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Recent News & Scientific Highlights
Discovery of Nodal-Line Superconductivity in Chiral Crystals
Chiral crystals, whose key feature is the structural handedness, host exotic quantum phenomena driven by the interplay of band topology, spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and electronic correlations. Due to the limited availability of suitable chiral-crystal materials, their unconventional superconductivity (SC) remains largely unexplored.
Here, the discovery ...
Ferroaxial density wave from intertwined charge and orbital order in rare-earth tritellurides
The discovery of the axial amplitude mode—commonly referred to as the Higgs mode—in charge density wave systems, such as rare-earth tritellurides, indicates the presence of a hidden order. A theoretical study proposed that this axial Higgs mode arises from a hidden orbital texture of the charge density wave, which produces a ferroaxial charge order.
However, experimental evidence ...
WOPM2025 at PSI - Workshop on optically-pumped magnetometers
From August 6 to 8, the 2025 workshop on 'Optically-Pumped Magnetometers' took place at PSI with a full day of Summer School lectures, followed by scientific sessions attended by 145 researchers from institutions worldwide.
Observation of Magnetic Pseudogap Behavior in Phosphorus-Doped Silicon
The recent discovery of a Kondo condensate in phosphorus-doped silicon (Si:P) presents its significant potential for achieving novel many-body quantum states. Si:P exhibits Kondo condensation, characterized by an energy gap in the electronic density of states, while the precise nature of its magnetic state has yet to be determined.
Here, we utilize ...
Hydration- and Temperature-Dependent Rotational Dynamics and Water Diffusion in Nanocellulose
Nanocellulose is a promising alternative to fossil-derived materials, but its development is hindered by a limited understanding of cellulose–water interactions. Herein, quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) is used to investigate how hydration and temperature affect the localized rotations in cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and the diffusion of mobile water. QENS reveals ...
Bright Monocompound Metal Halide Scintillator for Fast Neutron Radiography
Fast neutron imaging is a promising technique for visualizing objects containing dense, mixed light-and-heavy-elements materials, such as combustion engines, nuclear fuel assemblies, and fossils, where X-rays and thermal neutrons are ineffectiv. However, the limited efficiency of current detection technologies hinders their widespread adoption. Recoil proton detection ...
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Latest CNM publications
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Ukleev V, Magrez A, White JS
Magnetic field-induced chiral soliton lattice in the bulk magnetoelectric helimagnet Cu2OSeO3
Journal of Applied Physics. 2025; 138(10): 103905 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0289322
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Kulbakov AA, Häußler E, Parui KK, Pavlovskii NS, Chakkingal AM, Granovsky SA, et al.
Spin liquid mimicry in the hydroxide double perovskite CuSn(OD)6 induced by correlated proton disorder
Physical Review B. 2025; 112(10): L100403 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/wp9k-wlhw
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Singh B, McNamara G, Kim KM, Siddique S, Funni SD, Zhang W, et al.
Ferroaxial density wave from intertwined charge and orbital order in rare-earth tritellurides
Nature Physics. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03008-2
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Parchenko S, Hofhuis K, Larsson AÅ, Kapaklis V, Scagnoli V, Heyderman LJ, et al.
Plasmon‐enhanced optical control of magnetism at the nanoscale via the inverse Faraday effect
Advanced Photonics Research. 2025; 6(1): 2400083 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400083
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