{"title":"Linear response of tilted anisotropic two-dimensional Dirac cones","authors":"Ipsita Mandal","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00945-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00945-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We investigate the behavior of the linear-response coefficients, when in-plane electric field (<span>(textbf{E})</span>) or/and temperature gradient (<span>(nabla _{textbf{r}} T)</span>) is/are applied on a two-dimensional semimetal harboring anisotropic Dirac cones. The anisotropy is caused by (1) differing Fermi velocities along the two mutually perpendicular momentum axes, and (2) tilting parameters. Using the semiclassical Boltzmann formalism, we derive the forms of the response coefficients, in the absence and presence of a nonquantizing magnetic field <span>(textbf{B})</span>. The magnetic field affects the response only when it is oriented perpendicular to the plane of the material, with the resulting expressions computed with the help of the so-called Lorentz-force operator, appearing in the linearized Boltzmann equation. The solution has to be found in a recursive manner, which produces terms in powers of <span>(|textbf{B}|)</span>. We discuss the validity of the Mott relation and the Wiedemann–Franz law for the Lorentz-operator-induced parts.</p>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ben Zoubair, A. Samih, A. Nfissi, M. Es-Semyhy, R. El Fdil, E. Salmani, Z. Fadil, Chaitany Jayprakash Raorane, Mohammad Abul Farah, Mohammad Ajmal Ali
{"title":"First-principles study of CsVTe half-Heusler alloy aimed at spintronic and thermoelectric uses","authors":"A. Ben Zoubair, A. Samih, A. Nfissi, M. Es-Semyhy, R. El Fdil, E. Salmani, Z. Fadil, Chaitany Jayprakash Raorane, Mohammad Abul Farah, Mohammad Ajmal Ali","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00960-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00960-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the structural, elastic, mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of the half-Heusler CsVTe alloy using density functional theory (DFT). The GGA-PBE and GGA + U approximations are employed to accurately assess these characteristics. The results show that CsVTe is most stable in the ferromagnetic (FM) configuration, compared to the nonmagnetic (NM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) phases. Density of states analysis reveals that CsVTe exhibits ferromagnetic half-metallic behavior in both GGA-PBE and GGA + U approximations, highlighting its potential for spintronic applications. A detailed investigation of the alloy’s elastic and mechanical properties confirms its mechanical stability. Thermodynamic stability is further validated through the use of a ternary convex hull diagram. However, the presence of negative frequencies in the phonon dispersion curve suggests that HH-CsVTe may exist in a metastable phase. Additionally, the thermoelectric properties of HH-CsVTe were evaluated using both GGA-PBE and GGA + U methods. The results show a high ZT value close to 1 for the spin-down channel, indicating CsVTe’s potential for thermoelectric applications.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145164400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Jasmine, P. Baskaran, L. Bruno Chandrasekar, M. Karunakaran, P. Krishnaveni, T. Balakrishnan, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, J. Thirumalai, P. Shunmuga Sundaram, Salim Manoharadas, Sonaimuthu Mohandoss, Subramanian Palanisamy
{"title":"Correction: Antibacterial and photocatalytic activity of Tb-doped ZnO nanoparticles: effect of doping concentration","authors":"A. Jasmine, P. Baskaran, L. Bruno Chandrasekar, M. Karunakaran, P. Krishnaveni, T. Balakrishnan, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, J. Thirumalai, P. Shunmuga Sundaram, Salim Manoharadas, Sonaimuthu Mohandoss, Subramanian Palanisamy","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00961-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00961-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145162540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unifying principle for Hall coefficient in systems near magnetic instability","authors":"Jalaja Pandya, Navinder Singh","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00963-w","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00963-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Typically, Hall coefficient of materials near magnetic instabilities exhibits pronounced temperature dependence. To explore the reasons involved, the temperature dependence of Hall coefficient in <span>({Cr}_{1-x}{V}_x)</span>, <span>({V}_{2-y}{O}_3)</span> and some high-<span>(T_c)</span> superconducting cuprates is studied. We argue that it can be rationalized using the following unifying principle: <i>When a system is near a magnetic instability and temperature is reduced towards the instability, there is a progressive “loss” of carriers (progressive “tying down” of electrons) as they participate in long-lived and long-ranged magnetic correlations.</i> In other words, magnetic correlations grow in space and are longer-lived as temperature is reduced towards the magnetic instability. This is the mechanism behind reduced carrier density with reducing temperature and leads to an enhancement of the Hall coefficient. This unifying principle is implemented and quantitative analysis is done using the Gor’kov Teitel’baum Thermal Activation (GTTA) model. Our findings show that the Hall angle data can be understood using one relaxation time (in contrast to the “two-relaxation” times idea of Anderson) by taking into consideration of temperature dependence of carrier density. This unifying principle is shown to be working in above studied systems, but authors believe that it is of much more general validity.</p>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145162584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Jeya Lakshmi, D. Catherine Denisha, D. Sher Meena, S. Anna Venus, Manikandan Ayyar, M. Santhamoorthy, S. Santhoshkumar
{"title":"Magnesium-based solid electrolyte with polysaccharides pectin complexed electrodes for electrochemical applications","authors":"S. Jeya Lakshmi, D. Catherine Denisha, D. Sher Meena, S. Anna Venus, Manikandan Ayyar, M. Santhamoorthy, S. Santhoshkumar","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00965-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00965-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biopolymer electrolytes are growing as a popular alternative to synthetic polymer electrolytes in electrochemical systems due to their carbon neutrality, sustainability, and ease-of-use biodegradability. Recent research on applying an electrochemical system concentrates on polysaccharides like pectin, cellulose, chitosan, agar–agar, xanthum gum, and starch as electrolytes. This project focuses on the synthesis and the characterization of biopolymer electrolyte pectin with magnesium chloride (MgCl<sub>2</sub>) salt, with two different concentrations of pectin (1g):MgCl<sub>2</sub> (0.5g) and pectin (1g):MgCl<sub>2</sub> (0.7g). Biopolymer electrolytes are produced through solution casting method and studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), SEM-EDAX, AC impedance spectroscopy, and linear sweep voltammetry. Integration of salt strengthens the non-crystalline nature of the membranes as confirmed by XRD. FTIR analysis has been employed to verify interlinkage and coordination bonding of host biopolymer and Mg salt. Thermal analysis is used to affirm the glass transition temperature of obtained electrolytes. In AC impedance investigation, the ionic conductivity value for PP (1 g) with (0.7 g) MgCl<sub>2</sub> is found to be 1.92 × 10<sup>–3</sup> S/cm. Dielectric permittivity (<i>ε</i>*) is employed to study the dielectric behavior of electrolytes. As the MgCl<sub>2</sub> content rises, <i>ε</i>′ and <i>ε</i>″ increase as well and prove that they are ionic conductors. Electrochemical and cyclic stability of prepared electrolytes is analyzed by LSV studies. A basic magnesium battery has been fabricated using PMg2 biopolymer electrolyte and the functioning of the battery has been examined.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of laser irradiation on transport of charge carriers in p-n-junctions","authors":"E. L. Pankratov","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00962-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00962-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we analyze the transport of charge carriers in some diffusion-junction and implanted-junction rectifiers under the influence of laser irradiation. It has been shown that the considered irradiation could sometimes essentially accelerate the transport of charge carriers. Also, we introduce an analytical approach of the transport of charge carriers. The approach makes it possible to simultaneously take into account the changes of properties of certain materials in space and time and as well as the nonlinearity of the considered transport. Nonlinearity of charge carriers transport could be approximated by the classical power model of their interaction. In the most interesting interval of values of temperature, one can consider power dependence thermal conductivity coefficient on temperature.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><img></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new look at Ernst Ising’s thesis","authors":"Reinhard Folk","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00954-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00954-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The famous paper (Ising in Z Phys 31: 253, A translation to English is by Jane Ising, Tom Cummings, Ulrich Harsch is found Bibliotheca Augustina 2001/02 https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/anglica/Chronology/20thC/Ising/isi_fm00.html, 1928) contains only a greatly reduced version of the material presented in his thesis. Looking at it therefore provides new insights into the Ising model in terms of its later implications. The method of calculating the partition function from the configuration of the system succeeds by finding a polynomial whose largest root defines the result in the thermodynamic limit and which coincides with the characteristic polynomial of the transfer matrix. This matrix works with the