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most citedSignificant reduction of lattice thermal conductivity by electron-phonon interaction in silicon with high carrier concentrations: a first-principles study

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Impact of Phonon-Magnon Scattering on Thermal Transport across Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Oxides

Zeyu Xiang, Bolin Liao

Phonon--magnon coupling has been extensively studied in ferromagnets, whereas its microscopic mechanisms in antiferromagnets remain less understood. Here, we combine first-principl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Slow Thermalization and Long-Lived Coherence across Acoustic Phonon Branches in BAs

Zeyu Xiang, Ying Peng, Ange Benise Niyikiza +11

The exceptionally high thermal conductivity of cubic boron arsenide (BAs) arises from suppressed three-phonon scattering associated with its large acoustic--optical gap. In this re…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Magnetic Polarons Enable Exceptional Magnetocaloric Response

Joshua Ancheta, Caeli Benyacko, Fanghao Zhang +2

Magnetocaloric materials are typically limited by a trade-off between magnetic entropy and field responsiveness. Here we show that magnetic polarons provide an intermediate regime…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Reversible Modulation of Thermal Conductivity in GaN through Strain-Field Screening around Dislocations

Shantal Adajian, Fanghao Zhang, Andrew Christison +9

Crystalline defects are generally regarded as static phonon scatterers that irreversibly suppress thermal transport. Here we show that elastic strain can reversibly modify dislocat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Coupled Spin-lattice Dynamics across a Magnetostructural Phase Transition

Lokanath Patra, Zeyu Xiang, Yubi Chen +1

First-order magnetostructural phase transitions underpin giant magnetocaloric effects, yet the microscopic role of lattice dynamics in these transitions remains controversial. Here…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Electric-Field-Dependent Thermal Conductivity in Fresh and Aged Bulk Single Crystalline

Fanghao Zhang, Guanchun Rui, Yujie Quan +4

Active thermal management requires advances in thermal switching materials, whose thermal conductivity responds to external stimuli. The electric field, as one of the most convenie…