Talks

The ground state of a one-dimensional spin-1/2 uniform antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain (AfHc) is a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid which is quantum-critical with respect to applied magnetic fields upto a saturation field Hs beyond which it transforms to a fully polarised state. Wilson ratio has been predicted to be a good indicator for demarcating these phases [Phys. Rev. B 96, 220401 (2017)]. From detailed temperature and magnetic field dependent magnetisation, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements in a metalorganic complex and comparisons with field theory and quantum transfer matrix method calculations, the complex was found to be an excellent realisation of a spin-1/2 AfHc. Wilson ratio obtained from experimentally obtained magnetic susceptibility and magnetic contribution of specific heat values was used to map the magnetic phase diagram of the uniform spin- 1/2 AfHc over large regions of phase space demarcating Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid, saturation field quantum cri...

Trigonal PtBi2 is a layered Van der Waals semimetal without inversion symmetry, featuring 12 Weyl points in the vicinity of the Fermi energy. We present and discuss the experimental evidence that its topological Fermi arcs superconduct at low temperatures where bulk superconductivity is absent. With first-principles calculations we investigate in detail the bulk and surface electronic structure of PtBi2, and discuss the spin texture as well as the momentum-dependent localization of the arcs. Motivated by the experimentally observed recovery of inversion symmetry under pressure or upon doping, we interpolate between the two structures and determine the energy and momentum dependence of the Weyl nodes. For deeper insights into the surface superconductivity of PtBi2, we present a symmetry-adapted effective four-band model that accurately reproduces the Weyl points of PtBi2. We supplement this model with an analysis of the symmetry-allowed pairings between the Fermi arcs, which naturally m...

Golam Haider
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
The physicochemical properties of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are governed by the delicate interactions between the individual layers in a multilayer stack. While addressing monolayer components of different compositions within the stack is feasible, exploring the intrinsic properties of a layer with the same composition presents a significant challenge. It becomes particularly important for determining the electron-phonon interaction and charge distribution on individual layers and disentangling their behavior. We have investigated the intrinsic strain associated with the coupling of twisted MoS2/MoSe2 heterobilayers by combining experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. The study reveals that small twist angles (between 0 and 2°) give rise to considerable atomic reconstructions, large moiré periodicities, and high levels of local strain (with an a...