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Fratini S, Ciuchi S, Dobrosavljević V, Rademaker L. Universal Scaling near Band-Tuned Metal-Insulator Phase Transitions. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:196303. [PMID: 38000407 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.196303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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We present a theory for band-tuned metal-insulator transitions based on the Kubo formalism. Such a transition exhibits scaling of the resistivity curves in the regime where Tτ>1 or μτ>1, where τ is the scattering time and μ the chemical potential. At the critical value of the chemical potential, the resistivity diverges as a power law, R_{c}∼1/T. Consequently, on the metallic side there is a regime with negative dR/dT, which is often misinterpreted as insulating. We show that scaling and this "fake insulator" regime are observed in a wide range of experimental systems. In particular, we show that Mooij correlations in high-temperature metals with negative dR/dT can be quantitatively understood with our scaling theory in the presence of T-linear scattering.
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- Simone Fratini
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università dell'Aquila, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy
- Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, P.le Aldo Moro I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Molinari A, Balduini F, Rocchino L, Wawrzyńczak R, Sousa M, Bui H, Lavoie C, Stanic V, Jordan-Sweet J, Hopstaken M, Tchoumakov S, Franca S, Gooth J, Fratini S, Grushin AG, Zota C, Gotsmann B, Schmid H. Disorder-Induced Magnetotransport Anomalies in Amorphous and Textured Co 1-xSi x Semimetal Thin Films. ACS Appl Electron Mater 2023; 5:2624-2637. [PMID: 37250468 PMCID: PMC10210542 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In recent times the chiral semimetal cobalt monosilicide (CoSi) has emerged as a prototypical, nearly ideal topological conductor hosting giant, topologically protected Fermi arcs. Exotic topological quantum properties have already been identified in CoSi bulk single crystals. However, CoSi is also known for being prone to intrinsic disorder and inhomogeneities, which, despite topological protection, risk jeopardizing its topological transport features. Alternatively, topology may be stabilized by disorder, suggesting the tantalizing possibility of an amorphous variant of a topological metal, yet to be discovered. In this respect, understanding how microstructure and stoichiometry affect magnetotransport properties is of pivotal importance, particularly in case of low-dimensional CoSi thin films and devices. Here we comprehensively investigate the magnetotransport and magnetic properties of ≈25 nm Co1-xSix thin films grown on a MgO substrate with controlled film microstructure (amorphous vs textured) and chemical composition (0.40 < x < 0.60). The resistivity of Co1-xSix thin films is nearly insensitive to the film microstructure and displays a progressive evolution from metallic-like (dρxx/dT > 0) to semiconducting-like (dρxx/dT < 0) regimes of conduction upon increasing the silicon content. A variety of anomalies in the magnetotransport properties, comprising for instance signatures consistent with quantum localization and electron-electron interactions, anomalous Hall and Kondo effects, and the occurrence of magnetic exchange interactions, are attributable to the prominent influence of intrinsic structural and chemical disorder. Our systematic survey brings to attention the complexity and the challenges involved in the prospective exploitation of the topological chiral semimetal CoSi in nanoscale thin films and devices.
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- Alan Molinari
- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM
Research-Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center−38-251, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown
Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center−38-251, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown
Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center−38-251, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown
Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center−38-251, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown
Heights, New York 10598, United States
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- Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- IBM
Research Europe − Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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Jacobs IE, Lin Y, Huang Y, Ren X, Simatos D, Chen C, Tjhe D, Statz M, Lai L, Finn PA, Neal WG, D'Avino G, Lemaur V, Fratini S, Beljonne D, Strzalka J, Nielsen CB, Barlow S, Marder SR, McCulloch I, Sirringhaus H. High-Efficiency Ion-Exchange Doping of Conducting Polymers. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2102988. [PMID: 34418878 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Molecular doping-the use of redox-active small molecules as dopants for organic semiconductors-has seen a surge in research interest driven by emerging applications in sensing, bioelectronics, and thermoelectrics. However, molecular doping carries with it several intrinsic problems stemming directly from the redox-active character of these materials. A recent breakthrough was a doping technique based on ion-exchange, which separates the redox and charge compensation steps of the doping process. Here, the equilibrium and kinetics of ion exchange doping in a model system, poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene) (PBTTT) doped with FeCl3 and an ionic liquid, is studied, reaching conductivities in excess of 1000 S cm-1 and ion exchange efficiencies above 99%. Several factors that enable such high performance, including the choice of acetonitrile as the doping solvent, which largely eliminates electrolyte association effects and dramatically increases the doping strength of FeCl3 , are demonstrated. In this high ion exchange efficiency regime, a simple connection between electrochemical doping and ion exchange is illustrated, and it is shown that the performance and stability of highly doped PBTTT is ultimately limited by intrinsically poor stability at high redox potential.
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- Ian E Jacobs
- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Mons, B-7000, Belgium
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Mons, B-7000, Belgium
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- X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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Jacobs IE, D'Avino G, Lemaur V, Lin Y, Huang Y, Chen C, Harrelson TF, Wood W, Spalek LJ, Mustafa T, O'Keefe CA, Ren X, Simatos D, Tjhe D, Statz M, Strzalka JW, Lee JK, McCulloch I, Fratini S, Beljonne D, Sirringhaus H. Structural and Dynamic Disorder, Not Ionic Trapping, Controls Charge Transport in Highly Doped Conducting Polymers. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:3005-3019. [PMID: 35157800 PMCID: PMC8874922 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Doped organic semiconductors are critical to emerging device applications, including thermoelectrics, bioelectronics, and neuromorphic computing devices. It is commonly assumed that low conductivities in these materials result primarily from charge trapping by the Coulomb potentials of the dopant counterions. Here, we present a combined experimental and theoretical study rebutting this belief. Using a newly developed doping technique based on ion exchange, we prepare highly doped films with several counterions of varying size and shape and characterize their carrier density, electrical conductivity, and paracrystalline disorder. In this uniquely large data set composed of several classes of high-mobility conjugated polymers, each doped with at least five different ions, we find electrical conductivity to be strongly correlated with paracrystalline disorder but poorly correlated with ionic size, suggesting that Coulomb traps do not limit transport. A general model for interacting electrons in highly doped polymers is proposed and carefully parametrized against atomistic calculations, enabling the calculation of electrical conductivity within the framework of transient localization theory. Theoretical calculations are in excellent agreement with experimental data, providing insights into the disorder-limited nature of charge transport and suggesting new strategies to further improve conductivities.
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- Ian E Jacobs
- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Mons B-7000, Belgium
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road Building 67, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.,Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.,Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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- X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.,KAUST Solar Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons, Mons B-7000, Belgium
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K
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Comin M, Fratini S, Blase X, D'Avino G. Doping-Induced Dielectric Catastrophe Prompts Free-Carrier Release in Organic Semiconductors. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2105376. [PMID: 34647372 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The control over material properties attainable through molecular doping is essential to many technological applications of organic semiconductors, such as organic light-emitting diodes or thermoelectrics. These excitonic semiconductors typically reach the degenerate limit only at impurity concentrations of 5-10%, a phenomenon that has been put in relation with the strong Coulomb binding between charge carriers and ionized dopants, and whose comprehension remained elusive so far. This study proposes a general mechanism for the release of carriers at finite doping in terms of collective screening phenomena. A multiscale model for the dielectric properties of doped organic semiconductor is set up by combining first principles and microelectrostatic calculations. The results predict a large nonlinear enhancement of the dielectric constant (tenfold at 8% load) as the system approaches a dielectric instability (catastrophe) upon increasing doping. This can be attributed to the presence of highly polarizable host-dopant complexes, plus a nontrivial leading contribution from dipolar interactions in the disordered and heterogeneous system. The enhanced screening in the material drastically reduces the (free) energy barriers for electron-hole separation, rationalizing the possibility for thermal charge release. The proposed mechanism is consistent with conductivity data and sets the basis for achieving higher conductivities at lower doping loads.
