, challenges and perspectives

M Bugnet, S Löffler, M Ederer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of electronic orbitals has enabled the understanding of a wide range of physical
and chemical properties of solids through the definition of, for example, chemical bonding …

Atomic-scale visualization of defect-induced localized vibrations in GaN

H Jiang, T Wang, Z Zhang, F Liu, R Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Phonon engineering is crucial for thermal management in GaN-based power devices, where
phonon-defect interactions limit performance. However, detecting nanoscale phonon …

Application of Computer Calculation in the Study of Grain Boundary

L Pu, C Peng, M Zhu, Y Li, L Li - Coatings, 2024 - mdpi.com
A grain boundary (GB) is a structure of great concern in materials research, which affects the
mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of materials, but the microscopic …

Cascaded Single Photons from Pulsed Quantum Excitation

JCL Carreño - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16539, 2024 - arxiv.org
A two-level system is the most fundamental building block of matter. Its response to classical
light is well known, as it converts pulses of coherent light into antibunched emission …

Atomic-scale tunable phonon transport at tailored grain boundaries

X Wang, CA Gadre, R Yang, W Zou, X Bin… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Manipulating thermal properties in materials has been of fundamental importance for
advancing innovative technologies. Heat carriers such as phonons are impeded by breaking …