Publications

Commentary

Nature News & Views – N.P. Breznay, “A strange metal emerges from a failed superconductor” Nature 601 198-199 (2022).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03831-6

Journal Articles (Since 2017)

A. Ruiz, N. P. Breznay, M. Li, I. Rousochatzakis, A. Allen, I. Zinda, V. Nagarajan, G. Lopez, M. H. Upton, J. Kim, A. H. Said, X.-R. Huang, T. Gog, D. Casa, R. J. Birgeneau, J. D. Koralek, J. G. Analytis, N. B. Perkins, and A. Frano. “Magnon-spinon dichotomy in the Kitaev hyperhoneycomb β-Li2IrO3Phys. Rev. B 103, 184404 (2021).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.184404
*Selected as an Editor’s Suggestion

J. Rodriguez, G. Lopez, F. Ramirez, N. P. Breznay, R. Kealhofer, V. Nagarajan, D. Latzke, S. Wilson, N. Marrufo, P. Santiago, J. Lara, A. Diego, E. Molina, D. Rosser, H. Tavassol, A. Lanzara, J. G. Analytis, and C. Ojeda-Aristizabal. “Competition between magnetic order and charge localization in Na2IrO3 thin crystal devices” Phys. Rev. B 101, 235415 (2020).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235415

Alejandro Ruiz, Vikram Nagarajan, Mayia Vranas, Gilbert Lopez, Gregory T. McCandless, Itamar Kimchi, Julia Y. Chan, Nicholas P. Breznay, Alex Frañó, Benjamin A. Frandsen, and James G. Analytis. “High-temperature magnetic anomaly in the Kitaev hyperhoneycomb compound β-Li2IrO3Phys. Rev. B 101, 075112 (2020).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.075112

J. Reindl, H. Volker, N. P. Breznay, M. Wuttig, “Persistence of spin memory in a disordered, crystalline phase-change material” npj Quantum Materials 4, 57 (2019).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41535-019-0196-6

N.P. Breznay, I.M. Hayes, N. L. Nair, T. Helm, J.G. Analytis, R.D. McDonald, Z. Zhu, Y. Krockenberger, H. Irie, Y. Yamamoto, K. A. Modic, A. Frano, P. Shafer, E. Arenholz, “Interplay of structure and charge order revealed by quantum oscillations in thin films of Pr2CuO4-δPhys. Rev. B 100, 235111 (2019).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.235111

M. Kang, J. Pellicanri, A. Frano, N. Breznay, E. Schierle, E. Wesche, R. Sutarto, F. He, P. Shafer, E. Arenholz, M. Chen, K. Zhang, A. Ruiz, Z. Hao, S. Lewin, J. Analytis, Y. Krockenberger, H. Yamamoto, T. Das, R. Comin, “Evolution of charge order topology across a magnetic quantum phase transition in electron-doped cuprates” Nature Physics 15, 335 (2019).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-018-0401-8

N.P. Breznay and A. Kapitulnik, “Particle-hole Symmetry Reveals Failed Superconductivity in the Metallic Phase of Two-Dimensional Superconducting Films” Science Advances 3, e1700612 (2017).
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700612

A. Ruiz, A. Frano, N.P. Breznay, I. Kimchi, T. Helm, I. Oswald, J. Y. Chan, R. J. Birgeneau, Z. Islam, and J. G. Analytis, “Correlated states in β-Li2IrO3 driven by applied magnetic fields” Nature Communications 8, 961 (2017).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01071-9

L. Moreschini, I. Lo Vecchio, N.P. Breznay, S. Moser, S. Ulstrup, R. Koch, J. Wirjo, C. Jozwiak, K. S. Kim, E. Rotenberg, A. Bostwick, J. G. Analytis, and A. Lanzara “Quasiparticles and charge transfer at the two surfaces of the honeycomb iridate Na2IrO3Phys. Rev. B 96, 161116(R) (2017).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.161116

N. P. Breznay, M. Tendulkar, L. Zhang, S.-C. Lee, and A. Kapitulnik, “Superconductor to weak-insulator transitions in disordered Tantalum Nitride films” Phys. Rev. B 96, 134522 (2017).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.134522

N.P. Breznay, A. Ruiz, A. Frano, W. Bi, R. Birgeneau, D. Haskel, J. G. Analytis, “Resonant x-ray scattering reveals possible disappearance of magnetic order under hydrostatic pressure in the Kitaev candidate Ɣ-Li2IrO3Phys. Rev. B 96, 020402(R) (2017).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.020402

K.A. Modic, B.J. Ramshaw, N.P. Breznay, J. G. Analytis, R. D. McDonald, A. Shekhter, “Robust spin correlations at high magnetic fields in the harmonic honeycomb iridates” Nature Communications 8, 180 (2017).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00264-6

T. Helm, F. Flicker, R. Kealhofer, P. Moll, I. M. Hayes, N.P. Breznay, Z. Li, S. G. Louie, Q. R. Zhang, L. Balicas, J. E. Moore, J. G. Analytis, “Thermodynamic Anomaly Above the Superconducting Critical Temperature in the Quasi One-Dimensional Superconductor Ta4Pd3Te16Phys. Rev. B 95, 075121 (2017).
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.075121