Initial Development of MBE-Grown InAs Diodes for Thermoradiative Energy HarvestingWe describe the development of 1x1 mm2 InAs thermoradiative diodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy with emphasis on their reverse saturation current and break-down voltage. P-i-n diode structures…I. Artacho, I. Ramiro, A. Martí·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Spontaneous Topological Locking and Symmetry Restoration of Meron Lattices in Synthetic AntiferromagnetsSynthetic antiferromagnets offer a robust platform for stabilizing fractional topological textures, effectively circumventing the limitations of ferromagnetic systems. In this study, we utilize…Gülşen Doğan, Ümit Akıncı·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Defect-Engineered Beryllium Dinitride (BeN2) Monolayer with Light-Metal Decoration for Reversible High-Capacity Hydrogen StorageHydrogen (H2) possesses the highest gravimetric energy density of any chemical fuel and is the most abundant element in the universe. However, its extremely low volumetric energy density at standard…Wael Othman, Ibrahim Alghoul, K-F. Aguey-Zinsou et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
A Correction Method for Crack Area Overestimation in Phase-Field FracturePhase-field fracture models are known to overestimate the crack area, a discrepancy that compromises the accuracy of fracture predictions. This issue stems from the diffuse crack representation and…M. Castillón, J. Segurado, I. Romero·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Beyond lead halide perovskites: visible light photovoltaics with phase engineered bismuth-based oxide double-perovskites, Bi2MCrO6 (M = Fe, Mn)Lead poisoning and notorious ambient instability in lead-based halide perovskites pave the way for the exploration of alternative materials for affordable and efficient solar cell fabrication. An…N P Vikas, Ranjit K Pradhan, Somdutta Mukherjee et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Deterministic positioning of circular Bragg gratings using atomic force lithography for high-performance quantum dot light sourcesSemiconductor quantum dots (QDs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy are excellent quantum emitters, but their random spatial distribution hinders deterministic coupling to optical microcavities. We…Sai Abhishikth Dhurjati, Moritz Langer, Yared G. Zena et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced Valley Polarization via Nonlinear Cascaded Quantum-Geometric Selection RulesThe quantum geometric properties of Bloch electrons fundamentally govern light-matter interactions and optical selection rules in solids. In semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenides,…Quentin Courtade, Sotirios Fragkos, Dominique Descamps et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Pressure induced Electronic and Structural Transition in Ba2NiTeO6This study explores the pressure evolution of the double perovskite Ba2NiTeO6 by employing experimental and computational techniques. For the study of structural and vibrational properties,…Bidisha Mukherjee, Supratik Mukherjee, Mrinmay Sahu et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Adjacent Sink Strengths Used in Multiscale Kinetic Rate Equation Simulations of Defects and Impurities in SolidsKinetic Rate Equation (kRE) modeling is widely used to simulate defect and impurity evolution in solids over experimentally relevant time and length scales. However, conventional kRE formulations…Tommy Ahlgren·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Scale-Dependent Input Representation and Confidence Estimation for LLMs in Materials Property PredictionLarge language models (LLMs) are increasingly applied to materials science. However, the relationship between prediction accuracy, input representation, and model scale remains unclear, and reliable…Shuichiro Ozawa, Izumi Takahara, Teruyasu Mizoguchi·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Influence of twist angle on ultrafast charge separation in WS2-graphene heterostructuresVan der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, formed by stacking two-dimensional materials, offer highly tunable electronic and optical properties, with the twist angle between layers acting as a critical…Niklas Hofmann, Leonard Weigl, Johannes Gradl et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Energy dissipation at the atomic scale explains how fracture energy depends on crack velocity in silica glassThe fracture energy of brittle materials rises with crack velocity, and this effect is typically attributed to surface roughening from path instabilities. Here we show, using molecular dynamics…Marthe Grønlie Guren, Sigbjørn Løland Bore, François Renard et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Coupled phase transitions in crystalline solids with extreme chemical disorderStructural phase transitions often couple to magnetic and electronic degrees of freedom, enabling emergent phenomena in solids. In high-entropy oxides (HEOs), which typically stabilize in highly…Subha Dey, Rukma Nevgi, Suresh Chandra Joshi et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
A Unified microscopic picture of cation and anion migration in MAPbI3Passivating defects and restricting defect mobilities in halide perovskites to increase device lifetimes has become a main field of research. Modeling structure and mobility of point defects is an…Viren Tyagi, Geert Brocks, Shuxia Tao·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Rigorous foundations of the effective mass approximation: analyticity and symmetry of band extremaThe effective mass approximation is widely used across models of carrier transport, optical response, and excitons in semiconductors and insulators, but its validity hinges on the assumption that the…Jakob Kjærulff Svaneborg·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Photovoltaic creation of charged domain walls in barium titanateThe optical control of domain structures in ferroelectrics is of great interest. In the present work, we demonstrate the reliable creation of charged domain walls - conductive channels in otherwise…P. S. Bednyakov, P. V. Yudin, A. K. Tagantsev et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
From Knowledge to Action: Outcomes of the 2025 Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and ChemistryLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing how researchers in materials science and chemistry discover, organize, and act on scientific knowledge. This paper analyzes a broad set of…Aritra Roy, Kevin Shen, Andrew MacBride et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Structural evolution of Ti/Cu multilayers as a function of period thicknessTi/Cu multilayers with periods ranging from 4 to 52.5 nm were synthesized by magnetron sputtering to examine how the period thickness affects morphology, crystallization, texture development, and…Sergei S. Sakhonenkov, Aidar U. Gaisin, Anita O. Petrova et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Unified Mapping of Multi-Site Electrocatalytic Activity Using a Single DescriptorWe present a precise and general method to map the activity of electrocatalysts across multiple sites. Starting from a mean-field statistical mechanics model, we introduce an effective adsorption…A. Dana, D. Terrones, S. Gelin et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Preliminary Structural Study of Chromium Coatings for Nuclear ApplicationsFollowing the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, an increasing number of studies concentrate on the development of Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) cladding materials for nuclear fuel, aiming to prevent the…Michał A. Stróżyk, Jong-Dae Hong, JaeYong Kim et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Investigation of filamentation in a-Si/Ag/Cu memristors with atomic force microscopeCation-based Ag/Cu filaments formed in an insulating α-Si matrix are widely used as memristors in crossbar arrays for efficient in-memory computing. However, the stochastic nature of filament…Alena Samsonova, Viacheslav Dremov, Oleg Klimenko et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Persistent Spin Texture and Spin-Orbital Hall Responses on the AgI (110) SurfaceA systematic investigation of the structural, electronic, and spin-orbital transport properties of the AgI (110) surface is presented using first-principles calculations combined with analytical…Manish Kumar Mohanta·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Limits of Electronic Transport in Nanostructured Macroscopic ConductorsMacroscopic assemblies of one- and two-dimensional materials promise to translate nanoscale electronic properties into device-scale performance, yet the microscopic principles governing charge…Agnieszka E. Lekawa-Raus, John S. Bulmer, Teresa Kulka et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Composition-Weighted Symbolic Regression for General-Purpose Property PredictionWe introduce a composition-weighted symbolic regression framework for interpretable prediction of materials properties directly from chemical composition. The method jointly learns analytical…Yang Huang, Jingrun Chen·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Metastable MnBi2Te4 enabled by magnetic-field-assisted synthesisMagnetic topological insulators provide a unique platform to explore the interplay between magnetism and topology. MnBi2Te4, known for its A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) ground state, undergoes…Abhinna Rajbanshi, G. M. Zills, Alexander M. Donald et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn