“Critical currents in superconductors with quasiperiodic pinning arrays: one-dimensional chains and two-dimensional Penrose lattices”. Misko V, Savel'ev S, Nori F, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 74, 024522 (2006). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024522
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 55
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024522
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“Formation and size dependence of vortex shells in mesoscopic superconducting niobium disks”. Misko VR, Xu B, Peeters FM, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 76, 024516 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.024516
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 33
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.024516
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“Reentrant dynamics of driven pancake vortices in layered superconductors”. Zhao HJ, Wu W, Zhou W, Shi ZX, Misko VR, Peeters FM, Physical review B 94, 024514 (2016). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024514
Abstract: The dynamics of driven pancake vortices in layered superconductors is studied using molecular-dynamics simulations. We found that, with increasing driving force, for strong interlayer coupling, the preexisted vortex lines either directly depin or first transform to two-dimensional (2D) pinned states before they are depinned, depending on the pinning strength. In a narrow region of pinning strengths, we found an interesting repinning process, which results in a negative differential resistance. For weak interlayer coupling, individually pinned pancake vortices first form disordered 2D flow and then transform to ordered three-dimensional (3D) flow with increasing driving force. However, for extremely strong pinning, the random pinning-induced thermal-like Langevin forces melt 3D vortex lines, which results in a persistent 2D flow in the fast-sliding regime. In the intermediate regime, the peak effect is found: With increasing driving force, the moving pancake vortices first crystallize to moving 3D vortex lines, and then these 3D vortex lines are melted, leading to the appearance of a reentrant 2D flow state. Our results are summarized in a dynamical phase diagram.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 3
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024514
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“Negative differential resistivity in superconductors with periodic arrays of pinning sites”. Misko VR, Savel'ev S, Rakhmanov AL, Nori F, Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics 75, 024509 (2007). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.024509
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 28
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.024509
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“The guidance of vortex-antivortex pairs by in-plane magnetic dipoles in a superconducting finite-size film”. Kapra AV, Misko VR, Vodolazov DY, Peeters FM, Superconductor science and technology 24, 024014 (2011). http://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/24/2/024014
Abstract: The possibility of manipulating vortex matter by using various artificial pinning arrays is of significant importance for possible applications in nano and micro fluxonics devices. By numerically solving the time-dependent GinzburgLandau equations, we study the vortexantivortex (vav) dynamics in a hybrid structure consisting of a finite-size superconductor with magnetic dipoles on top which generate vav pairs in the presence of an external current. The vav dynamics is analyzed for different arrangements and magnetic moments of the dipoles, as a function of angle α between the direction of the magnetic dipole and that of the Lorentz force produced by the applied current. The interplay of the attractive interaction between a vav pair and the Lorentz force leads either to the separation of (anti)vortices and their motion in opposite directions or to their annihilation. We found a critical angle αc, below which vortices and antivortices are repelled, while for larger angles they annihilate. In case of a single (few) magnetic dipole(s), this magnetic dipole induced vav guidance is influenced by the self-interaction of the vav pairs with their images in a finite-size sample, while for a periodic array of dipoles the guidance is determined by the interaction of a vav pair with other dipoles and vav pairs created by them. This effect is tunable through the external current and the magnetization and size of the magnetic dipoles.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 2.878
Times cited: 28
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/24/2/024014
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“Dynamics of self-organized driven particles with competing range interaction”. Zhao HJ, Misko VR, Peeters FM, Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 88, 022914 (2013). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022914
Abstract: Nonequilibrium self-organized patterns formed by particles interacting through competing range interaction are driven over a substrate by an external force. We show that, with increasing driving force, the preexisted static patterns evolve into dynamic patterns either via disordered phase or depinned patterns or via the formation of nonequilibrium stripes. Strikingly, the stripes are formed either in the direction of the driving force or in the transverse direction, depending on the pinning strength. The revealed dynamical patterns are summarized in a dynamical phase diagram.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 2.366
Times cited: 23
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022914
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“Self-assembly of Janus particles confined in a channel”. Sobrino Fernandez M, Misko VR, Peeters FM, Physical review : E : statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 89, 022306 (2014). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.022306
Abstract: Janus particles present an important class of building blocks for directional assembly. These are compartmentalized colloids with two different hemispheres. Here, we consider a two-dimensional model of Janus disks consisting of a hydrophobic semicircle and an electro-negatively charged one. Placed in a solution, the hydrophobic sides will attract each other while the charged sides will give rise to a repulsive force. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we study the morphology of these particles when confined in a channel-like environment using a one dimensional harmonic confinement potential. The interest to this system is first of all due to the fact that it could serve as a simple model for membrane formation. Indeed, the recently synthesized new class of artificial amphiphiles, known as Janus dendrimers, were shown to self-assemble in bilayer structures mimicking biological membranes. In turn, Janus particles that combine the amphiphilicity and colloidal rigidity serve as a good model for Janus dendrimers. A variety of ordered membrane-like morphologies are found consisting of single and multiple chain configurations with different orientations of the particles with respect to each other that we summarize in a phase diagram.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 2.366
Times cited: 11
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.022306
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“Vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconducting triangles: finite-size and shape effects”. Zhao HJ, Misko VR, Peeters FM, Dubonos G, Oboznov V, Grigorieva IV, Europhysics letters 83, 17008 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/83/17008
Abstract: Triangular-shaped mesoscopic superconductors are consistent with the symmetry of the Abrikosov vortex lattice resulting in a high stability of vortex patterns for commensurate vorticities. However, for non-commensurate vorticities, vortex configurations in triangles are not compatible with the sample shape. Here we present the first direct observation of vortex configurations in ìm-sized niobium triangles using the Bitter decoration technique, and we analyze the vortex states in triangles by analytically solving the London equations and performing molecular-dynamics simulations. We found that filling rules with increasing vorticity can be formulated for triangles in a similar way as for mesoscopic disks where vortices form shells.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.957
Times cited: 29
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/83/17008
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“Strong enhancement of superconductivity in a nanosized Pb bridge”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Physical Review B 64, 014517 (2001). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.014517
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 28
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.014517
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“Collective vortex phases in periodic plus random pinning potential”. Pogosov WV, Misko VR, Zhao HJ, Peeters FM, Physical review : B : solid state 79, 014504 (2009). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.014504
Abstract: We study theoretically the simultaneous effect of regular and random pinning potentials on the vortex lattice structure at filling factor of 1. This structure is determined by a competition between the square symmetry of regular pinning array, by the intervortex interaction favoring a triangular symmetry, and by the randomness trying to depin vortices from their regular positions. Both analytical and molecular-dynamics approaches are used. We construct a phase diagram of the system in the plane of regular and random pinning strengths and determine typical vortex lattice defects appearing in the system due to the disorder. We find that the total disordering of the vortex lattice can occur either in one step or in two steps. For instance, in the limit of weak pinning, a square lattice of pinned vortices is destroyed in two steps. First, elastic chains of depinned vortices appear in the film; but the vortex lattice as a whole remains still pinned by the underlying square array of regular pinning sites. These chains are composed into fractal-like structures. In a second step, domains of totally depinned vortices are generated and the vortex lattice depins from regular array.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 14
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.014504
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“Formation of vortex clusters and giant vortices in mesoscopic superconducting disks with strong disorder”. Escoffier W, Grigorieva IV, Misko VR, Baelus BJ, Peeters FM, Vinnikov LY, Dubnos S, Journal of physics : conference series 97, 012172 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/97/1/012172
Abstract: Merged, or giant, multi-quanta vortices (GVs) appear in very small superconductors near the superconducting transition due to strong confinement of magnetic flux. Here we present evidence for a new, pinning-related, mechanism for vortex merger. Using Bitter decoration to visualise vortices in small Nb disks, we show that confinement in combination with strong disorder causes individual vortices to merge into clusters/GVs well below Tc and Hc2, in contrast to well-defined shells of individual vortices found in the absence of pinning.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/97/1/012172
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“Superconducting mesoscopic square loop”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Physical Review B 58, 11703 (1998). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.11703
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 3.836
Times cited: 43
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.11703
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“Confined Catalytic Janus Swimmers in a Crowded Channel: Geometry-Driven Rectification Transients and Directional Locking”. Yu H, Kopach A, Misko VR, Vasylenko AA, Makarov D, Marchesoni F, Nori F, Baraban L, Cuniberti G, Small 12, 5882 (2016). http://doi.org/10.1002/SMLL.201602039
Abstract: Self-propelled Janus particles, acting as microscopic vehicles, have the potential to perform complex tasks on a microscopic scale, suitable, e.g., for environmental applications, on-chip chemical information processing, or in vivo drug delivery. Development of these smart nanodevices requires a better understanding of how synthetic swimmers move in crowded and confined environments that mimic actual biosystems, e.g., network of blood vessels. Here, the dynamics of self-propelled Janus particles interacting with catalytically passive silica beads in a narrow channel is studied both experimentally and through numerical simulations. Upon varying the area density of the silica beads and the width of the channel, active transport reveals a number of intriguing properties, which range from distinct bulk and boundary-free diffusivity at low densities, to directional “locking” and channel “unclogging” at higher densities, whereby a Janus swimmer is capable of transporting large clusters of passive particles.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 8.643
Times cited: 14
DOI: 10.1002/SMLL.201602039
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“Using self-driven microswimmers for particle separation”. Yang W, Misko VR, Nelissen K, Kong M, Peeters FM, Soft matter 8, 5175 (2012). http://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm07382j
Abstract: Microscopic self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide appealing opportunities for localization, pick-up and delivery of micro and nanoscopic objects. Inspired by motile cells and bacteria, man-made microswimmers have been fabricated, and their motion in patterned surroundings has been experimentally studied. We propose to use self-driven artificial microswimmers for the separation of binary mixtures of colloids. We revealed different regimes of separation, including one with a velocity inversion. Our findings could be of use for various biological and medical applications.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 3.889
Times cited: 45
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm07382j
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“Unconventional dynamics of vortex shells in mesoscopic superconducting corbino disks”. Misko VR, Lin NS, Peeters FM, Physica: C : superconductivity 470, 939 (2010). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2010.02.058
Abstract: The dynamics of vortex matter in mesoscopic superconducting Corbino disk is strongly influenced by the discrete vortex structure arranged in shells. While in previous works the vortex dynamics has been studied in large (macroscopic) and in very small mesoscopic disks (containing only few shells), in the intermediate-size regime it is much more complex and unusual, due to: (i) the competition between the vortexvortex interaction and confinement and (ii) (in)commensurability among the vortex shells. We found that the interplay between these effects can result in a very unusual vortex dynamical behavior: (i) unconventional angular melting (i.e., propagating from the boundary, where the shear stress is minimum, towards the center) and (ii) unconventional dynamics of shells (i.e., the inversion of shell velocities with respect to the gradient driving force). This unusual behavior is found for different number of shells.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 3
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2010.02.058
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“Phase boundaries of superconducting mesoscopic square loops”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, 12th International Conference on the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (EP2DS), Tokyo, 835 (1997)
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
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“Size-dependence of vortex shells in mesoscopic superconducting disks”. Misko VR, Xu B, Peeters FM, Physica: C : superconductivity 468, 726 (2008). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.036
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 9
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.036
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“Comparative analysis of the low-energy He+ ions scattering on Al and Al2O3 surfaces”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Brongersma HH, Nuclear Instruments &, Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms 145, 545 (1998). http://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00530-8
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.109
Times cited: 9
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00530-8
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“On the Ginzburg-Landau analysis of a mixed s-dx2-y2-wave superconducting mesoscopic square”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Solid State Communications 114, 499 (2000). http://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-1098(00)00090-9
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.554
Times cited: 2
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(00)00090-9
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“Phase boundaries of superconducting mesoscopic square loops”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, 249/251, 476 (1998)
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
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“Superconductivity in mesoscopic high-Tc superconducting particles”. Ivanov VA, Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Solid State Communications 125, 439 (2003). http://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-1098(02)00757-3
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.554
Times cited: 3
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(02)00757-3
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“Vortex states in a mescopic superconducting triangle”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Physica C-Superconductivity And Its Applications 369, 361 (2002). http://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(01)01277-1
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 14
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(01)01277-1
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“Vortex states in a multi-conoid superconducting nanosized bridge”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Physica C-Superconductivity And Its Applications 369, 356 (2002). http://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(01)01276-X
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 1
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(01)01276-X
