Phase change materials (PCMs), which bear a strong relationship with pnictogens (group V
or 15) and chalcogens (group VI or 16), are mostly chalcogens related to AIVBVI and …

This paper reviews non-resonant, meV-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS), as applied
to the measurement of atomic dynamics of crystalline materials. It is designed to be an …

The atomic‐scale disorder of aperiodic crystals, and quasicrystals in particular, is inherently
difficult to explore by experimental methods due to their complex atomic arrangements. Two …

Due to the exceptional property portfolio and technological applications of phase change
materials, mostly chalcogens related to IV-VI and V2-VI3 families, which are in turn related to …

The ID28 beamline (ESRF) hosts the only inelastic x-ray scattering spectrometer in Europe
and is devoted to the study of phonons. As part of a rich portfolio of user activities high …

We searched for plausible crystal structures and the entailing electronic profiles of highly-
compressed Sb using an originally developed structure-search method and first-principles …

There are numerous examples of materials that exhibit interesting phenomena at extremely
low temperatures, but the difficulty of obtaining absolute zero at high pressure in …

The cubic diamond (Fd m) group IVA element Si has been the material driver of the
electronics industry since its inception. We report synthesis of a new cubic (Im m) group IVA …

This dissertation contains a wide range of studies of many intriguing physical systems,
including a novel incommensurate host-guest structure, strange metal, low-dimensional …

Invented in 1947, the transistor quickly became an integral component of electronic devices.
An every-increasing demand for more powerful, compact, and versatile electronics has …