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20242026
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20 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Enhanced Screening in Epitaxial Graphene via Nearly Free-Electron Metal Intercalation

Cedric Schmitt, Lukas Gehrig, Jonas Erhardt +8

Graphene exhibits extraordinarily high carrier mobility, making it a promising platform for next-generation electronics. Scalable growth on SiC, however, suffers from limited diele…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Resonantly-enhanced Raman response in graphene-capped bismuthene on SiC

Lukas Gehrig, Cedric Schmitt, Erica Fragomeni +15

Two-dimensional quantum spin Hall insulators based on atomic monolayers offer a promising route toward dissipationless electronics, yet their practical use is often limited by envi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Anisotropic sub-band splitting mechanisms in strained HgTe: a first principles study

Eeshan Ketkar, Giovanni Marini, Pietro Maria Forcella +3

Mercury telluride is a canonical material for realizing topological phases, yet a full understanding of its electronic structure remains challenging due to subtle competing effects…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Real-Space Switching of Local Moments Driven by Quantum Geometry in Correlated Graphene Heterostructures

Niklas Witt, Siheon Ryee, Lennart Klebl +3

Graphene-based multilayer systems serve as versatile platforms for exploring the interplay between electron correlation and topology, thanks to distinctive low-energy bands marked…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Robust spin splitting and fermiology in a layered altermagnet

Alessandro De Vita, Chiara Bigi, Davide Romanin +42

Altermagnetism defies conventional classifications of collinear magnetic phases, standing apart from ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism with its unique combination of spin-depen…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Tunable Electronic Correlations in 135-Kagome Metals

Matteo Crispino, Niklas Witt, Stefan Enzner +4

Kagome metals exhibit rich correlated-electron physics, yet a systematic understanding of the degree of correlation across transition-metal species remains elusive. Using density-f…