Clustering in atom probe tomography data: coordination number metric, percolation-based parameter scaling, and size effectsThe ability to identify nanometer-scale nuclei of new phases in atom probe tomography (APT) is often limited by the sensitivity of clustering algorithms to user-defined control parameters.…Mykola Lazarev, John Banhart·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Spin-Spiral Enhancement of Ultrafast Light-Polarization-Robust MagnetizationUltrafast light-driven magnetization, a frontier in quantum magneto-optics, has traditionally relied on circularly polarized lasers to provide external angular momentum. While increasing efforts have…Yirui Lu, Zeyu Jiang, Bing Huang·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Saturated and Anisotropic Magnetostriction in an AltermagnetMagnetostriction, a fundamental phenomenon bridging magnetism and mechanics, has enabled a broad spectrum of applications. For almost two centuries, it has been mainly investigated for ferromagnets.…Zhiyuan Duan, Qiyun Xu, Peixin Qin et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Crystal Dislocations as Atomic Scale RatchetsThe symmetry of a system's response to external stimuli is a fundamental concept in physics and materials science. At the microscopic scale, breaking this symmetry to achieve a rectified response…Wu-Rong Jian, Yifan Wang, Wei Cai·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Defect-engineered scaling of lead-free ferroelectrics with ultralow-voltage switchingScaling ferroelectrics to nanometer thicknesses remains a central challenge for low-power, nonvolatile electronics, as leakage currents increasingly dominate with reduced dimensions. Alkali-based,…Reza Ghanbari, Jiayue Wang, Harikrishnan KP et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
A Convenient Sealing Method Using Boron Nitride Capping for Reactive ReactionsWhile quartz (SiO2) ampule sealing is commonly used in laboratories to prevent sample oxidation during synthesis, its application is limited for reactions involving highly reactive elements such as…Boqin Song, Tianping Ying·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Simulations of dislocation dynamics on an atomic lattice: the effect of collision rulesThe stochastic dynamics of dislocations on a one-dimensional periodic lattice domain are considered. Two models are studied: one without a collision rule, and one which annihilates colliding…Tom Hudson, Akaraphon Jantaraphum, Patrick van Meurs·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Simplified criteria for identifying and designing altermagnetic crystals in real spaceAltermagnetism is a compensated magnetic phase characterized by zero net magnetization and exchange-driven spin splitting. However, identifying altermagnets among collinear antiferromagnets usually…Ying Chen, Qiushi Huang, Yu Wu et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Spin layer groups and their corepresentationsSpin layer groups are the crystallographic symmetry groups with a periodic plane, and their symmetry operations are inherited from three-dimensional (3D) spin space groups. However, the direct…Zeying Zhang, Gui-Bin Liu, Mu Tian et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Correlation-driven tunability of altermagnetism in RuO2RuO2 has been regarded as a prototypical candidate for metallic altermagnet, offering a potential platform for high-speed and high-efficiency spintronics. However, the magnetic ground state of…Ina Park, Dongwook Kim, Inho Lee et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Laser-induced demagnetization in a MAX phase (Cr0.5Mn0.5)2GaCMagnetic MAX phases are nanolaminated metals that combine ceramic-like thermal and mechanical stability with peculiar magnetic ordering, making them attractive for thin-film optoelectronics and…Iaroslav Mogunov, Artyom Gorshkov, Mikhail Rautskii et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