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- Massimiliano Comin
- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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- Grenoble Alpes University, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38042, France
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Pustogow A, Saito Y, Löhle A, Sanz Alonso M, Kawamoto A, Dobrosavljević V, Dressel M, Fratini S. Rise and fall of Landau's quasiparticles while approaching the Mott transition. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1571. [PMID: 33692366 PMCID: PMC7977040 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21741-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Landau suggested that the low-temperature properties of metals can be understood in terms of long-lived quasiparticles with all complex interactions included in Fermi-liquid parameters, such as the effective mass m⋆. Despite its wide applicability, electronic transport in bad or strange metals and unconventional superconductors is controversially discussed towards a possible collapse of the quasiparticle concept. Here we explore the electrodynamic response of correlated metals at half filling for varying correlation strength upon approaching a Mott insulator. We reveal persistent Fermi-liquid behavior with pronounced quadratic dependences of the optical scattering rate on temperature and frequency, along with a puzzling elastic contribution to relaxation. The strong increase of the resistivity beyond the Ioffe–Regel–Mott limit is accompanied by a ‘displaced Drude peak’ in the optical conductivity. Our results, supported by a theoretical model for the optical response, demonstrate the emergence of a bad metal from resilient quasiparticles that are subject to dynamical localization and dissolve near the Mott transition. Charge transport in strongly correlated electron systems is not fully understood. Here, the authors show that resilient quasiparticles at finite frequency persist into the bad-metal regime near a Mott insulator, where dynamical localization results in a ‘displaced Drude peak’ and strongly enhanced dc resistivity.
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- Andrej Pustogow
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany. .,Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .,Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Institut Néel - CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Alesi D, Meena A, Fratini S, Rinaldi VG, Cammisa E, Lullini G, Vaccari V, Zaffagnini S, Marcheggiani Muccioli GM. Total knee arthroplasty in valgus knee deformity: is it still a challenge in 2021? Musculoskelet Surg 2021; 106:1-8. [PMID: 33587251 PMCID: PMC8881420 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-021-00695-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
Abstract
Total knee arthroplasty in valgus knee deformities continues to be a challenge for a surgeon. Approximately 10% of patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty have a valgus deformity. While performing total knee arthroplasty in a severe valgus knee, one should aware with the technical aspects of surgical exposure, bone cuts of the distal femur and proximal tibia, medial and lateral ligament balancing, flexion and extension gap balancing, creating an appropriate tibiofemoral joint line, balancing the patellofemoral joint, preserving peroneal nerve function, and selection of the implant regarding constraint. Restoration of neutral mechanical axis and correct ligament balance are important factors for stability and longevity of the prosthesis and for good functional outcome. Thus, our review aims to provide step by step comprehensive knowledge about different surgical techniques for the correction of severe valgus deformity in total knee arthroplasty.
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- D Alesi
- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy
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- VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, Central Institute of Orthopedics, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy
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- UO Medicina Riabilitativa e Neuroriabilitazione, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Via Altura 3, 40139, Bologna, Italy
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy.,University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- 2nd Orthopedic and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via G.B. Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy. .,University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Iannucci A, Cannicci S, Caliani I, Baratti M, Pretti C, Fratini S. Investigation of mechanisms underlying chaotic genetic patchiness in the intertidal marbled crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Brachyura: Grapsidae) across the Ligurian Sea. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:108. [PMID: 32831022 PMCID: PMC7444255 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01672-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Studies on marine community dynamics and population structures are limited by the lack of exhaustive knowledge on the larval dispersal component of connectivity. Genetic data represents a powerful tool in understanding such processes in the marine realm. When dealing with dispersion and connectivity in marine ecosystems, many evidences show patterns of genetic structure that cannot be explained by any clear geographic trend and may show temporal instability. This scenario is usually referred to as chaotic genetic patchiness, whose driving mechanisms are recognized to be selection, temporal shifts in local population dynamics, sweepstakes reproductive success and collective dispersal. In this study we focused on the marbled crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus that inhabits the rocky shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and East Atlantic Ocean, and disperses through planktonic larvae for about 1 month. P. marmoratus exhibits unexpectedly low connectivity levels at local scale, although well-defined phylogeographic patterns across the species’ distribution range were described. This has been explained as an effect of subtle geographic barriers or due to sweepstake reproductive success. In order to verify a chaotic genetic patchiness scenario, and to explore mechanisms underlying it, we planned our investigation within the Ligurian Sea, an isolated basin of the western Mediterranean Sea, and we genotyped 321 individuals at 11 microsatellite loci. Results We recorded genetic heterogeneity among our Ligurian Sea samples with the occurrence of genetic clusters not matching the original populations and a slight inter-population divergence, with the geographically most distant populations being the genetically most similar ones. Moreover, individuals from each site were assigned to all the genetic clusters. We also recorded evidences of self-recruitment and a higher than expected within-site kinship. Conclusions Overall, our results suggest that the chaotic genetic patchiness we found in P. marmoratus Ligurian Sea populations is the result of a combination of differences in reproductive success, en masse larval dispersion and local larval retention. This study defines P. marmoratus as an example of marine spawner whose genetic pool is not homogenous at population level, but rather split in a chaotic mosaic of slightly differentiated genetic patches derived from complex and dynamic ecological processes.
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- A Iannucci
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. .,The Swire Institute of Marine Science and the Division of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
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- Department of Environment, Earth and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, via Mattioli 4, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- National Research Council - IBBR, via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", viale N. Sauro 4, 57128, Livorno, Italy.,Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, via Livornese lato monte, 56122, San Piero a Grado (PI), Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Fratini S, Nikolka M, Salleo A, Schweicher G, Sirringhaus H. Charge transport in high-mobility conjugated polymers and molecular semiconductors. Nat Mater 2020; 19:491-502. [PMID: 32296138 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0647-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Conjugated polymers and molecular semiconductors are emerging as a viable semiconductor technology in industries such as displays, electronics, renewable energy, sensing and healthcare. A key enabling factor has been significant scientific progress in improving their charge transport properties and carrier mobilities, which has been made possible by a better understanding of the molecular structure-property relationships and the underpinning charge transport physics. Here we aim to present a coherent review of how we understand charge transport in these high-mobility van der Waals bonded semiconductors. Specific questions of interest include estimates for intrinsic limits to the carrier mobilities that might ultimately be achievable; a discussion of the coupling between charge and structural dynamics; the importance of molecular conformations and mesoscale structural features; how the transport physics of conjugated polymers and small molecule semiconductors are related; and how the incorporation of counterions in doped films-as used, for example, in bioelectronics and thermoelectric devices-affects the electronic structure and charge transport properties.
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Marcheggiani Muccioli GM, Fratini S, Roberti Di Sarsina T, Di Paolo S, Ingrassia T, Grassi A, Cardinale U, Cammisa E, Bragonzoni L, Zaffagnini S. Two different posterior-stabilized mobile-bearing TKA designs: navigator evaluation of intraoperative kinematic differences. Musculoskelet Surg 2020; 105:173-181. [PMID: 31993972 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-020-00643-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare two types of posterior-stabilized (PS) mobile-bearing (MB) total knee arthroplasties (TKAs). The hypothesis was that no major differences were going to be found among the two TKA designs. METHODS Two cohorts of patients who were divided according to implant design (Cohort A, new design gradually reducing radius PS MB TKA; Cohort B, traditional dual-radius PS MB TKA) were analyzed by means of intraoperative navigation. All operations were guided by a non-image-based navigation system that recorded relative femoral and tibial positions in native and implanted knees during the following kinematic tests: passive range of motion (PROM), varus-valgus stress test at 0° and 30° (VV0, VV30) and anterior/posterior drawer test at 90° of flexion (AP90). RESULTS There were no significative differences in kinematic tests between the two implants. Cohort A, however, showed a different post-implant trend for VV0 and VV30 that were lower than the pre-implant ones, as expected, while for Cohort B, the trend is opposite. However, the gradually reducing radius prosthesis (Cohort A) showed a trend of improving stability (29% compared to the preoperative status) in mid-flexion (VV30) which the traditional dual-radius design (Cohort B) would not. Moreover, we found no differences among postoperative results of the two TKA designs. CONCLUSION Despite design variations, no difference has been found among the prostheses in terms of PROM, rotations and translations. Both design kinematics did not show paradoxical external rotations, but an increase in femoral translation in mid-flexion without affecting the functioning of the prosthesis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II.
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per la Qualità della Vita QuVi, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica II, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie DIBINEM, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Schweicher G, D'Avino G, Ruggiero MT, Harkin DJ, Broch K, Venkateshvaran D, Liu G, Richard A, Ruzié C, Armstrong J, Kennedy AR, Shankland K, Takimiya K, Geerts YH, Zeitler JA, Fratini S, Sirringhaus H. Chasing the "Killer" Phonon Mode for the Rational Design of Low-Disorder, High-Mobility Molecular Semiconductors. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1902407. [PMID: 31512304 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Molecular vibrations play a critical role in the charge transport properties of weakly van der Waals bonded organic semiconductors. To understand which specific phonon modes contribute most strongly to the electron-phonon coupling and ensuing thermal energetic disorder in some of the most widely studied high-mobility molecular semiconductors, state-of-the-art quantum mechanical simulations of the vibrational modes and the ensuing electron-phonon coupling constants are combined with experimental measurements of the low-frequency vibrations using inelastic neutron scattering and terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. In this way, the long-axis sliding motion is identified as a "killer" phonon mode, which in some molecules contributes more than 80% to the total thermal disorder. Based on this insight, a way to rationalize mobility trends between different materials and derive important molecular design guidelines for new high-mobility molecular semiconductors is suggested.
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- Guillaume Schweicher
- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Institut Néel-CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, Boîte Postale 166, F-38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, 82 University Place, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP206/01, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP206/01, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G1 1XL, Scotland
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK
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- Emergent Molecular Function Research Group, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP206/01, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Institut Néel-CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, Boîte Postale 166, F-38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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Oliva M, De Marchi L, Cuccaro A, Casu V, Tardelli F, Monni G, Freitas R, Caliani I, Fossi MC, Fratini S, Baratti M, Pretti C. Effects of copper on larvae of the marbled crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Decapoda, Grapsidae): Toxicity test and biochemical marker responses. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 223:71-77. [PMID: 31129174 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The importance of trace elements in ecotoxicological investigations is a well-known issue when monitoring polluted areas such as commercial harbors. Copper represents one of the most common metal contaminants, often detected in these areas as it is widely employed in various fields and has many sources of inflow in the marine environment. Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a widespread intertidal crab species that has been extensively studied in ecology, ethology and population genetics. Ecotoxicological studies have also been performed, exclusively on the adult stage. In the present study we investigated the mortality and biochemical (oxidative stress and neurotoxicity) responses of P. marmoratus larvae exposure to environmental relevant concentration of copper. Results showed dose-dependent responses in terms of larval mortality, with a calculated LC50 value of 0.5 mg/L of Cu2+. The LC50 concentration was used as the starting point for subsequent biochemical response evaluation. Results also demonstrated dose-dependent activation of antioxidant systems assuming a compensatory antioxidant activity to prevent higher cellular damage when larvae were exposed to the highest concentrations of copper. Moreover, a significant enhancement of neurotransmitter activities was observed, assuming a possible direct interaction of copper with the enzymes or an increase of free copper ion aliquot into the cells.
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- M Oliva
- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", 57128 Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", 57128 Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese lato monte, 56122 San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", 57128 Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Livornese lato monte, 56122 San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy
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- Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment, Earth and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, via Banchi di Sotto 55, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Earth and Physical Sciences, University of Siena, via Banchi di Sotto 55, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50143 Sesto F.no, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council - IBBR, Via Madonna del Piano, 10, 50019 Polo Scientifico, Florence, Italy
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", 57128 Livorno, Italy; Department of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Richler KD, Fratini S, Ciuchi S, Mayou D. Inhomogeneous dynamical mean-field theory of the small polaron problem. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:465902. [PMID: 30359330 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aae619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present an inhomogeneous dynamical mean field theory (I-DMFT) that is suitable to investigate electron-lattice interactions in non-translationally invariant and/or inhomogeneous systems. The presented approach, whose only assumption is that of a local, site-dependent self-energy, recovers both the exact solution of an electron for a generic random tight-binding Hamiltonian in the non-interacting limit and the DMFT solution for the small polaron problem in translationally invariant systems. To illustrate its full capabilities, we use I-DMFT to study the effects of defects embedded on a two-dimensional surface. The computed maps of the local density of states reveal Friedel oscillations, whose periodicity is determined by the polaron mass. This can be of direct relevance for the interpretation of scanning-tunneling microscopy experiments on systems with sizable electron-lattice interactions. Overall, the easy numerical implementation of the method, yet full self-consistency, allows one to study problems in real-space that were previously difficult to access.
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- Kevin-Davis Richler
- University Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France. CNRS, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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Pustogow A, Bories M, Löhle A, Rösslhuber R, Zhukova E, Gorshunov B, Tomić S, Schlueter JA, Hübner R, Hiramatsu T, Yoshida Y, Saito G, Kato R, Lee TH, Dobrosavljević V, Fratini S, Dressel M. Quantum spin liquids unveil the genuine Mott state. Nat Mater 2018; 17:773-777. [PMID: 30082905 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0140-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The localization of charge carriers by electronic repulsion was suggested by Mott in the 1930s to explain the insulating state observed in supposedly metallic NiO. The Mott metal-insulator transition has been subject of intense investigations ever since1-3-not least for its relation to high-temperature superconductivity4. A detailed comparison to real materials, however, is lacking because the pristine Mott state is commonly obscured by antiferromagnetism and a complicated band structure. Here we study organic quantum spin liquids, prototype realizations of the single-band Hubbard model in the absence of magnetic order. Mapping the Hubbard bands by optical spectroscopy provides an absolute measure of the interaction strength and bandwidth-the crucial parameters that enter calculations. In this way, we advance beyond conventional temperature-pressure plots and quantitatively compose a generic phase diagram for all genuine Mott insulators based on the absolute strength of the electronic correlations. We also identify metallic quantum fluctuations as a precursor of the Mott insulator-metal transition, previously predicted but never observed. Our results suggest that all relevant phenomena in the phase diagram scale with the Coulomb repulsion U, which provides a direct link to unconventional superconductivity in cuprates and other strongly correlated materials.
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- A Pustogow
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Institut za fiziku, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Biomedizinische Chemie, Institut für Klinische Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, Nagakute, Japan
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- Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Institut Néel - CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Pustogow A, Saito Y, Zhukova E, Gorshunov B, Kato R, Lee TH, Fratini S, Dobrosavljević V, Dressel M. Low-Energy Excitations in Quantum Spin Liquids Identified by Optical Spectroscopy. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:056402. [PMID: 30118313 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.056402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The electrodynamic response of organic spin liquids with highly frustrated triangular lattices has been measured in a wide energy range. While the overall optical spectra of these Mott insulators are governed by transitions between the Hubbard bands, distinct in-gap excitations can be identified at low temperatures and frequencies, which we attribute to the quantum-spin-liquid state. For the strongly correlated β^{'}-EtMe_{3}Sb[Pd(dmit)_{2}]_{2}, we discover enhanced conductivity below 175 cm^{-1}, comparable to the energy of the magnetic coupling J≈250 K. For ω→0, these low-frequency excitations vanish faster than the charge-carrier response subject to Mott-Hubbard correlations, resulting in a dome-shaped band peaked at 100 cm^{-1}. Possible relations to spinons, magnons, and disorder are discussed.
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- A Pustogow
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 141700, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 141700, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Institut Néel-CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Fratini S, Cannicci S, Schubart CD. Molecular phylogeny of the crab genus Metopograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Decapoda : Brachyura : Grapsidae) reveals high intraspecific genetic variation and distinct evolutionarily significant units. INVERTEBR SYST 2018. [DOI: 10.1071/is17034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Indo-Pacific genus Metopograpsus belongs to the family Grapsidae and comprises six species of intertidal crabs inhabiting sheltered rocky shores and mangrove forests. All species are opportunistic feeders and four of them are associated with roots and trunks of mangroves. So far, no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study has been conducted on this genus, despite the fact that some species are not easily separable from a morphological point of view. We performed a phylogenetic and phylogeographic investigation based on sequences corresponding to both ribosomal mitochondrial DNA genes from 44 samples of Metopograpsus spp., covering the distribution ranges of each species. Our main aims were to validate species identification across their respective distribution ranges and depict the phylogeographic patterns within each species. Our phylogenetic inference reconstructions confirmed monophyly of the six species. We also recorded a high intraspecific genetic variation and strong phylogeographic structure within M. thukuhar and M. quadridentatus. This indicates the occurrence of distinct evolutionarily significant units within these two taxa, possibly corresponding to undescribed species. Further nuclear DNA-based phylogeographic analyses, as well as morphological investigations, will be necessary to assign a taxonomic value to the recorded evolutionarily significant units.
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Fratini S, Ciuchi S, Mayou D, de Laissardière GT, Troisi A. A map of high-mobility molecular semiconductors. Nat Mater 2017; 16:998-1002. [PMID: 28892051 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The charge mobility of molecular semiconductors is limited by the large fluctuation of intermolecular transfer integrals, often referred to as off-diagonal dynamic disorder, which causes transient localization of the carriers' eigenstates. Using a recently developed theoretical framework, we show here that the electronic structure of the molecular crystals determines its sensitivity to intermolecular fluctuations. We build a map of the transient localization lengths of high-mobility molecular semiconductors to identify what patterns of nearest-neighbour transfer integrals in the two-dimensional (2D) high-mobility plane protect the semiconductor from the effect of dynamic disorder and yield larger mobility. Such a map helps rationalizing the transport properties of the whole family of molecular semiconductors and is also used to demonstrate why common textbook approaches fail in describing this important class of materials. These results can be used to rapidly screen many compounds and design new ones with optimal transport characteristics.
