Materials Science
High-entropy alloy nanoparticles synthesized via laser ablation in liquid are promising for catalysis due to their ability to form simple solid solutions despite chemical complexity. In this study, noble metal HEA NPs (CuPdAgPtAu) are…
Valence electron count (VEC) 18 half-Heusler (hH) alloys are considered promising for high-temperature thermoelectric applications due to their high Seebeck coefficient, mechanical stability, and robustness. However, their relatively large…
Magnetic refrigeration can provide an environmentally friendly technology to reduce significantly the energy consumption of cooling devices. To retain the sustainability of the device, all parts must be made from abundant materials,…
Superionic phase transitions have attracted extensive interest for decades due to their promising applications and rich underlying physics. In particular, complicated many-body effects and nonadiabatic dynamics are believed to play…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have revolutionized all areas of development of high-performance electronic devices. In particular, the unique electronic and optical properties of II--VI semiconductor nanoplatelets have been found to be very…
Altermagnetism, the third class of collinear magnetic order, uniquely combines a zero net magnetization with spin polarized bands in reciprocal space, opening new avenues for two dimensional valleytronics and spintronics. Here, using first…
Project Daedalus (1973--1978), the most detailed interstellar probe design study ever conducted, specified a 9 mm beryllium erosion shield to protect the spacecraft payload during its 5.9 light-year cruise to Barnard's Star at 12% of the…
Nanoscale topological polar textures promise new functionalities for ferroelectric memories and logic, yet their three-dimensional structure and mesoscale organization remain experimentally inaccessible. Here we introduce depth-resolved…
We present a systematic study of the structural, magnetic, and transport properties of hexagonal Mn3-xGa alloys, revealing a series of composition-controlled emergent phenomena. By tuning the Mn concentration, we uncover distinct lattice…
Radio-frequency excitation directly reshapes the mesoscale charge-density-wave landscape in quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 thin films. Under combined RF and DC bias, the hysteretic current-voltage characteristics associated with the nearly…
The rapid, unsustainable depletion of finite fossil fuel resources and their environmental consequences demand the deployment of affordable clean and sustainable energy solutions. Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology is…
A comparison between properties of bismuth thin films deposited at substrate temperatures of 296 K (room temperature) and 77 K (quench condensed) is studied across epitaxial, amorphous, and van der Waals substrates. The experiments…
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has become a cornerstone instrument for semiconductor materials metrology, enabling nanoscale analysis of complex multilayer structures that define device performance. Developing effective…
We report the synthesis and magnetic characterization of WFeB and identify it as a metallic d-wave altermagnet representative of a broader TiNiSi-type family. Neutron diffraction, M\"ossbauer spectroscopy, and magnetometry establish a…
The coexisting rhombohedral-like (R', MA) and tetragonal-like (T', MC) monoclinic phases in compressively strained bismuth ferrite thin films exhibit exceptional piezoelectric and magnetic properties. While previous studies have largely…
Hard magnetic soft materials -- soft polymers embedded with hard magnetic particles -- are modeled using continuum magnetomechanical formulations in which the deformation and the magnetization field are the primary kinematic variables. A…
GaN polarity inversion and the associated inversion domain boundaries (IDBs) are frequently observed during lateral overgrowth and are often discussed in terms of the small energetic spread among competing IDB structures predicted by…
We report a systematic study of the composition-dependent bulk properties in $Co_{1/3(1\pm\delta)}NbS_{2}$ single crystals across a series of precisely controlled cobalt compositions with -4%<$\delta$<8%. By tuning the cobalt stoichiometry,…
The pursuit of geometrically frustrated lattices beyond conventional paradigms remains a central challenge in the design of quantum materials. Herein, we report the discovery of Cs3V9Te13 (CVT), a novel intermetallic compound that hosts a…
Biological interactions with material surfaces span a wide range of length scales, yet conventional surface measurements often fail to account for scale, limiting the insights they provide for surface engineering. Here, we investigate how…