How Far Can You Grow? Characterizing the Extrapolation Frontier of Graph Generative Models for Materials ScienceEvery generative model for crystalline materials harbors a critical structure size beyond which its outputs become unreliable; we call this the extrapolation frontier. Despite its consequences for…Can Polat, Erchin Serpedin, Mustafa Kurban et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Mechanics of incompatible asymmetric grain boundary migrationGrain boundary (GB) migration governs microstructure evolution and can mediate plastic deformation through sliding or shear coupling. Numerous experimental and numerical studies have reported a wide…Brandon Runnels·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Global Plane Waves From Local Gaussians: Periodic Charge Densities in a BlinkWe introduce ELECTRAFI, a fast, end-to-end differentiable model for predicting periodic charge densities in crystalline materials. ELECTRAFI constructs anisotropic Gaussians in real space and…Jonas Elsborg, Felix Ærtebjerg, Luca Thiede et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Performance Benchmarking of Tensor Trains for accelerated Quantum-Inspired Homogenization on TPU, GPU and CPU architecturesRecent advances in high-resolution CT-imaging technology are creating a new class of ultra-high resolved microstructural datasets that challenge the limits of traditional homogenization approaches.…Sascha H. Hauck, Matthias Kabel, Nicolas R. Gauger·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Nanoscale Polar Landscapes in Quantum Paraelectric SrTiO3SrTiO3 is a textbook quantum paraelectric, with ferroelectricity purportedly suppressed by quantum fluctuations of ionic positions down to the lowest temperatures. The precise real space structure of…Yang Zhang, Suk Hyun Sung, Nishkarsh Agarwal et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Long-Lived Coherence between Incoherent Excitons revealed by Time-Resolved ARPES: An Exact SolutionWe investigate the exciton dynamics in an exactly solvable two-band model for semiconductors. The model incorporates light-matter, electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, and captures…Zhenlin Zhang, Wei Hu, Enrico Perfetto et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Excitonic Bloch equations from first principlesThe ultrafast conversion of coherent excitons into incoherent excitons, as well as the subsequent exciton diffusion and thermalization, are central topics in current scientific research due to their…Gianluca Stefanucci, Enrico Perfetto·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Deterministic fabrication of large-area, high-crystallinity oxide moire superlatticesOxide twistronics extends moire engineering beyond van der Waals materials, offering a promising platform for accessing emergent interfacial phenomena arising from the strong coupling of lattice,…Reza Ghanbari, Eli Rodrigues, Young-Hoon Kim et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
Symmetry-Resolved Second Harmonic Generation in Quantum and Functional MaterialsSecond harmonic generation (SHG) has evolved from a probe of noncentrosymmetric crystals into a symmetry-resolved optical method for identifying order parameters in quantum and functional materials.…Xiaoyu Guo, Chang Jae Roh, Youngjun Ahn·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
Observation and Control of the Magnetic Photogalvanic Effect from Strongly Bound ExcitonsPhotogalvanic effects arising from the quantum geometry of noncentrosymmetric materials are promising for next-generation light-harvesting devices that do not require a built-in electric field.…Xianfan Nie, Tarun Patel, Hyunggeun Lee et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
Harnessing diamond surface features for dense and aligned NV ensemblesControlling nitrogen doping in diamond is key to advancing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center devices. We harness the hillock, a typically undesirable surface feature, to incorporate high densities of…Eveline Postelnicu, Lillian B. Hughes Wyatt, Tri Nguyen et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
Role of structure and charge trapping on the bipolaron formation and magnetic-field response of gated conjugated polymersConjugated polymers exhibit unique spin-dependent phenomena arising from weak yet critical hyperfine interactions. Understanding these spin effects, particularly the spin-dependent formation and…Zuchong Yang, Vincent Lemaur, Melissa Berteau-Rainville et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
What drives performance in molecular MPNNs? An operator-level factorial benchmarkMessage-passing neural networks (MPNNs) are widely used for molecular property prediction, but their deployment as monolithic architectures makes it difficult to identify how specific message-passing…Panyu Jiao, Shuizhou Chen, Yiheng Shen et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn
Composition-dependent Thin-film Synthesis of Layered Ternary Iron Nitrides FeMN2 (M = W, Mo)Ternary transition-metal nitrides with layered crystal structure host anisotropic bonding and reduced dimensionality that may lead unconventional electronic and magnetic behavior. The synthesis of…Baptiste Julien, Yuwei Yang, Liam A. V. Nagle-Cocco et al.·May 28, 2026SaveLearn