Lattice models in condensed matter are theoretical techniques that discretize space into a regular array of sites, enabling the formulation and analysis of many-body Hamiltonians with localized degrees of freedom. They provide controlled frameworks for studying electronic, magnetic, and bosonic systems via simplified but microscopically motivated interactions, such as in the Ising, Heisenberg, Hubbard, and tight-binding models. These models facilitate analytical methods (mean-field theory, renormalization group, spin-wave theory), numerical approaches (exact diagonalization, quantum Monte Carlo, DMRG), and effective field theories, allowing systematic investigation of phase transitions, quasiparticle excitations, topological order, and emergent phenomena in strongly correlated materials.
In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul Alivisatos explores the role of cation ...
Nanophysics
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Rydberg atoms are atoms with one or more outer electrons excited to very high energy levels, which interact very strongly with each other. These atoms are widely used to run quantum simulations and develop quantum technologies, ...
Physicists in China have unveiled new clues to the origins of high-temperature superconductivity in an iron-based material just a single unit-cell thick. Led by Qi-Kun Xue and Lili Wang at Tsinghua University, the team's ...
Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio have created soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive in their lab. They present their research on microscale metamaterials in Nature—a breakthrough ...
General Physics
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In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually evenly mix. If you put a glass of ice water on the kitchen table, it will eventually ...
Quantum Physics
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Quantum computer research is advancing at a rapid pace. Today's devices, however, still have significant limitations: For example, the length of a quantum computation is severely limited—that is, the number of possible interactions ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 18, 2026
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In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers used machine learning to discover multiple new classes of two-dimensional memories, systems that can reliably store information despite constant environmental ...
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are pioneering the design and synthesis of quantum materials, which are central to discovery science involving synergies with quantum computation. These ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 16, 2026
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Electrons can be elusive, but Cornell researchers using a new computational method can now account for where they go—or don't go—in certain layered materials.
Condensed Matter
Dec 8, 2025
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Using the Multi-frequency High Field Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer at the Steady-State High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF), researchers observed the first-ever Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) of a two-magnon bound ...
Condensed Matter
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