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title: "Neutrino Physics & Energy"
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description: "Neutrino physics, detection, and emerging energy applications. From neutrino oscillations (Nobel Prize 2015) and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) through graphene nanomaterials and electron-phonon coupling to theoretical frameworks for ambient energy conversion. An active research frontier where established particle physics meets advanced materials science."
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# Neutrino Physics & Energy

Neutrino physics, detection, and emerging energy applications. From neutrino oscillations (Nobel Prize 2015) and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) through graphene nanomaterials and electron-phonon coupling to theoretical frameworks for ambient energy conversion. An active research frontier where established particle physics meets advanced materials science.

**Discipline:** Physics / Energy  
**Indexed Papers:** 15  
**Last Updated:** 2026-03-28

## Top Publications

Ranked by citation impact across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex & arXiv.

### The electronic properties of graphene

- **Authors:** A.H. Castro Neto, F. Guinea, N.M.R. Peres, K.S. Novoselov, A.K. Geim
- **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 109–162
- **Published:** 2009
- **DOI:** [10.1103/RevModPhys.81.109](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.81.109)
- **Citations:** 19,647
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1163)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-01/llms.txt)

> Comprehensive review of graphene electronic properties including Dirac fermion behavior, Berry phase, and Klein tunneling — foundational for understanding graphene as an energy-harvesting material.

### Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene

- **Authors:** K.I. Bolotin, K.J. Sikes, Z. Jiang, M. Klima, G. Fudenberg, J. Hone, P. Kim, H.L. Stormer
- **Journal:** Solid State Communications 146, 351–355
- **Published:** 2008
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.ssc.2008.02.024](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2008.02.024)
- **Citations:** 7,510
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2389)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-02/llms.txt)

> Demonstrates record electron mobility in suspended graphene exceeding 200,000 cm²/Vs — critical for understanding charge transport in graphene energy devices.

### Graphene plasmonics

- **Authors:** A.N. Grigorenko, M. Polini, K.S. Novoselov
- **Journal:** Nature Photonics 6, 749–758
- **Published:** 2012
- **DOI:** [10.1038/nphoton.2012.262](https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.262)
- **Citations:** 2,741
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-03/llms.txt)

> Reviews graphene plasmonic properties and their applications — relevant to energy coupling and conversion mechanisms at the nanoscale.

### Evidence for oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos

- **Authors:** Super-Kamiokande Collaboration (Y. Fukuda et al.)
- **Journal:** Physical Review Letters 81, 1562–1567
- **Published:** 1998
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1562](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1562)
- **Citations:** 2,638
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9807003)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-04/llms.txt)

> Landmark discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillations by Super-Kamiokande, proving neutrinos have mass — led to the 2015 Nobel Prize.

### Electron-phonon interactions from first principles

- **Authors:** F. Giustino
- **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics 89, 015003
- **Published:** 2017
- **DOI:** [10.1103/RevModPhys.89.015003](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.89.015003)
- **Citations:** 956
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.06965)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-05/llms.txt)

> Comprehensive review of ab initio electron-phonon coupling theory — essential for understanding thermal energy conversion in graphene and nanomaterials.

### Observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

- **Authors:** COHERENT Collaboration (D. Akimov et al.)
- **Journal:** Science 357, 1123–1126
- **Published:** 2017
- **DOI:** [10.1126/science.aao0990](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0990)
- **Citations:** 786
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.01294)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-06/llms.txt)

> First observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), predicted in 1974 — opens new possibilities for neutrino detection and interaction studies.

### Measurement of the rate of νe+d→p+p+e− interactions produced by ⁸B solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

- **Authors:** SNO Collaboration (Q.R. Ahmad et al.)
- **Journal:** Physical Review Letters 87, 071301
- **Published:** 2001
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.071301](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.071301)
- **Citations:** 773
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0106015)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-07/llms.txt)

> SNO proves solar neutrino flavor transformation via charged current detection on deuterium — key evidence that neutrinos change flavors in transit from the Sun.

### Control over topological insulator photocurrents with light polarization

- **Authors:** J.W. McIver, D. Hsieh, H. Steinberg, P. Jarillo-Herrero, N. Gedik
- **Journal:** Nature Nanotechnology 7, 96–100
- **Published:** 2012
- **DOI:** [10.1038/nnano.2011.214](https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.214)
- **Citations:** 566
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-08/llms.txt)

> Shows polarization-controlled photocurrents in topological insulators via spin-momentum locking — relevant to novel energy conversion mechanisms in quantum materials.

### From eV to EeV: Neutrino cross sections across energy scales

- **Authors:** J.A. Formaggio, G.P. Zeller
- **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics 84, 1307–1341
- **Published:** 2012
- **DOI:** [10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1307](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1307)
- **Citations:** 519
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7513)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-09/llms.txt)

> Comprehensive review of neutrino cross sections from sub-eV to EeV scales — essential reference for understanding neutrino interaction probabilities across all energy regimes.

### Coherent effects of a weak neutral current

- **Authors:** D.Z. Freedman
- **Journal:** Physical Review D 9, 1389–1392
- **Published:** 1974
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevD.9.1389](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.9.1389)
- **Citations:** 409
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-10/llms.txt)

> Original theoretical prediction of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with N² cross-section enhancement — predicted in 1974, confirmed experimentally in 2017.

### Nobel Lecture: The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory — Observation of flavor change for solar neutrinos

- **Authors:** A.B. McDonald
- **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics 88, 030502
- **Published:** 2016
- **DOI:** [10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030502](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030502)
- **Citations:** 267
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030502)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-11/llms.txt)

> Arthur McDonald's 2015 Nobel Lecture on the SNO discovery of solar neutrino flavor change — establishing that neutrinos have mass.

### Nobel Lecture: Discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillations

- **Authors:** T. Kajita
- **Journal:** Reviews of Modern Physics 88, 030501
- **Published:** 2016
- **DOI:** [10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030501](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030501)
- **Citations:** 256
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.88.030501)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-12/llms.txt)

> Takaaki Kajita's 2015 Nobel Lecture on Super-Kamiokande's discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillations — confirming neutrino mass.

### Improved measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters by the NOvA experiment

- **Authors:** NOvA Collaboration (M.A. Acero et al.)
- **Journal:** Physical Review D 106, 032004
- **Published:** 2022
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevD.106.032004](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.032004)
- **Citations:** 177
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.08219)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-13/llms.txt)

> Latest NOvA measurements tighten constraints on neutrino oscillation parameters including θ₂₃ and Δm²₃₂ — advancing precision neutrino physics.

### Prospects for measuring coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering at a stopped-pion neutrino source

- **Authors:** K. Scholberg
- **Journal:** Physical Review D 73, 033005
- **Published:** 2006
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevD.73.033005](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.033005)
- **Citations:** 173
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0511042)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-14/llms.txt)

> Comprehensive analysis of CEvNS detection prospects at stopped-pion sources — laid theoretical groundwork for the COHERENT experiment's 2017 discovery.

### Fluctuation-induced current from freestanding graphene

- **Authors:** P.M. Thibado, P. Kumar, S. Singh, M. Ruiz-Garcia, A. Lasanta, L.L. Bonilla
- **Journal:** Physical Review E 102, 042101
- **Published:** 2020
- **DOI:** [10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042101](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042101)
- **Citations:** 26
- **Source:** Semantic Scholar
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.09606)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/neutrino-energy/paper/curated-ne-15/llms.txt)

> Demonstrates spontaneous DC current from freestanding graphene at room temperature via thermal fluctuations — foundational experimental proof that graphene can convert ambient mechanical fluctuations into electricity.

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