Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument

Changlani, Hitesh J.; Tubman, Norm M.; Hughes, Taylor L.

doi:10.1038/srep31897

Title: Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument

Journal Article · Wed Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31897· OSTI ID:1326656

Changlani, Hitesh J. ^[1]; Tubman, Norm M. ^[2]; Hughes, Taylor L. ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Two powerful theoretical predictions, Anderson localization and the Imry-Ma argument, impose significant restrictions on the phases of matter that can exist in the presence of even the smallest amount of disorder in one-dimensional systems. These predictions forbid electrically conducting states and ordered states respectively. It was thus remarkable that a mechanism to circumvent Anderson localization relying on the presence of correlated disorder was found, that is also realized in certain biomolecular systems. Here, in a similar manner, we show that the Imry-Ma argument can be circumvented, resulting in the formation of stable ordered states with discrete broken symmetries in disordered one dimensional systems. We then investigate other mechanisms by which disorder can destroy an ordered state.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001789; FG02-12ER46875; OCI-1053575; AC05-00OR22725; DMR 1351895-CAR

OSTI ID:: 1326656

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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