We present an ab initio study of the effect of spin-orbit coupling on the dynamical properties of the Tl(0001) surface as well as on the electron-phonon interaction at the surface. The calculations based on density-functional theory were carried out using a linear response approach and a mixed-basis pseudopotential method. It is shown that the spin-orbit effects on the phonon spectrum and the e...

The temperature dependence of the phonon spectra of a-uranium has recently been measured by inelastic neutron scattering and inelastic X-ray scattering. Although there is little evidence of any anharmonicity, the phonon shows some softening in the optic modes at the zone boundary. Furthermore, an extra mode forms at high temperatures, which is incompatible with a structure composed of a monocli...

We calculated the infrared conductivity spectrum of orbitally ordered LaMnO$_3$ in phonon frequency and overtone ranges. considered orbital exchange, Jahn-Teller electron-phonon coupling, phonon--phonon coupling. The fundamental excitation phonon-coupled orbiton was only Raman active, not while its modes were both active. Our calculations reproduced small peaks near 1300 cm$^{-1}$ observed scat...

We present the results of inelastic x-ray scattering for magnetite and analyze the energies and widths of the phonon modes with different symmetries in a broad range of temperature 125 < T < 293 K. The phonon modes with X(4) and Δ(5) symmetries broaden in a nonlinear way with decreasing T when the Verwey transition is approached. It is found that the maxima of phonon widths occur away from high...

We have analyzed the effect of electron-LO phonon interaction in a doublebarrier resonant tunneling structure under a magnetic field B applied parallel to the tunneling current. While the low temperature anti-crossing phenomenon has already been investigated, here we study the phonon absorption resonant magnetotunneling at finite temperatures. The Matsubara technique is used to sum up resonant ...

Existing theory and data cannot quantify the contribution of phonon drag to the Seebeck coefficient (S) in semiconductors at room temperature. We show that this is possible through comparative measurements between nanowires and the bulk. Phonon boundary scattering completely quenches phonon drag in silicon nanowires enabling quantification of its contribution to S in bulk silicon in the range 2...

in this study, bio-based carbon nanotubes (cnts) have received considerable research attention due to their comparative advantages of high level stability, simplistic use, low toxicity and overall environmental friendliness. new potentials for improvement in heat transfer applications are presented due to their high aspect ratio, high thermal conductivity and special surface area. phonons have ...

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) plays an important role in solid state physics. Here, we demonstrate an experimental method that enables investigation of the elemental processes of the indirect transition, in which EPC participates in photoexcitation in solids, by resolving the energy and momentum of phonons and electrons simultaneously. For graphite, we used angle-resolved photoelectron spectro...