INDEX
Every paper Pith has read and judged, in one searchable index.
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physics.optics arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Laser-annealed garnet yields 13.6 dB isolator on silicon
Tomoya Sugita +7 · “Monolithic Magneto-Optical Mach-Zehnder Isolator Using Laser-Annealed Iron Garnet on a Silicon Waveguide”
2607.20964 -
physics.geo-ph arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Post-perovskite stores over 1% water at the core-mantle boundary
Megumi Semba +7 · “High solubility of water in post-perovskite and bridgmanite in the Earth's deep lower mantle”
2608.00039 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23A shared latent space unifies XAS retrieval
Suyang Zhong +8 · “Uni-XAS: Alignment-Driven Bidirectional Multimodal Learning for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy”
2607.20906 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Microwave pulses show antiskyrmion cores circling in sync
Zhuolin Li +11 · “Visualizing Microwave-Driven Dynamics of Antiskyrmions and Surface Skyrmions”
2607.20904 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Orbital current alone switches magnets field-free in two layers
Zelalem Abebe Bekele +10 · “Orbital Hall Effect Enables Field-Free Magnetization Reversal in Ferrimagnets without Additional Conversion Layer”
2607.20888 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Hydride pairs prefer adjacent sites in SrTiO3–xHx
Tzu-Chen Liu +1 · “Long- and Short-Range Anion Order in SrTiO$_{3-x}$H$_x$ Perovskite Oxyhydrides: DFT+$U$ Sensitivity and HSE06 Cluster Expansion”
2607.20885 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23X-ray diffraction analysis becomes fully automated
Hongqing Wang +7 · “MatDiffract: A Material-Informed Automated Analysis Platform for X-ray Powder Diffraction”
2607.20880 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-23Photocurrents lift past-pulse recall from 33% to 93%
Yan Meng Chong +5 · “Photo-induced currents and short-term memory for reservoir computing in a ferroelectric semiconductor”
2607.20810 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22A localized force from a 512-atom cell reproduces the NV- sideband
Zoltan Santha +1 · “First-principles calculation of electron-phonon spectral functions for defects using phonon interpolation”
2607.20788 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22AI can propose crystals but can't prove they're novel
Xianyuan Liu +11 · “Generative and multimodal AI for materials prediction and design: Progress, challenges, and perspectives”
2607.21660 -
cond-mat.stat-mech arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Arrhenius curvature traced to three microscopic fluctuations
Soham Chattopadhyay +1 · “Statistical Mechanics of Thermal Diffusion in Rough Energy Landscapes”
2607.22742 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Excited-state relaxation now reaches 500-atom supercells
Yu Jin +3 · “Analytical Forces from the Bethe-Salpeter Equation for Large-Scale Excited-State Relaxation”
2607.20728 -
cs.RO arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Converted 3D printer pipettes fluids for under $1,300
Mohamed Rami Ayeche +5 · “Scalable Low-Cost Laboratory Automation: A Digital Twin-Integrated Robotic Platform for Autonomous Liquid Handling (RAINBOT)”
2607.20662 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22CrPS4 is a spin spiral, not a ferromagnet
Balazs Nagyfalusi +6 · “Magnetic ground states of CrPS$_4$ and NiPS$_3$ monolayers from long-range exchange interactions”
2607.20631 -
cond-mat.mes-hall arXiv submitted 2026-07-22No short-range lattice model can host ideal Chern bands
Lexu Zhao +3 · “Ideal Bands in Tight-Binding Models”
2607.20624 -
physics.optics arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Ternary TMDs tune their refractive index from 80 to 670 K
Artsruni Margaryan +6 · “Probing the temperature dependence of dielectric function of ternary transition metal dichalcogenides: towards thermo-driven ultrathin photonic components”
2607.20344 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Chromium doping fails to make RuO2 an altermagnet
David T. Plouff +6 · “Competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions in non-altermagnetic Ru$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$O$_{2}$”
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cond-mat.str-el arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Resistance remembers field history at twice the ordering temperature
Sudhaman R. Balguri +11 · “Magnetoresistive Memory in the Paramagnetic Phase of Eu$_5$In$_2$As$_6$”
2607.20287 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Lithium phonon spectrum, not total, predicts electrolyte conductivity
Gajendra Bohara +1 · “Lithium-Projected Phonon Spectral Distributions as Robust Descriptors of Ionic Conductivity in Solid Electrolytes”
2607.20591 -
quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-07-22-80.7 dB isolation traced to distant cavity modes
M. Avicena +4 · “Coupling phase interference effects in a multimode cavity magnonics system”
2607.20234 -
cond-mat.soft arXiv submitted 2026-07-22One chain-rule formula predicts mechanophore activation
Brenden W Hamilton · “A Theoretical Framework for the Coupling of Macroscale-Nanoscale Mechanochemical Phenomena in Condensed Matter”
2607.20217 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Spinodal maps for HfNbTiV predicted without DFT sweeps
Courtney Kunselman +4 · “From MLIPs to Microstructure: A High-Throughput Computational Framework to Design Spinodal Alloys in High-Dimensional Composition Spaces via Analytic Derivatives of CALPHAD Model Predictions”
2607.20077 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Slower vapor deposition grows larger domains in organic glass films
A T M Mahbub Alahe +2 · “Kinetically-Arrested Phase Separation leads to Tunable Domain Structures in Vapor-Deposited Glasses”
2607.20066 -
cs.AI arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Matched state changes sort direct vs inverse laws at AUC 1.000
Markus J. Buehler · “Reading and Steering Representations of Materials-Science Mechanisms in an Open-Weight Language Model”
2607.20058 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Thinner BaTiO3 membranes trade cracks for wrinkles
