Response-function-optimized phase field modeling of solute trapping and solute drag in rapid alloy solidificationQuantitative prediction of rapid solidification microstructures requires phase field models that represent the velocity dependence of interfacial properties, including solute partitioning, kinetic…Joni Kaipainen, Tatu Pinomaa, Nikolas Provatas·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
Interfacial thermal transport in Si/SiC and SiC/diamond heterostructures: effects of amorphous interlayers and SiC polytypesThis study examines phonon-mediated heat transfer across Si/SiC and SiC/diamond interfaces using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, emphasizing the influence of SiC polytypes and…Pedram Mirchi, Shirin Sabokdast, Ali Rajabpour·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
XMatcher: An Open-Source Framework for X-Ray Diffraction Phase IdentificationPowder X-ray diffraction (XRD) is widely used for crystalline phase identification, and recent machine learning approaches have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in accelerating diffraction…Bin Cao·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
STEP: Spin Tensor Equivariant Potential for Data-Efficient Learning of Magnetic Potential Energy SurfacesAccurate and efficient modeling of magnetic potential energy surfaces remains challenging because spin-polarized first-principles calculations for diverse non-collinear spin-lattice configurations…Yuanqing Gao, Wen-Hao Luo, Lei Zhang et al.·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
Holonomy Analysis of Optical-polarization Temperature Trajectories in Stress-induced Ferroelectric SrTiO3We develop a data-induced geometric framework for temperature trajectories in optical-polarization data and apply it to temperature-dependent birefringence imaging of stress-induced ferroelectric…Hirotaka Manaka, Kazuma Seike, Yoko Miura·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
Observation of cooperative strong coupling between optical phonon and crystal-field excitations in a pseudo Jahn-Teller systemCooperative interactions between localized electronic excitations and crystal lattice are central to the emergence of complex structural phases in materials. However, the scaling relations governing…Fangliang Wu, Xiaoxuan Ma, Zhongwei Zhang et al.·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
Edwards LocalizationWe study the localization problem in quantum stochastic mechanics. We start from the Edwards model for a particle in a bath of scattering centers and prove static localization of the ground state…Riccardo Fantoni·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
Moiré-resonant surface state in ultrathin RuO2RuO2 has emerged as a prototypical candidate for altermagnetism. In the face of daunting evidence for magnetic order in the bulk, the focus naturally shifted to surfaces and ultrathin films, where…Philipp Keßler, Andreas Feuerpfeil, Armando Consiglio et al.·Jul 19, 2026SaveLearn
The crystallographic quaternions and their product lawUnit quaternions are widely used in science to encode rotations because the quaternion product is more efficient than matrix product and more stable than Rodrigues product to calculate the…Cyril Cayron·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Planar Microcavities can Suppress Exciplex Formation and Increase the Emission Efficiency of Organic SemiconductorsOptical microcavities are widely used to control the emission of organic semiconductors, but their ability to reshape the molecular pathways that precede emission remains largely unexplored. Here we…Tomohiro Ishii, Stéphane Kéna-Cohen·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Operando observation of strain relaxation in fatigued pearlitic steelPearlitic steels are the material of choice for railway wheels and rails, where their lamellar ferrite-cementite structure balances cost, strength, and wear resistance. However, in use, cyclic…Louis Lesage, Johan Ahlström, Yubin Zhang et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Specimen design for material parameter identification using topology optimizationConstitutive relations close the equations of continuum mechanics, and serve as a surrogate for a material in the design and engineering process. They are often specified in a parameterized form with…Adeline Wihardja, Kaushik Bhattacharya·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Electrical Control of Altermagnetism in a Quasi-1D MagnetAltermagnetism is a collinear magnetic state characterized by momentum-dependent spin splitting in fully compensated materials. While widely investigated in systems governed by three- or…Alberto M. Ruiz, Cuiju Yu, Diego López-Alcalá et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Lattice initialisation and finite-size effects of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations for heat transfer across graphene-copper interfacesWe study thermal transport across copper-graphene-copper interfaces using Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics (NEMD), focusing on the influence of finite domain length and domain configuration,…L. A. van Goor, W. N. Edeling, D. Jafari et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Measuring momentum-resolved dissipation of phonon-polaritons in LiNbO3 with terahertz drivingMapping the dispersion of polaritons, hybrid quasiparticles arising from light-matter coupling, can provide key insights into the material dielectric response, coupling strength, and energy transfer…Megan F. Biggs, Rossella Acampora, Niccolò Sellati et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Period-dependent suppression of Fourier peaks for topography images: Analysis of periodicity of triple-step arrays on vicinal Si(h h m) surfacesReliable determination of the periodicity of multiatomic steps on high-Miller-index vicinal surfaces is often complicated by (i) the presence of relatively narrow terraces tilted at large angles…A. Yu. Aladyshkin, A. N. Chaika, V. N. Semenov et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Three Million Years Opposite State Data Retention in Partially Switched Wurtzite FerroelectricsFerroelectric memories based on the wurtzite-structured ferroelectrics are projected to store information for more than 3 million years at 150C. These results are extracted by combining standard…Maike Gremmel, Roberto Guido, Victor Witte et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
High-entropy perovskites, architectured by s0/d0/d10 cations, as novel electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cellsSolid oxide fuel cells enable efficient conversion of hydrogen into electricity. However, the limited availability of materials for their cathode, anode, and electrolyte remains a concern. This study…Ho Truong Nam Hai, Rishad Kunafiev, Kwati Leonard et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Beyond Janus Atomic Ordering: High-Throughput First-Principles Search for Hidden MoSO Monolayer StructuresDespite the growing interest in two-dimensional (2D) MoSO systems, existing studies have exclusively focused on conventional Janus structures. In this work, we perform high-throughput…Zhijing Huang, Tingting Zeng, Lin Zhang et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Harnessing disorder to decouple extension and shear in kirigami metamaterialsKirigami turns stiff sheets into compliant, shape-morphing structures, but its reliance on periodic cut patterns comes at a cost: correlated panel rotations couple extension to shear, so stretching…Haomin Yu, Hanxun Jin, Mingxuan Bi et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Ordinary Disordered Materials Can Carry Hyperuniform Physical FieldsFluctuations in disordered matter play a central role in determining material properties and physical responses. Recent studies have identified an exotic class of systems known as structurally…Liyu Zhong, Haina Wang, Yang Jiao·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Mapping Order in Semicrystalline Polymers using Machine Learning of Nanobeam Electron DiffractionOrganic mixed ionic electronic conductors (OMIECs) are a promising class of polymer materials for applications spanning neuromorphic computation to energy efficient electronics and bioelectronics.…Nicholas Marchese, Arthur R. C. McCray, Yael Tsarfati et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Signal amplification in simple metal-insulator transition devicesSignal dissipation in large-scale neural networks can lead to information loss and ultimately to computational failures, necessitating local signal amplification at neuron - synapse connections. In…Victor Palin, Nareg Ghazikhanian, Matthew Frame et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Multistate ferroelectricity and switchable layer-locked anomalous valley Hall effects in bilayer ReIrGe2Se6Two-dimensional multiferroic materials, which combine magnetic and ferroelectric (FE) orders with strong magnetoelectric coupling, represent ideal platforms for high-density information storage and…Tao Yao, Quan Shen, Jianing Tan et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Quantized Photocurrents in Gapless Topological MatterThe quantum Hall effect establishes that topology can fix a material response to integer multiples of fundamental constants when an energy gap isolates the relevant symmetry-protected electronic…Byunghoon Kim, Tenzin Norden, Mohammad Yahyavi et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn