Publications

Review Articles and Book Chapters

• Computational quantum transport
• First-principles quantum transport modeling of spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques in magnetic multilayers
• Charge, spin and valley Hall effects in disordered graphene
• The nonequilibrium quantum many-body problem as a paradigm for extreme data science
• How to construct the proper gauge-invariant density matrix in steady-state nonequilibrium: Applications to spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques
• First-principles quantum transport modeling of thermoelectricity in single-molecule nanojunctions with graphene nanoribbon electrodes
• Spin currents in semiconductor nanostructures: A nonequilibrium Green function approach
• What can we learn about the dynamics of transported spins by measuring shot noise in spin-orbit-coupled nanostructures?
• Optimizing the speed of a Josephson junction with dynamical mean-field theory

2024

• A. Kefayati, Y. Ren, M. B. Jungfleisch, L. Gundlach, J. Q. Xiao, and B. K. Nikolić, Deciphering the origin of spin current in spintronic terahertz emitters and its imprint on their electromagnetic radiation via time-dependent density functional theory, arXiv:2410.07360 (2024).
• S. M. João, M. D. Petrović, J. M. Viana Parente Lopes, A. Ferreira, and B. K. Nikolić, Reconciling Kubo and Keldysh approaches to Fermi-sea-dependent nonequilibrium observables: Application to spin Hall current and spin-orbit torque in spintronics, arXiv:2408.16611 (2024). [PDF]
• X. Waintal, M. Wimmer, A. Akhmerov, C. Groth, B. K. Nikolić, M. Istas, T. Ö. Rosdahl, D. Varjas, Computational quantum transport, arXiv:2407.16257 (2024).
• D. Quang To, F. Garcia-Gaitan, Y. Ren, J. M. O. Zide, J. Q. Xiao, B. K. Nikolić, G. W. Bryant, and M. F. Doty, Theory of electric polarization induced by magnon transport in two-dimensional honeycomb antiferromagnets, arXiv:2407.16004 (2024).
• F. Reyes-Osorio, F. Garcia-Gaitan, D. J. Strachan, P. Plecháč, S. R. Clark, and B. K. Nikolić, Schwinger-Keldysh nonequilibrium quantum field theory of open quantum systems beyond the Markovian regime: Application to the spin-boson model, arXiv:2405.00765 (2024).
• J. Varela-Manjarres, A. Kefayati, M. B. Jungfleisch, J. Q. Xiao, and B. K. Nikolić, Charge and spin current pumping by ultrafast demagnetization dynamics, Phys. Rev. B 110, L060410 (2024). [PDF] + highlight (of physics research with explanations that don’t rely on jargon and technical detail) at physics.aps.org
• F. Garcia-Gaitan, A. Kefayati, J. Q. Xiao, and B. K. Nikolić, Magnon spectrum of altermagnets beyond linear spin wave theory: Magnon-magnon interactions via time-dependent matrix product states vs. atomistic spin dynamics, arXiv:2402.19433 (2024). [PDF]

