Scientists / Open questions
Eugene J. Mele
Condensed matter physics; topological insulators
6 questions
Turning the computed strain–gap relations of BiSe into experimentally realizable control of its topological phase
Evolution of the soliton-induced infrared-active vibrational modes of doped trans-polyacetylene through the semiconductor–metal transition: experiment and microscopic theory across the full doping range
Exact image theory for a point charge screening anisotropic dielectrics: general susceptibility tensors and boundaries beyond the planar half-space
Microscopic theory of cohesion, structure, and transport in graphite intercalation compounds beyond the frozen-host Thomas-Fermi model: domain-wall shapes, acceptor compounds, and phonon-assisted lithium kinetics
Open quantitative tests of the twiston mechanism for the temperature-dependent resistivity of single-wall carbon nanotubes: the low-temperature upturn, the rope-slope discrepancy, single-tube high-temperature transport, and the inter-tube coupling parameters
Facet-dependent chiral edge and corner states in uniformly magnetized three-dimensional topological insulators: experimental realization, detection, and quantitative characterization of the exchange and hybridization parameters