材料科学
Density functional theory is used to investigate the interactions between a layer of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2, the magnesium (Mg) surface Mg(0001), and the three amino acids glycine, proline and glutamine. The aim is to improve the…
Femtosecond laser-induced alloying presents a novel approach to modifying bimetallic systems. Visualizing ultrafast processes during laser-induced alloying is essential to uncover fundamental mechanisms associated with phase…
Amorphous phase-change materials enable fast and reversible switching in optical and electronic devices, yet crystallization kinetics are still controlled primarily through empirical thermal protocols. Here we identify a microscopic picture…
The ambient- and high-pressure behavior of the ferrimagnet Ni4Nb2O9 (orthorhombically distorted honeycomb structure), is investigated using NMR, Raman spectroscopy, and synchrotron XRD. Ambient-pressure NMR measurements reveal, despite its…
Decoherence remains a critical obstacle to achieving high-fidelity, scalable superconducting qubits, with the tunnel barrier of Josephson junctions a key source of loss. Here we apply resonant X-ray reflectivity to non-destructively probe…
Altermagnets (A$\ell$Ms) constitute a novel family of magnetic materials characterized by the absence of net magnetization and the presence of spin-polarized band structures. Whereas A$\ell$M phases were initially proposed in collinear…
Engineering light-matter interactions between multiple free-space quantum emitters is a central challenge for scalable quantum photonic technologies. In particular, accessing regimes of coherent emitter-emitter interactions, where several…
Two-dimensional (2D) kagome materials have attracted considerable attention due to their unique electronic properties. Based on first-principles calculations and employing the "1+3" design strategy, we designed a class of…
The axion insulator exhibits a topological magnetoelectric effect characterized by an axion angle $\theta=\pi$, while the time-reversal-doubled axion insulator (T-DAXI) can be viewed as two copies of an axion insulator related by…
In crystalline solids, disorder breaks translational symmetry and obscures k-resolved Bloch states, limiting an accurate description of wavefunction-based observables. In this work, we present a method that unfolds not only the band…
Understanding the dynamic behavior of microstructures formed under fusion conditions is critical for designing high-performance structural materials for fusion reactors. Under fusion conditions, cavities of core-shell structures are formed…
We performed muon spin rotation and relaxation ($\mu$SR) experiments to investigate the microscopic mechanism behind the high ionic conductivity ($\sigma$) exhibited by hydride (H$^-$) ions in lanthanum hydroxide LaH$_{3-2x}$O$_x$. The…
In this work, we report evidence of pressure-induced changes in the crystal structure of Sr(IO3)2HIO3 connected to changes the coordination of the iodine atom and the of the configuration of HIO3 and IO3 units. The changes favor iodine…
Multi-component alloys offer broad tunability for addressing challenges in materials science, but their vast configurational space makes their surface chemistry highly sensitive to operating conditions, for example through adsorption and…
Active symmetry control - a central challenge in materials science, particularly in ferroelectrics - is achieved via mechanically assisted poling (MAP) guided by thermodynamics and phase - field modeling. This approach yields extraordinary…
Integrating real-space topological spin textures with momentum-space topological electronic states within a single altermagnetic system has remained a persistent challenge. Here, we introduce a symmetry-locked bilayer altermagnet that…
Refractory multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) are key research focus for excellent high-temp properties and engineering potential. Deformation mechanisms/mechanical behaviors of quaternary NbTaTiZr MPEA under high strain rates/extreme…
Understanding growth evolution and thereby implementing precise microstructural tuning of two-dimensional (2D) conjugated coordination polymers (cCPs) is crucial to achieve efficient electronic conduction towards their full potential and to…
Substitutional doping effectively modulates carrier polarity of semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) like MoS2. Although Fe doping typically induces n-type conductivity in monolayer MoS2, anomalous…
Magnetoelectric coupling is vital for exploring fundamental science and driving the development of high-density memory and energy-efficient spintronic devices. Altermagnets, which merge the benefits of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets,…