Research Highlights

Cuckoo-Inspired, Fast Model Design of High-Entropy Alloys

We accelerate computational design of high-entropy alloys with targeted disorder by ultrafast model generation using a metaheuristic Hybrid Cuckoo Search (CS).

Light induced Weyl semimetals with exceptional ballistic transport

Topological phase transitions may be controlled by a coherent light-induced phononic symmetry switch, without the application of static electric or magnetic fields.

Linking local structure order in metallic glass and competing crystalline phases

Short- and medium-range orders in Al90Tb10 glass are shown to be similar to structures of competing crystalline phases.

Critical role of electron correlations on exchange interactions and spin excitations

Including nonlocal electron correlations in electronic structure calculations yields spin excitations consistent with inelastic neutron-scattering measurements in CrI3.