Persistent structural distortions and absent superconductivity in trilayer nickelate thin filmsA new family of high-temperature superconductors was recently discovered in the n=2,3 Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates, where superconductivity emerges concomitant with suppression of parent density…Abigail Y. Jiang, Maria Bambrick-Santoyo, Lopa Bhatt et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Silicon Nanostructures for Biosensing: From Field-Effect Transistors to Photonic Resonators, and the Long Road to the ClinicSilicon has a unique combination of properties that makes it one of the best material choices for biosensor platforms: it is inexpensive, its native oxide is atomically smooth, its fabrication…Ang Liu, Jun Cao, Zhihao Sun et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Magnetic Anisotropy and Metamagnetic Transitions in Er3Pt2Sb4.55 with A Distorted Square Net LatticeMagnetic materials with square-net sublattices are of great interest due to its potential to realize magnetic frustration. Here we report the crystal growth and structural, magnetic, thermodynamic…Dylan Correll, Chaoguo Wang, Xin Gui·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Boosting lattice polarization Mixing the perspectives of geometry optimization and cell-augmentationTopologically polarized mechanical metamaterials enjoy a special built-in asymmetry that manifests as a preferred localization of edge states on selected edges. While this property has been shown for…Pegah Azizi, Rahul Dev Kundu, Xiaojia Shelly Zhang et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Controllable Quantum Spin Hall Phases in Bi2Te3-Family van der Waals HeterobilayersThe tunability and control of topological edge/surface states are crucial for the development of new device applications. In this work, by combining first-principles calculations and Wannier-based…Emmanuel V. C. Lopes, Pedro H. Sophia, Felipe Crasto de Lima et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
A Defect-Free Model of Amorphous Silicon with Pristine Electronic StructureAmorphous silicon (a-Si) is understood to be the canonical continuous random network material, ideally defined by fully fourfold coordination. Here, we show that a defect-free ('ideal') model…Louise A. M. Rosset, Chinonso Ugwumadu, Stephen R. Elliott et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Breaking symmetry to create a parallel-plate varactor dielectric with unparalleled microwave performanceVoltage-tunable capacitors (varactors) are key to microwave circuits. Tunable dielectric varactors outperform competing technologies in almost every relevant metric but usually suffer from high…Florian Bergmann, Matthew R. Barone, Zishen Tian et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Effective masses, Burstein-Moss shift, and bandgap renormalization in degenerate Al-doped ZnO from broadband ellipsometry and Hall measurementsA comprehensive methodology is developed to extract electron and hole effective masses in degenerate semiconductors through a simultaneous global fit of carrier concentration dependence of bandgap…S. Mishra, L. A. Enrique, D. Cespedes et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Tunable Flat Bands and magnetism in Triangulene-based Superatomic GrapheneSuperatomic graphene platforms host a rich portfolio of flat-band-driven exotic quantum properties, yet their experimental realization remains challenging. Here, we report the bottom-up on-surface…Wenya Zhai, Tingfeng Zhang, Fengkun Chen et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Exciton Transport in Disordered Perovskite Nanocrystal SolidsSolution-processed thin films of colloidal lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals (NCs) show great potential for the implementation into optoelectronic devices such as light-emitting diodes…Simon Solari, Enrique Arévalo Rodríguez, Antonella Cutrupi et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalous magneto-optical response at RuO2 / WSe2 van der Waals interfaceRuthenium dioxide (RuO2) has been proposed as an altermagnetic candidate, although its magnetic ground state remains controversial. Here, we probe weak interfacial magnetic states at the…Muhammad Hassan Shaikh, Abhijith Puthiya Veettil, Collin Maurtua et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
