Polaronic States and Superconductivity in WO3-x

Nonadiabatic polaronic superconductivity in MgB2 and cuprates

Mapping polaronic states and lithiation gradients in individual V2O5 nanowires

The rapid insertion and extraction of Li ions from a cathode material is imperative for the functioning of a Li-ion battery. In many cathode materials such as LiCoO2, lithiation proceeds through solid-solution formation, whereas in other materials such as LiFePO4 lithiation/delithiation is accompanied by a phase transition between Li-rich and Li-poor phases. We demonstrate using scanning transm...

Chiral spin states and superconductivity.

It is shown that several different order parameters can be used to characterize a type of P and T -violating state for spin systems, that we call chiral spin states. There is a closely related, precise notion of chiral spin liquid states. We construct soluble models, based on P and T symmetric local spin Hamiltonians, with chiral spin ground states. Mean field theories leading to chiral spin li...

Radiation attenuation properties of shields containing micro and Nano WO3 in diagnostic X-ray energy range

Background: It has recently been shown that the particle size of materials used for radiation shielding can affect the magnitude of radiation attenuation. Over the past years, application of nano-structured materials in radiation shielding has attracted attention world-wide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the shielding properties of the lead-free shields containing micro and nano-...

Oxygen Isotope Effects on Tc Related to Polaronic Superconductivity in Underdoped Cuprates

The planar oxygen isotope effect on Tc observed in copper oxide superconductors is remarkable in that it increases from near nil at optimal doping to a value twice that derived from BCS theory in the underdoped region. This behavior is quantitatively followed by a formula proposed by Kresin and Wolf in 1994 for polarons along the c-axis. Herein it is revisited in a more transparent way, and it ...