2023

• F. Reyes-Osorio and B. K. Nikolić, Nonlocal damping of spin waves in a magnetic insulator induced by normal, heavy, or altermagnetic metallic overlayer: A Schwinger-Keldysh field theory approach, arXiv:2312.09140 (2023).
• A. Kefayati and B. K. Nikolić, Origins of electromagnetic radiation from spintronic terahertz emitters: A time-dependent density functional theory plus Jefimenko equations approach, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 136704 (2024). [PDF]
• K. Zollner, S. M. Joao, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Fabian, Twist- and gate-tunable proximity spin-orbit coupling, spin relaxation anisotropy, and charge-to-spin conversion in heterostructures of graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides, Phys. Rev. B 108, 235166 (2023). [PDF]
• F. Reyes-Osorio and B. K. Nikolić, Gilbert damping in metallic ferromagnets from Schwinger-Keldysh field theory: Intrinsically nonlocal, nonuniform, and made anisotropic by spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. B 109, 024413 (2024). [PDF]
• D.-Q. To, C. Y. Ameyaw, A. Suresh, S. Bhatt, M. J. H. Ku, M. B. Jungfleisch, J. Q. Xiao, J. M. O. Zide, B. K. Nikolić, and M. F. Doty, Giant spin Nernst effect in a two-dimensional antiferromagnet due to magnetoelastic coupling-induced gaps and interband transitions between magnon-like bands, Phys. Rev. B 108, 085435 (2023). [PDF].
• F. Garcia-Gaitan and B. K. Nikolić, Fate of entanglement in ferro- and antiferromagnets under Lindbladian or non-Markovian dynamics and conditions for transition to classical Landau-Lifshitz dynamics, Phys. Rev. B 109, L180408 (2024). [PDF]
• F. Reyes-Osorio and B. K. Nikolić, Anisotropic mass of a magnetic skyrmion due to its interaction with conduction electrons: A Schwinger–Keldysh field theory approach, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 93, 094707 (2024). [PDF]

2022

• B. K. Nikolić and J. Varela-Manjarres, Comment on "Spin-orbit coupling induced ultrahigh-harmonic generation from magnetic dynamics" with prescriptions on how to validate scientific software for computational quantum transport, arXiv:2212.06895.
• J. Varela-Manjarres and B. K. Nikolić, High-harmonic generation in spin and charge current pumping at ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic resonance in the presence of spin-orbit coupling, J. Phys. Mater. 6, 045001 (2023). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Animation of time evolution of nonequilibrium spin density.
• A. Suresh and B. K. Nikolić, Quantum classical approach to spin and charge pumping and the ensuing radiation in terahertz spintronics: Example of the ultrafast light-driven Weyl antiferromagnet Mn₃Sn, Phys. Rev. B 107, 174421 (2023). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movies:
  • Time-evolution of localized spins and pumped charge and spin currents during equilibration
  • Time-evolution of localized spins and pumped charge and spin currents of Weyl conduction electrons during femtosecond laser pulse
  • Time-evolution of localized spins and pumped charge and spin currents of Weyl conduction electrons after femtosecond laser pulse
• A. Suresh, R. D. Soares, P. Mondal, J. P. Santos Pires, J. M. Viana Parente Lopes, A. Ferreira, A. E. Feiguin, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Electron-mediated entanglement of two distant macroscopic ferromagnets within a nonequilibrium spintronic device, Phys. Rev. A 109, 022414 (2024). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Animation of wavepacket propagation and time evolution of diagonal and off-diagonal elements of density matrix of localized spins
• H. Chen, S. Asif, K. Dolui, Y. Wang, J. T. Isaza, V. M. L. Durga Prasad Goli, M. Whalen, X. Wang, Z. Chen, H. Zhang, K. Liu, D. Jariwala, M. Benjamin Jungfleisch, C. Chakraborty, A. F. May, M. A. McGuire, B. K. Nikolić, J. Q. Xiao, and M. J. H. Ku, Above-room-temperature ferromagnetism in thin van der Waals flakes of cobalt-substituted Fe₅GeTe₂, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 3287 (2023). [PDF]

2021

• F. Reyes Osorio and B. K. Nikolić, Wide ferromagnetic domain walls can host both adiabatic reflectionless spin transport and finite nonadiabatic spin torque: A time-dependent quantum transport picture, arXiv:2112.08356.
• S. Roche, S. R. Power, B. K. Nikolić, J. H. García, and A.-P. Jauho, Have mysterious topological valley currents been observed in graphene superlattices?, J. Phys. Mater. 5, 021001 (2022). [PDF]
• K. Dolui, A. Suresh, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin pumping from antiferromagnetic insulator spin-orbit-proximitized by adjacent heavy metal: A first-principles Floquet-nonequilibrium Green function study, J. Phys. Mater. 5, 034002 (2022). [PDF] Focus Issue on Nonequilibrium properties of quantum materials
• P. Mondal, A. Suresh, and B. K. Nikolić, When can localized spins interacting with conduction electrons in ferro- or antiferromagnets be described classically via the Landau-Lifshitz equation: Transition from quantum many-body entangled to quantum-classical nonequilibrium states, Phys. Rev. B 104, 214401 (2021). [PDF]
• U. Bajpai, A. Suresh, and B. K. Nikolić, Quantum many-body states and Green's functions of nonequilibrium electron-magnon systems: Localized spin operators vs. their mapping to Holstein-Primakoff bosons, Phys. Rev. B 104, 184425 (2021). [PDF]

