activity
20242026
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7 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Understanding insulating ferromagnetism in LaCoO3 films under tensile strain

Ali Barooni, Murod Mirzhalilov, Mohit Randeria +2

LaCoO3 thin films grown under epitaxial tensile strain exhibit a robust ferromagnetic insulating state that is absent in the bulk. Despite many studies, both experimental and compu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Towards dislocation-driven quantum interconnects

Cunzhi Zhang, Victor Wen-zhe Yu, Yu Jin +4

A central problem in the deployment of quantum technologies is the realization of robust architectures for quantum interconnects. We propose to engineer interconnects in semiconduc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

A common origin of photoplastic and electroplastic effects in ZnS

Alexandra Fonseca Montenegro, Sevim Genlik Polat, Md Mohsinur Rahman Adnan +2

Dislocation motion--the atomic-scale mechanism of crystal plasticity--governs the strength and ductility of materials. In functional materials, external stimuli beyond mechanical s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy of quantum wire-like dislocation states in ZnS

Alexander Blackston, Alexandra Fonseca Montenegro, Sevim Polat Genlik +2

Recent \textit{ab initio} calculations predict 1D dispersive electronic bands confined to the atomic scale cores of dislocations in the wide bandgap (3.84 eV) semiconductor ZnS. We…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

The Origin of Photoplasticity in ZnS

Sevim Polat Genlik, Roberto C. Myers, Maryam Ghazisaeidi

ZnS is a brittle material but shows extraordinary plasticity during mechanical tests performed in complete darkness. This phenomenon is known as the photoplastic effect, whose unde…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Emergent Ferromagnetism at LaFeO3/SrTiO3 Interface Arising from Strain-induced Spin-State Transition

Menglin Zhu, Joseph Lanier, Sevim Polat Genlik +7

Creating new interfacial magnetic states with desired functionalities is attractive for fundamental studies and spintronics applications. The emergence of interfacial magnetic phas…