states of the elementary elements of the model and was found later in 1941 by Kramers and Wannier. Ising used his method for several one-dimensional models—variants of the Ising chain: a chain with three instead of two states (a forerunner of the Potts model formulated 1952), the Ising ladder given by two interacting chains and the Ising chain with next nearest-neighbor interaction published by Montroll in 1941. The largest root could not be found in all cases and approximations had to be made. Although no phase transition at finite temperature was found for the Ising chain, it turned out in the following decades that there is a critical point at <span>(T=0)</span>. Thus, the simple Ising chain can be used to study all properties approaching a transition point in this exactly solvable model. The historical introduction to the problem, given by Ising in his dissertation, goes back to Richard Kirwan (1733–1812), who was the first to associate ferromagnetism with the ordering of interacting magnetic elements similar to crystallization.</p>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00954-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermodynamics of the Fermi gas in a cubic cavity of an arbitrary volume","authors":"Yu. M. Poluektov, A. A. Soroka","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00967-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00967-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For the Fermi gas filling the space inside a cubic cavity of a fixed volume, at arbitrary temperatures and number of particles, the thermodynamic characteristics are calculated, namely: entropy, thermodynamic potential, energy, pressure, heat capacities, and thermodynamic coefficients. The discrete structure of energy levels is taken into account and size effects at low temperatures are studied. The transition to the continual limit is considered.</p><p>The temperature dependences of populations of levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ising-spin networks with competing geometric interactions: a new perspective for investigating emergent phenomena in complex materials","authors":"Bosiljka Tadić, Raša Pirc","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00959-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00959-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The application of mathematical graphs and networks in physics is necessary for adequately representing synthesized complex structures and self-assembled nanomaterials of various emergent architectures. Complex networks endowed by Ising spins at nodes and interactions of different signs and orders supported by the network’s geometry open new horizons in researching such complex materials, particularly by enabling graph theoretic approaches to investigate the interplay of structural complexity and emergent dynamical features. Here, we briefly survey emerging physical phenomena that can be appropriately described within this approach, precisely the geometric frustration, geometry-embedded higher-order interactions, and the altered role of disorder. As a showcase, we study the spin reversal dynamics on the hysteresis loop in Ising spin networks consisting of triangles assembled into three different architectures and triangle-embedded interactions of a random sign. We show how geometric frustration, in conjunction with the topology of an assembly, affects the hysteresis loop shape and spin-activity avalanches during the field-driven magnetisation reversal.</p>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00959-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interfacial properties in edge-contact Borophene/BAs from first-principle study","authors":"Xiao Ouyang, Bin Liao, Baoan Bian","doi":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00964-9","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjb/s10051-025-00964-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The interfacial properties are investigated in edge-contact Borophene/BAs by the first principles. Boroβ<sub>12</sub>/BAs,Boroχ<sub>3</sub>/BAs and HBoro/BAs show high charge inject efficiency because of the absence of tunnel barrier. BAs at contact interface is metallized in Boroβ<sub>12</sub>/BAs and Boroχ<sub>3</sub>/BAs. The Boroβ<sub>12</sub>/BAs and Boroχ<sub>3</sub>/BAs have p-type Schottky barrier heights of 0.484 eV and 0.404 eV, while HBoro/BAs displays n-type Schottky barrier height of 0.289 eV. Few metal induced gap states in the channel of HBoro/BAs suggest better electronic transport. Moreover, it is found that the electric field changes the Schottky barrier height and contact type of the heterojunction, as well as causes the Ohmic contact. This work provides a way for the potential of BAs devices based on Borophene electrodes.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><p>Top view of (a) Monolayer BAs, Boroβ12, Boroχ3 and HBoro. (b) Boroβ12 /BAs, (c) Boroχ3/BAs and (d) HBoro/BAs heterojunctions\u0000</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":787,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B","volume":"98 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145160845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}