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5 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Nuclearity of Copper Clusters on hBN/SiC Heterostructure Modulates Molecular Adsorption

Reza Khakpour, Arsalan Hashemi, Xiaoya Chang +3

Defect engineering can transform inert two-dimensional (2D) materials into chemically active and electronically tunable platforms by creating anchoring sites for metal atoms and cl…

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…

physics.comp-ph2026

TorchNEP: Ultra-Efficient and Accurate Training of Neuroevolution Potentials

Yong-Chao Wu, Xiaoya Chang, Tero Mäkinen +5

Neuroevolution Potential (NEP) is one of the most efficient machine-learned interatomic potential frameworks for large-scale atomistic simulations. However, its original training s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

A General Neural Network Potential for Energetic Materials with C, H, N, and O elements

Mingjie Wen, Jiahe Han, Wenjuan Li +3

The discovery and optimization of high-energy materials (HEMs) are constrained by the prohibitive computational expense and prolonged development cycles inherent in conventional ap…