2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Dislocation-loop formation is a first-order phase transition
Xiaoya Chang, Arsalan Hashemi, Nima Ghafari Cherati +3
Dislocation loops are the elementary product of radiation damage in crystals, limiting reactor-component lifetimes, power-electronics reliability and the coherence of solid-state q…
physics.comp-ph2026
Machine-learned prediction of carbon interstitial clusters in diamond
Xiaoya Chang, Arsalan Hashemi, Nima Ghafari Cherati +3
Diamond hosts optically active point defects central to quantum technologies, yet the carbon self-interstitials introduced during growth and irradiation compete with them and form…