activity
20242026
collaborators

9 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Reconstruction-Dependent Imaging, Reactivity and Local Reduction of the CeO(100) surface

Kyungmin Kim, Manuel González Lastre, Manuel González Lastre +10

The possibility of mapping the local reactivity and reduction state to the atomic structure of chemically active oxide surfaces opens new avenues for further understanding of catal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Trans-scale spin Seebeck effect in nanostructured bulk composites based on magnetic insulator

Sang J. Park, Keisuke Hirata, Hossein Sepehri-Amin +3

The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) enables thermoelectric conversion through thermally generated spin currents in magnetic materials, offering a promising transverse geometry for scalab…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Structural heterogeneity-induced enhancement of transverse magneto-thermoelectric conversion revealed by thermoelectric imaging in functionally graded materials

Sang J. Park, Ravi Gautam, Takashi Yagi +3

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) exhibit continuous property variations that enable unique functionalities and provide efficient platforms for systematic property optimization.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Simultaneous achievement of large anomalous Nernst effect and reduced thermal conductivity in sintered polycrystalline topological Heusler ferromagnets

Koichi Oyanagi, Hossein Sepehri-Amin, Kenta Takamori +9

This study reports the observation of the large anomalous Nernst effect in polycrystalline ferromagnetic CoMnGa (CMG) slabs prepared by a spark plasma sintering method. By op…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Near-surface Defects Break Symmetry in Water Adsorption on CeO(111)

Oscar Custance, Manuel González Lastre, Kyungmin Kim +7

Water interactions with oxygen-deficient cerium dioxide (CeO) surfaces are central to hydrogen production and catalytic redox reactions, but the atomic-scale details of how def…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

High-throughput development of flexible amorphous materials showing large anomalous Nernst effect via automatic annealing and thermoelectric imaging

Sang J. Park, Ravi Gautam, Abdulkareem Alasli +5

This work demonstrates high-throughput screening of flexible magnetic materials for efficient transverse thermoelectric conversion based on the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE). The a…