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
Lattice thermal transport from phonon spectra beyond perturbation theoryWe develop a molecular dynamics framework to compute the mode-resolved phonon spectral density from classical correlations of an annihilation-like phonon variable. For harmonic oscillators, classical…Zezhu Zeng, Michele Simoncelli, David E. Manolopoulos·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Hydrogen Bond Strength Dictates the Rate-Limiting Steps of Diffusion in Proton-Conducting Perovskites:A Critical Length PerspectiveIdentifying the rate-limiting step of proton migration in proton-conducting oxides is essential for assessing and regulating proton conductivity. Proton migration based on the Grotthuss mechanism…Hang Ma, Jiajun Linghu, Nannan Han et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Rules governing Jahn-Teller order in Prussian blue analoguesJahn-Teller distortions of transition-metal coordination environments link orbital occupancies to structure. In the solid state, such distortions can be strongly correlated through the propagation of…Elodie A. Harbourne, John Cattermull, Hanna L. B. Boström et al.·Jul 18, 2026SaveLearn
Phase nucleation, coarsening and evolution pathways of a sputtered nanostructured Inconel 725 alloy during heat treatmentPhysical vapor deposition enables the fabrication of nanostructured superalloys with unique defect architectures, yet their phase evolution pathways can differ significantly from those of…Ruqing Cao, Ikponmwosa J. Iyinbor, Andrea M. Hodge et al.·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn
Instability-Avoiding Active Learning for Cluster Expansions in Complex Multielement MaterialsThe high efficiency of cluster expansions make them appealing for studying chemical disorder in complex composition spaces such as in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs). Several works have…Michael J. Waters, James M. Rondinelli·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn
Bond reconstruction and vacancy clustering in monolayer silicon carbide from first principlesBond reconstruction in vacancy-related structures affects their formation energies, symmetries, and electronic and optical properties. Using density functional theory, we investigate bond…Péter Udvarhelyi·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn
Valley polarization, Rashba interaction, and weak altermagnetism in inversion-asymmetric MnPS3|WS2 van der Waals heterostructuresThe deliberate breaking of inversion (P) symmetry in antiferromagnets has recently emerged as an effective means to induce various features, such as the emergence of Berry curvature,…Purba Dutta, Soumajyoti Bid, Nirmal Ganguli·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn
Atomically precise triple-step staircase on a vicinal silicon surface: Is it Si(5 5 7), Si(7 7 10) or Si(8 8 11)?Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of periodic arrays of triple steps fabricated on single-crystalline Si(5 5 7) wafers demonstrate several possible atomic structures of consecutive steps and Si(1…A. N. Chaika, A. Yu. Aladyshkin, V. N. Semenov et al.·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn
A Dynamical Phase-Field Model for the Optical Properties of FerroelectricsFerroelectric materials are promising platforms for controllable photonic devices because of the strong coupling between their spontaneous polarization and optical properties. Yet, these materials…Aiden Ross, Anya Frazer, Venkatraman Gopalan et al.·Jul 17, 2026SaveLearn