材料科学
The new insights into the atomic structure empower one to develop materials by a bottom-up approach. The study of colloids is profitable in many ways. Considering the research in this field is beneficial. Developing tiny metallic particles…
A quantitative understanding of the processes that trigger light-induced demagnetization on ultrashort timescales is crucial for achieving an ultrafast, radiation-controlled magnetic response in materials. This milestone is essential for…
Polar materials have recently attracted significant interest due to their rich multifunctional properties. The chalcogenide polar semiconductor Cu1-xMn1+ySiTe3 (Cu-deficient) is an emerging multiferroic system in which electric polarization…
Altermagnets exhibit nonrelativistic spin splitting without net magnetization, establishing a new platform for next-generation spintronic devices. Although altermagnetic tunnel junctions (AMTJs) represent the most promising realizations,…
The anisotropic dispersion and inherent nonlinearity of magnetostatic spin waves in thin films and confined structures provide unique opportunities for implementation in next-generation magnonic devices for data and signal processing. A…
Non-centrosymmetric magnetic materials are a promising platform for stabilizing chiral spin textures, such as skyrmions and cycloidal magnetic states. This is particularly true in epitaxial thin film geometries, where strain and interface…
In the layered copper chromium dichalcogenide series CuCr$X_2$, the oxide, the sulfide, and the selenide analogues have been reported, but the telluride CuCrTe$_2$ has remained unsynthesized so far. Here, we report the synthesis of…
Misfit layer compounds (MLCs) are a versatile platform for exploring the electronic phase diagram of two dimensional (2D) materials beyond the limits of conventional gating techniques. This work demonstrates the precise tunability of…
Oxidizing Fe-doped BaTiO$_3$ is commonly expected to convert substitutional Fe$^{3+}$ acceptors into formal Fe$^{4+}$ centers. Yet, the experimentally accessible picture based on electron-paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is dominated by…
We investigate the short-range order (SRO) and phase stability of the equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy using cluster expansion supplemented by an eigen-decomposition analysis of the SRO parameters. Our results reveal that the…
Sodium niobate (NaNbO$_{3}$) is a perovskite oxide and a key component of emerging lead-free antiferroelectric capacitors for high-energy-density applications. However, its performance can be hindered by irreversible phase transitions and…
Highly ordered high-density arrays of single-chirality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are greatly desired for exploring the intrinsic anisotropic properties and collective performance of such 1-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials. Here…
As lithium-ion battery demand grows, so do fire safety challenges. Despite this, research on fire-damaged batteries remains limited. This study explores the distribution of valuable metals (such as Ni, Mn, Co, Cu) in two types of waste…
Alloying Ag into Cu(In,Ga)Se$_2$ has enabled record solar-cell efficiencies ($\sim23.6\%$), yet their long-term stability remains in question because initio calculations predict a Ag-Cu miscibility gap near ambient temperature. By…
Recently, magnetic 2-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials have garnered tremendous attention. The vdW ferromagnet Fe5Ge1Te2 has a Curie temperature Tc of ~ 270 K, which is tailorable by tuning the stoichiometry and the Fe…
Autonomous labs enable the integration of automated experiment execution, data analysis and decision making. The main challenge remains the integration of diverse data streams from multiple instruments, where the data is often heterogeneous…
Hydrodynamic heat flow, where out-of-equilibrium phonons collectively drift in response to an applied temperature differential, has attracted renewed interest following its experimental observation in graphite at temperatures as high as 300…
The photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H$_2$O$_2$) from water is a promising strategy for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Herein, we investigate the effect of metal-free heteroatom doping (B, O, P, and S) on the…
Intrinsic two-dimensional magnets serve as a good platform to explore collective, charge-neutral and low-energy excitations. Distinguishing the crucial role of them in experimental aspect remains a challenge for decades. Here, we study the…
The impact of point defects on thermal transport in uranium nitride (UN) is investigated using a MLIP combined with Green-Kubo (GK) and normal mode analysis (NMA) methods over 300-1500 K. In pristine UN, temperature-dependent calculations…