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Towards a New Phase in Materials Science with Hyperordered Structures
2023-5-1
A Special Topics edition of the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan features articles discussing recent advancements in hyperordered structures in materials, their applications, and the techniques for observing them.
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electron states in condensed matter
Atomic and molecular physics
Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling
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High Magnetic Field as a Tool for Discovery in Condensed Matter Physics
2022-12-13
The Journal of the Physical Society of Japan highlights in this special topic recent advances in modern physics that have been realized with the generation of pulsed high magnetic fields.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
Electron states in condensed matter
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
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Terahertz Radiation as a Tool for Exploring Material Properties
2022-12-8
Researchers from Japan highlight, in a recent review, the range of material properties that can be and have been studied using the phenomenon of femtosecond laser-induced terahertz radiation emission.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
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Birefringence Imaging-Based Investigation of Stress-Induced Phase Transitions in SrTiO3
2022-10-27
The spatial distributions of ferroelectric and structural phase transitions in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 under uniaxial stress were microscopically observed using birefringence imaging techniques.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
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New Chiral Molecular Ferroelectrics
2022-6-14
A new chiral ferroelectric material is discovered in a purely organic system, 1,1’-bi-2-naphthol・2 dimethyl sulfoxide (BINOL・2DMSO).
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
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Understanding Relaxor Ferroelectrics with Simple Landau Theory
2022-5-23
Third-order nonlinear dielectric susceptibility is measured in the paraelectric phase of Pb(Sc1/2Ta1/2)O3. The linear and nonlinear dielectric susceptibility results can be consistently explained based on the Landau-type free-energy density.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
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New Systematic Analysis Method of Identifying Microscopic Essential Couplings
2022-1-31
We propose a systematic method of identifying essential model parameters for nonlinear response tensors. The analysis results reveal fundamental couplings in nontrivial responses and promote further development of multiferroic responses.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
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Shedding Light on Nonreciprocal Directional Dichroism at High Magnetic Fields in a Multiferroic Material
2022-1-19
Large optical nonreciprocal directional dichroism, coupled with an antiferromagnetic order parameter, is observed in a high magnetic field via magneto-optical spectroscopy combined with a pulse magnet technique.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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A Two-step Creation of Phonon Entanglement with Quantized Light
2021-12-28
Dynamics of photoinduced quantum entanglement generation between phonons is theoretically revealed. The results contribute to the study of fundamental theoretical problems within quantum dynamics of photoinduced phase transitions and quantum information science.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, and classical and fluid mechanics
Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling
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The Mysteries of Charge Order and Charge Fluctuations in Cuprate Superconductors
2021-11-16
This Special Topics issue condenses the latest research on the enigmatic characteristics of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates through the observation and elucidation of charge order, charge fluctuations, and other phenomena.
Superconductivity
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Analyzing Photoinduced Phase Transitions in an Organic Salt Using Floquet Theory
2021-11-5
Rich nonequilibrium phase diagrams, including photoinduced topological insulator phases, were theoretically predicted for an organic salt α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 when irradiated by elliptically polarized light.
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
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Electric Quadrupole Orders in f-Electron Systems on the fcc Lattice
2021-5-17
We theoretically showed that electric quadrupoles in some heavy fermion materials exhibit a very rich phase diagram including unique partially-ordered phases stabilized by an interaction specific to these systems.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
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Electronic Nematic Ordering Driven by Atomic-scale Multipoles
2021-5-13
Theoretical investigations have unearthed a plethora of electronic nematic orderings driven by the spatial distribution of atomic-scale electric quadrupoles.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
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On and Off: The Physics Behind Photoswitchable Magnetic Octacyanometalates
2021-3-15
We make a major breakthrough in understanding the photoswitchable magnetism in square-antiprismatic octacyanometalates. We reveal that the ``bidirectional” magnetism is accompanied by ``monodirectional electronics” to find a possibility of fabricating multifunctional magnetic devices.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter