Recent Faculty Publications

Bilinear

Bilinear magnetoelectric resistance as a probe of three-dimensional spin texture in topological surface states
Pan He, Steven S.-L. Zhang, Dapeng Zhu, Yang Liu, Yi Wang, Jiawei Yu, Giovanni Vignale and Hyunsoo Yang
NATURE PHYSICS 14, 495 (2018)
MoC

Multiple topological electronic phases in superconductor MoC
Angus Huang, Adam D. Smith, Madison Schwinn, Qiangsheng Lu, Tay-Rong Chang, Weiwei Xie, Horng-Tay Jeng, and Guang Bian
Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 054205 (2018)
NaSbSe2

Thermoelectric properties of layered NaSbSe2
Aditya Putatunda, Guangzong Xing, Jifeng Sun, Yuwei Li and David J. Singh
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30, 225501 (2018)

Magnetic Diode Behavior at Room Temperature in 2D Honeycombs
Summers, Brock; Dahal, Ashutosh; Singh, Deepak K.
ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 4:1700500 (2018)
NaOsO3

Effect of structural distortion on the electronic band structure of NaOsO3 studied within density functional theory and a three-orbital model
Mohapatra, Shubhajyoti; Bhandari, Churna; Satpathy, Sashi; et al.
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 97:155154 (2018)
SPIN

Spin Solid versus Magnetic Charge Ordered State in Artificial Honeycomb Lattice of Connected Elements
Glavic, Artur; Summers, Brock; Dahal, Ashutosh; Kline, Joseph; Van Herck, Walter; Sukhov, Alexander; Ernst, Arthur; Singh, Deepak K.
ADVANCED SCIENCE 5: 1700856 (2018)
RNA

IsRNA: An Iterative Simulated Reference State Approach to Modeling Correlated Interactions in RNA Folding
Dong Zhang; Shi-Jie Chen
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION 14, 2230 (2018)
CuI

Optical and electronic properties of doped p-type CuI: Explanation of transparent conductivity from first principles
Yuwei Li, Jifeng Sun, and David J. Singh
Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 035003 (2018)
RNA

Hexahydrated Mg2+ Binding and Outer-Shell Dehydration on RNA Surface
Tao Yu, Shi-Jie Chen
Biophysical Journal 114(6):1274 (2018)
CLIO​

MUSE spectroscopy and deep observations of a unique compact JWST target, lensing cluster CLIO
Alex Griffiths, Christopher J Conselice, Mehmet Alpaslan, Brenda L Frye, Jose M Diego, Adi Zitrin, Haojing Yan Zhiyuan Ma, et al.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475, 2853(2018)
Twisted gravitational waves

Twisted gravitational waves
Donato Bini; Carmen Chicone; Bahram Mashhoon
Phys. Rev. D 97, 064022 (2018)
Peptide Nanotubes

Functionalized Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes with Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Applications in Organic Electronics
Soma Khanra, Md Abdullah-Al Mamun, Fabio F. Ferreira, Kartik Ghosh, and Suchismita Guha
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 1175 (2018)
2D Honeycombs

Magnetic Diode Behavior at Room Temperature in 2D Honeycombs
Brock Summers, Ashutosh Dahal, and Deepak K. Singh
Adv. Electron. Mater. (2018), 1700500
CePtZn

Gapped excitation in dense Kondo lattice CePtZn
L. Harriger, S. M. Disseler, J. Gunasekera, J. Rodriguez-Rivera, J. Pixley, P. Manfrinetti, S. K. Dhar, and D. K. Singh
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 95, 041102(R) (2017)
Anderson

Quantum Magnetic Properties in Perovskite with Anderson Localized Artificial Spin-1/2
J. Gunasekera, A. Dahal, Y. Chen, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, L. W. Harriger, S. Thomas, T. W. Heitmann, V. Dugaev, A. Ernst, and D. K. Singh
Adv. Sci. (2018), 1700978
Honeycomb

New Description of Evolution of Magnetic Phases in Artificial Honeycomb Lattice
B. Summers, Y. Chen, A. Dahal & D. K. Singh
Scientific Reports 7: 16080 (2017)
CrSb1+x

Possible superconductivity in chemically doped CrSb1+x
Ashutosh Dahal, Jagath Gunasekera, and Deepak K. Singh
Phys. Status Solidi RRL (2017), 11, 1700211
Artificial Honeycomb Lattice

Spin Solid versus Magnetic Charge Ordered State in Artificial Honeycomb Lattice of Connected Elements

 
Artur Glavic, Brock Summers, Ashutosh Dahal, Joseph Kline, Walter Van Herck, Alexander Sukhov, Arthur Ernst, and Deepak K. Singh
Adv. Sci. (2018), 1700856
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling
Mohammad M. Valizadeh; S. Satpathy
Phys. Rev. B 97, 094419 (2018)
Larmor

Spin-helix Larmor mode
Karimi, Shahrzad; Ullrich, Carsten A.; D'Amico, Irene; Perez, Florent
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
FeB

DFT calculation for stability and strength of iron borides
Huang, H. H.;  Fan, Xiaofeng; Yang, G. M.; Singh, David J.; Zheng, W. T.
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
table1

Normal gravity field in relativistic geodesy
Kopeikin, Sergei; Vlasov, Igor; Han, Wen-Biao
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Pt-Bi

Pt–Bi Antibonding Interaction: The Key Factor for Superconductivity in Monoclinic BaPt2Bi2
X. Gui, L. Xing, X. Wang, G. Bian, R. Jin, and W. Xie
Inorganic Chemistry
Pb5Sb8S17

Pb5Sb8S17 quantum dot-sensitized solar cells with an efficiency of 6% under 0.05 sun: Theoretical and experimental studies
Sie, Sheng-Fong; Suriyawong, Nipapon; Shi, Jen-Bin; He, Xin; Zhang, Lijun; Singh, David J.; Lee, Ming-Way
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS
artificial honeycomb lattice

Fractional electrical dimensionality in the spin solid phase of artificial honeycomb lattice
Dahal, A.; Summers, B.; Singh, D. K.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Stanene

Gapped Electronic Structure of Epitaxial Stanene on InSb(111)
C.-Z. Xu, Y.-H. Chan, P. Chen, X. Wang, D. Floetotto, J. A. Hlevyack, G. Bian, S.-K. Mo, M.-Y. Chou and T.-C. Chiang
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
RAlGe

Magnetic and noncentrosymmetric Weyl fermion semimetals in the RAlGe family of compounds (R = rare earth)
G. Chang, B. Singh, S.-Y. Xu, G. Bian et al.
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Nanopore electric snapshots of an RNA tertiary folding pathway

Nanopore electric snapshots of an RNA tertiary folding pathway
Xinyue Zhang, Dong Zhang, Chenhan Zhao, Kai Tian, Ruicheng Shi, Xiao Du, Andrew J. Burcke, Jing Wang, Shi-Jie Chen, Li-Qun Gu
Nature Communications
Docking-based inverse virtual screening: methods, applications, and challenges

Docking-based inverse virtual screening: methods, applications, and challenges
Xianjin Xu, Marshal Huang, Xiaoqin Zou
Biophysics Reports
Temperature-dependent magnetism in artificial honeycomb lattice of connected elements

Temperature-dependent magnetism in artificial honeycomb lattice of connected elements
Summers, B.; Debeer-Schmitt, L.; Dahal, A.; Glavic, A.; Kampschroeder, P.; Gunasekera, J.; Singh, D. K.
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
SnFe4Sb12

Collective-Goldstone-mode-induced ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in Sn-filled skutterudite SnFe4Sb12
Fu, Yuhao; He, Xin; Zhang, Lijun; Singh, David J.
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Actively Star-forming Brightest Cluster Galaxies at Low Redshifts

"Red" but Not "Dead": Actively Star-forming Brightest Cluster Galaxies at Low Redshifts
Runge, James; Yan, Haojing
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
compounds targeting the farnesoid X receptor

Lessons learned from participating in D3R 2016 Grand Challenge 2: compounds targeting the farnesoid X receptor
Duan, Rui; Xu, Xianjin; Zou, Xiaoqin
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-AIDED MOLECULAR DESIGN
Clumpy Galaxies in CANDELS. II. Physical Properties of UV-bright Clumps at 0.5 <= z < 3

Clumpy Galaxies in CANDELS. II. Physical Properties of UV-bright Clumps at 0.5 <= z < 3
Guo, Yicheng; Rafelski, Marc; Bell, Eric F.; Conselice, Christopher J. et al.
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
The Hessian Blob Algorithm: Precise Particle Detection in Atomic Force Microscopy Imagery

The Hessian Blob Algorithm: Precise Particle Detection in Atomic Force Microscopy Imagery
Brendan P. Marsh, Nagaraju Chada, Raghavendar Reddy Sanganna Gari, Krishna P. Sigdel & Gavin M. King
Scientific Reports
Structure and evolution of semiconducting buffer graphene grown on SiC(0001)

Structure and evolution of semiconducting buffer graphene grown on SiC(0001)
M. Conrad, J. Rault, Y. Utsumi, Y. Garreau, A. Vlad, A. Coati, J.-P. Rueff, P. F. Miceli, and E. H. Conrad
Physical Review B
Wide Band Gap Semiconductor from a Hidden 2D Incommensurate Graphene Phase

Wide Band Gap Semiconductor from a Hidden 2D Incommensurate Graphene Phase
Matthew Conrad, Feng Wang, Meredith Nevius, Katherine Jinkins, Arlensiú Celis, Maya Narayanan Nair, Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi, Antonio Tejeda, Yves Garreau, Alina Vlad, Alessandro Coati, Paul F. Miceli, and Edward H. Conrad
ACS Publications
The mid-infrared polarization of the Herbig Ae star WL 16: an interstellar origin?

The mid-infrared polarization of the Herbig Ae star WL 16: an interstellar origin?
H. Zhang, C.M. Telesco, E. Pantin, D. Li, C.M. Wright, N. Marinas, P. Barnes, Aigen Li, & C. Peckham
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Detection of Polarized Infrared Emission by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the MWC 1080 Nebula

Detection of Polarized Infrared Emission by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the MWC 1080 Nebula
H. Zhang, C.M. Telesco, T. Hoang, Aigen Li, E. Pantin, C.M. Wright, D. Li, P. Barnes
The Astrophysical Journal
Laser-Induced Monolithic Fabrication of Flexible ZnS/SnO2 Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Lateral Graphene Electrodes

Laser-Induced Monolithic Fabrication of Flexible ZnS/SnO2 Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Lateral Graphene Electrodes
C. Zhang, Y. Xie, H. Deng, T. Tumlin, C. Zhang, J. Su, P. Yu, and J. Lin
Small
Spatial Convolution for Mirror Image Suppression in Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Spatial Convolution for Mirror Image Suppression in Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
M. Zhang, L. Ma, and P. Yu
Optics Letters
Probing Nonlinear Optical Coefficients in Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes

Probing Nonlinear Optical Coefficients in Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes
Probing Nonlinear Optical Coefficients in Self-Assembled Peptide Nanotubes S. Khanra, K. Ghosh, F. Ferreira, W. Alves, F. Punzo, P. Yu, and S. Guha
Phys. Chem. and Chem. Phys
On Graphene in the Interstellar Medium

On Graphene in the Interstellar Medium
X.H.Chen, Aigen Li, K. Zhang
The Astrophysical Journal
Interstellar Silicon Depletion and the Ultraviolet Extinction

Interstellar Silicon Depletion and the Ultraviolet Extinction
Ajay Mishra, Aigen Li
The Astrophysical Journal
Insight on the silver catalyst distribution during silicon nanowire array formation: an X-ray reflectivity study

Insight on the silver catalyst distribution during silicon nanowire array formation: an X-ray reflectivity study
Jesse W. Kremenak, Christopher J. Arendse, Franscious R. Cummings, Yiyao Chen, Paul F. Miceli
Nanoscale
Electronic fitness function for screening semiconductors as thermoelectric materials

Electronic fitness function for screening semiconductors as thermoelectric materials
G. Xing, J. Sun, X. Fan, W. Zheng and D.J. Singh
Physical Review Materials
Diffuse Interstellar Bands and the Ultraviolet Extinction Curves: The Missing Link Revisited

Diffuse Interstellar Bands and the Ultraviolet Extinction Curves: The Missing Link Revisited
F.Y. Xiang, Aigen Li & J.X. Zhong
The Astrophysical Journal
On the silicate crystallinities of oxygen-rich evolved stars and their mass-loss rates

On the silicate crystallinities of oxygen-rich evolved stars and their mass-loss rates
J.M. Liu, B.W. Jiang, Aigen Li & J. Gao
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Silicate Dust in Active Galactic Nuclei

Silicate Dust in Active Galactic Nuclei
Y.X. Xie, Aigen Li and L. Hao
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Protoplanetary Disks around Herbig Ae/Be and T Tauri Stars

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Protoplanetary Disks around Herbig Ae/Be and T Tauri Stars
JiYeon Seok & Aigen Li
The Astrophysical Journal
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Aliphatic Sidegroups: Intensity Scaling for the C-H Stretching Modes and Astrophysical Implications

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Aliphatic Sidegroups: Intensity Scaling for the C-H Stretching Modes and Astrophysical Implications
X.J. Yang, Aigen Li, R. Glaser & J.X. Zhong
The Astrophysical Journal
The carriers of the unidentified infrared emission features: Clues from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with aliphatic sidegroups

The carriers of the unidentified infrared emission features: Clues from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with aliphatic sidegroups
X.J. Yang, R. Glaser, Aigen Li & J.X. Zhong
New Astronomy Reviews
On the Optical-to-silicate Extinction Ratio as a Probe of the Dust Size in Active Galactic Nuclei

