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20242026
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9 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…

physics.optics2025

Deterministic Printing of Single Quantum Dots

Gregory G. Guymon, Hao A. Nguyen, David Sharp +7

The unique optical properties of quantum dots (QDs), size-tunable emission and high quantum yield, make them ideal candidates for applications in secure quantum communication, quan…

physics.optics2025

Comparing Machine Learning and Physics-Based Nanoparticle Geometry Determinations Using Far-Field Spectral Properties

Mengqi Sun, Zixu Huang, Muammer Y. Yaman +3

Anisotropic metal nanostructures exhibit polarization-dependent light scattering. This property has been widely exploited to determine geometries of subwavelength structures using…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Surface Passivation for Halide Optoelectronics: Comparing Optimization and Reactivity of Amino-Silanes with Formamidinium

Zixu Huang, Farhad Akrami, Junxiang Zhang +3

Amino-silane-based surface passivation schemes are gaining attention in halide perovskite optoelectronics, with varying levels of success. We compare surface treatments using (3-am…

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…