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- S Fratini
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- CNR Institute for Complex Systems, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation, CNRS, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, F-95302 Cergy-Pontoise, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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Romano S, Fratini S, Di Pietro M, Schiavoni G, Nicoletti M, Chiarotti F, Del Piano M, Penco M, Sessa R. Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Clinical and Serological 1-Year Follow-Up. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2017; 17:209-18. [PMID: 15171822 DOI: 10.1177/039463200401700213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The role of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in pathogenesis and prognostic stratification of patients with acute coronary syndromes is still unclear. However, a limitation of many studies is the evaluation of the long-term prognostic role of a sample obtained during the acute phase, whereas the assessment of the temporal trend of antibody titers could be more useful. One-hundred and fourteen consecutive patients with acute coronary syndromes (71 with acute myocardial infarction and 43 with unstable angina) were studied. Blood samples were obtained immediately after hospital admission and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the acute event. The microimmunofluorescence test was used to detect C. pneumoniae specific antibodies. The incidence of new coronary events (death, myocardial infarction, recurrent angina) was recorded during the 1-year follow-up period. No significant difference was found between patients with (n = 35) or without (n = 79) new coronary events (N.C.E.) regarding baseline and serial values of C. pneumoniae antibodies. The rate of high titers at any time of follow-up was also similar in the two groups: IgG ≥1:512 were present in 52%, 64%, 55% and 32% of N.C.E.+ patients, and in 48%, 54%, 52% and 36% of N.C.E.- patients at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively; IgA ≥ 1:256 were present in 26%, 23%, 30% and 23% of N.C.E.+ patients and in 20%, 30%, 25% and 19% of N.C.E.- patients at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively. Our data indicate that elevated titers of C. pneumoniae antibodies, even with a serial 1-year evaluation, are not a predictor of future coronary events in patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina.
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- S Romano
- Dept Internal Medicine, Cardiology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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Di Sante D, Fratini S, Dobrosavljević V, Ciuchi S. Disorder-Driven Metal-Insulator Transitions in Deformable Lattices. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:036602. [PMID: 28157337 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.036602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We show that, in the presence of a deformable lattice potential, the nature of the disorder-driven metal-insulator transition is fundamentally changed with respect to the noninteracting (Anderson) scenario. For strong disorder, even a modest electron-phonon interaction is found to dramatically renormalize the random potential, opening a mobility gap at the Fermi energy. This process, which reflects disorder-enhanced polaron formation, is here given a microscopic basis by treating the lattice deformations and Anderson localization effects on the same footing. We identify an intermediate "bad insulator" transport regime which displays resistivity values exceeding the Mott-Ioffe-Regel limit and with a negative temperature coefficient, as often observed in strongly disordered metals. Our calculations reveal that this behavior originates from significant temperature-induced rearrangements of electronic states due to enhanced interaction effects close to the disorder-driven metal-insulator transition.
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- Domenico Di Sante
- Institute of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-SPIN), Via Vetoio, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institut Néel-CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, Boîte Postale 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Physics and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, L'Aquila, Italy I-67100
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISC) Via dei Taurini, Rome, Italy I-00185
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Lazzeri A, Mwangi G, Tasselli P, Vannini M, Fratini S. Lack of inter-individual information exchange among migrating Cerithidea decollata(Mollusca Potamididae). ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2014.928654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Minder NA, Lu S, Fratini S, Ciuchi S, Facchetti A, Morpurgo AF. Tailoring the molecular structure to suppress extrinsic disorder in organic transistors. Adv Mater 2014; 26:1254-1260. [PMID: 24338981 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In organic field-effect transistors, the structure of the constituent molecules can be tailored to minimize the disorder experienced by charge carriers. Experiments on two perylene derivatives show that disorder can be suppressed by attaching longer core substituents - thereby reducing potential fluctuations in the transistor channel and increasing the mobility in the activated regime - without altering the intrinsic transport properties.
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- Nikolas A Minder
- DPMC and GAP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH - 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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We study charge ordering driven by Coulomb interactions on triangular lattices relevant to the Wigner-Mott transition in two dimensions. Dynamical mean-field theory reveals the pinball liquid phase, a charge ordered metallic phase containing quasilocalized (pins) coexisting with itinerant (balls) electrons. Based on an effective periodic Anderson model for this phase, we find an antiferromagnetic Kondo coupling between pins and balls and strong quasiparticle renormalization. Non-Fermi liquid behavior can occur in such charge ordered systems due to the spin-flip scattering of itinerant electrons off the pins in analogy with heavy fermion compounds.
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- Jaime Merino
- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC) and Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Nuccio L, Willis M, Schulz L, Fratini S, Messina F, D'Amico M, Pratt FL, Lord JS, McKenzie I, Loth M, Purushothaman B, Anthony J, Heeney M, Wilson RM, Hernández I, Cannas M, Sedlak K, Kreouzis T, Gillin WP, Bernhard C, Drew AJ. Importance of spin-orbit interaction for the electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:216602. [PMID: 23745907 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.216602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Despite the great interest organic spintronics has recently attracted, there is only a partial understanding of the fundamental physics behind electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors. Mechanisms based on hyperfine interaction have been demonstrated, but the role of the spin-orbit interaction remains elusive. Here, we report muon spin spectroscopy and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements on two series of molecular semiconductors in which the strength of the spin-orbit interaction has been systematically modified with a targeted chemical substitution of different atoms at a particular molecular site. We find that the spin-orbit interaction is a significant source of electron spin relaxation in these materials.
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- L Nuccio
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
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Ciuchi S, Hatch RC, Höchst H, Faber C, Blase X, Fratini S. Molecular fingerprints in the electronic properties of crystalline organic semiconductors: from experiment to theory. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:256401. [PMID: 23004626 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.256401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Revised: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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By comparing photoemission spectroscopy with a nonperturbative dynamical mean field theory extension to many-body ab initio calculations, we show in the prominent case of pentacene crystals that an excellent agreement with experiment for the bandwidth, dispersion, and lifetime of the hole carrier bands can be achieved in organic semiconductors, provided that one properly accounts for the coupling to molecular vibrational modes and the presence of disorder. Our findings rationalize the growing experimental evidence that even the best band structure theories based on a many-body treatment of electronic interactions cannot reproduce the experimental photoemission data in this important class of materials.
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- S Ciuchi
- Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi CNR, CNISM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università dell'Aquila, via Vetoio, I-67100 Coppito-L'Aquila, Italy
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Kimber SAJ, Senn MS, Fratini S, Wu H, Hill AH, Manuel P, Attfield JP, Argyriou DN, Henry PF. Charge order at the frontier between the molecular and solid states in Ba3NaRu2O9. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:217205. [PMID: 23003297 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.217205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We show that the valence electrons of Ba3NaRu2O9, which has a quasimolecular structure, completely crystallize below 210 K. Using an extended Hubbard model, we show that the charge ordering instability results from long-range Coulomb interactions. However, orbital ordering, metal-metal bonding, and formation of a partial spin gap enforce the magnitude of the charge separation. The striped charge order and frustrated hcp lattice of Ru2O9 dimers lead to competition with a quasidegenerate charge-melted phase under photoexcitation at low temperature. Our results establish a broad class of simple metal oxides as models for emergent phenomena at the border between the molecular and solid states.
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- Simon A J Kimber
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France.
