Materials Science
The structural, vibrational, and optical properties of Rb$_2$TeBr$_6$ have been investigated under high pressure using synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL), and optical absorption measurements. At…
Dislocations in a thick ammonothermal GaN substrate were investigated using synchrotron-radiation X-ray topography (SR-XRT) under six-beam diffraction conditions. The high brilliance of the synchrotron source enabled the observation of the…
Scalable and cost-effective methods for processing transparent electrodes at the microscale are transversal for advancing in electrochemistry, optoelectronics, microfluidics, and energy harvesting. In these fields, the precise fabrication…
We report an interfacial chemical stability-driven reduction of low-temperature damping losses in tensile-strained, ultrathin Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) films grown by pulsed laser deposition, exhibiting ultralow damping constants and tunable magnetic…
Iron hydride with a double hexagonal close-packed structure (dhcp-FeH$_{x}$) undergoes a ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition without changing its crystal structure. Despite its relevance to metal-hydrogen interactions and magnetically…
By applying our methodology, we propose a defect in 4H-SiC which combines a Si vacancy and a C atom substituted with S (VSiSC) to have a spin-triplet ground state with the spin qubit functionality. Our calculations confirm that all…
In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of the Raman active phonon modes in orthorhombic LaInO$_3$ based on a combination of polarization-angle resolved Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. By using…
A limited remanent polarization (Pr) in HfO2-based FeRAM remains a key obstacle to density scaling and reliability, while material and process optimizations offer only incremental improvements. This limitation fundamentally originates from…
Since its discovery, ferroelectric hafnia has been extensively studied due to its CMOS-compatibility and ability to remain polarized at sub-10 nm thicknesses. The ferroelectric behaviour is generally attributed to a polar orthorhombic…
Magnetic skyrmions are emerging as promising candidates for next-generation information technologies, while the realization of scalable skyrmion lattices with tailored configurations is essential for advancing fundamental skyrmion physics…
Non-van der Waals two-dimensional (2D) materials derived from strongly bonded non-layered crystals have recently emerged as a novel and rising platform for nanoscale research. While uncovering and tuning their (opto-)electronic, catalytic,…
Altermagnets are a new class of magnets accompanying global time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) without net magnetization. The TRSB results in formation of novel altermagnetic domains. Features of altermagnetic domains, in particular…
We investigate optically induced phase transitions in the two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric (FE) material Nb2O2I4 using real-time time-dependent density functional theory (rt-TDDFT). Our results demonstrate that tailored laser pulses can…
Magnetoacoustic devices that harness the strong coupling between acoustic waves and magnons have emerged as a promising platform for energy-efficient spintronics. Laser-generated pulsed surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are particularly…
In this systematic density functional theory study, we compare a standard gradient corrected functional (PBE) with a long-range hybrid functional (HSE06), with and without correction for the dispersion forces, relatively to their ability to…
We present a study of the melting dynamics of a two-phase eutectic solid. In situ, thin-sample experiments using a transparent eutectic alloy and two-dimensional phase field simulations calibrated for the very same alloy are combined to…
Altermagnet-based heterojunctions have demonstrated magnetoresistive effects in experiments, however, a predictive theoretical model for non-ferromagnetic structures has remained elusive. In this work, we develop a tunneling-based…
Rutile RuO$_2$ has attracted great interest recently, as its magnetic ground state remains controversial. Experimental studies have reported either nonmagnetic or altermagnetic (AM) ground states in different crystalline samples of RuO$_2$,…
Mound formation on flat and miscut crystal surfaces exhibits distinct growth behaviors. While mound structures are the predominant feature on flat surfaces, miscut surfaces display a smooth transition from meandered patterns to…
Electroforming of metal-oxide-metal memristors is generally attributed to the creation of oxygen-vacancy filaments within the oxide, with noble metal electrodes such as Pt and Au remaining chemically inert. Here, we demonstrate that…