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most citedThe Maximum of Conventional Superconductors at Ambient Pressure

23 citations · 30 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Pressure-transferable universal machine-learning potentials: the WBM-MatPES benchmark and Tuga-FF

Pierre-Paul De Breuck, Thalis H. B. da Silva, Antoine Loew +2

Universal machine-learning interatomic potentials hold the promise to replace costly ab initio calculations in materials science workflows. However, the accuracy and transferabilit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

High-throughput computational discovery of CuI-based ternary -type transparent conductors

Michael Seifert, Miguel A. L. Marques, Silvana Botti

P-type transparent conducting materials (TCMs) remain scarce, limiting progress in transparent electronics and tandem photovoltaics. Here, we perform a high-throughput computationa…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Intrinsic Point Defects and Frenkel Pair Formation in Photovoltaic Absorber ZnP: Regulating -type Conductivity through Growth and Annealing Conditions

Nico Kawashima, Silvana Botti

This study investigates the ground-state energetics and thermodynamics of intrinsic point defects in zinc phosphide ZnP using \emph{ab initio} density functional theory com…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Cathodoluminescence Analysis of Defects and Grain Boundaries in Zn3P2 Thin Films Grown on Graphene by MOVPE and MBE

Thomas Hagger, Mohammadreza Hassanzadeh, Aidas Urbonavicius +12

Zn3P2 is a promising earth-abundant absorber for thin-film photovoltaics, yet its development is hindered by the lack of lattice-matched substrates, its incompatible thermal expans…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Functional and Density-Driven Errors in Density Functional Theory: Quantum Monte Carlo Benchmarks for Solids

Ayoub Aouina, Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean, Silvana Botti

We introduce a systematic analysis of density functional approximation errors in solids by separating functional-driven from density-driven contributions using quantum Monte Carlo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Optical selection rules in hexagonal Ge polytypes and their lifting by symmetry perturbation

Martin Keller, Haichen Wang, Friedhelm Bechstedt +2

Hexagonal germanium polytypes have emerged as promising direct-gap semiconductors for silicon-integrated optoelectronics, yet their optical properties remain largely unexplored bey…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

High-throughput study of electrical conductivity in ordered metals

Thalis H. B. da Silva, Hai-Chen Wang, Tiago F. T. Cerqueira +3

We present a computational framework that integrates machine learning with high-throughput ab initio calculations to screen over 2.8 million compounds for metallic transport. We id…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

AI-Driven Expansion and Application of the Alexandria Database

Théo Cavignac, Jonathan Schmidt, Pierre-Paul De Breuck +9

We present a novel multi-stage workflow for computational materials discovery that achieves a 99% success rate in identifying compounds within 100 meV/atom of thermodynamic stabili…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Generative AI for Crystal Structures: A Review

Pierre-Paul De Breuck, Hai-Chen Wang, Gian-Marco Rignanese +2

As in many other fields, the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is reshaping materials discovery by offering new ways to propose crystal structures and, in some cases…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Universal Machine Learning Potentials under Pressure

Antoine Loew, Jonathan Schmidt, Silvana Botti +1

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) represent arguably the most successful application of machine learning to materials science, demonstrating remarkable per…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Universal Machine Learning Potential for Systems with Reduced Dimensionality

Giulio Benedini, Antoine Loew, Matti Hellstrom +2

We present a benchmark designed to evaluate the predictive capabilities of universal machine learning interatomic potentials across systems of varying dimensionality. Specifically,…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 2 cited

MACE4IRmol: An uncertainty-aware foundation model for molecular infrared spectroscopy

Nitik Bhatia, Ondrej Krejci, Silvana Botti +2

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have shown significant promise in predicting infrared spectra with high fidelity. However, the absence of general-purpose MLIPs that…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Enhanced superconductivity in X4H15compounds via hole-doping at ambient pressure

Kun Gao, Wenwen Cui, Tiago F. T. Cerqueira +3

This study presents a computational investigation of X4H15 compounds (where X represents a metal) as potential superconductors at ambient conditions or under pressure. Through syst…

cond-mat.supr-con2025★ 23 cited

The Maximum of Conventional Superconductors at Ambient Pressure

Kun Gao, Tiago F. T. Cerqueira, Antonio Sanna +6

The theoretical maximum critical temperature () for conventional superconductors at ambient pressure remains a fundamental question in condensed matter physics. Through analys…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 4 cited

Universal Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials are Ready for Phonons

Antoine Loew, Dewen Sun, Hai-Chen Wang +2

There has been an ongoing race for the past several years to develop the best universal machinelearning interatomic potential. This progress has led to increasingly accurate models…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

A non-orthogonal representation of the chemical space

Tiago F. T. Cerqueira, Haichen Wang, Silvana Botti +1

We present a novel approach to generate a fingerprint for crystalline materials that balances efficiency for machine processing and human interpretability, allowing its application…