材料科学
Control over the position, orientation, and stacking order of two-dimensional (2D) materials within van der Waals heterostructures is crucial for applications in electronics, spintronics, optics, and sensing. The most popular strategy for…
The kagome lattice has emerged as a fertile ground for exotic quantum phenomena, including superconductivity, charge density waves, and topologically nontrivial states. While AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) compounds have been extensively studied in…
2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites are compelling platforms for quantum-confined optoelectronics. However, polar order in iodide composition remains rare under ambient conditions, and the mechanistic origin of anomalous photoluminescence in…
There is a growing consensus that the exceptional optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are largely due to the peculiar interplay between the inorganic cage lattice, composed of a labile network of corner-sharing…
Polar topological textures in ferroelectrics can host internal structure beyond a single integer topological charge. Here, effective-Hamiltonian molecular-dynamics simulations are used to examine whether such internal fractional topology…
Light scattering by two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) is immense, especially given their infinitesimal volume, thus enabling strong light-matter interactions. Surface 2D polariton waves manifest through large…
Time-periodic light fields can dress electronic states in quantum materials, forming Floquet states whose dynamic occupation determines transient material properties. Here by using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy…
Unconventional magnetism has emerged as a transformative frontier in condensed matter physics. Such phases are characterized by substantial non-relativistic spin splitting (NSS) in symmetry-compensated magnets. They have been classified by…
Day- and night-induced thermal cycling offers a promising route for harvesting ambient thermal energy to drive sustainable hydrogen production and pollutant degradation. Pyroelectric materials enable this process by converting temperature…
Harnessing low ultrasonic vibration energy to drive piezocatalytic reactions has attracted increasing attention in response to current environmental and energy challenges. In this study, we investigate the effect of heterovalent bismuth…
Altermagnets host spin-split electronic bands despite zero net magnetization, opening new routes for spintronics beyond conventional ferromagnets. Going beyond symmetry-based classifications, which specify allowed terms but not their…
We use shear-mode Raman imaging to track ferroelectric switching in multilayer 3$R$-MoS$_2$. Within a single flake, mechanically segmented regions respond independently and follow distinct pathways. Partially polarized end states indicate…
The oxidation kinetics of hematite {\alpha}-Fe$_2$O$_3$(0001) surfaces are vital for its applications in catalysis, environmental remediation, and industrial processes. Despite prior studies, the roles of temperature, oxygen partial…
The inherent spin-orbit interaction of electrons inevitably couples spin to the orbital angular momentum (OAM), posing a fundamental challenge to spin-free orbital transport. Here, we propose a novel strategy to achieve spin-decoupled OAM…
Purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) emitters are key components of programmable luminescent tags (PLTs), photonic devices for rewritable information storage and UV dosimetry. In this work, we systematically explore the…
We present a chip scale planar cavity platform based on an attached split ring resonator (ASRR) integrated with yttrium iron garnet (YIG) structures to achieve strong magnon photon coupling in a compact hybrid system. The ASRR geometry was…
Multiferroic CFO-BCTSn composite nanofibers were synthesized using a sol-gel electrospinning method. Electron microscopy revealed well-defined fibers with diameters of 120-150 nm. Structural analyses using X-ray diffraction, Raman…
Layered chromium tellurides are model systems for studying low-dimensional magnetism in van der Waals materials. We report the synthesis and characterization of K$_{1-x}$CrTe$_2$ single crystals ($x \approx 0.3$), which crystallize in the…
We introduce a high-performance linear-scaling electronic structure method that employs chromatic superposition states (CSS) as a low-dimensional, high-fidelity representation, which can be orders of magnitude smaller than the full Hilbert…
Topological phononics extends the foundational concepts of topological condensed matter physics to the realm of lattice vibrations and classical mechanical waves, unlocking robust, defect-immune states and phenomena beyond the reach of…