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20242026
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6 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…

physics.app-ph2026

Degradation Dynamics of Perovskite Solar Cells Under Fixed Reverse Current Injection

Fangyuan Jiang, Haruka Koizumi, Hannah Contreras +8

Previous studies of reverse-bias stability in perovskite solar cells have focused primarily on voltage controlled reverse-bias tests. Here we instead present an investigation of pe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

pH Regulates Ion Dynamics in Carboxylated Mixed Conductors

Zeyuan Sun, Mengting Sun, Rajiv Giridharagopal +12

Coupled ionic and electronic transport underpins processes as diverse as electrochemical energy conversion, biological signaling, and soft adaptive electronics. Yet, how chemical e…

physics.app-ph2025

Deposition-Dependent Coverage and Performance of Phosphonic Acid Interface Modifiers in Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics

Hannah Contreras, Aidan O'Brien, Margherita Taddei +10

In this work, we study the effect of various deposition methods for phosphonic acid interface modifiers commonly pursued as self-assembled monolayers in high-performance metal hali…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Multi-Output Convolutional Neural Network for Improved Parameter Extraction in Time-Resolved Electrostatic Force Microscopy Data

Madeleine D. Breshears, Rajiv Giridharagopal, David S. Ginger

Time-resolved scanning probe microscopy methods, like time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM), enable imaging of dynamic processes ranging from ion motion in batteries…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Sub-diffraction Imaging of Carrier Dynamics in Halide Perovskite Semiconductors: Effects of Passivation, Morphology, and Ion Motion

Madeleine D. Breshears, Justin Pothoof, Rajiv Giridharagopal +1

We spatially resolve photocarrier dynamics in halide perovskites using time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM) to map surface potential equilibration during photoexcit…