Collective relaxation eigenmodes and anisotropic magnon thermal transport in α-MnTeThe intrinsic magnon thermal transport in the altermagnet α-MnTe is studied by solving the three-dimensional linearized Boltzmann transport equation with the four-magnon collision matrix.…Rui-Jie Yao, Lei Wang, Bo-Ye Sun·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Optically Active Fractional Wannier-Center Displacement Drives Giant Second-Harmonic GenerationElectric polarization is a static ground-state Berry-phase property, whereas second-harmonic generation (SHG) and shift current are dynamical optical responses. Their connection is encoded in the…Hongsheng Pang, Lixin He·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Sustainable Metal-Organic Framework Water Harvesters in the Artificial Intelligence EraMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are excellent candidates for water harvesting due to their tunable pore environments, which can be precisely engineered to capture and release water in arid…Reid A. Coyle, Shyam Chand Pal, Peter Walther et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Photoelectron angular distribution as a linear polarization analyzer for soft and tender X-raysAlthough the polarization of soft and tender X-rays is widely used to investigate the diverse physical properties of materials, experimental methods to determine the polarization of tender X-rays…Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Hiroaki Kimura·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Tuning Terahertz Optomechanics of MoS2 Bilayers with Homogeneous In-plane StrainHomogeneous in-plane biaxial tensile strain strengthens the out-of-plane van der Waals (vdW) interaction in \ bilayers (BLs) and can be used to fine-tune their terahertz (THz) oscillations. Using…S. Patel, Jose D. Mella, S. Puri et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Ab initio study of Coulomb drag driven electron-hole bifluidity in doped grapheneMotivated by the notion that a preponderance of Coulomb interactions might lead to hydrodynamics, we carry out an ab initio calculation of the charge carrier transport properties of the electron-hole…Dwaipayan Paul, Elena Trukhan, Nakib H. Protik·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Origin of trapped intralayer Wannier and charge-transfer excitons in moiré materialsMoiré materials offer a versatile platform for engineering excitons with unprecedented control, promising next-generation optoelectronic applications. While continuum models are widely used to study…Indrajit Maity, Johannes Lischner, Arash A. Mostofi et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
-Quantum Effects or Theoretical Artifacts? A Computational Reanalysis of Hydrogen's High-Pressure Phase Stability and PropertiesExperimental and theoretical studies of the high-pressure phases of hydrogen are highly sensitive to methodological choices. We compare the cold phase diagram of hydrogen calculated between 400-700…Stefano Racioppi, Eva Zurek·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlinear opto-magnetic signature of d-wave altermagnetsAltermagnetism, a recently discovered collinear magnetic order with net zero magnetization but exhibiting spin-splitting band structure, has attracted much research interest due to the rich…Lijun Yang, Long Liang·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Confined Oxygen-Vacancy Migration Drives Ferroelectric SwitchingConventional ferroelectricity arises from intrinsic lattice distortions, whereas oxygen vacancies are generally regarded as detrimental because their migration induces leakage currents and…Hyeonhu Bae, Binghai Yan·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Intrinsic linewidths of confined phonons in few-layer hBNUnderstanding lattice vibrations in two-dimensional (2D) materials is essential for controlling thermal transport, mechanical response, and energy dissipation in nanoscale devices. However, the…Aleksandar Radic, Jack Kelsall, Akshay Rao·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Van der waals engineering of valley polarization in WSe2 via kagome V2O3 monolayer heterostructure through magnetic proximity effectTo achieve a robust valley splitting in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) at zero magnetic field is a challenging and elusive goal for valleytronic and spintronic devices. Therefore, in the…Fazle Subhan·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Carbon Layer Orientation and Closed-Pore Construction Achieving Ultra-Low Specific Surface Area Hard Carbon for High-Performance Na-ion StorageAddressing the critical trade-off between initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and reversible capacity in hard carbon anodes for Na-ion