Spintronics by guided chemical doping and disorder Established simple electron-count, chemical-alloy design guide to enhance half-metal behavior, accelerating discovery of new spintronic systems for use in memory and nano-electronic devices.
Small-moment antiferromagnetic ordering Three zero-field magnetic transitions temperatures and six ordered phases found. These magnetically ordered phases are associated with small moments (∼0.12 μB/Ni) in the saturated state and small changes in entropy.
Improved quantum computing algorithm to find ground states of correlated quantum models A new variational quantum algorithm improves the preparation of quantum many-body ground states by automatically building efficient quantum circuits.
Deep learning crystal field parameters from thermodynamic observables Discovery of deep neural net algorithm that extracts crystal field parameters in an efficient and unbiased way from thermodynamic results.
Unusual First-Order Antiferromagnetic Transitions First-order transitions were observed at the antiferromagnetic transition temperatures of CaMn2P2 and SrMn2P2 crystals with corrugated honeycomb Mn layers.
Adaptive variational quantum computing algorithm for nonequilibrium dynamics simulations A new adaptive quantum computing algorithm demonstrates high-fidelity quantum simulations
Designing Stronger, More Ductile High-Entropy Alloys Novel, theory-guided design identified origins for transformation- and twinning-induced plasticity
Accurate and fast self-consistent ab initio calculations for correlated-electron materials An accurate and efficient first-principles calculation for 4f electron correlated materials
Revealing the Surface Structure of CdSe Nanocrystals Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have generated significant attention as building blocks for optoelectronic and energy conversion devices.
Contactless conductivity nano-imaging with terahertz light Going beyond the silicon-based electronics is the next major challenge for communications, computing and sensors which will require new functional materials.