Inherent electro-optic Kerr rotationWe uncover a previously overlooked contribution to the electro-optic Kerr rotation of reflected light, arising from the interplay of matter, the static electric field, and the magnetic component of…Erlend Syljuåsen, Alireza Qaiumzadeh, Rembert A. Duine et al.·May 19, 2026SaveLearn
Mapping Microstructure: Manifold Construction for Accelerated Materials ExplorationAccelerating materials development requires quantitative linkages between processing, microstructure, and properties. In this work, we introduce a framework for mapping microstructure onto a…Simon A. Mason, Megna N. Shah, Jeffrey P. Simmons et al.·May 19, 2026SaveLearn
Deep Spin Defects in Zinc Oxide for High-Fidelity Single-Shot ReadoutWide-bandgap oxides such as ZnO are favorable hosts for spin defect qubits due to their dilute nuclear spin background and potential for ultra-high purity. Yet, a deep-level defect qubit with robust…Shimin Zhang, Taejoon Park, Erik Perez et al.·May 19, 2026SaveLearn
Dominant vibronic relaxation channels in a europium-based molecular qubitMolecular spin qubits offer a versatile platform for quantum information processing due to their synthetic tunability and well-defined electronic structure. Here, a fitted-parameter-free…Neil Iyer·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Atomistic Modeling of Chemical Disorder in Materials: Bridging Conventional Methods and AI-Assisted ApproachesChemical disorder, originating from the mixed occupation of crystallographic sites by multiple elements, is widespread in alloys, ceramics, and compositionally complex materials, where short- and…Jiayu Peng, Peichen Zhong·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Electronic mechanism of sub-100-fs demagnetization induced by a femtosecond light pulseA quantitative understanding of the processes that trigger light-induced demagnetization on ultrashort timescales is crucial for achieving an ultrafast, radiation-controlled magnetic response in…Konrad J. Kapcia, Victor Tkachenko, Flavio Capotondi et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Defect Control via Cu Enrichment Enhances Multifunctional Properties in the Polar Semiconductor Cu1+xMn1-ySiTe3Polar materials have recently attracted significant interest due to their rich multifunctional properties. The chalcogenide polar semiconductor Cu1-xMn1+ySiTe3 (Cu-deficient) is an emerging…Subrata Ghosh, Yu Liu, Saugata Sarker et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Termination-Preserved Ultra-high Tunneling Magnetoresistance in Altermagnetic KV2Se2OAltermagnets exhibit nonrelativistic spin splitting without net magnetization, establishing a new platform for next-generation spintronic devices. Although altermagnetic tunnel junctions (AMTJs)…Junnan Guo, Himanshu Mavani, Wenhui Fang et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Spatially-Localized Second Harmonic Generation via Spin Wave Concentration in Patterned YIG StructuresThe anisotropic dispersion and inherent nonlinearity of magnetostatic spin waves in thin films and confined structures provide unique opportunities for implementation in next-generation magnonic…Stephanie R. Lake, Marc Eger, Philipp Geyer et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Epitaxial growth and magnetic phase transitions in non-centrosymmetric EuPdSi3 thin filmsNon-centrosymmetric magnetic materials are a promising platform for stabilizing chiral spin textures, such as skyrmions and cycloidal magnetic states. This is particularly true in epitaxial thin film…Sebastian Kölsch, Alfons G. Schuck, Olena Fedchenko et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Metastable Cu1-xCrTe2 -- Completing the copper chromium delafossite series through soft chemistryIn the layered copper chromium dichalcogenide series CuCrX2, the oxide, the sulfide, and the selenide analogues have been reported, but the telluride CuCrTe2 has remained unsynthesized so far.…Kai D. Röseler, Geo Sciarini, Felix Eder et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Tuning the Charge Transfer of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Misfit Layer CompoundsMisfit layer compounds (MLCs) are a versatile platform for exploring the electronic phase diagram of two dimensional (2D) materials beyond the limits of conventional gating techniques. This work…Hugo Le Du, Ludovica Zullo, Justine Cordiez et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Why hole polaron formation on oxygen is limiting the Fermi level in Fe acceptor doped BaTiO3 under oxidizing conditionsOxidizing Fe-doped BaTiO3 is commonly expected to convert substitutional Fe3+ acceptors into formal Fe4+ centers. Yet, the experimentally accessible picture based on…Mohammad Amirabbasi, Emre Erdem, Denis Sudarikov et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Short-range order in the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy from cluster expansionWe investigate the short-range order (SRO) and phase stability of the equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy using cluster expansion supplemented by an eigen-decomposition analysis of the SRO…Wei Chen, Gian-Marco Rignanese, Geoffroy Hautier·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
First-principles investigation of small polarons in rhombohedral NaNbO3Sodium niobate (NaNbO3) is a perovskite oxide and a key component of emerging lead-free antiferroelectric capacitors for high-energy-density applications. However, its performance can be…Mohammad Amirabbasi, Lorenzo Villa, Elaheh Ghorbani et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
High-Density Horizontal Arrays of Single-Chirality Carbon NanotubesHighly ordered high-density arrays of single-chirality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are greatly desired for exploring the intrinsic anisotropic properties and collective performance of…Yanzhao Liu, Zilong Qiu, Yuguang Chen et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Characterisation of fire-damaged batteries,implications for recyclingAs lithium-ion battery demand grows, so do fire safety challenges. Despite this, research on fire-damaged batteries remains limited. This study explores the distribution of valuable metals (such as…Wafaa AlShatty, Tom Dunlop, Rhys Charles et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Chemo-mechanical coupling stabilizes mixed AgxCu1-xGaSe2 solar-cell absorbers: Insights from Monte-Carlo simulations assisted by ab initio informed machine-learning potentialsAlloying Ag into Cu(In,Ga)Se2 has enabled record solar-cell efficiencies (23.6\%), yet their long-term stability remains in question because initio calculations predict a Ag-Cu miscibility…Vasilios Karanikolas, Delwin Perera, Linus Erhard et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Combinatorial Survey of Structural Phase Distribution and Magnetism in Fe-Ge-Te Composition-spread Thin Film LibrariesRecently, magnetic 2-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials have garnered tremendous attention. The vdW ferromagnet Fe5Ge1Te2 has a Curie temperature Tc of ~ 270 K, which is tailorable by…Chih-Yu Lee, Takahiro Yamazaki, Peng Yan et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Real-time Multi-instrument Autonomous Discovery of Novel Phase-change Memory MaterialsAutonomous labs enable the integration of automated experiment execution, data analysis and decision making. The main challenge remains the integration of diverse data streams from multiple…Chih-Yu Lee, Haotong Liang, Ryan Kim et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Examining the microscopic origin of a computationally inexpensive thermal-conductivity-based indicator for phonon hydrodynamicsHydrodynamic heat flow, where out-of-equilibrium phonons collectively drift in response to a temperature gradient, has attracted renewed interest following its experimental observation in graphite…Nikhil Malviya, Navaneetha K. Ravichandran·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Metal-free heteroatom doping of carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide productionThe photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water is a promising strategy for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Herein, we investigate the effect of metal-free heteroatom…Eneko Sebastian-Garate, Bruna F. Gonçalves, Jordi Llusar et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalies in the thermal conductivity of honeycomb antiferromagnet MnPS3Intrinsic two-dimensional magnets serve as a good platform to explore collective, charge-neutral and low-energy excitations. Distinguishing the crucial role of them in experimental aspect remains a…Jian Yan, Hiromu Okamoto, Hiroki Yoshida et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal Transport in Defective Uranium Nitride: Effects of Point Defects, Anharmonicity, and Electronic ContributionsThe impact of point defects on thermal transport in uranium nitride (UN) is investigated using a MLIP combined with Green-Kubo (GK) and normal mode analysis (NMA) methods over 300-1500 K. In pristine…Beihan Chen, Marat Khafizov, Zilong Hua et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Ferroelectric polarization controlled orbital Hall conductivity in a higher-order topological insulator: d1T-phase monolayer MoS2The higher-order topological insulator is an extended concept of the conventional topological insulator, which obeys the generalization of the standard bulk-boundary correspondence. In our paper, we…Yingjie Hu, Heng Gao, Wei Ren·May 18, 2026SaveLearn