On representation of macroscopic crack in periodic fine-scale discrete mechanical modelsIn multiscale modeling of heterogeneous softening materials, boundary conditions (BC) in the fine-scale model strongly influence the strain localization pattern and the macroscopic response. For…Jan Raisinger, Jan Eliáš·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Hartree-Fock Limit for Energies in SolidsThis study establishes a route to the Hartree--Fock (HF) limit for molecules and solids within the linearized augmented plane wave (LAPW) framework. We remove current limitations of the standard LAPW…Jānis Užulis, Andris Gulans·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Terahertz frequency upconversion by coherently driving charge dynamics in the InSb/CdTe heterostructureWe investigate terahertz (THz) harmonic generation in the InSb/CdTe heterostructure, demonstrating, for the first time, efficient in-plane magnetic field-induced second-harmonic generation (SHG). We…Pai Peng, Mingxiang Pan, Jiuming Liu et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Quantitative prediction of excitons in lattice-mismatched van der Waals heterostructuresAccurate modeling of dielectric screening in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures is essential for predicting photonic and optoelectronic properties - yet conventional first-principles methods are…Jakob Kjærulff Svaneborg, Mikkel Ohm Sauer, Amalie Helena Svaneborg et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Interplay of Altermagnetism and Coupled Quasi-Altermagnetic states in Sliding Two-dimensional Square LatticeThe emergence of non-relativistic spin splitting (NRSS) in altermagnetic systems has introduced a new paradigm in antiferromagnets with vanishing net magnetization. Although sliding-induced…Bhautik R Dhori, Deepak Upadhyay, Prafulla K Jha·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Strain- and Electric-Field-Tunable Valley Polarization in Mo0.75V0.25Te2(Mo3VTe8) for Valleytronic ApplicationValley polarization in 2D TMDs is promising for low-power valleytronic and spin-valley information processing, but time-reversal symmetry in pristine nonmagnetic TMDs keeps the K+ and K- valleys…Md. Mostaqul Islam, Vivek Chowdhury, Md. Nure-Alam-Dipu et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
MinSurf: resolving the atomic-scale stability landscape of mineral surfacesMineral surfaces govern interfacial reactivity in carbon mineralization, geo-energy storage, contaminant immobilization, heterogeneous catalysis and electrochemical interface engineering. Yet…Fengzijun Pan, Zhoulin Liu, Pingyang Zhang et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Thickness-Dependent Interlayer Coupling and Semiconductor-to-Semimetal Crossover in Arsenene MultilayersInterlayer interactions in layered materials are often assumed to transfer from the bilayer to the bulk, but this assumption can fail when chemically active out-of-plane orbitals participate in…Jeonghwan Ahn, Seoung-Hun Kang, Jaron T. Krogel·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced electronic correlations and altermagnetic ground state of two-dimensional CsCr3Sb5 monolayersRecently, layered corrected kagome metal CsCr3Sb5 have garnered significant attention attributed to its flat bands near the Fermi level (EF) and altermagnetic ground state [ Yi Liu et al., Nature…Z. H. Guan, Z. L. Peng, W. Z. Zhuo et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
HEACalculator: An Open-Source Python Tool for Thermodynamic Property Calculation and Solid Solution Prediction in High-Entropy AlloysHigh-entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted sustained interest since their introduction by Cantor et al. and Yeh et al. because multi-principal-element compositions can exhibit unusual combinations of…Doğuhan Sarıtürk, Yunus Eren Kalay, Raymundo Arróyave·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Electric-field induced trends of exchange interactions in transition-metal trilayersUsing density functional theory, we have performed a systematic study of the Heisenberg pairwise exchange interaction and the beyond Heisenberg multi-spin higher-order exchange interactions in…Moinak Ghosh, Stefan Heinze, Souvik Paul·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
New Crystal Structures Hide in Plain Sight: A Stress Test for AI-Guided Materials DiscoveryNew types of crystal structures are discovered only rarely, and the artificial intelligence (AI) models now reshaping materials discovery have so far produced new chemical compositions within known…Xin Zhang, Scott B. Lee, Sudipta Chatterjee et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Large Photoelasticity in Topological Antiferromagnet Mn3Sn Studied by Coherent Acoustic PhononWe investigate the role of ultrafast strain on the electronic and optical responses in topological antiferromagnet Mn3Sn thin films using near-infrared femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy.…Yuchen Wang, Takuya Matsuda, Yuta Murotani et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Phonon assisted absorption in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide heterostructuresThe coupling of atomic vibrations to electronic excitations - traditionally understood to be a source of energy loss in semiconductors - has recently been explored in photosynthetic light harvesting…Yifan Liu, Robert Dawson, Nathaniel Gabor et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn