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Chiral nanotubes realize p-wave magnetism from collinear parents

Rolling 2D collinear magnets yields odd-parity spin symmetry and large nonrelativistic Edelstein response independent of the original order

· “Rolling Two-Dimensional Collinear Magnets into Chiral Nanotubes with p-Wave Magnetism”

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Local lattice mismatch drives buckling in thin crystal sheets

A continuum free-energy model with variable lattice spacing shows compressive stresses fold the sheet out of plane

· “Surface Phase-Field-Crystal-Helfrich model for out-of-plane deformations in thin crystalline sheets with lattice mismatch”

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Twisted pathways, not atomic SOC, create 30–40% CISS spin polarizations

Geometric spin-orbit coupling alone matches time-resolved EPR in chiral donor–bridge–acceptor molecules

· “What Is the Real-Time Atomistic Mechanism Behind Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Donor-Chiral Bridge-Acceptor Molecules?”

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Phonon swings in TR-ARPES give state-by-state e-ph couplings

One linear slope recovers microscopic matrix elements and unifies two generation mechanisms in MoS2

· “Photogeneration and signatures of coherent phonons in time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy: First-principles time-dependent adiabatic GW approach”

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Spin and phonon channels yield density-tuned s+id pairing in nickelates

Local oxygen defects can create domains of distinct superconducting symmetry, matching tunneling maps

· “Emergent s+id Superconductivity from the Interplay between Electronic Correlations and Electron-Phonon Coupling in R_(1-x)Sr_xNiO₂”

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1% Ti turns a ruthenate into a field-switchable Mott insulator

b-axis fields trigger spin-flop then forced ferromagnetism; the H–T map stays simple and classical

· “Magnetic field-driven phase switching in the antiferromagnetic Mott insulator Ca₃(Ru_(0.99)Ti_(0.01))₂O₇”

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Ultra-thin LSMO grows its own exchange bias from oxygen vacancies

No engineered AFM layer needed: internal Mn2+ regions pin the ferromagnet with only a sub-percent volume fraction.

· “Emergent exchange bias in ultra-thin La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 films driven by ferro-antiferromagnetic phase coexistence”

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Monochromatic X-rays fix how Ga2O3 detectors are measured

Synchrotron beams on epitaxial Schottky diodes clarify carrier generation and set protocols for the field

· “A critical consideration of X-ray detectors based on Ga2O3: excitation, carrier transport mechanisms and performance standardization”

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Dynamic xc improves low-velocity stopping in crystals

Dressing the RPA dielectric matrix with f_xc makes crystal corrections larger than jellium and closer to experiment below the peak.

· “Many-body interactions in the dielectric theory of stopping power of solids for classical and quantum projectiles”

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Soliton entry stays PT while BKT melting switches vortex channel

In a Josephson bilayer, locking suppresses single-layer vortices in the locked state but not in the incommensurate phase

· “Pokrovsky--Talapov and Berezinskii--Kosterlitz--Thouless Phase Transitions in Bilayer Superconducting Films under an In-Plane Magnetic Field”

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THz light turns a thick ferroelectric barrier into a tunable Josephson junction

40 nm BNT still carries supercurrent; 1.5 THz boosts Ic to 468 µA and enlarges the gap

· “Systematic modulation of superconducting gap dynamics in YBCO|BNT|YBCO Josephson Junctions through THz field interaction and BNT ferroelectric barrier”

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Ce2Sn2O7 orders at 40 mK, not a zero-field quantum spin ice

High-quality crystal heat capacity ends the debate, yet [1,1,0] fields still show spin-ice chain physics nearby

· “Zero-Field Long Range Order at T sim 40 mK in the Proximate Quantum Spin Ice Ce₂Sn₂O₇ and Phase Diagram for Magnetic Fields Along [1,1,0]”

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Closed-form Eliashberg Tc tracks hydrides from weak to ultra-strong coupling

A Debye-based interpolation recovers both exponential and square-root limits and matches self-consistent numerics within 7 percent.

· “Analytical solution of the Eliashberg equations for strong-coupling superconductivity in hydrides”

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Colder is not better for silicon spin quantum computers

A finite temperature near the 1 K fidelity crossover minimizes total cooling-plus-error-correction power.

· “Optimal operating temperature for industry-compatible silicon spin quantum computing: colder is not necessarily better”

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