2020

• M. D. Petrović, P. Mondal, A. E. Feiguin, and B. K. Nikolić, Quantum spin torque driven transmutation of antiferromagnetic Mott insulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 197202 (2021). [PDF]. $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Animation of time evolution of spin and charge densities from Fig. 2 in the paper.
• A. Suresh, M. D. Petrović, U. Bajpai, H. Yang, and B. K. Nikolić, Magnon- versus electron-mediated spin-transfer torque exerted by spin current across an antiferromagnetic insulator to switch the magnetization of an adjacent ferromagnetic metal, Phys. Rev. Applied 15, 034089 (2021). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Movies embedded into PDF:
  • Video 1: Magnetization switching in FM-polarizer/normal-metal/FM-analyzer spin valve
  • Video 2: Magnetization switching in FM-polarizer/AFI/FM-analyzer junction
  • Video 3: Magnetization dynamics in FM-polarizer/AFI/FM-analyzer junction without direct exchange coupling between AFI and FM-analyzer
• U. Bajpai, M. J. H. Ku, and B. K. Nikolić, Robustness of quantized transport through edge states of finite length: Imaging current density in Floquet topological versus quantum spin and anomalous Hall insulators, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 033438 (2020). [PDF]
• K. Dolui and B. K. Nikolić, Spin-orbit-proximitized ferromagnetic metal by monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide: Atlas of spectral functions, spin textures and spin-orbit torques in Co/MoSe₂, Co/WSe₂ and Co/TaSe₂ heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 104007 (2020). [PDF]
• U. Bajpai and B. K. Nikolić, Spintronics meets nonadiabatic molecular dynamics: Geometric spin torque and damping on dynamical classical magnetic texture due to an electronic open quantum system, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 187202 (2020). [PDF]
• M. D. Petrović, P. Mondal, A. E. Feiguin, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Spintronics meets density matrix renormalization group: Quantum spin torque driven nonclassical magnetization reversal and dynamical buildup of long-range entanglement, Phys. Rev. X 11, 021062 (2021). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movies:
  • Animation of Figs. 2 and 3 in the paper from tDMRG calculations.
  • Animation of Fig. 1(a) in the paper from TDNEGF+LLG calculations
  • Animation of Fig. 1(b) in the paper from TDNEGF+LLG calculations
  • Animation of Fig. 1(c) in the paper from TDNEGF+LLG calculations

