@article{deJongKukrejaTrabantetal.2013, author = {de Jong, S. and Kukreja, R. and Trabant, C. and Pontius, N. and Chang, C. F. and Kachel, T. and Beye, Martin and Sorgenfrei, Nomi and Back, C. H. and Braeuer, B. and Schlotter, W. F. and Turner, J. J. and Krupin, O. and Doehler, M. and Zhu, D. and Hossain, M. A. and Scherz, A. O. and Fausti, D. and Novelli, F. and Esposito, M. and Lee, W. S. and Chuang, Y. D. and Lu, D. H. and Moore, R. G. and Yi, M. and Trigo, M. and Kirchmann, P. and Pathey, L. and Golden, M. S. and Buchholz, Marcel and Metcalf, P. and Parmigiani, F. and Wurth, W. and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Schuessler-Langeheine, Christian and Duerr, H. A.}, title = {Speed limit of the insulator-metal transition in magnetite}, series = {Nature materials}, volume = {12}, journal = {Nature materials}, number = {10}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {1476-1122}, doi = {10.1038/NMAT3718}, pages = {882 -- 886}, year = {2013}, abstract = {As the oldest known magnetic material, magnetite (Fe3O4) has fascinated mankind for millennia. As the first oxide in which a relationship between electrical conductivity and fluctuating/localized electronic order was shown(1), magnetite represents a model system for understanding correlated oxides in general. Nevertheless, the exact mechanism of the insulator-metal, or Verwey, transition has long remained inaccessible(2-8). Recently, three- Fe- site lattice distortions called trimeronswere identified as the characteristic building blocks of the low-temperature insulating electronically ordered phase(9). Here we investigate the Verwey transition with pump- probe X- ray diffraction and optical reflectivity techniques, and show how trimerons become mobile across the insulator-metal transition. We find this to be a two- step process. After an initial 300 fs destruction of individual trimerons, phase separation occurs on a 1.5 +/- 0.2 ps timescale to yield residual insulating and metallic regions. This work establishes the speed limit for switching in future oxide electronics(10).}, language = {en} } @article{SchubertJonssonChangetal.2014, author = {Schubert, Mikkel and Jonsson, Hakon and Chang, Dan and Sarkissian, Clio Der and Ermini, Luca and Ginolhac, Aurelien and Albrechtsen, Anders and Dupanloup, Isabelle and Foucal, Adrien and Petersen, Bent Larsen and Fumagalli, Matteo and Raghavan, Maanasa and Seguin-Orlando, Andaine and Korneliussen, Thorfinn S. and Velazquez, Amhed M. V. and Stenderup, Jesper and Hoover, Cindi A. and Rubin, Carl-Johan and Alfarhan, Ahmed H. and Alquraishi, Saleh A. and Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S. and MacHugh, David E. and Kalbfleisch, Ted and MacLeod, James N. and Rubin, Edward M. and Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas and Andersson, Leif and Hofreiter, Michael and Marques-Bonet, Tomas and Gilbert, M. Thomas P. and Nielsen, Rasmus and Excoffier, Laurent and Willerslev, Eske and Shapiro, Beth and Orlando, Ludovic}, title = {Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication}, series = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {111}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, number = {52}, publisher = {National Acad. of Sciences}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0027-8424}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1416991111}, pages = {E5661 -- E5669}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{ParkinsonAharonChangetal.2007, author = {Parkinson, P. and Aharon, E. and Chang, M. H. and Dosche, Carsten and Frey, G. L. and K{\"o}hler, Anna and Herz, L. M.}, title = {Dimensionality-dependent energy transfer in polymer-intercalated SnS2 nanocomposites}, doi = {10.1103/Physrevb.75.165206}, year = {2007}, abstract = {We have investigated the influence of dimensionality on the excitation-transfer dynamics in a conjugated polymer blend. Using time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy, we have measured the transfer transients for both a three-dimensional blend film and for quasi-two-dimensional monolayers formed through intercalation of the polymer blend between the crystal planes of an inorganic SnS2 matrix. We compare the experimental data with a simple, dimensionality- dependent model based on electronic coupling between electronic transition moments taken to be point dipoles. Within this approximation, the energy-transfer dynamics is found to adopt a three-dimensional character in the solid film and a two-dimensional nature in the monolayers present in the SnS2-polymer nanocomposite.}, language = {en} }