Agent-authored deposition recipes for X-ray multilayer mirrors: schema-bound LLM control of a magnetron sputtering system with reflectivity-verified outcomesPeriodic multilayer mirrors for X-rays require a layer period controlled to about 0.1 nm, set by deposition rates held in the laboratory's own notebook. A supervising model session gave a large…Oleksiy V. Penkov, Haoyu Fu, Yueying Zhan et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Crack propagation threshold in single-crystal silicon: a cleavage plane-crackons modelExperiments revealed the discontinuities in the dependence of the crack speeds on the crack driving force. Despite great efforts, until now, previous theoretical methods, such as linear elastic…Faming Gao·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Inferring Dislocation Microstructures from X-ray Diffraction via Cross-Modal Contrastive LearningUnderstanding and inferring dislocation microstructures from diffraction patterns remains an open challenge in materials characterization, as diffraction measurements provide only indirect…Benjamin Udofia, Nicolas Bertin, Markus Stricker·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Direct observation of reversible ionic polarization at a buried solid-state battery interfaceElectric fields control ionic distributions at solid-solid interfaces. However, whether buried interfaces possess an intrinsic ionic reversibility has remained experimentally unresolved. Here, we…Giovanni Ceccio, Romana Miksova, Jiri Vacik et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Enhancing Conformality in Atomic Layer Deposition through Low Growth Per CycleAtomic layer deposition (ALD) is a key enabling technology for advanced microelectronics as it enables the growth of functional thin films on complex three-dimensional substrates with unmatched…Christine Gonsalves, Jorge A. Velasco, Ahmed Othman et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced anomalous Nernst effect in Pr-doped kagome and honeycomb magnet LaCo5In this work, we report the successful synthesis of La1-xPrxCo5 (x = 0.09, 0.21, 0.45) single crystals. Magnetic field-dependent magnetization measurements reveal that Pr substitution…Zheng Li, Yueyang Wu, Tianhao Li et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Mechanical control of competing magnetic order in crystalline MnPtGa membranesMnPtGa hosts competing magnetic states, including ferromagnetic, canted antiferromagnetic, and spin density wave (SDW) order in the centrosymmetric P63/mmc structure, while a related…R Rawat, F Fei, T Samanta et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Observation of topological surface phonons in diamond with nonlinear opticsTopological quantum states in electronic systems have profoundly transformed the understanding of phases of matter. Recent theories predict novel vibrational topological quantum states, i.e.,…Qi Wang, Xinyi Liu, Xinyue Sheng et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Revealing Hidden Inversion Symmetry Breaking in ZrTe5 via Phonon-Assisted Heterodyne AmplificationZrTe5 is a sensitive topological material where small perturbations can alter its electronic structure. Its equilibrium crystal structure has been widely regarded as centrosymmetric, while recent…S. J. Li, J. H. Huang, H. Y. Wu et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Irreducible sub-nm2 ferroelectric domains by 2D-flat polar band in perovskite superlatticesFlat polar phonon bands in ferroelectrics have been envisioned to realize irreducibly small domains for achieving the highest memory density. However, such bands are extremely rare, with only a…Pawan Kumar, Jun Hee Lee·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Deterministic patterning and alignment of tellurium quantum wires using nanoscale templatesTellurium (Te) is an intriguing one-dimensional (1D) semiconductor that has recently attracted considerable interest as a p-type channel material. However, scalable synthesis methods have lacked…I K M Reaz Rahman, Scott Dhuey, Moniruzzaman Jamal et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Ab initio Study of Substitutional Defects in Li3OCl Solid Electrolyte for Li-ion BatteriesImproving ion transport in solid electrolytes and cathode coatings remains a key challenge for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries because their room-temperature ionic conductivity is still…Carson D. Ziemke, Naveed Naemi, Ha M. Nguyen et al.·Sep 11, 2026SaveLearn
