Two-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform polycrystalline disk packingsPolycrystals consist of grains of local crystalline order separated by grain boundaries. Their structure is not hyperuniform, even though perfect crystals are, because polycrystals consist of…Carlo Vanoni, Paul J. Steinhardt, Salvatore Torquato·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Data analysis methods for powder x-ray diffraction intensity under laser-driven dynamic compression at Omega and NIF laser facilitiesPowder x-ray diffraction (PXRD) under laser-driven dynamic compression is a powerful tool to investigate material response to extreme pressure, temperature and strain rates. Robust PXRD platforms…Marius Millot, Federica Coppari, Amy Lazicki et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Atomic-scale theory of robust out-of-plane ferroelectricity in ultrathin filmsFerroelectricity in ultrathin films, characterized by robust switchable out-of-plane polarization, is key to next-generation nanoelectronics. Although the macroscopic theory of ferroelectricity…Fengbo Yuan, Yujia Teng, Karin M. Rabe et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
High-quality single crystals of the kagome metals Ni3In and Ni3Sn grown from Pb fluxThe bilayer kagome metal Ni3In has recently attracted attention due to the presence of a flat band located near the Fermi level, which has been associated with unconventional thermodynamic and…Fabian Garmroudi, Jennifer Coulter, Caitlin S. T. Kengle et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Step-Edge Passivation and Quantitative Raman Mapping of Transfer Quality in Aligned Graphene NanoribbonsThe transfer of aligned graphene nanoribbons from metallic growth surfaces to device-compatible platforms remains a central bottleneck for nanoribbon electronics. Here, we investigate step-edge…Dominik Lüthi, Rimah Darawish, Klaus Müllen et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Universal Interatomic Potentials as Configuration-Space Generators for One-Shot and Iterative Fine-Tuning of Ab Initio-Accurate Material-Specific ModelsUniversal machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are rapidly becoming general-purpose tools for atomistic simulation, but their role in quantitative materials modeling when reactive events…Jonas Hänseroth, Aaron Flötotto, Christian Dreßler·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Toward in-situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and electrochemical characterization of solid oxide fuel cellsThe focus of the present work is the development of specialized experimental instrumentation compatible with synchrotron characterization for in-situ and operando symmetric intermediate temperature…Renato A. N. de Oliveira, Rafael Galiza Yoshimura, Liliana Mogni et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Unconventional topological Hall response and anisotropic magnetotransport properties of a helical magnet EuAuAsTopological magnets with nontrivial spin texture have attracted considerable interest because they display a rich spectrum of emergent quantum phenomena. Here, we present a combined experimental and…Anyesh Saraswati, Koyendrila Debnath, Shubhankar Roy et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Reduced-Order Modelling of Defect Transport using Surrogate Kinetics: Application to UxPu 1-xNDefect transport in chemically disordered materials is a difficult phenomenon to model since migration energetics depend strongly on the local chemical environment, producing a distribution of…Peter Hatton·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Coherent seeding and control of dynamical ferroelectricity by phonon anharmonicityOptical control of quantum materials has progressed along two separate directions: creating non-equilibrium states inaccessible at equilibrium, and coherently controlling ultrafast dynamics with…Junhan Huang, Yongkang Ju, Xinbo Wang et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Interfacial melting as a thermodynamic indicator of solid-state synthesizabilityComputational materials discovery commonly ranks candidate materials by their thermodynamic stability on the formation energy convex hull, yet many predicted-stable phases resist synthesis. We…Zihan Zhang, Mengyi Chen, Qianxiao Li et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal Transport in SiC with Intrinsic Defects and Mg Transmutation ProductsSilicon carbide is a leading candidate material for advanced nuclear energy systems, but irradiation-induced defects and transmutation products can severely degrade its thermal conductivity. In…Chen Shen, Yang Su, Maciej P. Polak et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
