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On-surface cyclization of vinyl groups on poly-para-phenylene involving an un...
On-surface synthesis relies on carefully designed molecular precursors that are thermally activated to afford desired, covalently coupled architectures. In a recent publication,... -
Kapitza stabilization of quantum critical order
Dynamical perturbations modify the states of classical systems in surprising ways and give rise to important applications in science and technology. For example, Floquet... -
Unraveling the crystallization kinetics of the Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ phase change compoun...
The phase change compound Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST225) is exploited in advanced non-volatile electronic memories and in neuromorphic devices which both rely on a fast and reversible... -
Unraveling the crystallization kinetics of the Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ phase change compoun...
The phase change compound Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST225) is exploited in advanced non-volatile electronic memories and in neuromorphic devices which both rely on a fast and reversible... -
Probing the Mott-insulating behavior of Ba₂MgReO₆ with DFT+DMFT
We investigate the interplay of spin-orbit coupling, electronic correlations, and lattice distortions in the 5d¹ double perovskite Ba₂MgReO₆. Combining density-functional theory... -
Electronic excited states from physically-constrained machine learning
Data-driven techniques are increasingly used to replace electronic-structure calculations of matter. In this context, a relevant question is whether machine learning (ML) should... -
Searching for the thinnest metallic wire
One-dimensional materials have gained much attention in the last decades: from carbon nanotubes to ultrathin nanowires, to few-atom atomic chains, these can all display unique... -
Single in-situ interface characterization composed of niobium and a selective...
With increasing interest in Majorana physics for possible quantum bit applications, a large interest has been developed to understand the properties of the interface between a... -
Searching for the thinnest metallic wire
One-dimensional materials have gained much attention in the last decades: from carbon nanotubes to ultrathin nanowires, to few-atom atomic chains, these can all display unique... -
Crystallization kinetics of nanoconfined GeTe slabs in GeTe/TiTe-like superla...
Superlattices made of alternating blocks of the phase change compound Sb₂Te₃ and of TiTe₂ confining layers have been recently proposed for applications in neuromorphic devices.... -
On-surface synthesis of anthracene-fused zigzag graphene nanoribbons from 2,7...
On-surface synthesis has emerged as a powerful strategy to fabricate unprecedented forms of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). However, the on-surface synthesis of... -
Crystallization kinetics of nanoconfined GeTe slabs in GeTe/TiTe-like superla...
Superlattices made of alternating blocks of the phase change compound Sb₂Te₃ and of TiTe₂ confining layers have been recently proposed for applications in neuromorphic devices.... -
Absolute energy levels of liquid water from many-body perturbation theory wit...
We demonstrate the importance of addressing the 𝚪 vertex and thus going beyond the GW approximation for achieving the energy levels of liquid water in many- body perturbation... -
High-throughput screening of Weyl semimetals
Topological Weyl semimetals represent a novel class of non-trivial materials, where band crossings with linear dispersions take place at generic momenta across reciprocal space.... -
Microscopic nature of the charge-density wave in the kagome superconductor Rb...
The recently discovered vanadium-based Kagome metals AV₃Sb₅ (A = K, Rb, Cs) undergo a unique phase transition into charge-density wave (CDW) order which precedes both... -
A genetic optimization strategy with generality in asymmetric organocatalysis...
A catalyst possessing a broad substrate scope, in terms of both turnover and enantioselectivity, is sometimes called “general”. Despite their great utility in asymmetric... -
An overview of the spin dynamics of antiferromagnetic Mn₅Si₃
The metallic compound Mn5Si3 hosts a series of antiferromagnetic phases that can be controlled by external stimuli, such as temperature and magnetic field. In this work, we... -
Fermi energy determination for advanced smearing techniques
Smearing techniques are widely used in first-principles calculations of metallic and magnetic materials, where they improve the accuracy of Brillouin zone sampling and lessen... -
Prediction of a novel type-I antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal
Topological materials have been a main focus of studies in the past decade due to their protected properties that can be exploited for the fabrication of new devices. Among... -
Different ordering temperature of the Mn antisite sublattice in the intrinsic...
Magnetic topological insulators (TIs) promise a wealth of applications in spin-based technologies, relying on the novel quantum phenomena provided by their topological...