JPS Hot Topics

Exploring the Thermoelectric Properties of Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes

A semiconducting carbon nanotube doped with an optimal concentration of nitrogen delivered a thermoelectric power substantially higher than that delivered by commercial Bi₂Te₃ alloys.

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Designing a New Space-borne Interferometer to Probe the History of Our Universe

Scientists present a new design for a space-born laser interferometer that could detect gravitational waves below 10 Hz, letting us probe into new astrophysical phenomena.

Astrophysics, cosmology, and geophysics

Finding Pattern in Randomness: Brownian Motion of Skyrmions

The chiral properties of the Brownian motion of magnetic skyrmions in one- and two-dimensional systems in thermal equilibrium are reported.

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

Generalizing Poisson Algebra with Geometry

Using a differential geometric interpretation of Hamiltonian mechanics, a generalized Poisson bracket formulation is developed for a three-dimensional phase space characterized by a triplet of canonical variables.

Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling

Nonlinear Thermoelectric Transport Will Open a New and Exotic Way to Detect Topological Nature of Dirac Electrons in Solids

Recently, it was proposed that a novel nonlinear anomalous Ettingshausen effect enabled a new and exotic approach to observe topological nature of Dirac electrons in solids using thermoelectric properties.

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Semiconductor to Semimetal to Superconductor: An Excitonic Journey

A phase diagram was constructed for Ta₂NiSe₅, a promising candidate for excitonic insulators, using high pressure as a tuning parameter. The results indicated pressure-induced superconductivity in the semimetallic phase.

Superconductivity

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Exploring the Physics of Ferrimagnets for Future Spintronics Applications

This Special Topics collection of the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan covers recent progress in spintronics research on ferrimagnetic materials.

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Understanding Skyrmion Crystal Formation in EuPtSi

We theoretically demonstrate that the interplay between the spin-charge and spin-orbit couplings in itinerant magnets stabilizes field-direction sensitive, short-period skyrmions. Our results can aid in engineering short-period skyrmions.

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

Will Magnetic Properties near Pressure Induced Quantum Critical Phenomena Be Elucidated?

Hiraoka et al. developed an opposed anvil-type pressure cell for magnetization measurements which combines a large sample space and is capable of generating higher pressures up to 6.3 GPa.

Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

Atoms Trapped with Light Behave Like a Dissipative Quantum System

A team of researchers from Japan experimentally realize, for the first time, a dissipative, parity-time symmetric, many-body quantum system from ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice.

Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling

Gases, plasmas, electric discharges, and beams