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Vijayan S, Khanji M, Ionescu A, Vijayan S, Ionescu A, Podoleanu C, Frigy A, Ugri A, Varga A, Podoleanu D, Incze A, Carasca E, Dobreanu D, Mjolstad O, Dalen H, Graven T, Kleinau J, Hagen B, Fu H, Liu T, Li J, Liu C, Zhou C, Li G, Bordese R, Capriolo M, Brero D, Salvetti I, Cannillo M, Antolini M, Grosso Marra W, Frea S, Morello M, Gaita F, Maffessanti F, Caiani E, Muraru D, Tuveri F, Dal Bianco L, Badano L, Majid A, Soesanto A, Ario Suryo Kuncoro B, Sukmawan R, Ganesja MH, Benedek T, Chitu M, Beata J, Suciu Z, Kovacs I, Bucur O, Benedek I, Hrynkiewicz-Szymanska A, Szymanski F, Karpinski G, Filipiak K, Radunovic Z, Lande Wekre L, Steine K, Bech-Hanssen O, Rundqvist B, Lindgren F, Selimovic N, Jedrzychowska-Baraniak J, Jozwa R, Larysz B, Kasprzak J, Ripp T, Mordovin V, Ripp E, Ciobanu A, Dulgheru R, Dragoi R, Magda S, Florescu M, Mihaila S, Rimbas R, Cinteza M, Vinereanu D, Benavides-Vallve C, Pelacho B, Iglesias O, Castano S, Munoz-Barrutia A, Prosper F, Ortiz De Solorzano C, Manouras A, Sahlen A, Winter R, Vardas P, Brodin L, Sarvari SI, Haugaa KH, Zahid W, Bendz B, Aaberge L, Edvardsen T, Di Bella G, Pedri S, Donato R, Madaffari A, Zito C, Stapf D, Schreckenberg M, Carerj S, Yoshikawa H, Suzuki M, Kusunose Y, Hashimoto G, Otsuka T, Nakamura M, Sugi K, Grapsa J, Dawson D, Gin-Sing W, Howard L, Gibbs J, Nihoyannopoulos P, Smith B, Grapsa J, Dawson D, Coulter T, Rendon A, Gorissen W, Nihoyannopoulos P, Shiran A, Asmer I, Adawi S, Ganaeem M, Shehadeh J, Cameli M, Lisi M, Righini F, Maccherini M, Sani G, Galderisi M, Mondillo S, Kalimanovska-Ostric D, Nastasovic T, Jovanovic I, Milakovic B, Dostanic M, Stosic M, Sasic I, Sveen K, Nerdrum T, Hanssen K, Dahl-Jorgensen K, Steine K, Holte E, Vegsundvaag J, Hole T, Hegbom K, Wiseth R, Ikonomidis I, Lekakis J, Tritakis V, Papadakis I, Kadoglou N, Tzortzis S, Trivilou P, Koukoulis C, Paraskevaidis I, Anastasiou-Nana M, Smedsrud MK, Sarvari S, Haugaa KH, Gjesdal O, Aaberge L, Edvardsen T, Muraru D, Beraldo M, Solda' E, Cucchini U, Peluso D, Tuveri M, Al Mamary A, Badano L, Iliceto S, Dores H, Abecasis J, Carvalho M, Santos M, Andrade M, Ribeiras R, Reis C, Horta E, Gouveia R, Mendes M, Zaliaduonyte-Peksiene D, Mizariene V, Cesnaite G, Tamuleviciute E, Jurkevicius R, Vaskelyte J, Zaliunas R, Smarz K, Zaborska B, Jaxa-Chamiec T, Maciejewski P, Budaj A, Trifunovic D, Sobic-Saranovic D, Stankovic S, Ostojic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Petrovic M, Nedeljkovic I, Banovic M, Tesic M, Petrovic I, Peovska I, Srbinovska E, Maksimovic J, Andova V, Arnaudova F, Hristova E, Otljanska M, Vavlukis M, Jovanova S, Tamborini G, Fusini L, Gripari P, Muratori M, Pontone G, Andreini D, Bertella E, Ghulam Ali S, Bartorelli A, Pepi M, Zito C, Cusma-Piccione M, Salvia J, Antonini-Canterin F, Lentini S, Di Bella G, Donato D, Miceli M, Oreto G, Carerj S, Shiran A, Adawi S, Sachner R, Asmer I, Ganaeem M, Rubinshtein R, Shnapp M, Gaspar T, Marchese A, Deste W, Sanfilippo A, Aruta P, Patane M, Millan G, Ussia G, Tamburino C, Banovic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Kujacic V, Obradovic S, Nedeljkovic I, Trifunovic D, Petrovic M, Crkvenac Z, Ostojic M, Bernard A, Piquemal M, Muller G, Arbeille P, Charbonnier B, Broyd C, Davies J, Mikhail G, Mayet J, Francis D, Rosca M, Magne J, Szymanski C, Popescu B, Ginghina C, Pierard L, Lancellotti P, Gonzalez-Mansilla A, Solis J, Angulo R, Perez-David E, Madrid G, Garcia-Robles J, Yotti R, Prieto R, Bermejo J, Fernandez-Aviles F, Otsuka T, Suzuki M, Yoshikawa H, Ishikawa Y, Ishida T, Osaki T, Matsuyama M, Yamashita H, Ozaki S, Sugi K, Stevanella M, Votta E, Fusini L, Veronesi F, Tamborini G, Pepi M, Maffessanti F, Alamanni F, Redaelli A, Caiani E, Park SD, Lee J, Shin S, Woo S, Kim D, Park K, Kwan J, Tsang W, Chandra S, Weinert L, Gayat E, Djelassi M, Balbach T, Mor-Avi V, Lang R, De Meester P, Van De Bruaene A, Delcroix M, Budts W, Abid L, Frikha Z, Makni K, Rekik H, Znazen A, Mourad H, Kammoun S, Sargento L, Satendra M, Sousa C, Lopes S, Longo S, Lousada N, Palma Reis R, Fouad D, Shams Eldeen R, Rosca M, Popescu B, Beladan C, Calin A, Voinea F, Enache R, Jurcut R, Coman I, Ghionea M, Ginghina C, Tesic M, Djordjevic-Dikic A, Trifunovic D, Petrovic O, Nedeljkovic I, Petrovic M, Boricic M, Giga V, Ostojic M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Pisciella L, Lanzillo C, Minati M, Caselli S, Di Roma M, Fratini S, Romano S, Calo' L, Lioy E, Penco M, Finocchiaro G, Pinamonti B, Merlo M, Barbati G, Sinagra G, Finocchiaro G, Pinamonti B, Merlo M, Barbati G, Dilenarda A, Sinagra G, Comenale Pinto S, Ancona R, Caso P, Cavallaro C, Vecchione F, D'onofrio A, Fero' M, Calabro' R, Gustafsson S, Ihse E, Henein M, Westermark P, Suhr O, Lindqvist P, Oliva Sandoval M, Gonzalez Carrillo M, Garcia Navarro M, Garcia-Molina Saez E, Sabater Molina M, Saura Espin D, Lacunza Ruiz J, Gimeno Blanes J, De La Morena Valenzuela G, Valdes Chavarri M, Prinz C, Faber L, Horstkotte D, Hoetz H, Voigt J, Dores H, Gandara F, Correia M, Abecasis J, Rosario I, Fonseca C, Arroja I, Aleixo A, Martins A, Mendes M, Radulescu L, Dan Radulescu D, Parv Andreea P, Duncea Caius D, Ciuleanu T C, Mitrea Paulina M, Frea S, Capriolo M, Grosso Marra W, Cali Quaglia F, Bordese R, Ribezzo M, Boffini M, Rinaldi M, Gaita F, Morello M, Maceira Gonzalez AM, Cosin-Sales J, Dalli E, Diago J, Aguilar J, Ruvira J, Sousa C, Goncalves S, Gomes A, Pinto F, Tsai WC, Liu YW, Shih JY, Huang YY, Chen JY, Tsai LM, Chen JH, Sargento L, Satendra M, Longo S, Lousada N, Palma Reis R, Ribeiro S, Doroteia D, Goncalves S, Santos L, David C, Vinhas De Sousa G, Almeida A, Iwase M, Itou Y, Yasukochi S, Shiino K, Inuzuka H, Sugimoto K, Ozaki Y, Gieszczyk-Strozik K, Sikora-Puz A, Mizia M, Lasota B, Chmiel A, Lis-Swiety A, Michna J, Brzezinska-Wcislo L, Mizia-Stec K, Gasior Z, Luijendijk P, De Bruin-Bon H, Zwiers C, Vriend J, Van Den Brink R, Mulder B, Bouma B, Brigido S, Gianfagna P, Proclemer A, Plicht B, Kahlert P, Kaelsch H, Buck T, Erbel R, Konorza T, Yoon H, Kim K, Ahn Y, Jeong M, Cho J, Park J, Kang J, Rha W, Jansen Klomp WW, Brandon Bravo Bruinsma G, Van 'T Hof A, Spanjersberg S, Nierich A, Bombardini T, Gherardi S, Picano E, Ciarka A, Herbots L, Eroglu E, Van Cleemput J, Droogne W, Jasityte R, Meyns B, Voigt J, D'hooge J, Vanhaecke J, Al Barjas M, Iskreva R, Morris R, Davar J, Zhao Y, Lindqvist P, Holmgren A, Morner S, Henein M, Nedeljkovic I, Ostojic M, Giga V, Stepanovic J, Djordjevic-Dikic A, Beleslin B, Nedeljkovic M, Banovic M, Mazic S, Stojanov V, Piatkowski R, Kochanowski J, Scislo P, Grabowski M, Marchel M, Roik M, Kosior D, Opolski