2019

• A. Suresh, U. Bajpai, and B. K. Nikolić, Magnon-driven chiral charge and spin pumping and electron-magnon scattering from time-dependent quantum transport combined with classical atomistic spin dynamics, Phys. Rev. B 101, 214412 (2020). [PDF]
• K. Zollner, M. D. Petrović, K. Dolui, P. Plecháč, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Fabian, Scattering-induced and highly tunable by gate damping-like spin-orbit torque in graphene doubly proximitized by two-dimensional magnet Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ and monolayer WS₂, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 043057 (2020). [PDF]
• K. Dolui, M. D. Petrović, K. Zollner, P. Plecháč, J. Fabian, and B. K. Nikolić, Proximity spin-orbit torque on a two-dimensional magnet within van der Waals heterostructure: Current-driven antiferromagnet-to-ferromagnet reversible nonequilibrium phase transition in bilayer CrI₃, Nano Lett. 20, 2288 (2020). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Time evolution of magnetizations of two monolayers of CrI₃ within bilayer-CrI₃/monolayer-TaSe₂ van der Waals heterostructure driven by current pulses, which animates Fig. 4 in the paper.
• M. D. Petrović, U. Bajpai, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Annihilation of topological solitons in magnetism with spin wave burst finale: The role of nonequilibrium electrons causing nonlocal damping and spin pumping over ultrabroadband frequency range, Phys. Rev. B 104, L020407 (2021). [PDF]. $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Annihilation of two magnetic domain walls driven by an external magnetic field, which animates Fig. 2 in the paper.
• K. Dolui, U. Bajpai, and B. K. Nikolić, Effective spin-mixing conductance of topological-insulator/ferromagnet and heavy-metal/ferromagnet spin-orbit-coupled interfaces: A first-principles Floquet-nonequilibrium Green function approach, Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 121201(R) (2020). [PDF]

2018

• U. Bajpai and B. K. Nikolić, Time-retarded damping and magnetic inertia in the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation self-consistently coupled to electronic time-dependent nonequilibrium Green functions, Phys. Rev. B 99, 134409 (2019). [PDF]
• P. Mondal, U. Bajpai, M. D. Petrović, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Quantum spin-transfer torque induced nonclassical magnetization dynamics and electron-magnetization entanglement, Phys. Rev. B 99, 094431 (2019). [PDF]
• U. Bajpai, B. S. Popescu, P. Plecháč, B. K. Nikolić, L. E. F. Foa Torres, H. Ishizuka, and N. Nagaosa, Spatio-temporal dynamics of shift current quantum pumping by femtosecond light pulse, J. Phys.: Mater. 2, 025004 (2019). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movies:
  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of local shift current pumped by fs light pulse irradiating clean Rice-Mele chain
  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of local shift current pumped by fs light pulse irradiating disordered Rice-Mele chain
• H. Mera, T. G. Pedersen, and B. K. Nikolić, Fast summation of divergent series and resurgent transseries in quantum field theories from Meijer-G approximants, Phys. Rev. D 97, 105027 (2018). [PDF]
• M. Petrović, B. S. Popescu, U. Bajpai, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin and charge pumping by current-driven magnetic domain wall motion: A self-consistent multiscale time-dependent quantum-classical hybrid approach, Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 054038 (2018). [PDF] $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movies:
  • DC-current-driven domain wall motion
  • Square-pulse current-driven domain wall motion
  • Trapezoid-pulse-current-driven domain wall motion
• B. K. Nikolić, K. Dolui, M. Petrović, P. Plecháč, T. Markussen, and K. Stokbro, First-principles quantum transport modeling of spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques in magnetic multilayers (Chapter of Handbook of Materials Modeling, Volume 2 Applications: Current and Emerging Materials (Springer, Cham, 2018). [PDF]

2017

• K. Dolui and B. K. Nikolić, Spin-memory loss due to spin-orbit coupling at ferromagnet/heavy-metal interfaces: Ab initio spin-density matrix approach, Phys. Rev. B 96, 220403(R) (2017). [PDF]
• J. M. Marmolejo-Tejada, J. H. García, M. Petrović, P.-H. Chang, X.-L. Sheng, A. Cresti, P. Plecháč, S. Roche, and B. K. Nikolić, Deciphering the origin of nonlocal resistance in multiterminal graphene on hexagonal-boron-nitride with ab initio quantum transport: Fermi surface edge currents rather than Fermi sea topological valley currents, J. Phys.: Mater. 1, 0150061 (2018). [PDF]
• J. M. Marmolejo-Tejada, K. Dolui, P. Lazić, P.-H. Chang, S. Smidstrup, D. Stradi, K. Stokbro, and B. K. Nikolić, Proximity band structure and spin textures on both sides of topological-insulator/ferromagnetic-metal interface and their transport probes, Nano Lett. 17, 5626 (2017). [PDF]

