Strain-Enhanced Coherence in Curved hBN Quantum EmittersHexagonal boron nitride (hBN) hosts robust room-temperature single-photon emitters, yet their coherence is typically limited by phonon induced dephasing and spectral broadening. Here, we show that…Eyal Shoham, Sukanta Nandi, Ayelet Teitelboim et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Exploring the Potential of Ternary Blending for Two and Three-Junction RAINBOW Solar CellsThe efficiency of organic photovoltaics (OPV) has been steadily increasing over the past decade until reaching the 20\% milestone. Multijunction architectures provide a promising approach to further…Francesc Xavier Capella-Guardià, Jolanda Simone Müller, Muhammad Ahsan Saeed et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Gauge-Field-Mediated Symmetry Breaking of Matters Under Electromagnetic Fields and Its Impact on Spin DynamicsWhen a condensed-matter system is subjected to external electromagnetic fields, the gauge-invariant formulation of physical operators must explicitly incorporate the gauge-field contribution.…Uiseok Jeong, Esmaeil Taghizadeh Sisakht, Angel Rubio et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Large Transverse Thermoelectric Effect in Weyl Semimetal TaIrTe4 Engineered for PhotodetectionAnomalous local photocurrent generation via second-order nonlinear and thermoelectric responses is a signature of many topological semimetals. The emergence of these photocurrents is inherently…Morgan G. Blevins, Xianglin Ji, Vivian J. Santamaria-Garcia et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Stacking-dependent magnetic ordering in bilayer ScI2Stacking-dependent magnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals materials offers an effective route for controlling magnetic order without chemical modification. Here, we present a combined…Soumyajit Sarkar, Soham Chandra·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
CatFlow: Co-generation of Slab-Adsorbate Systems via Flow MatchingDiscovering heterogeneous catalysts tailored for specific reaction intermediates remains a fundamental bottleneck in materials science. While traditional trial-and-error methods and recent generative…Minkyu Kim, Nayoung Kim, Honghui Kim et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Understanding oxide surface stability: Theoretical insights from silver chromateSilver chromate (Ag2CrO4) has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to its promising photocatalytic performance, which strongly depends on the crystallographic…Augusto Facundes, Thiago T. Dorini, Theodora W. von Zuben et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Structural effects of boron doping in diamond crystals for gamma-ray light-source applications: Insights from molecular dynamics simulationsBoron-doped diamond crystals (BDD, C1-xBx) exhibit exceptional mechanical strength, electronic tunability, and resistance to radiation damage. This makes them promising materials for use in…Matthew D. Dickers, Felipe Fantuzzi, Nigel J. Mason et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Ultrafast manipulation of magnetic skyrmions by microwave fieldsWe theoretically investigate the inertial dynamics of magnetic skyrmions driven by circularly polarized microwave-induced inverse Faraday effect (MIFE). By incorporating an inertial mass term into…Xingdi Wang, Haiming Dong, Kai Chang·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
InvDesFlow-AL: active learning-based workflow for inverse design of functional materialsDeveloping inverse design methods for functional materials with specific properties is critical to advancing fields like renewable energy, catalysis, energy storage, and carbon capture. Generative…Xiao-Qi Han, Peng-Jie Guo, Ze-Feng Gao et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Developing triangular-shaped tiny particles and mono-layer shapes at the air-solution interface, and binding of mono-layers into a particleThe new insights into the atomic structure empower one to develop materials by a bottom-up approach. The study of colloids is profitable in many ways. Considering the research in this field is…Mubarak Ali·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Microstructure evolution during rapid solidification of hypoeutectic Al-Ag alloys near absolute stabilityMicrosegregation-free microstructures can form by solidifying at velocities beyond the absolute stability limit (Vabs), where solute partitioning is suppressed by a stable, planar…Brian Rodgers, Mingwang Zhong, Trevor Lyons et al.·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Causal Anomaly Detection for Lithium-Ion Battery DegradationReliable early detection of lithium-ion battery degradation requires health indicators that are physically interpretable and computable from routine cycler telemetry without access to the degradation…Dieter W. Heermann, Hagen Heermann·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Frequency renormalization and its effects in nonlinear phononics with QRQIR2-type couplingA two-phonon system with lowest-order coupling of form QRQIR2 is studied by perturbation method, and analytic results for both phonon displacements and frequencies are obtained. The frequency…Yijie Zeng·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
