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Polymers, nanomaterials, surfaces, composites, crystals, and functional materials.
A laboratory methods study describes a dynamic lock-in system for weak magnetoelectric signals and reports stable background, calibration checks and temperature-linked responses in a CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 composite.
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A laboratory study of YPtBi/W/CoFeB thin films found that a sizable negative effective spin-orbit-torque response persisted while YPtBi remained predominantly disordered. The authors point to the chemistry of the upper interface, but the proposed mechanism remains untested.
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A computational preprint models native interstitial, vacancy and antisite defects in ground-state C2-type antiferromagnetic α-MnO₂. It reports the oxygen vacancy as the most stable neutral defect, strong donor–acceptor compensation and defect-related sub-gap optical features, while stressing that equilibrium carrier type and real-world defect populations remain unestablished.
Phys. Rev. B 114 (2026) 0841085 min read
A preprint modeling two Na3Bi (100) slabs reports different calculated surface-state connectivity for two atomic terminations. The stoichiometric, charge-compensated structure showed connected Fermi arcs from both surfaces; the non-stoichiometric, charge-uncompensated structure showed a top-surface arc and closed bottom-surface loops.
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An analytical preprint proposes that a ferroelectric model can develop a two-peaked ground-state density without producing net polarization, with environmental timescales helping determine what may be observable.
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A response tensor reconstructs modeled SARPES behavior from six polarization states and maps it to reciprocal SARIPES signals in a fixed W(110) geometry.
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A laboratory imaging study mapped oxygen interstitials inside a Sr2CuO3+δ film and found a site-level association between dopant counts and local copper spacing. The work also resolved interface roughness and dislocations, while its detection threshold leaves some isolated oxygen atoms potentially unseen.
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