G, Tomaszewski A, Kutarski A, Tomaszewski M, Eibel S, Hasheminejad E, Mukherjee C, Tschernich H, Ender J, Delithanasis I, Celutkiene J, Kenny C, Monaghan M, Van Den Oord S, Ten Kate G, Akkus Z, Renaud G, Sijbrands E, Ten Cate F, De Jong N, Bosch J, Van Der Steen A, Schinkel A, Lisowska A, Knapp M, Tycinska A, Sawicki R, Kralisz P, Sobkowicz B, Chang SA, Lee SC, Kim EY, Hahm SH, Ahn GT, Sohn MK, Park SJ, Choi JO, Park SW, Oh JK, Gursoy MO, Gokdeniz T, Astarcioglu M, Bayram Z, Cakal B, Karakoyun S, Kalcik M, Kahveci G, Yildiz M, Ozkan M, Muraru D, Dal Bianco L, Solda' E, Cucchini U, Peluso D, Tuveri M, Al Mamary A, Badano L, Iliceto S, Skidan V, Borowski A, Park M, Thomas J, Ranjbar S, Hassantash S, Karvandi M, Foroughi M, Davidsen ES, Cramariuc D, Bleie O, Gerdts E, Matre K, Cusma' Piccione M, Zito C, Bagnato G, Di Bella G, Mohammed M, Piluso S, Oreto L, Oreto G, Bagnato G, Carerj S, Prinz C, Bitter T, Faber L, Horstkotte D, Dores H, Abecasis J, Carvalho S, Santos M, Andrade M, Ribeiras R, Canada M, Reis C, Gouveia R, Mendes M, Santisteban Sanchez De Puerta M, Mesa Rubio MD, Ruiz Ortiz M, Delgado Ortega M, Pena Pena ML, Puentes Chiachio M, Suarez De Lezo Cruz-Conde J, Pan Alvarez-Ossorio M, Mazuelos Bellido F, Suarez De Lezo Herreros De Tejada J, Altekin E, Yanikoglu A, Karakas S, Oncel C, Akdemir B, Belgi Yildirim A, Cilli A, Yilmaz H, Lenartowska L, Furdal M, Knysz B, Konieczny A, Lewczuk J, Comenale Pinto S, Ancona R, Caso P, Severino S, Cavallaro M, Coppola M, Calabro' R, Motoki H, To A, Bhargava M, Wazni O, Marwick T, Klein A, Sinkovskaya E, Horton S, Abuhamad A, Mingo Santos S, Monivas Palomero V, Beltran Correas B, Mitroi C, Gutierrez Landaluce C, Garcia Lunar I, Gonzalez Mirelis J, Cavero M, Segovia Cubero J, Alonso Pulpon L, Gurel E, Karaahmet T, Tigen K, Kirma C, Dundar C, Pala S, Isiklar I, Cevik C, Kilicgedik A, Basaran Y, Brambatti M, Romandini A, Barbarossa A, Molini S, Urbinati A, Giovagnoli A, Cipolletta L, Capucci A, Park S, Choi E, Ahn C, Hong S, Kim M, Lim D, Shim W, Xie J, Fang F, Zhang Q, Chan J, Yip G, Sanderson J, Lam Y, Yan B, Yu C, Jorge Perez P, De La Rosa Hernandez A, Hernandez Garcia C, Duque Garcia A, Barragan Acea A, Arroyo Ucar E, Jimenez Rivera J, Lacalzada Almeida J, Laynez Cerdena I, Maffessanti F, Gripari P, Pontone G, Andreini D, Tamborini G, Carminati C, Pepi M, Caiani E, Capoulade R, Larose E, Clavel M, Dumesnil J, Arsenault M, Bedard E, Mathieu P, Pibarot P, Gargani L, Baldi G, Forfori F, Caramella D, D'errico L, Abramo A, Sicari R, Picano E, Giunta F, Lee WN, Larrat B, Messas E, Pernot M, Tanter M, Velagic V, Cikes M, Matasic R, Skorak I, Skorak I, Samardzic J, Puljevic D, Lovric Bencic M, Biocina B, Milicic D, Roosens B, Bala G, Droogmans S, Hostens J, Somja J, Delvenne E, Schiettecatte J, Lahoutte T, Van Camp G, Cosyns B, Ghosh A, Hardy R, Chaturvedi N, Francis D, Deanfield J, Pellerin D, Kuh D, Hughes A, Malmgren A, Dencker M, Stagmo M, Gudmundsson P, Seo Y, Ishizu T, Aonuma K, Schuuring MJ, Vis J, Bouma B, Van Dijk A, Van Melle J, Pieper P, Vliegen H, Sieswerda G, Mulder B, Foukarakis E, Pitarokilis A, Kafarakis P, Kiritsi A, Klironomos E, Manousakis A, Fragiadaki X, Papadakis E, Dermitzakis A. 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Sonne C, Bott-Fluegel L, Hauck S, Michalk F, Lesevic H, Demetz G, Braun D, Hausleiter J, Schoemig A, Kolb C, Hirayama Y, Tsukamoto M, Hotta D, Yokoyama H, Kikuchi K, Ohori K, Sato N, Kawamura Y, Hasebe N, Kaladaridis A, Bramos D, Skaltsiotis I, Kottis G, Antoniou A, Matthaios I, Agrios I, Vasiladiotis N, Pamboucas C, Toumanidis S, Minati M, Cavarretta E, De Ruvo E, Rebecchi M, Sciarra L, Matera S, Fratini S, Zuccaro L, Lioy E, Calo' L, Esposito C, Chinali M, D' Asaro M, Toscano A, Iacobelli R, Del Pasqua A, Di Clemente S, Parisi F, Pongiglione G, Rinelli G, Djordjevic-Dikic A, Nikcevic G, Raspopovic S, Jovanovic V, Tesic M, Djordjevic S, Milasinovic G, Gurel E, Tigen K, Karaahmet T, Dundar C, Guler A, Fotbolcu H, Basaran Y, Risum N, Williams E, Khouri M, Jackson K, Olsen N, Jons C, Storm K, Velazquez EJ, Kisslo J, Sogaard P, Separovic Hanzevacki J, Baricevic Z, Pezo Nikolic B, Lovric D, Ivanac Vranesic I, Ernst A, Milicic D, Jurin H, Esmaeilzadeh M, Salehi Omran M, Maleki M, Haghjoo M, Noohi F, Ojaghi Haghighi Z, Sadeghpour A, Nakhostin Davari P, Bakhshandeh Abkenar H. Moderated Poster Sessions 4: Velocity and deformation imaging in electrophysiology * Friday 9 December 2011, 14:00-18:00 * Location: Moderated Poster Area. European Journal of Echocardiography 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cesta A, Cortellessa G, Fratini S, Oddi A, Bernardi G. Deploying Interactive Mission Planning Tools- Experiences and Lessons Learned -. J Adv Comput Intell Intell Inform 2011. [DOI: 10.20965/jaciii.2011.p1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This article contains a retrospective overview of connected work performed for the European Space Agency (ESA) over a span of 10 years. We have been creating and refining an AI approach to problem solving and have infused a series of deployed planning and scheduling systems which have innovated the agency’s mission planning practice. The goal of this paper is to identify strong features of this experience, comment on general lessons learned and offer guidelines for work practice of the future. Specifically, the work considers some key points that have contributed to strengthening the effectiveness of our approach for the development of an end-to-end methodology to field applications: the attention to domain modeling, the constraint-based algorithm synthesis and the relevance of user interaction services.
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Ciuchi S, Fratini S. Band dispersion and electronic lifetimes in crystalline organic semiconductors. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:166403. [PMID: 21599392 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.166403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2011] [Revised: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The consequences of several microscopic interactions on the photoemission spectra of crystalline organic semiconductors are studied theoretically. It is argued that their relative roles can be disentangled by analyzing both their temperature and their momentum-energy dependence. Our analysis shows that the polaronic thermal band narrowing, which is the foundation of most theories of electrical transport in organic semiconductors, is inconsistent in the range of microscopic parameters appropriate for these materials. An alternative scenario is proposed to explain the experimental trends.
