Long-range interacting quantum systems

N Defenu, T Donner, T Macrì, G Pagano, S Ruffo… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
In this review recent investigations are summarized of many-body quantum systems with
long-range interactions, which are currently realized in Rydberg atom arrays, dipolar …

Nonequilibrium physics in biology

X Fang, K Kruse, T Lu, J Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
Life is characterized by a myriad of complex dynamic processes allowing organisms to grow,
reproduce, and evolve. Physical approaches for describing systems out of thermodynamic …

The smectic ZA phase: Antiferroelectric smectic order as a prelude to the ferroelectric nematic

X Chen, V Martinez, E Korblova… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an
intermediate state when a dielectric nematic, having polar disorder of its molecular dipoles …

Kinetic control of shape deformations and membrane phase separation inside giant vesicles

WC Su, JCS Ho, DL Gettel, AT Rowland, CD Keating… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
A variety of cellular processes use liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) to create functional
levels of organization, but the kinetic pathways by which it proceeds remain incompletely …

Quantum phases from competing short-and long-range interactions in an optical lattice

R Landig, L Hruby, N Dogra, M Landini, R Mottl… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Insights into complex phenomena in quantum matter can be gained from simulation
experiments with ultracold atoms, especially in cases where theoretical characterization is …

[HTML][HTML] Current issues in research on structure–property relationships in polymer nanocomposites

J Jancar, JF Douglas, FW Starr, SK Kumar… - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
The understanding of the basic physical relationships between nano-scale structural
variables and the macroscale properties of polymer nanocomposites remains in its infancy …

Ferroelectric memories

JF Scott, CA Paz de Araujo - Science, 1989 - science.org
In the past year it has become possible to fabricate ferroelectric thin-film memories onto
standard silicon integrated circuits that combine very high speed (30-nanosecond …

Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses

J Hertkorn, JN Schmidt, M Guo, F Böttcher, KSH Ng… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Pattern formation is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in nonlinear and out-of-equilibrium
systems. In equilibrium, quantum ferrofluids formed from ultracold atoms were recently …

Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles

P Akcora, H Liu, SK Kumar, J Moll, Y Li… - Nature materials, 2009 - nature.com
It is easy to understand the self-assembly of particles with anisotropic shapes or interactions
(for example, cobalt nanoparticles or proteins) into highly extended structures. However …

Nanotextured phase coexistence in the correlated insulator V2O3

AS McLeod, E Van Heumen, JG Ramirez, S Wang… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The insulator–metal transition remains among the most studied phenomena in correlated
electron physics. However, the spontaneous formation of spatial patterns amidst insulator …