2016

• A. Cresti, B. K. Nikolić, J. H. García, and S. Roche, Charge, spin and valley Hall effects in disordered graphene, Riv. Nuovo Cimento 39, 587 (2016). [PDF]
• X.-L. Sheng and B. K. Nikolić, Monolayer of the 5d transition metal trichloride OsCl₃: A playground for two-dimensional magnetism, room-temperature quantum anomalous Hall effect, and topological phase transitions, Phys. Rev. B 95, 201402(R) (2017). [PDF]
• D. V. Tuan, J. M. Marmolejo-Tejada, X. Waintal, B. K. Nikolić, and S. Roche, Spin Hall effect and origins of nonlocal resistance in adatom-decorated graphene, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 176602 (2016). [PDF]
• T. G. Pedersen, S. Latini, K. S. Thygesen, H. Mera and B. K. Nikolić, Exciton ionization in multilayer transition-metal dichalcogenides, New J. Phys. 18, 073043 (2016). [PDF]

2015

• H. Mera, T. G. Pedersen, and B. K. Nikolić, Hypergeometric resummation of self-consistent sunset diagrams for electron-boson quantum many-body systems out of equilibrium, Phys. Rev. B 94, 165429 (2016). [PDF]
• T. G. Pedersen, H. Mera, and B. K. Nikolić, Stark effect in low-dimension hydrogen, Phys. Rev. A 93, 013409 (2016). [PDF]
• F. Mahfouzi, B. K. Nikolić, and N. Kioussis, Antidamping spin-orbit torque driven by spin-flip reflection mechanism on the surface of a topological insulator: A time-dependent nonequilibrium Green function approach, Phys. Rev. B 93, 115419 (2016). [PDF].
• M. Jamali, J. S. Lee, J. S. Jeong, F. Mahfouzi, Y. Lv, Z. Zhao, B. K. Nikolić, K. Andre Mkhoyan, N. Samarth, and J.-P. Wang, Giant spin pumping and inverse spin Hall effect in the presence of surface spin-orbit coupling of topological insulator Bi₂Se₃, Nano Lett. 15, 7126 (2015). [PDF]
• P.-H. Chang, T. Markussen, S. Smidstrup, K. Stokbro, and B. K. Nikolić, Nonequilibrium spin texture within a thin layer below the surface of current-carrying topological insulator Bi₂Se₃: A first-principles quantum transport study, Phys. Rev. B 92, 201406(R) (2015). [PDF]

2014

• H. Mera. T. G. Pedersen, and B. K. Nikolić, Nonperturbative quantum physics from low-order perturbation theory, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 143001 (2015). [PDF]
• J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolić, and O. Frieder, The nonequilibrium quantum many-body problem as a paradigm for extreme data science, Int J. Mod. Phys. B 28, 1430021 (2014). [PDF]
• F. Mahfouzi, N. Nagaosa, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin-to-charge conversion in lateral and vertical topological-insulator/ferromagnet heterostructures with microwave-driven precessing magnetization, Phys. Rev. B 90, 115432 (2014). [PDF]
• P.-H. Chang, H. Liu, and B. K. Nikolić, First-principles vs. semi-empirical modeling of global and local electronic transport properties of graphene nanopore-based sensors for DNA sequencing, J. Comput. Electron. 13, 847 (2014). [PDF]
• P.-H. Chang, M. S. Bahramy, N. Nagaosa, and B. K. Nikolić, Giant thermoelectric effect in graphene-based topological insulators with nanopores, Nano Lett. 14, 3779 (2014). [PDF]

