Publications

2025

1. OpticaExp

   Modifying electronic and structural properties of 2D van der Waals materials via cavity quantum vacuum fluctuations: a first-principles QEDFT study

   Hang Liu, Simone Latini, I-Te Lu, and 2 more authors

   Optical Materials Express, 2025

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2. arXiv

   Cavity-QED-controlled two-dimensional Moir\backslash’e Excitons without twisting

   Francesco Troisi, Hannes Hübener, Angel Rubio, and 1 more author

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.02388, 2025

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3. arXiv

   Multiple Photon Field-induced Topological States in Bulk HgTe

   Dongbin Shin, I-Te Lu, Benshu Fan, and 6 more authors

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.23494, 2025

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4. OPG

   Cavity engineering of solid-state materials without external driving

   I-Te Lu, Dongbin Shin, Mark Kamper Svendsen, and 4 more authors

   Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2025

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5. arXiv

   The 2025 Roadmap to Ultrafast Dynamics: Frontiers of Theoretical and Computational Modelling

   Fabio Caruso, Michael A Sentef, Claudio Attaccalite, and 8 more authors

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.06752, 2025

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2024

1. arXiv

   A Hidden Quantum Paraelectric Phase in SrTiO3 Induced by Terahertz Field

   Wei Li, Hanbyul Kim, Xinbo Wang, and 8 more authors

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20887, 2024

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2. PNAS

   Cavity-enhanced superconductivity in MgB2 from first-principles quantum electrodynamics (QEDFT)

   I-Te Lu, Dongbin Shin, Mark Kamper Svendsen, and 5 more authors

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

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3. Mat. Qua. Tech.

   Quantum materials engineering by structured cavity vacuum fluctuations

   Hannes Hübener, Emil Viñas Boström, Martin Claassen, and 2 more authors

   Materials for Quantum Technology, 2024

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4. Phys. Rev. A

   Electron-photon exchange-correlation approximation for quantum-electrodynamical density-functional theory

   I-Te Lu, Michael Ruggenthaler, Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean, and 3 more authors

   Physical Review A, 2024

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5. Nat. Commun.

   Photonic time-crystalline behaviour mediated by phonon squeezing in T a 2 N i S e 5

   Marios H Michael, Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque, Lukas Windgaetter, and 5 more authors

   Nature Communications, 2024

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6. J.Chem.Phys.

   GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations

   Jens Jørgen Mortensen, Ask Hjorth Larsen, Mikael Kuisma, and 8 more authors

   The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024

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7. Nano Lett.

   Strain-Tunable Hyperbolic Exciton Polaritons in Monolayer Black Arsenic with Two Exciton Resonances

   Hongwei Wang, Yuhan Zhong, Wei Jiang, and 6 more authors

   Nano letters, 2024

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8. Nature Mat.

   Terahertz parametric amplification as a reporter of exciton condensate dynamics

   Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque, Marios H Michael, Junbo Zhu, and 8 more authors

   Nature Materials, 2024

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2023

1. arXiv

   Theory of quantum light-matter interaction in cavities: extended systems and the long wavelength approximation

   Mark Kamper Svendsen, Michael Ruggenthaler, Hannes Hübener, and 4 more authors

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.17374, 2023

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2. 2D Materials

   Link between interlayer hybridization and ultrafast charge transfer in WS2-graphene heterostructures

   Niklas Hofmann, Leonard Weigl, Johannes Gradl, and 8 more authors

   2D Materials, 2023

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3. PNAS

   The spontaneous symmetry breaking in Ta2NiSe5 is structural in nature

   Edoardo Baldini, Alfred Zong, Dongsung Choi, and 8 more authors

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023

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4. Phys. Rev. R

   Time-based Chern number in periodically driven systems in the adiabatic limit

   I-Te Lu, Dongbin Shin, Umberto De Giovannini, and 4 more authors

   Physical Review Research, 2023

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2022

1. Nat. Mater.

   Unconventional excitonic states with phonon sidebands in layered silicon diphosphide

   Ling Zhou, Junwei Huang, Lukas Windgaetter, and 16 more authors

   Nature Materials, Jul 2022

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2. Phys. Rev. L

   Simulating Terahertz Field-Induced Ferroelectricity in Quantum Paraelectric ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_3$

   Dongbin Shin, Simone Latini, Christian Schäfer, and 5 more authors

   Physical Review Letters, Jul 2022

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3. IOP

   Ultrafast dynamics of adenine following XUV ionization

   Erik P. Månsson, Simone Latini, Fabio Covito, and 14 more authors

   Journal of Physics: Photonics, May 2022

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2021

1. Npj Comp. Mat.

   Common microscopic origin of the phase transitions in ${\mathrm{Ta}}_2{\mathrm{NiS}}_5$ and the excitonic insulator candidate ${\mathrm{Ta}}_2{\mathrm{NiSe}}_5$

   Lukas Windgätter, Malte Rösner, Giacomo Mazza, and 5 more authors

   npj Computational Materials, Dec 2021

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2. Phys. Rev. B

   Quantum paraelectric phase of ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_3$ from first principles

   Dongbin Shin, Simone Latini, Christian Schäfer, and 4 more authors

   Physical Review B, Aug 2021

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3. Science

   Programmable hyperbolic polaritons in van der Waals semiconductors

   A. J. Sternbach, S. H. Chae, S. Latini, and 13 more authors

   Science, Feb 2021

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4. Commun. Chem.

   Real-time observation of a correlation-driven sub 3 fs charge migration in ionised adenine

   Erik P. Månsson, Simone Latini, Fabio Covito, and 15 more authors

   Communications Chemistry, Dec 2021

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5. PNAS

   The ferroelectric photo ground state of ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_3$ : Cavity materials engineering

   Simone Latini, Dongbin Shin, Shunsuke A. Sato, and 4 more authors

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Aug 2021

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6. Phys. Rev. L

   Phonoritons as Hybridized Exciton-Photon-Phonon Excitations in a Monolayer $h$ -BN Optical Cavity

   Simone Latini, Umberto De Giovannini, Edbert J. Sie, and 3 more authors

   Physical Review Letters, Jun 2021

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7. Nat. Phys.

   Vibrational coherent control of localized d–d electronic excitation

   Alexandre Marciniak, Stefano Marcantoni, Francesca Giusti, and 10 more authors

   Nature Physics, Mar 2021

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2020

1. Phys. Rev. L

   Nature of Symmetry Breaking at the Excitonic Insulator Transition: ${\mathrm{Ta}}_2{\mathrm{NiSe}}_5$

   Giacomo Mazza, Malte Rösner, Lukas Windgätter, and 5 more authors

   Physical Review Letters, May 2020

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2. Nano Lett.

   Room Temperature Terahertz Electroabsorption Modulation by Excitons in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

   Jiaojian Shi, Edoardo Baldini, Simone Latini, and 8 more authors

   Nano Letters, Jul 2020

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3. Nat. Commun.

   Femtosecond exciton dynamics in ${\mathrm{WSe}}_2$ optical waveguides

   Aaron J. Sternbach, Simone Latini, Sanghoon Chae, and 20 more authors

   Nature Communications, Dec 2020

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4. J. Am. Chem. Soc.

   Contrasting Efficiency of Electron-Induced Reaction at Cu(110) in Aliphatic and Aromatic Bromides

   Matthew J. Timm, Lydie Leung, Kelvin Anggara, and 5 more authors

   Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2020

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2019

1. Nano Lett.

   Cavity Control of Excitons in Two-Dimensional Materials

   Simone Latini, Enrico Ronca, Umberto De Giovannini, and 2 more authors

   Nano Letters, Jun 2019

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2018

1. Nat. Nanotechnol.

   Nano-imaging of intersubband transitions in van der Waals quantum wells

   Peter Schmidt, Fabien Vialla, Simone Latini, and 11 more authors

   Nature Nanotechnology, Nov 2018

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2. Nat. Commun.

   Dissociation of two-dimensional excitons in monolayer ${\mathrm{WSe}}_2$

   Mathieu Massicotte, Fabien Vialla, Peter Schmidt, and 11 more authors

   Nature Communications, Dec 2018

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2017

1. Nano Lett.

   Interlayer Excitons and Band Alignment in ${\mathrm{MoS}}_2$ / $h\mathrm{BN}$ / ${\mathrm{WSe}}_2$ van der Waals Heterostructures

   Simone Latini, Kirsten T. Winther, Thomas Olsen, and 1 more author

   Nano Letters, Feb 2017

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2016

1. Phys. Rev. L

   Simple Screened Hydrogen Model of Excitons in Two-Dimensional Materials

   Thomas Olsen, Simone Latini, Filip Rasmussen, and 1 more author

   Physical Review Letters, Feb 2016

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2. New J. Phys.

   Exciton ionization in multilayer transition-metal dichalcogenides

   Thomas Garm Pedersen, Simone Latini, Kristian S Thygesen, and 2 more authors

   New Journal of Physics, Jul 2016

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3. Phys. Rev. B

   Stark shift and electric-field-induced dissociation of excitons in monolayer ${\mathrm{MoS}}_2$ and $h\mathrm{BN}/{\mathrm{MoS}}_2$ heterostructures

   Sten Haastrup, Simone Latini, Kirill Bolotin, and 1 more author

   Physical Review B, Jul 2016

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2015

1. Nano Lett.

   Dielectric Genome of van der Waals Heterostructures

   Kirsten Andersen, Simone Latini, and Kristian S. Thygesen

   Nano Letters, Jul 2015

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2. Phys. Rev. B

   Excitons in van der Waals heterostructures: The important role of dielectric screening

   S. Latini, T. Olsen, and K. S. Thygesen

   Physical Review B, Dec 2015

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2014

1. Phys. Rev. B

   Charge dynamics in molecular junctions: Nonequilibrium Green’s function approach made fast

   S. Latini, E. Perfetto, A.-M. Uimonen, and 2 more authors

   Physical Review B, Feb 2014

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2. APL

   Manipulating surface diffusion and elastic interactions to obtain quantum dot multilayer arrangements over different length scales

   E. Placidi, F. Arciprete, V. Latini, and 5 more authors

   Applied Physics Letters, Sep 2014

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