Rajesh Mandal +2 · “Thickness-dependent crack suppression and wrinkle formation in freestanding BaTiO3 membranes”
2607.20054 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Magnetic sensor and analog memory share one MgO junction
Alejandro Schulman +4 · “Exploring Multifunctionality in MgO-Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Coexisting Magnetoresistance and Memristive Properties”
2607.20040 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Chemical capacitor pumps gating-level holes into WSe2
Dawid Ciszewski +1 · “Huge hole injection in tungsten dichalcogenide heterostructures without electric gating: a DFT study”
2607.20032 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22YIG-first stacking yields cleaner YIG/GdIG bilayers on GGG
Kshitij Singh Rathore +12 · “Interface-resolved structural properties of epitaxial Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$/ Gd$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ bilayers grown on GGG(111) by pulsed laser deposition”
2607.19979 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Twist angle is twice the SHG lobe rotation in MoS2 bilayers
Sumanti Patra +1 · “Symmetry-Based Design Rules for Second-Harmonic Generation in Stacked and Twisted MoS2 Bilayers”
2607.19937 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Sliding layers, not a soft mode, drive Aurivillius oxides
Fengzhang Tang +6 · “The origin of ferroelectricity, polarization and high resistivity in Aurivillius CaBi2B2O9 (B = Ta, Nb)”
2607.19885 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Lead-free MgZrS3 solar cells modeled at 28.18% efficiency
Md. Mizanur Rahman +3 · “Numerical exploration on unveiling the photovoltaic potential of MgXS3(X = Ti, Zr, Hf) chalcogenide perovskites”
2607.19789 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Λ=1 is a reconstruction scale
Li Wang +1 · “A Thermodynamic-Limit Pinning Criterion for Two-Dimensional Structural Superlubricity”
2607.19732 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Three exciton lines reveal bandgap
Duy-Nhat Ly +3 · “Analytical Retrieval of Material Parameters in Monolayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides Based on a Solvable Exciton Model”
2607.19698 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Silicon swap lifts solid electrolyte to 9.9 mS/cm
Liang Ming +9 · “Synergistic Interface Stability and High Room-Temperature Ionic Conductivity for Wide-Temperature All-Solid-State Batteries Based on Li6+xSixSb1-xS5I Electrolytes”
2607.19664 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22No phonon anomalies: GdGaI's band gap is electronic
Nan Jiang +11 · “Raman spectroscopy of van der Waals topological magnet GdGaI”
2607.19663 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-22Orbital torques in a nitride switch magnets with zero field
Prabhat Kumar +3 · “Nitrospinics as a platform from orbital-torque memory to artificial intelligence”
2607.19656 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Vacuum fluctuations create forbidden polarization and magnetization
Jingkai Quan +5 · “Macroscopic Polarization and Magnetization from Cavity Vacuum Fluctuations”
2607.19612 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Covalency selects which phonons form polarons in corundum oxides
Erica P. Craddock +1 · “Assessing the Influence of d-Orbital Radius on the Formation of Localized Photogenerated States in Corundum Metal Oxides”
2607.19569 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Semi-infinite scattering states predict absolute photoemission yield
Tyler Wu +3 · “Photoemission from Semi-Infinite Crystals: An \emph{Ab Initio} Scattering-State Approach”
2607.19551 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21STM electrons turn acetylene into carbon dimers
Oliver MacLean +14 · “Electron-Induced Formation of C$_{2}$ on Si(100) from Acetylene and Ethylene”
2607.19488 -
cond-mat.str-el arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Polarized light gives p-wave magnets a switchable magnetization
Sangeun Han +1 · “Optical Magnetic Switching in Odd-Parity Magnets with Spin-Orbit Coupling”
2607.19483 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Spin splitting in collinear magnets: five odd wave classes
Yichen Liu +3 · “Complete Hierarchy of Nonrelativistic Odd-Parity Spin Splitting in Collinear Magnets”
2607.19303 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Pumped excitons leave Floquet sidebands that outlive the laser
Amir Eskandari-asl +4 · “Time-resolved ARPES in pumped excitonic systems: Floquet physics induced by excitonic fields”
2607.19242 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Pressure picks the martensite path under a sliding contact
A. Kareer +5 · “Spatially resolved in-situ characterisation of competing martensitic transformation pathways during nanoscratch in 316H Stainless Steel”
2607.19239 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Sampler hits glass thermodynamics at 500x lower energy cost
Mouyang Cheng +6 · “ATLAS: A Foundation Neural Sampler for Amorphous Materials”
2607.19198 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Deforming TiZrHfNbTa alloy raises heat flow but not electron flow
Jacqueline Hidalgo-Jimenez +5 · “Thermal and electrical conductivity of a refractory high-entropy alloy after high-pressure torsion: Electron versus phonon contributions”
2607.19123 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Misfit alloying turns NbSe2's 3x3 charge wave into a 2x2 one
Hugo Le Du +16 · “Doping tunable charge density waves in misfit layer compounds”
2607.19095 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Two stress effects control mechanoluminescence brightness
Alexis Duval +4 · “Deciphering Mechanoluminescence: How the Nature of Mechanical Stress and Structural Dimensionality Shape Mechanisms and Responses”
2607.19003 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-21Sixteen spin flips isolate the hidden four-spin ring term
Xavier Rocquefelte +1 · “Sixteen-State Energy Mapping for First-Principles Four-Spin Ring Exchange: Validation on $La_2CuO_4$ and $SrFeO_2$”
2607.18986 -
cond-mat.mtrl-sci arXiv submitted 2026-07-210.29 W/mK: mixed surface groups make MXenes super-insulating
O. Mateos-Lopez +5 · “Stereochemical Vacuum Gap Explains Out-of-Plane Thermal Insulation in MXenes”
2607.18963