Publications

Review Articles and Book Chapters

• 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

2020

• U. Bajpai and B. K. Nikolić, Spintronics meets nonadiabatic molecular dynamics: Geometric spin torque and damping on noncollinear classical magnetism due to electronic open quantum system, arXiv2005.14153. $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movies:
• M. D. Petrović, P. Mondal, A. E. Feiguin, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Spintronics meets time-dependent density matrix renormalization group: Nonclassical magnetization reversal and global entanglement growth due to current-pulse-driven quantum spin torque, arXiv:2002.04655. $\Rightarrow$Supplementary Movie:
  • Time evolution of expectation values of localized spins, as well as electronic spin and charge density, which animates Figs. 2 and 3 in the paper.

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 arXiv:1912.09452.
• K. Zollner, M. D. Petrović, K. Dolui, P. Plecháč, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Fabian, Purely interfacial and highly tunable by gate or disorder spin-orbit torque in graphene doubly proximitized by two-dimensional ferromagnet Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ and monolayer WS₂, arXiv:1910.08072. [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, P. Plecháč, and B. K. Nikolić, Annihilation of topological solitons in magnetism: How domain walls collide and vanish to burst spin waves and pump electronic spin current of broadband frequencies, arXiv:1908.03194. $\Rightarrow$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, Spin-mixing conductance of ferromagnet/topological-insulator and ferromagnet/heavy-metal heterostructure: A first-principles Floquet-nonequilibrium Green function approach, arXiv:1905.01299.

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, arXiv:1801.05793. [PDF] (Chapter of Handbook of Materials Modeling, Volume 2 Applications: Current and Emerging Materials (Springer, Cham, 2018).

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, 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 fow: 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]