On the Optical-to-silicate Extinction Ratio as a Probe of the Dust Size in Active Galactic Nuclei
Z.Z. Shao, B.W. Jiang & Aigen Li
The Astrophysical Journal
Predicted lowest-energy structures of (a) MgPb2O3, (b) Ca/SrPb2O3, (c) BaPb2O3, (d) MgPbO2, and (e) Ca/Sr/BaPbO2 as found by first principles crystal structure search

Predicted lowest-energy structures of (a) MgPb2O3, (b) Ca/SrPb2O3, (c) BaPb2O3, (d) MgPbO2, and (e) Ca/Sr/BaPbO2 as found by first principles crystal structure search
Y. Li, L. Zhang and D.J. Singh
Physical Review Materials 1, 055001 (2017).
Single-Molecule Peptide–Lipid Affinity Assay Reveals Interplay between Solution Structure and Partitioning

Single-Molecule Peptide–Lipid Affinity Assay Reveals Interplay between Solution Structure and Partitioning
T.R. Matin, K.P. Sigdel, M. Utjesanovic, B.P. Marsh, F. Gallazzi, V.F. Smith, I. Kosztin, & G.M. King
ACS Publications, Langmuir, 2017, 33 (16), pp 4057–4065
SERS active self-assembled diphenylalanine micro/nanostructures: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation

SERS active self-assembled diphenylalanine micro/nanostructures: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation
S. Kogikoski Jr., S. Khanra, W. A. Alves, and S. Guha
J. Chem. Phys. 147, 084703 (2017)
Hybrid ZnO-organic semiconductor interfaces in photodetectors: A comparison of two near-infrared donor-acceptor copolymers

Hybrid ZnO-organic semiconductor interfaces in photodetectors: A comparison of two near-infrared donor-acceptor copolymers
A. Pickett, A. Mohapatra, A. Laudari, S. Khanra, T. Ram, S. Patil, and S. Guha
Organic Electronics 45, 115 (2017)
Poisson-like height distribution of Ag nanoislands on Si(111) 7×7

Poisson-like height distribution of Ag nanoislands on Si(111) 7×7
Yiyao Chen, M. W. Gramlich, S. T. Hayden, and P. F. Miceli
Phys. Rev. B 95, 035419
Mott metal-insulator transition in the doped Hubbard-Holstein model

Mott metal-insulator transition in the doped Hubbard-Holstein model
Jamshid Moradi Kurdestany and S. Satpathy
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 96, 085132 (2017)
Theory of current-induced spin polarization in an electron gas

Theory of current-induced spin polarization in an electron gas
Cosimo Gorini, Amin Maleki Sheikhabadi, Ka Shen, Ilya V. Tokatly, Giovanni Vignale, and Roberto Raimondi
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 95, 205424 (2017)
Electrically induced charge-density waves in a two-dimensional electron liquid: Effects of negative electronic compressibility

Electrically induced charge-density waves in a two-dimensional electron liquid:
Effects of negative electronic compressibility
Erica E. Hroblak, Alessandro Principi, Hui Zhao, and Giovanni Vignale
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 96, 075422 (2017)
U(1)×SU(2) gauge invariance made simple for density functional approximations

U(1)×SU(2) gauge invariance made simple for density functional approximations
S. Pittalis, G. Vignale, and F. G. Eich
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 96, 035141 (2017)
Effective mass of quasiparticles from thermodynamics

Effective mass of quasiparticles from thermodynamics
F. G. Eich, Markus Holzmann, G. Vignale
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 96, 035132 (2017)
Transient particle current trough a quantum dot

Functional theories of thermoelectric phenomena
F. G. Eich, M. Di Ventra, and G Vignale
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29 (2017) 063001 (25pp)
Sergei Kopeikin Book

Metric Theories of Gravity: Perturbations and Conservation Laws
Petrov, Alexander, Kopeikin, Sergei, Lompay, Robert, Tekin, Bayram
De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics 38
Properties of the antiferromagnetic selenite

Properties of the antiferromagnetic selenite MnSeO3 and its non-magnetic analogue ZnSnO3 from first principles calculations
C J Honer, M J Prosniewski, A Putatunda and David J Singh
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29 (2017) 405501 (6pp)
Computational modelling of the thermoelectric properties of p-type Zintl compound CaMg2Bi2

Computational modelling of the thermoelectric properties of p-type Zintl compound CaMg2Bi2
Jifeng Sun, Jing Shuai, Zhifeng Ren, David J. Singh
Materials Today Physics 2 (2017) 40e45
The gas-to-extinction ratio and the gas distribution in the Galaxy

The gas-to-extinction ratio and the gas distribution in the Galaxy
Hui Zhu, Wenwu Tian, Aigen Li, Mengfei Zhang
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 471, 3494 (2017)
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