AIM2DAT: A Python-based Automated Ab Initio Material Modeling and Data Analysis ToolkitThe emergence of data-driven computational materials science offers unprecedented opportunities to explore complex material landscapes, complementing experimental research with the discovery of novel…Holger-Dietrich Saßnick, Joshua Edzards, Timo Reents et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Discovery and recovery of crystalline materials with property-conditioned transformersGenerative models have recently shown great promise for accelerating the design and discovery of new functional materials. Conditional generation enhances this capacity by allowing inverse design,…Cyprien Bone, Matthew Walker, Bradley A. A. Martin et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Multiferroic VHfO4 with Strain-Tunable MagnetismThe coexistence of ferroelectricity and magnetism in a single-phase oxide is rare because the electronic requirements for these two orders are often incompatible. Here, using first-principles…Qisheng Yu, Tianyuan Zhu, Boyu Liu et al.·Jun 22, 2026SaveLearn
Notes on remanent magnetization measurements in superconductors and hard ferromagnetsData on zero applied field measurements of remanent magnetization and magnetic relaxation in a BCS superconductor LuNi2B2C and several hard ferromagnets are presented and compared. Apparent…Sergey L. Bud'ko, Mingyu Xu, Weiwei Xie et al.·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Insights of Ammonia Decomposition on W--B Nanoclusters by Computational SimulationsTungsten-boride nanoclusters represent a promising class of materials for catalytic applications, yet their structural stability and reactivity remain poorly understood. The evolutionary algorithm…Anastasiia V. Iosimovska, Mikhail M. Lukanov, Christian Tantardini et al.·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Lattice-renormalized geometric frustration drives fast ionic transportFast ionic transport is commonly understood from two complementary perspectives: soft lattices that facilitate ion migration, and frustrated ionic sublattices that host multiple nearly degenerate…Jianmin Yang, Lin Xie·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Strain induced magnetic phase transition and anomalous transport phenomena in RuO2 and MnF2Collinear antiferromagnets with broken time-reversal symmetry have emerged as a fertile platform for spintronics. Using a general tight-binding model and first-principles calculations, we show that…Xiuxian Yang, Zhangqi Wu, Xiangju Wang et al.·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Temperature dependence of the spontaneous magnetization of Ni2MnGa and other ferromagnets. The superellipse equationThe temperature dependence of the spontaneous magnetization of Ni2MnGa and other ferromagnets can be described in reduced coordinates by the superellipse equation using a single dimensionless…A. Perevertov·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Al1-xHfxN Thin Films with Enhanced Piezoelectric Responses for GHz Surface Acoustic Wave DevicesTernary compounds obtained by alloying wurtzite AlN with transition metals have emerged as promising materials with significantly enhanced piezoelectric characteristics relative to binary AlN. The…Laura I. Wagner, Verena Streibel, Esperanza Luna et al.·Jun 21, 2026SaveLearn
Delafossites as an unexpected competing phase to infinite-layer oxidesMotivated by the discovery of superconductivity in Sr-doped infinite-layer nickelate films on SrTiO3(001), we explore the broader landscape of ABO2 oxides through comprehensive…Armin Sahinovic, Benjamin Geisler, Rossitza Pentcheva·Jun 20, 2026SaveLearn
Fine-Tuned Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials for Structural and Vibrational Properties of Twisted 2D MaterialsTwisted van der Waals bilayers form moiré superlattices whose structural and vibrational properties are highly sensitive to variations in local stacking registry and the degree of atomic…Viet-Anh Tran, Viet-Hung Nguyen, Wei Chen et al.·Jun 20, 2026SaveLearn
Open-quantum-system theory of non-Markovian electron-phonon dynamicsWe present a non-Markovian open-quantum-system formalism for nonequilibrium electron-phonon dynamics: a closed set of five coupled equations of motion, derived directly from the density matrix, in…Gabriele Riva, Jacopo Simoni, Yuan Ping·Jun 20, 2026SaveLearn
A correlation of structural changes with nanomechanical properties in TiN-AlN multilayer filmsThe present work investigates the changes in overall nanomechanical properties of reactively sputtered TiN-AlN multilayer films arising due to phase transformation in the AlN layers. Multilayered…Nidhin George Mathews, Aidan A. Taylor, Johannes Zechner et al.·Jun 20, 2026SaveLearn