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11 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Deep Spin Defects in Zinc Oxide for High-Fidelity Single-Shot Readout

Shimin Zhang, Taejoon Park, Erik Perez +10

Wide-bandgap oxides such as ZnO are favorable hosts for spin defect qubits due to their dilute nuclear spin background and potential for ultra-high purity. Yet, a deep-level defect…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Rationalizing defect formation energies in metals and semiconductors with semilocal density functionals

Jorge Vega Bazantes, Timo Lebeda, Akilan Ramasamy +4

The study of defects in materials is of utmost importance for technological applications and the design of new materials. In this work, we analyze the performance of density functi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Reducing Self-Interaction Error in Transition-Metal Oxides with Different Exact-Exchange Fractions for Energy and Density

Harshan Reddy Gopidi, Ruiqi Zhang, Yanyong Wang +5

Density functional theory (DFT) in chemistry and materials science aims for "chemical accuracy," but this goal is challenged by the need to approximate the exact exchange-correlati…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Rotational Phonons Drive Low-Energy Kinks in Cuprate Superconductors

Yanyong Wang, Manuel Engel, Christopher Lane +9

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) reveals ubiquitous quasiparticle ``kinks'' near 70 meV and 40 meV across cuprate superconductors, often accompanied by…

physics.chem-ph2025

Oxygen vacancy formation in ZnSeTe blue quantum dot light-emitting diodes

Shaun Tan, Sujin Park, Seung-Gu Choi +9

Recent advancements have led to the development of bright and heavy metal-free blue-emitting quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). However, consensus understanding of their di…

physics.app-ph2025

Morphological and Chemical Changes in Cd-free Colloidal QD-LEDs During Operation

Ruiqi Zhang, Jamie Geng, Shaun Tan +12

Heavy metal-free quantum-dot light-emitting devices (QD-LEDs) have demonstrated remarkable brightness, saturated color, and high efficiencies across a broad spectral range. However…