2013

• F. Mahfouzi and B. K. Nikolić, Signatures of electron-magnon interaction in charge and spin currents through magnetic tunnel junctions: A nonequilibrium many-body perturbation theory approach, Phys. Rev. B 90, 045115 (2014). [PDF]
• P.-H. Chang, F. Mahfouzi, N. Nagaosa, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin-Seebeck effect on the surface of a topological insulator due to nonequilibrium spin-polarization parallel to the direction of thermally driven electronic transport, Phys. Rev. B 89, 195418 (2014). [PDF]
• K. K. Saha and B. K. Nikolić, Negative differential resistance in graphene-nanoribbon/carbon-nanotube crossbars: A first-principles multiterminal quantum transport study, J. Comput. Electron. 12, 542 (2013). [PDF]
• F. Mahfouzi and B. K. Nikolić, How to construct the proper gauge-invariant density matrix in steady-state nonequilibrium: Applications to spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques, SPIN 3, 1330002 (2013). [PDF]

2012

• F. Mahfouzi, N. Nagaosa, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin-orbit coupling induced spin-transfer torque and current polarization in topological-insulator/ferromagnet vertical heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 166602 (2012). [PDF]

• K. K. Saha, A. Blom, K. S. Thygesen, and B. K. Nikolić, Magnetoresistance and negative differential resistance in Ni/Graphene/Ni vertical heterostructures driven by finite bias voltage: A first-principles study, Phys. Rev. B 85, 184426 (2012). [PDF]

• P.-H. Chang, and B. K. Nikolić, Edge currents and nanopore arrays in zigzag and chiral graphene nanoribbons as a route toward high-ZT thermoelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 86, 041406(R) (2012). [PDF]

2011

• C.-L. Chen, C.-R. Chang, and B. K. Nikolić, Quantum coherence and its dephasing in the giant spin Hall effect and nonlocal voltage generated by magnetotransport through multiterminal graphene bars, Phys. Rev. B 85, 155414 (2012). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, K. K. Saha, T. Markussen, and K. S. Thygesen, First-principles quantum transport modeling of thermoelectricity in single-molecule nanojunctions with graphene nanoribbon electrodes, J. Comp. Electronics 11, 78 (2012) (mini-review article for the special issue of JCEL on "Simulation of Thermal, thermoelectric, and Electro-thermal Phenomena in Nanostructures"). [PDF]

• F. Mahfouzi, J. Fabian, N. Nagaosa, and B. K. Nikolić, Charge pumping by magnetization dynamics in magnetic and semi-magnetic tunnel junctions with interfacial Rashba or bulk extrinsic spin-orbit couplings, Phys. Rev. B 85, 054406 (2012). [PDF]

• K. K. Saha, M. Drndić, and B. K. Nikolić, DNA base-specific modulation of microampere transverse edge currents through a metallic graphene nanoribbon with a nanopore, Nano Lett. 12, 50 (2012). [PDF]

• K. K. Saha, T. Markussen, K. S. Thygesen, and B. K. Nikolić, Multiterminal single-molecule–graphene-nanoribbon junctions with the thermoelectric figure of merit optimized via evanescent mode transport and gate voltage, Phys. Rev. B 84, 041412(R) (2011). [PDF]

2010

• B. K. Nikolić, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Souma, Spin currents in semiconductor nanostructures: A nonequilibrium Green function approach, Chapter 24, page 814-866 in Volume I of The Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology: Frontiers and Advances, edited by A. V. Narlikar and Y. Y. Fu (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010); also available as arXiv:0907.4122.

• K. K. Saha, B. K. Nikolić, V. Meunier, W. Lu, and J. Bernholc, Quantum-interference-controlled three-terminal molecular transistors based on a single ring-shaped molecule connected to graphene nanoribbon electrodes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 236803 (2010). [PDF]

• F. Mahfouzi, B. K. Nikolić, S.-H. Chen, and C.-R. Chang, Microwave-driven ferromagnet–topological-insulator heterostructures: The prospect for giant spin battery effect and quantized charge pump devices, Phys. Rev. B 82, 195440 (2010). [PDF]

• D. A. Areshkin and B. K. Nikolić, Electron density and transport in top-gated graphene nanoribbon devices: First-principles Green function algorithms for systems containing a large number of atoms, Phys. Rev. B 81, 155450 (2010). [PDF]