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“On the superconducting phase boundary for a mesoscopic square loop”. Fomin VM, Misko VR, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Solid State Communications 101, 303 (1997)
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.554
Times cited: 39
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“Stability of vortex-antivortex molecules in mesoscopic superconducting triangles”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, Physica C-Superconductivity And Its Applications 404, 251 (2004). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2003.11.043
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 2
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2003.11.043
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“Electron-hole symmetry and solutions of Richardson pairing model”. Pogosov WV, Lin N, Misko VR, European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems 86, 235 (2013). http://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2013-40234-9
Abstract: Richardson approach provides an exact solution of the pairing Hamiltonian. This Hamiltonian is characterized by the electron-hole pairing symmetry, which is however hidden in Richardson equations. By analyzing this symmetry and using an additional conjecture, fulfilled in solvable limits, we suggest a simple expression of the ground state energy for an equally-spaced energy-level model, which is applicable along the whole crossover from the superconducting state to the pairing fluctuation regime. Solving Richardson equations numerically, we demonstrate a good accuracy of our expression.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.461
Times cited: 6
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2013-40234-9
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“Nucleation of superconductivity in mesoscopic star-shaped superconductors”. Dikin DA, Chandrasekhar V, Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, European Physical Journal B 34, 231 (2003). http://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00216-2
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
Impact Factor: 1.461
Times cited: 5
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00216-2
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“Enhancement of the critical current in quasiperiodic pinning arrays : one-dimensional chains and Penrose lattices”. Misko VR, Savel'ev S, Nori F, Physica: C : superconductivity
T2 –, 4th International Conferene on Vortex Matter in Nanostructured, Superconductors (VORTEX IV), SEP 03-09, 2005, Iraklion, GREECE 437-38, 213 (2006). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2005.12.036
Abstract: Here we summarize results from our study of the critical depinning current J(c) versus the applied magnetic flux Phi, for: (i) quasiperiodic (QP) one-dimensional (1D) chains and (ii) 2D arrays of pinning centers placed on the nodes of a five-fold Penrose lattice. In 1D QP chains, the peaks in J(c)(Phi) are determined by a sequence of harmonics of the long and short segments of the chain. The critical current J(c)(Phi) has a remarkable self-similarity. In 2D QP pinning arrays, we predict analytically and numerically the main features of J(c)(Phi), and demonstrate that the Penrose lattice of pinning sites provides an enormous enhancement of J(c)(Phi), even compared to triangular and random pinning site arrays. This huge increase in J(c)(Phi) could be useful for applications. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.404
Times cited: 6
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2005.12.036
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“Stability of vortex-antivortex “molecules&rdquo, in mesoscopic superconducting triangles”. Misko VR, Fomin VM, Devreese JT, Moshchalkov VV, 3rd International Symposium on Mesoscopic Superconductivity and, Spintronics, MAR 01-04, 2004, Atsug, 191 (2005). http://doi.org/10.1142/9789812701619_0030
Abstract: We have revealed thermodynamically stable vortex-antivortex configurations in mesoscopic type I superconducting equilateral triangles. The revealed effect is explained by two factors: (i) vortex confinement in mesoscopic triangles and (ii) appearance of the vortex-antivortex repulsion in mesoscopic type I superconductor triangles in the vicinity of the dual point. The stability of the obtained solutions is examined as a function of material and external parameters – the Ginzburg-Landau parameter K and temperature – as well as a function of a distortion of the sample's shape. The vortex-antivortex. “molecule” turns out to be stable in a wide range of the parameters that makes it possible its experimental visualization.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701619_0030
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“Finite-temperature Wigner solid and other phases of ripplonic polarons on a helium film”. Klimin SN, Tempère J, Misko VR, Wouters M, European physical journal : B : condensed matter and complex systems 89, 172 (2016). http://doi.org/10.1140/EPJB/E2016-70149-8
Abstract: Electrons on liquid helium can form different phases depending on density, and temperature. Also the electron-ripplon coupling strength influences the phase diagram, through the formation of so-called “ripplonic polarons”, that change how electrons are localized, and that shifts the transition between the Wigner solid and the liquid phase. We use an all-coupling, finite-temperature variational method to study the formation of a ripplopolaron Wigner solid on a liquid helium film for different regimes of the electron-ripplon coupling strength. In addition to the three known phases of the ripplopolaron system (electron Wigner solid, polaron Wigner solid, and electron fluid), we define and identify a fourth distinct phase, the ripplopolaron liquid. We analyse the transitions between these four phases and calculate the corresponding phase diagrams. This reveals a reentrant melting of the electron solid as a function of temperature. The calculated regions of existence of the Wigner solid are in agreement with recent experimental data.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Theory of quantum systems and complex systems; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
Impact Factor: 1.461
Times cited: 1
DOI: 10.1140/EPJB/E2016-70149-8
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