?
Superconducting Long-Range Proximity Effect through the Atomically Flat Interface of a Bi2Te3 Topological Insulator
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 37. P. 9068–9075.
Stolyarov V., Pons S., Vlaic S., Remizov S., Shapiro D., Brun C., Bozhko S., Cren T., Menshchikova T., Chulkov E., Pogosov W., Yuriy E. Lozovik, Roditchev D.
We report on structural and electronic properties of superconducting nanohybrids made of Pb grown in the ultrahigh vacuum on the atomically clean surface of single crystals of topological Bi2Te3. In situ scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy demonstrated that the resulting network is composed of Pb-nanoislands dispersed on the surface and linked together by an amorphous atomic layer of Pb, which wets Bi2Te3. As a result, the superconducting state of the system is characterized by a thickness-dependent superconducting gap of Pb-islands and by a very unusual position-independent proximity gap between them. Furthermore, the data analysis and DFT calculations demonstrate that the Pb-wetting layer leads to significant modifications of both topological and trivial electronic states of Bi2Te3, which are responsible for the observed long-range proximity effect.
Dmitriev A., Kornilov V., Batienkov R., Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2026 Vol. 886 P. 249–255
Numerous studies have provided compelling evidence that the probability distribution of avalanche sizes follows a power law, and that 1/f noise is present in the stochastic dynamics of landslides. We present a theoretical explanation of these phenomena within the framework of self-organized criticality theory, proposing a discrete-time model in the form of a sandpile cellular ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Dmitriev A., Shulman I., Lebedev A., Studies in Computational Intelligence 2026 Vol. 1265 P. 266–273
A discrete-time model is presented for the self-organization of the X/Twitter social network to the edge of a phase transition, characterized by avalanche-like propagation of information in the network. The model is based on the analogy between the critical dynamics of the X social network and sandpile cellular automata with Manna rule on the Chung-Lu ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Arutyunov K., Kharitonov I. A., Petrosyants K. O., JETP Letters 2026 Vol. 124 No. 6 P. 1–16
Superconducting properties of metallic micro- and nanowires can be entirely different from those of bulk superconductors. Of particular interest is the nonequilibrium current-induced state of a quasi-one-dimensional superconducting channel. The most interesting phenomenon here is the stepped I–V characteristic, explained by a process known as phase slip center activation. If the origin of such step-like ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Makarov D. M., Kalikin N., Fashchevsky K. A. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 579 Article 150159
Machine learning (ML) has become a powerful tool for accelerating the development of carbon-based supercapacitors;
however, most published models assume that a single predictive framework can describe both conventional
porous carbons and hybrid carbon electrodes. Here, we test this assumption using a comprehensive
benchmark dataset and an extended literature-curated dataset enriched with synthesis- and electrolyte-related
descriptors. Three ML algorithms ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Махлуф М., Ozhegov R., Elezov M. et al., Фотоника 2026 Vol. 20 No. 6 P. 414–423
This paper compares the ranging precision of direct time-of-flight (dToF) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) LiDAR architectures, both using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD). Both systems operate at 1550 nm with a 50 ps pulsed laser and time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC). The dToF configuration achieved approximately 100 µm precision at 10 m, while the NLOS configuration achieved 500 µm precision for ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Singapore: Springer, 2026.
This volume presents the Proceedings of the 34th IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2023), held in Kobe, Japan on August 4–8, 2023. It offers a collection of peer-reviewed articles that highlight recent developments in computational and simulation research across various areas of physics. Key topics include the use of data science, quantum computing, and machine ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Goncharov A., Chibisov A., Advanced Theory and Simulations 2023 Vol. 12 No. 13 Article 2200816
Designing stable quantum computers with the ability to correct errors responsibly requires a detailed understanding of the physical processes that underlie these devices. In this study, detailed quantum mechanical simulations of the atomic structure, charge distribution of electron density, and distribution and orientation of magnetic and quantum states as a function of applied external pressure ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Chibisov A., Gnidenko A., Chibisova M. et al., FlatChem 2023 Vol. 41 Article 100533
Manufacturing precise quantum computers with small errors in quantum operations, long coherence times, and low power consumption is the most important challenge in modern nanoelectronics. To understand the operating modes of such calculators in detail, both the optimal arrangement of the qubit system within the structure and changes in its magnetic properties must be comprehensively ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Chibisov A., Chibisova M., Modern Electronic Materials 2025 Vol. 71 P. 99–103
The problem of creating energy-efficient quantum computers capable of performing quantum operations without errors is a significant scientific challenge in modern nanoelectronics. This type of computer can be developed using quantum transistors that contain hole qubits and are capable of performing operations on them. Hole qubits are a promising technology for quantum computers due to ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Tyagi V., Srivastava A., Mangal A. et al., Surfaces and Interfaces 2025 Vol. 73 Article 107591
The present work reports the suitability of Functionalized graphene sheet as a sensing material for detecting the diabetes biomarker acetone from Exhaled breath. The adsorption of Acetone on Boron/Nitrogen doped graphene sheet has been investigated using the Density Functional theory (DFT). The interaction between acetone and the graphene surface has been investigated in terms of ...
Added: October 11, 2026
S. S. Seidov, N. G. Pugach, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 7 Article 074504
In this manuscript we consider a superconducting film in the vicinity of the critical temperature and presence of the proximity effect. We analytically solve the corresponding linearized Usadel equation and the self-consistency equation, defining the critical temperature. This is a system of coupled differential and integral equations for the anomalous Green's function and the order parameter of ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Khrapai V., Tikhonov E., Nature Physics 2026 P. 1198–1199
Feng et al.1 presented transport measurements of three-terminal normal–superconductor–normal devices based on topological insulator nanowires. They measured the full differential conductance matrix, defined as Gij = ∂Ii /∂Vj , beyond the linear response regime as a function of various control parameters. Here i, j∈ [1, 2] denote normal terminals biased by the voltages V1 and ...
Added: August 5, 2026
Polevoy K. B., Bakurskiy S. V., Ruzhickiy V. I. et al., Physical Review Applied 2026 Vol. 25 P. 024030-1–024030-12
We present a comprehensive study of planar Nb-Al-Nb Josephson junctions with submicrometer dimen sions (L ≈ 100 nm, active area of approximately 5 × 104 nm2), where the intrinsic superconductivity of the aluminum weak link plays a crucial role in enhancing device performance. Through a combi nation of theoretical modeling and experimental characterization, we demonstrate ...
Added: July 2, 2026
Kaveev A. K., Fedorov V. V., Pavlov A. V. et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2026 Vol. 14 No. 7 P. 2697–2705
Bismuth nanostructures represent a promising material platform for semiconductor nanooptoelectronics and colorimetry owing to the multi-colored light reflection and quantum confinement. In this work, we study the photoluminescent properties of bismuth nanostructures grown using molecular beam epitaxy on the planar CaF2/Si(111) surface. We demonstrate the different surface morphologies of Bi, ranging from planar films obtained ...
Added: May 19, 2026
Lukmanova R.M., Cohn I.A., Minakova V. E. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 22 Article 224510
The magnetoresistance of superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor structures, with indium as the superconductor and TaSe3 as the topological insulator, shows steplike features on the resistance under magnetic fields. These resistance steps result from the suppression of superconductivity, induced by the superconducting proximity effect in both the bulk and surface states of the topological insulator. The position and ...
Added: March 11, 2026
Korneeva Y. P., Dryazgov M. A., Trofimov I. V. et al., Superconductor Science and Technology 2025 Vol. 38 No. 7 Article 075016
This work demonstrates that depositing a thin layer of Mo (5–15 nm) onto a 10 nm thick NbN strip leads to a significant increase in the nonlinearity of the kinetic inductance . Specifically, the change in with increasing current reached 70% in the NbN/Mo bilayer at liquid helium temperature, whereas in the NbN strip, changed by only 10% ...
Added: March 1, 2026
Hybrid collective excitations in topological superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator heterostructures
T. Karabassov, I. V. Bobkova, Bobkov A. M. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 113 No. 10 Article 104514
We develop a linear response theory for the dynamical proximity effect in topological superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator (TS/FI) hybrids. Our approach integrates the nonequilibrium quasiclassical Keldysh-Usadel formalism for the TS with the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation for the FI's magnetization dynamics. This framework reveals a proximity-induced coupling between magnons and superconducting collective modes. Crucially, we find that spin-momentum locking in ...
Added: February 26, 2026
Korogod D., Chalykh O., Hodapp M. et al., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 164 No. 6 Article 064120
In this work, we incorporate long-range electrostatic interactions in the form of the Coulomb model with fixed charges into the functional form of short-range machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs), particularly in the moment tensor potential and equivariant tensor network potential. We show that the explicit incorporation of the Coulomb interactions with fixed charges leads to a ...
Added: February 19, 2026
Kovaleva N. N., Chvostova D., Fursova T. N. et al., Journal of Chemical Physics 2025 Vol. 163 No. 19 Article 194711
The intrinsic substitutional and antisite defects cause unintentional doping and a shift of the E-F position above the conduction band minimum in the AF topological insulator MnBi2Te4. This prevents measurements of the quantum anomalous Hall effect and the investigation of the topological Dirac states. In the present study, the Mn-Bi-Te films grown by the MBE ...
Added: February 18, 2026