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- S Ciuchi
- Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi CNR, CNISM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università dell'Aquila, Coppito-L'Aquila, Italy
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Cano-Cortés L, Merino J, Fratini S. Quantum critical behavior of electrons at the edge of charge order. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:036405. [PMID: 20867785 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.036405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We consider quantum critical points in which quantum fluctuations associated with charge rather than magnetic order induce unconventional metallic properties. Based on finite-T calculations on a two-dimensional extended Hubbard model, we show how the coherence scale T(*) characteristic of Fermi liquid behavior of the homogeneous metal vanishes at the onset of charge order. A strong effective mass enhancement reminiscent of heavy fermion behavior indicates the possible destruction of quasiparticles at the quantum critical points. Experimental probes on quarter-filled layered organic materials are proposed for unveiling the behavior of electrons across the quantum critical region.
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- L Cano-Cortés
- Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Bartak R, Fratini S, McCluskey L. The Third Competition on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling. AI MAG 2010. [DOI: 10.1609/aimag.v31i1.2288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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We report on the staging of the third competition on knowledge engineering for AI planning and scheduling systems, held during ICAPS-09 at Thessaloniki, Greece in September 2009. We give an overview of how the competition has developed since its first run in 2005, and its relationship with the AI planning field. This run of the competition focused on translators that when input with some formal description in an application-area-specific language, output solver-ready domain models. Despite a fairly narrow focus within knowledge engineering, seven teams took part in what turned out to be a very interesting and successful competition.
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We analyze a model that accounts for the inherently large thermal lattice fluctuations associated with the weak van der Waals intermolecular bonding in crystalline organic semiconductors. In these materials the charge mobility generally exhibits a "metalliclike" power-law behavior, with no sign of thermally activated hopping characteristic of carrier self-localization, despite apparent mean free paths comparable to or lower than the intermolecular spacing. Our results show that such a puzzling transport regime can be understood from the simultaneous presence of band carriers and incoherent states that are dynamically localized by the thermal lattice disorder.
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- S Fratini
- Institut Néel-CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Baratti M, Cordaro M, Dessì‐Fulgheri F, Vannini M, Fratini S. Molecular and ecological characterization of urban populations of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchosL.) in Italy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/11250000802566624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mancini M, Cannita K, Santomaggio A, Tudini M, De Galitiis F, Morelli M, Rispoli A, Martella F, Porzio G, Pelliccione M, Cocciolone V, Lanfiuti Baldi P, Penco M, Romano S, Fratini S, Stifani G, Marchetti P, Ficorella C, Ricevuto E. The safety of dose-dense liposomal-encapsulated doxorubicin in association with docetaxel (MyTax) in breast cancer. Cancer Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-2157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Liposomal-Encapsulated Doxorubicin (LED) shows equivalent efficacy, better cardiac tolerability at higher cumulative dose than conventional anthracyclines in breast cancer treatment.
 Methods: Sixteen pts were enrolled in a dose-finding study of LED (TLC-D99 Myocet ®) associated to Docetaxel (TXT). Twelve pts were treated with a fixed TXT dose (50 mg/m2) and TLC-D99 at three dose levels, 40-45-50 mg/m2, days 1 and 15 every 2 weeks using an intra- and inter-patient approach; four pts wrere treated at the TLC-D99 recommended dose (50 mg/m2). Cardiac monitoring of LVEF was performed every two cycles; Precursor Brain Natriuretic Peptide (proBNP) and cardiac Troponin (c-TnI) before and after 24 h chemotherapy was evaluated.
 Results: Breast cancer (BC) disease extension: metastatic (MBC), 8; locally advanced BC, 5; T2-T3 BC, 3. Previous chemotherapy: untreated, 11 pts; adjuvant, 5 pts. Enrolled pts for each dose-level: I, 7; II, 9; III, 14. Newly treated pts: I dose-level, 7; II dose-level, 3; III dose-level, 6. Valuable cycles for each dose-level in a total 77 cycles: I, 14; II, 21; III, 42. DLTs were observed in 3 pts, 21%, and 3 cycles, 4%: 2 cardiac, characterized by a 19% LVEF decrease and a symptomatic arrhythmia; one G4 hematologic resistant to G-CSF. DLTs for each dose-level by pts and cycles, respectively: I, 14% (1/7 pts) and 7% (1/14 cycles); II, no DLT in 9 pts and 21 cycles; III, 14% (2/14 pts) and 5% (2/42 cycles). Cumulative G3-4 toxicities by pts and cycles, respectively: cardiac arrhythmia 6% and 1,3%, cardiac general (symptomatic LVEF decrease), 6% and 1,3%; alopecia 81% and 65%; neutropenia resistant to G-CSF, 6% and 1,3%. Cardiac DLTs were observed in 2 elderly pts (>65 y). The 2 cardiac DLTs were observed in 2 out of 3 pts with pre-existing diastolic dysfunction. No pathologic increase of c-TnI levels was detected. Seven pts showed increased pro-BNP after chemotherapy; 1 of these with increased pro-BNP after chemotherapy, persistent the day 1 of each subsequent chemotherapy showed a DLT;
 G2 toxicities by patients and cycles, respectively: asthenia 37% and 18%, stomatitis/mucositis 12% and 5%, nausea 31% and 12%. Median rDI of TLC-D99 was 25 mg/m2/w and TXT 25 mg/m2/w for pts, respectively. Preliminary efficacy in 16 assessable pts: LA-BC and MBC, 1 CR (pCR) 7 PR (OR 62%), 4 SD and 1 PD; T2-T3 BC, 2 PR and 1 SD.
 Conclusion: dose-dense TLC-D99/Docetaxel association can be safely recommended at the dose of 50 mg/m2 for each drug. Docetaxel intensification is ongoing.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(2 Suppl):Abstract nr 2157.
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- M Mancini
- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 2 Oncology Division IDI, Roma, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 4 University of L'Aquila, Cardiology Department, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 4 University of L'Aquila, Cardiology Department, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 4 University of L'Aquila, Cardiology Department, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 4 University of L'Aquila, Cardiology Department, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 3 "La Sapienza" University of Roma, Medical Oncology, S. Andrea Hospital, Roma, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- 1 University of L'Aquila, Medical Oncology, S. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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Hulea IN, Fratini S, Xie H, Mulder CL, Iossad NN, Rastelli G, Ciuchi S, Morpurgo AF. Tunable Fröhlich polarons in organic single-crystal transistors. Nat Mater 2006; 5:982-6. [PMID: 17086169 DOI: 10.1038/nmat1774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In organic field-effect transistors (FETs), charges move near the surface of an organic semiconductor, at the interface with a dielectric. In the past, the nature of the microscopic motion of charge carriers--which determines the device performance--has been related to the quality of the organic semiconductor. Recently, it was discovered that the nearby dielectric also has an unexpectedly strong influence. The mechanisms responsible for this influence are not understood. To investigate these mechanisms, we have studied transport through organic single-crystal FETs with different gate insulators. We find that the temperature dependence of the mobility evolves from metallic-like to insulating-like with increasing dielectric constant of the insulator. The phenomenon is accounted for by a two-dimensional Fröhlich polaron model that quantitatively describes our observations and shows that increasing the dielectric polarizability results in a crossover from the weak to the strong polaronic coupling regime. This represents a considerable step forward in our understanding of transport through organic transistors, and identifies a microscopic physical process with a large influence on device performance.
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- I N Hulea
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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Schubart CD, Cannicci S, Vannini M, Fratini S. Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fratini S, Zaccara S, Barbaresi S, Grandjean F, Souty-Grosset C, Crosa G, Gherardi F. Phylogeography of the threatened crayfish (genus Austropotamobius) in Italy: implications for its taxonomy and conservation. Heredity (Edinb) 2004; 94:108-18. [PMID: 15483655 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A nucleotide sequence analysis of a portion of the mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit was performed to define the phylogeography of the threatened crayfish Austropotamobius (Decapoda; Astacidae) in Italy. We collected 61 specimens from 31 localities across the Italian peninsula. For the phylogenetic inference, we combined the 61 Austropotamobius spp sequences obtained from this study with 18 sequences deposited in GenBank and corresponding to Italian, French, Irish, Swiss, and Slovenian locations. Among the analysed sequences, 34 distinct haplotypes were detected. Our results confirmed the presence of both A. pallipes and A. italicus in the Italian peninsula and the existence within the latter species of a strong intraspecific genetic variation, due to the occurrence of four subspecies with a well-defined geographic distribution. From a conservation viewpoint, Italy, with its high haplotype variability, may be considered a 'hot spot' for the genetic diversity of the European native crayfish Austropotamobius. We suggest that re-introduction programs should be conducted with extreme caution in Italy, since not only the two Austropotamobius species but also the four A. italicus subspecies are genetically and taxonomically separate units and require independent conservation plans.
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- S Fratini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica L. Pardi, Università di Firenze, v. Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy.
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We present a unified view of the transport properties of small polarons in the Holstein model at low carrier densities, based on the dynamical mean-field theory. The nonperturbative nature of the approach allows us to study the crossover from classical activated motion at high temperatures to coherent motion at low temperatures. Large quantitative discrepancies from the standard polaronic formulas are found. The scaling properties of the resistivity are analyzed, and a simple interpolation formula is proposed in the nonadiabatic regime.
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- S Fratini
- Laboratoire d'Etudes des Propriétés Electroniques des Solides, CNRS, BP 166, 25, Avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Caprara S, Di Castro C, Fratini S, Grilli M. Anomalous optical absorption in the normal state of overdoped cuprates near the charge-ordering instability. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 88:147001. [PMID: 11955168 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.147001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We argue that the hump observed in the optical conductivity at or below a few hundreds of cm(-1), in overdoped cuprates such as the electron-doped Nd(2-x)Ce(x)CuO(4-y) at x > or approximately equal to 0.15 and the hole-doped Bi2Sr2CuO6 and La2-xSrxCuO4, cannot be accounted for within a single-fluid description. We propose instead an interpretation based on the direct excitation of charge collective modes, which become nearly critical in the proximity to a charge-ordering instability. Their critical character entails a peculiar temperature dependence and a pseudoscaling form of the optical spectra, which agree with the experimental data.
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- S Caprara
- INFM and SMC, Unità di Roma 1, and Dipartimento di Fisica-Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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Fratini S, Cannicci S, Vannini M. Feeding clusters and olfaction in the mangrove snail Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus) (Potamididae: Gastropoda). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 2001; 261:173-183. [PMID: 11399273 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00273-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Large numbers of the snail Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus) (Potamididae; Gastropoda) are frequently observed feeding in a cluster on a single fallen mangrove leaf, yet none are present on leaves nearby. Consequently, we investigated the food-finding ability of T. palustris in a Kenyan mangrove forest using field experiments. We estimated the attractive effect of different cues and analysed the paths (video-recorded) of snails when approaching a food-related odour. This intertidal snail can potentially use both air-borne and water-borne odours to locate food. T. palustris is attracted to conspecifics feeding on leaves, while intact leaves as well as non-feeding snails are not attractive. Moreover, the guiding stimulus appears to be compounds released when the leaves are damaged.T. palustris also seems able to discriminate between different food items; it is more strongly attracted to green mangrove leaves than senescent or fallen ones or mangrove propagules, probably because green leaves release a greater amount of attractive cues.Feeding snails thus recruit more snails to feed on the same leaf. The ecological implications of this behaviour are discussed: a large number of snails on the same leaf counteracts the ability of crabs to remove the leaf being eaten by the snails.
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- S Fratini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica "L. Pardi", dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze, v. Romana 17, 50125, Florence, Italy
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De Paulis R, Zeitani J, Bognolo G, Fratini S, Penta de Peppo A, Chiariello L. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm and mitral valve regurgitation. Conservative surgical therapy. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1999; 40:679-81. [PMID: 10597002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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A patient with posterolateral left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, severe mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease is reported. Mitral valve insufficiency was almost completely cured by simple closure of the left ventricular defect by edge to edge apposition along the long axis of the heart.
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De Paulis R, Sommariva L, Colagrande L, De Matteis GM, Fratini S, Tomai F, Bassano C, Penta de Peppo A, Chiariello L. Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis with different valve substitutes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 116:590-8. [PMID: 9766587 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70165-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Stentless biologic aortic valves are less obstructive than stented biologic or mechanical valves. Their superior hemodynamic performances are expected to reflect in better regression of left ventricular hypertrophy. We compared the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in 3 groups of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis. Group I (10 patients) received stentless biologic aortic valves, group II (10 patients) received stented biologic aortic valves, and group III (10 patients) received bileaflet mechanical aortic valves. METHODS Echocardiographic evaluations were performed before the operation and after 1 year, and the results were compared with those of a control group. Left ventricular diameters and function, left ventricular wall thickness, and left ventricular mass were assessed by echocardiography. RESULTS Group I patients had a significantly lower maximum and mean transprosthetic gradient than the other valve groups (P = .001). One year after operation there was a significant reduction in left ventricular mass for all patient groups (P < .01), but mass did not reach normal values (P = .05). Although the rate of regression in the interventricular septum and posterior wall thickness differed slightly among groups, their values at follow-up were comparable and still higher than control values (P = .002). The ratio between interventricular septum and posterior wall and the ratio between wall thickness and chamber radius did not change significantly at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Because the number of patients was relatively small, we could not use left ventricular mass regression after I year to distinguish among patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis by means of valve prostheses with different hemodynamic performances.
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- R De Paulis
- Cardiac Surgery Department, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
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Auricchio A, Scafuri A, Auricchio U, Fratini S, Chiariello L. [Clinical value of intracavitary electrograms stored by implantable automatic defibrillator in patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest]. Cardiologia 1995; 40:31-9. [PMID: 8529236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A major limitation of implantable defibrillators in the past has been the inability to document the arrhythmia precipitating discharge of the device. Although symptoms can be of some help in identifying the arrhythmia, symptomatic supraventricular arrhythmias and asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia (VT) have been documented in some cases before device discharge. The aim of this study was to systematically assess the value of stored intracardiac electrograms by implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in survivors of cardiac arrest during an antiarrhythmic drug free-period, in order to better define the arrhythmic profile determining device activation. The stored intracardiac electrograms of a fourth-generation cardioverter-defibrillator, implanted in 18 survivors of cardiac arrest were retrieved. The number of device activations, and the characteristics of any stored arrhythmic events were analyzed. A total number of 249 arrhythmic events were detected and stored over a mean follow-up of 378 +/- 107 days. These resulted in 78 delivered shocks, 84% of which were appropriate. Most of the detected events were episodes of unsustained VTs (33%), and atrial fibrillation or flutter (31%), which led to inappropriate shocks in 16% of the cases. The remaining recorded events were: sustained VT or fibrillation (66 episodes, 26%), sinus rhythm (11 events, 4%), not classified episode (6%). Of the 171 (69%) arrhythmic episodes not resulting in shocks, 73 events aborted before shock delivery by the device's reconfirmation algorithm, and the remaining 98 (39%) were detected but unsustained in duration, thus terminating before charging. In some cases, sustained and unsustained episodes of both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias gave symptoms.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Auricchio
- Klinik fuer Kardiologie, Angiologie und Pulmologie, Universitaetsklinik Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Auricchio A, Auricchio U, Scafuri A, Fratini S, Chiariello L. [Arrhythmic symptoms and events in patients wearing an implantable automatic defibrillator]. G Ital Cardiol 1994; 24:1567-73. [PMID: 7883129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although symptoms can be of some help in identifying the arrhythmia related to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) discharge, symptomatic supraventricular arrhythmias and asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia have been reported. METHODS In 18 survivors of cardiac arrest implanted with an ICD, the symptoms and intracardiac electrograms were systematically evaluated, in order to better define a relationship between some symptoms and supraventricular or ventricular tachyarrhythmias. RESULTS A total number of 249 arrhythmic episodes were detected by the ICD during a mean follow-up of 378 +/- 107 days (range 137 to 642). Within this time, in 15 out of 18 patients (83%) at least one arrhythmic event alerting the device occurred, determining a therapeutic attempt in 13 patients. Only 49% of the episode stored by the ICD were symptomatic. Symptoms like palpitations, dizziness, "going under" lacked of predictability for ventricular tachycardia; in contrast, patients describing a "hot flush", alone or associated with palpitations, lightheadedness, dizziness most commonly recognized a ventricular tachyarrhythmias. This symptom had a good sensitivity (72%) and a high specificity (95%) in detecting a sustained ventricular tachycardia. CONCLUSIONS Since in most cases symptoms are not a reliable criterion for validating ICD discharges stored electrograms during ICD activation need to be considered for analysis. However, the data of this study showed the importance of "hot flush" as a key symptom for recognizing the occurrence of a sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
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- A Auricchio
- Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, European Hospital
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