Kathleen M. McCreary

May 7, 2024 | nature.com | Søren Ulstrup |Kathleen M. McCreary |Jeremy Robinson |Simranjeet Singh |Roland J. Koch |Eli Rotenberg | +3 more

AbstractHarnessing electronic excitations involving coherent coupling to bosonic modes is essential for the design and control of emergent phenomena in quantum materials. In situations where charge carriers induce a lattice distortion due to the electron-phonon interaction, the conducting states get “dressed", which leads to the formation of polaronic quasiparticles. The exploration of polaronic effects on low-energy excitations is in its infancy in two-dimensional materials.