Pseudo-hybrid density functional ACBN0 for Hubbard U correction in a numeric atom-centered orbital basisWe present a formulation and implementation of the Agapito-Curtarolo-Buongiorno Nardelli (ACBN0) pseudo-hybrid density functional in a numeric atom-centered orbital basis. The method is realized in…Svetlana A. Artiukova, Ilia M. Odud, Sergey V. Levchenko·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Different critical exponents on two sides of the magnetic transition in two dimensionsThe possibility of different critical exponents on two sides of a magnetic transition has been theoretically predicted [PRB 13, 2222 (1976), PRL 115, 200601 (2015)] and experimentally realized [PRL…P. Biswal, Ruma Khatun, G. Tripathy et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Functionalization-Driven Charge Redistribution Enabling Ultra-High-Capacity V2B MBene Anode for Li/Na ion batteries: A First-Principles studyAmid increasing global demand for clean, sustainable energy, the search for novel electrode materials has emerged as a crucial link to advancing future energy storage technologies. Here, we explored…Shaiokh Bin Abi, Ahmed Zubair·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Unusual phase coexistence regime across the ferroelectric - paraelectric transitionA PbTiO3 epitaxial thin film grown on a DyScO3 substrate was studied by x-ray diffraction in the temperature range of 20-500 degrees Celsius. It is found that the ferroelectric to paraelectric phase…M. Kopecký, J. Kub, E. de Prado et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Sparse data limit what a mechanistic corrosion model can predictMechanistic corrosion models are routinely fitted with four to six parameters to a few measurements and extrapolated across service lifetimes, yet whether the data determine them is rarely tested. We…Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
High-Temperature ferromagnetism from site-selective filling in (Fe,Ni)6-δGeTe2The discovery of high-temperature ferromagnetism in the metallic van der Waals (vdW) system FeNGeTe2 has brought two-dimensional (2D) magnets into technologically relevant temperature scales.…Tyler L. Werner, Jonathan T. Reichanadter, Xiang Chen et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
High-fidelity k·p representations of first-principles electronic band structures through covariant renormalizationThe k·p method can be applied directly to first-principles energies and momentum matrix elements, but the resulting models converge slowly with the number of bands and are inexact wherever the…Kristian Berland·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Piezomagnetism in a model cubic noncollinear altermagnetAltermagnets constitute a distinct class of magnetic materials that combine compensated magnetic order with spin-polarized electronic bands, hence carrying characteristics of both antiferromagnets…Sudarshan Sharma, Luca Buiarelli, Richard Spieker et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Device Engineering and Performance Optimization of Cu2NiGeS4 Thin-Film Solar Cells with In2S3/MoTe2 Charge-Selective Layers: A Computational StudyThe pursuit of efficient and sustainable thin-film photovoltaics increasingly demands absorber materials that combine strong optical absorption with earth-abundant and environmentally benign…Md Tashfiq Bin Kashem, Hasib Md Abid Bin Farid·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Competition between vacancy creation and filling in defect-engineering of hBNHexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently become the focus of intense research as a material that can host quantum emitters. It is known that such emission is related to point defects, but in order…Shrirang Chokappa, Manuel Längle, Barbara Maria Mayer et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
High-throughput thermodynamic screening of oxide-scale adhesion across the CoCrFeMnNiAl high-entropy alloysOne significant benefit of reactive element (RE) additions is the colossal improvement in oxide-scale retention during high-temperature oxidation. Selecting optimal RE dopants in high-entropy alloys…Dennis Boakye, Chuang Deng·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Effect of Stress and Surface Roughness on Electrodeposition in All-Solid-State Batteries: A Computational InvestigationAll-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) promise high energy density and enhanced safety, but their development is hindered by instability and incompatibility at solid-solid interfaces. In Li-metal ASSBs,…Kaniza Islam, Ayush Morchhale, Jung-Hyun Kim et al.·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn
Skyrmion nucleus resolves the Landauer paradoxFerroelectric switching is among the most fundamental and widely studied symmetry-breaking processes in physics. However, the Landauer paradox asserts that an ideal single-domain ferroelectric should…Jiyuan Yang, Denan Li, Shi Liu·Sep 10, 2026SaveLearn