On-chip detection of anisotropic thermopolarization in quartzTemperature gradients are widely used to drive and probe transport phenomena in solids, forming the basis of heat-to-charge conversion processes. In typical experiments, local heating is introduced…Shuichi Iwakiri, Yasumitsu Miyata, Takao Mori·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Observation of universal thermopolarization effect in insulatorsHeat-to-charge conversion has traditionally been realized via the Seebeck effect in conductors and pyroelectricity in polar insulators. Here, we demonstrate that temperature gradients generate…Shuichi Iwakiri, Yasumitsu Miyata, Takao Mori·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Structure of Molten FeCl2 and FeCl3Molten iron chlorides are central to emerging energy technologies, including electrochemical iron production and redox flow batteries. Optimizing their electrochemical performance and transport…Fakhrul Hasan Bhuiyan, Jicheng Guo, Christopher James Benmore et al.·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Stabilizing the Orthorhombic Phases of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 NanoparticlesIn this work we study the stabilization of the orthorhombic phases in small Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles (average size ~ 7 nm) annealed under different oxygen partial pressures. Concentration of the…Yuriy O. Zagorodniy, Eugene A. Eliseev, Valentin V. Laguta et al.·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Optical, vibrational, and electronic properties of semiconducting YbNWe investigate the vibrational, optical, and electronic properties of insulating YbN thin films using Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and electrical transport…M. Markwitz, C. Pot, R. G. Buckley et al.·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
First-principles calculations of electrical conductivities of edge-modified graphene nanoribbons: strain effectWe investigate the influence of strain on the electrical properties of graphene nanoribbons that have potential applications in making sensors and other optoelectronic devices. In particular, we…Sanjay Prabhakar, Roderick Melnik·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
An Efficient Approach for Calculating Free Energy in Molecular Dynamics: Demineralization of Hydroxyapatite as a Case StudyDespite the strength of Molecular Dynamics simulations in providing insights into the microscopic details of phenomenon in many fields in materials science, physics and biology, the biggest barrier…Mahdi Tavakol, Jin-Chong Tan, Alexander M. Korsunsky·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
Interface engineering of the anomalous Hall effect in Ni-based heterostructuresUsing a combined experimental and first-principles theoretical approach, we demonstrate interface engineering of the anomalous Hall effect in Ni-based epitaxial thin-film heterostructures.…Mainak Ghosh, Kusampal Yadav, Kalyan sarkar et al.·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
Machine Learning Enabled Graph Analysis of Particulate Composites: Application to Solid-state Battery CathodesParticulate composites underpin many solid-state chemical and electrochemical systems, where microstructural features such as multiphase boundaries and inter-particle connections strongly influence…Zebin Li, Shimao Deng, Yijin Liu et al.·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
Non-linear diffusion and inhomogeneity of the magnetic field in single-turn coils: Insights from 3D multiphysics modelingThe single-turn coil method is a destructive pulsed magnet for generating over 100 T with a few μ-second pulse duration, and it inevitably causes the coil to explode. The temporal and spatial…Hideaki Kobayashi, Yugaku Goyo, Yuto Ishii et al.·May 15, 2026SaveLearn
Machine Learning Approaches to Point Defects in Non-Metallic Materials: A Review of MethodsWe review recent machine-learning (ML) approaches for point defects in non-metallic materials, with an emphasis on defect formation energies. Existing studies largely fall into two categories: direct…Yu Kumagai, Shin Kiyohara·May 15, 2026SaveLearn