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A New Quantum Landscape: Coexisting High-Tc Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Complex Charge Order in LaRu3Si2.
Despite intense research on kagome superconductors, many fundamental questions remain—especially regarding the unconventional nature of their charge order and superconducting phases. These materials are rich in complexity, and to truly unravel their behavior, a broad and integrated approach is essential. In our study ...
Understanding and Addressing the Performance Asymmetry Issue in Semitransparent Laminated Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) offer a promising solution for indoor energy harvesting. However, fundamental investigations to understand and optimize industrial processes such as roll-to-roll lamination for upscaling remain limited. This study investigates a critical failure mode in the upscaling of OPVs.
One major challenge ...
Absence of Altermagnetic Magnon Band Splitting in MnF2
Altermagnets are collinear compensated magnets in which the magnetic sublattices are related by rotation rather than translation or inversion. One of the quintessential properties of altermagnets is the presence of split chiral magnon modes. Recently, such modes have been predicted in MnF2.
Here, we report inelastic neutron scattering results ...
SμS call for proposals II-25 is closed now
The call for SμS proposals II-25 (deadline 02 June 2025) is closed now.
Pressure effect on the spin density wave transition in La2PrNi2O6.96
High-pressure studies reveal a stark contrast between the superconducting properties of double-layer Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates La2PrNi2O7 and La3Ni2O7. While La2PrNi2O7 exhibits bulk superconductivity, La3Ni2O7 displays filamentary behavior, suggesting that superconductivity is confined to phase interfaces rather than the bulk. Since magnetism emerges ...
E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting Young Researcher Award for Mohammadhossein Montazerian
During its recent spring meeting the European Materials Research Society has awarded the E-MRS Young Researcher Award to Mohammadhossein Montazerian from the LMX laboratory in recognition of his "Outstanding contribution to the Symposium L: Solid state batteries - materials, processing and advanced characterization".
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Lee J, Carreon R, Kaestner A, Trtik P, Strobl M, Boillat P
Framework for processing operando neutron radiography of energy devices
Scientific Reports. 2025; 15: 25835 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09425-w
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Szymoniak P, Juranyi F, Kruteva M, Zorn R, Schönhals A
Low-frequency vibrational density of states of nanophase-separated poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)s: confined phonons and relationship to specific heat
Macromolecules. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00898
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Ma KY, Plokhikh I, Graham JN, Mielke III C, Sazgari V, Nakamura H, et al.
Correlation between the dome-shaped superconducting phase diagram, charge order, and normal-state electronic properties in LaRu3Si2
Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1): 6149 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61383-z
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Baganis A, Malamud F, Čapek J, Klimashin FF, Polatidis E, Busi M, et al.
Phase formation and texture evolution in 316L-CuCrZr multi-material structures fabricated by laser powder bed fusion
Materials and Design. 2025; 256: 114358 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114358
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