• S.-H. Chen, B. K. Nikolić, and C.-R. Chang, Inverse quantum spin Hall effect generated by spin pumping from precessing magnetization into a graphene-based two-dimensional topological insulator, Phys. Rev. B 81, 035428 (2010). [PDF]

2009

• D. A. Areshkin and B. K. Nikolić, I-V curve signatures of nonequilibrium-driven band gap collapse in magnetically ordered zigzag graphene nanoribbon two-terminal devices, Phys. Rev. B 79, 205430 (2009). [PDF]
• B. K. Nikolić and R. L. Dragomirova, What can we learn about the dynamics of transported spins by measuring shot noise in spin-orbit-coupled nanostructures?, Semicond. Sci. Tech. 24, 064006 (2009) (review article for the special issue of Semicond. Sci. Tech. on "The effects of spin-orbit interaction on charge transport"). [PDF]
• S.-H. Chen, C.-R. Chang, J. Q. Xiao, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin and charge pumping in magnetic tunnel junctions with precessing magnetization: A nonequilibrium Green function approach, Phys. Rev. B. 79, 054424 (2009). [PDF]
• R. L. Dragomirova, D. A. Areshkin, and B. K. Nikolić, Shot noise probing of magnetic ordering in zigzag graphene nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 79, 241401(R) (2009). [PDF]
• R. Cao, T. Moriyama, W. G. Wang, X. Fan, J. Kolodzey, S.-H. Chen, C.-R. Chang, Y. Tserkovnyak, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Q. Xiao, Spin-polarized transport and dynamics in magnetic tunneling structures, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 45, 3434 (2009). [PDF]

2008

• R. L. Dragomirova, L. P. Zarbo, and B. K. Nikolić, Spin and charge shot noise in mesoscopic spin Hall systems, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 84, 37004 (2008). [PDF]

• T. Moriyama, R. Cao, X. Fan, G. Xuan, B. K. Nikolić, Y. Tserkovnyak, J. Kolodzey, and J. Q. Xiao, Tunnel barrier enhanced voltage signal generated by magnetization precession of a single ferromagnetic layer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 067602 (2008). [PDF]

2007

• L. P. Zarbo and B. K. Nikolić, Spatial distribution of local currents of massless Dirac fermions in quantum transport through graphene nanoribbons, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 80, 47001 (2007). [PDF]
• R. L. Dragomirova and B. K. Nikolić, Shot noise of spin-polarized charge currents as a probe of spin coherence in spin-orbit coupled nanostructures, Phys. Rev. B 75, 085328 (2007). [PDF]
• B. K. Nikolić and L. P. Zarbo, Extrinsically vs. intrinsically driven spin Hall effect in disordered mesoscopic multiterminal bars, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 77, 47004 (2007). [PDF]

2006

• A. N. Tahvildar-Zadeh, J. K. Freericks, and B. K. Nikolić, Thouless energy as a unifying concept for Josephson junctions tuned through the Mott metal-insulator transition, Phys. Rev. B 73, 184515 (2006).[PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Souma, Imaging mesoscopic spin Hall flow: Spatial distribution of local spin currents and spin densities in and out of multiterminal spin-orbit coupled semiconductor nanostructures, Phys. Rev. B 73, 075303 (2006). [PDF]

2005

• B. K. Nikolić, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Souma, Mesoscopic spin Hall effect in multiprobe spin-orbit coupled ballistic semiconductor bridges, Phys. Rev. B 72, 075361 (2005). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, L. P. Zarbo, and S. Welack, Transverse spin-orbit force in the spin Hall effect in ballistic quantum wires, Phys. Rev. B 72, 075335 (2005). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, S. Souma, L. P. Zarbo, and J. Sinova, Nonequilibrium spin Hall accumulation in ballistic semiconductor nanostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 046601 (2005). [PDF]