batteries (NIBs), we introduce a novel coupling strategy that…Bowen Wang, Zihan Yang, Minghui Zhao et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Dimensional Crossover of Mass Anisotropy in Ta-doped WTe2The observation of extremely large magnetoresistance in WTe2 has attracted considerable attention towards understanding its underlying origin. With its layered van der Waals structure, the question…P. Das, D. Das, P. Kumar et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Unveiling AlSb as a Promising Zincblende Semiconductor for Visible-Light Shift-Current GenerationWe use density functional theory to investigate the shift-current response in zincblende III--V (AlP, AlAs, AlSb, GaP, GaAs, InP, InAs, and InSb) and II--VI (ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, CdS, CdSe, and CdTe)…César Castillo-Quevedo, Edgar Paredes-Sotelo, Peter L. Rodríguez-Kessler et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Switching Chern number by sliding and gating in alternately twisted tetralayer MoTe2Switching the bulk Chern number in topological materials is of central importance for the design of topological electronic devices. Motivated by recent observations of integer and fractional quantum…Xiao-Wei Zhang, Kaijie Yang, Xiaodong Xu et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
NIMO: A Software Platform for Closed-Loop Materials Exploration with Diverse AI AlgorithmsSelf-driving laboratories (SDLs), where artificial intelligence proposes subsequent experiments and robotic systems execute them, are rapidly becoming the vanguard of materials discovery. A critical…Ryo Tamura, Naruki Yoshikawa, Koji Tsuda et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Defect Tolerance in Trigonal Selenium PhotovoltaicsUnderstanding how point defects fundamentally influence photovoltaic performance remains a central question for emerging wide-band gap absorbers. Trigonal selenium (t-Se) has recently re-emerged as a…Jiban Kangsabanik, Kasper Tolborg, Thomas Olsen et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
A Geometric Pathway for Tuning Ferroelectric Properties via Polar State ReconfigurationWe report the discovery of a geometric pathway for tuning ferroelectric properties through thermally driven reconfiguration between coexisting polar states in Li-substituted NaNbO3. Using…Hao-Cheng Thong, Bo Wu, Fan Hu et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
A Unified Dielectric-Dependent Hybrid Functional for Accurate Band Gaps across DimensionsPredicting fundamental band gaps across material classes and dimensionalities remains a central challenge in electronic-structure theory. Here, we show that intrinsic dielectric screening provides a…Subrata Jana, Manoar Hossain, Arghya Ghosh et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlocal Orbital-Free Kinetic Energy Functional from the Jellium-with-Gap Model for Finite SystemsThe quasi-linear scaling of orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) with system size makes it a computationally efficient alternative to conventional Kohn--Sham density functional theory for…Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Subrata Jana, Szymon Smiga et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Symmetry-aware generative design of flat-band materials beyond known crystal-net prototypesFlat electronic bands underlie a range of strongly correlated and topological phenomena, whose design in real materials has so far relied on a small catalogue of named geometric motifs such as…Yihao Wei, Ivan Savochkin, Artem Mishchenko et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Impedance Matching and Absorption Enhancement in Helical Carbon Coil Microwave Absorbers via Tunable Anchoring Layer ThicknessHelical carbon coils exhibit unique three dimensional chiral architectures that can effectively interact with microwaves in the 2 to 18 GHz range. Inspired by recent experimental studies, we develop…Weihua Mu·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Ternary-composition tuning of the anomalous Nernst effect in amorphous-like Gd-Co-Pt filmsWe report composition tuning of the anomalous Nernst effect in amorphous-like Gd-Co-Pt ternary films. Pt incorporation into Gd-Co films modifies the anomalous Nernst coefficient and induces a sign…Tomohiro Koizumi, Mojtaba Mohammadi, Hiroto Imaeda et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
A geometric basis for materials families in inorganic solidsThe thermodynamic stability of inorganic solids spans a vast compositional space, yet materials scientists have long organized their intuition around a manageable number of materials families. Here…Justin Tahmassebpur, Sarvesh Chaudhari, Cristóbal Méndez et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn