3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Atomic-Scale Observation of Symmetry Breaking in Altermagnetic MnTe
Guodong Ren, Jonathan M. DeStefano, Xiao-Wei Zhang +20
The recent discovery of altermagnetism has sparked growing interest in compensated magnetic systems as promising platforms for highly scalable spintronics. Altermagnetism is a dist…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Improper flexoelectricity in hexagonal rare-earth ferrites
Xin Li, Guodong Ren, Yu Yun +5
Flexoelectricity is a universal effect that generates electric polarization due to broken inversion symmetry caused by local strain gradient. The large strain gradient at nanoscale…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Strong tunability of epitaxial relationship and reconstruction at improper ferroelectric interface
Xin Li, Yu Yun, Guodong Ren +4
The atomic structures at epitaxial film-substrate interfaces determine scalability of thin films and can result in new phenomena. However, it is challenging to control the interfac…