• J. K. Freericks, A. N. Tahvildar-Zadeh, B. K. Nikolić, Use of a generalized Thouless energy in describing transport properties of Josephson junctions, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 15, 896 (2005). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić and S. Souma, Decoherence of transported spin in multichannel spin-orbit coupled spintronic devices: Scattering approach to spin density matrix from the ballistic to the localized regime, Phys. Rev. B 71, 195328 (2005). [PDF]

• S. Souma and B. K. Nikolić, Spin Hall current driven by quantum interferences in mesoscopic Rashba rings, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 106602 (2005). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić and R. L. Dragomirova, Quantum transparency of Anderson insulator junctions: Statistics of transmission eigenvalues, shot noise, and proximity conductance, Phys. Rev. B 71, 045308 (2005). [PDF]

2004

• S. Souma and B. K. Nikolić, Modulating unpolarized current in quantum spintronics: Visibility of spin-interference effects in multichannel Aharonov-Casher mesoscopic rings, Phys. Rev. B 70, 195346 (2004). [PDF]

2003

• J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolić, and P. Miller, Superconductor-correlated metal-superconductor Josephson junctions: An optimized class for high speed digital electronics, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 13, 1089 (2003). [PDF]

• V. Dobrosavljevic, A. A. Pastor, and B. K. Nikolić, Typical medium theory of Anderson localization: A local order parameter approach to strong disorder effects, EPL (Europhysics Letters) 62, 76 (2003). [PDF]

• J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolić, and P. Miller, Temperature dependence of superconductor-correlated metal-superconductor Josephson junctions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 970 (2003). [PDF]

2002

• B. K. Nikolić and V. Z. Cerovski, Structure of quantum disordered wave functions: weak localization, far tails, and mesoscopic transport, Euro. Phys. J. B 30, 227 (2002). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, Quantum transport through mesoscopic disordered interfaces, junctions, and multilayers, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 14, 7871 (2002). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller, Suppression of the "quasiclassical" proximity gap in correlated-metal-superconductor structures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 077002 (2002). [PDF]

• J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolić, and P. Miller, Optimizing the speed of a Josephson junction with dynamical mean-field theory, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 16, 531 (2002) (review article). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller, Equilibrium properties of double-screened-dipole-barrier SINIS Josephson junctions, Phys. Rev. B 65, 064529 (2002). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, Quest for rare events in mesoscopic disordered metals, Phys. Rev. B 65, 012201 (2002). [PDF]

2001

• B. K. Nikolić, J. K. Freericks, and P. Miller, Intrinsic reduction of Josephson critical current in short ballistic SNS weak links, Phys. Rev. B 64, 212507 (2001). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, Deconstructing Kubo formula usage: exact conductance of a mesoscopic system from weak to strong disorder limit, Phys. Rev. B 64, 165303 (2001). [PDF]

• J. K. Freericks, B. K. Nikolić, and P. Miller, Tuning a Josephson junction through a quantum critical point, Phys. Rev. B 64, 054511 (2001). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić, Statistical properties of eigenstates in three-dimensional mesoscopic systems with off-diagonal or diagonal disorder, Phys. Rev. B 64, 014203 (2001). [PDF]

• B. K. Nikolić and P. B. Allen, Resistivity of a metal between the Boltzmann transport regime and the Anderson transition, Phys. Rev. B 63, 020201(R) (2001). [PDF]

2000

• B. K. Nikolić and P. B. Allen, Quantum transport in ballistic conductors: transition from conductance quantization to resonant tunneling, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 9629 (2000). [PDF]

1999

• P. F. Henning, C. C. Homes, S. Maslov, G. L. Carr, D. N. Basov, B. K. Nikolić, and M. Strongin, Infrared studies of the onset of conductivity in ultrathin Pb films, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4880 (1999). [PDF]
• B. K. Nikolić and P. B. Allen, Electron transport through a circular constriction, Phys. Rev. B. 60, 3963 (1999). [PDF]