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    A hybrid topological phase of matter is discovered in the simple elemental-solid arsenic and explored using tunnelling microscopy, photoemission spectroscopy and a theoretical analysis.

    • Md Shafayat Hossain
    • , Frank Schindler
    •  & M. Zahid Hasan

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    Through inelastic light scattering chiral spin-2 long-wavelength magnetorotons are observed, revealing chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall states and aiding in understanding the quantum metric impacts in topological correlated systems.

    • Jiehui Liang
    • , Ziyu Liu
    •  & Aron Pinczuk

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    | Open Access

    Laser-based micro-focused angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy reveals both fractionalized and marginal quasiparticles in C3-symmetric electron pockets near the Brillouin zone centre of the ferromagnetic kagome metal Fe3Sn2.

    • Sandy Adhitia Ekahana
    • , Y. Soh
    •  & G. Aeppli

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    Examining the in-plane spin components of the noncoplanar antiferromagnet manganese ditelluride provides spectroscopic and computational evidence of materials with a new type of plaid-like spin splitting in the antiferromagnetic ground state.

    • Yu-Peng Zhu
    • , Xiaobing Chen
    •  & Chang Liu

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    | Open Access

    A spin–orbital- and angular-momentum-sensitive methodology used to study Sr2RuO4 reveals subtle spectroscopic signatures that are consistent with the formation of spin–orbital chiral currents at the surface of the material.

    • Federico Mazzola
    • , Wojciech Brzezicki
    •  & Antonio Vecchione

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    Using valley-resolved scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, twisted WSe2 bilayers are studied, including incommensurate dodecagon quasicrystals at 30° and commensurate moiré crystals at 21.8° and 38.2°.

    • Yanxing Li
    • , Fan Zhang
    •  & Chih-Kang Shih

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    The Berry phase is resolved in light-driven crystals, via attosecond interferometry, in which the electronic wavefunction accumulates a geometric phase as it interacts with the laser field, mapping its coherence into the emission of high-order harmonics.

    • Ayelet J. Uzan-Narovlansky
    • , Lior Faeyrman
    •  & Nirit Dudovich

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    | Open Access

    Imaging of quantum oscillations in Bernal-stacked trilayer graphene with dual gates enables high-precision reconstruction of the highly tunable bands and reveals naturally occurring pseudomagnetic fields as low as 1 mT corresponding to graphene twisting by 1 millidegree.

    • Haibiao Zhou
    • , Nadav Auerbach
    •  & Eli Zeldov

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    Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of CaNi2 shows a band with vanishing dispersion across the full 3D Brillouin zone that is identified with the pyrochlore flat band as well as two additional flat bands that arise from multi-orbital interference of Ni d-electrons.

    • Joshua P. Wakefield
    • , Mingu Kang
    •  & Joseph G. Checkelsky

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    Orbital multiferroicity reported in pentalayer rhombohedral graphene features ferro-orbital-magnetism and ferro-valleytricity, both of which can be controlled by an electric field.

    • Tonghang Han
    • , Zhengguang Lu
    •  & Long Ju

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    Evidence is presented for a Pines’ demon as a three-dimensional acoustic plasmon in the multiband metal Sr2RuO4 from momentum-resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy using a collimated, defocused beam with high momentum resolution.

    • Ali A. Husain
    • , Edwin W. Huang
    •  & Peter Abbamonte

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    Quantum oscillations in the three-dimensional topological semimetal CoSi are reported, where selected oscillation frequencies have no corresponding extremal Fermi surface cross-sections, representing instead oscillations of the quasiparticle lifetime.

    • Nico Huber
    • , Valentin Leeb
    •  & Marc A. Wilde

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    A moiré quasicrystal constructed by twisting three layers of graphene with two different twist angles shows high tunability between a periodic-like regime at low energies and a strongly quasiperiodic regime at higher energies alongside strong interactions and superconductivity.

    • Aviram Uri
    • , Sergio C. de la Barrera
    •  & Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

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    The electronic states in three-dimensional crystals such as graphite can be tuned by a superlattice potential occurring at the interface with crystallographically aligned hexagonal boron nitride.

    • Ciaran Mullan
    • , Sergey Slizovskiy
    •  & Artem Mishchenko

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    Transport measurements of dual-gated devices constructed by slightly rotating a monolayer graphene sheet atop a thin bulk graphite crystal are performed, showing that moiré potential transforms the electronic properties of an entire graphitic thin film.

    • Dacen Waters
    • , Ellis Thompson
    •  & Matthew Yankowitz

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    By moving to a substrate that better stabilizes conditions, the doping series of Nd1–xSrxNiO2 is synthesized free from extended defects, resulting in enhancement of superconductivity in terms of transition temperature and range of doping.

    • Kyuho Lee
    • , Bai Yang Wang
    •  & Harold Y. Hwang

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    | Open Access

    A spin-triplet pair density wave is discovered in the candidate topological superconductor UTe2 using superconductive scanning tunnelling microscopy tips.

    • Qiangqiang Gu
    • , Joseph P. Carroll
    •  & Xiaolong Liu

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    The build-up and dephasing of Floquet-–Bloch bands is visualized in both subcycle band-structure videography and quantum theory, revealing the interplay of strong-field intraband and interband excitations in a non-equilibrium Floquet picture.

    • S. Ito
    • , M. Schüler
    •  & R. Huber

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    | Open Access

    A Dirac plasma in high-mobility graphene shows anomalous magnetotransport and giant magnetoresistance that reaches more than 100 per cent in a low magnetic field at room temperature.

    • Na Xin
    • , James Lourembam
    •  & Alexey I. Berdyugin

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    | Open Access

    Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy is used to observe the primary step of singlet fission with orbital resolution indicating a charge-transfer mediated mechanism with a hybridization of states in the lowest bright singlet exciton.

    • Alexander Neef
    • , Samuel Beaulieu
    •  & Ralph Ernstorfer

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    | Open Access

    A single-element ferroelectric state is observed in a black phosphorus-like bismuth layer, in which the ordered charge transfer and the regular atom distortion between sublattices happen simultaneously and ferroelectric switching is further visualized experimentally.

    • Jian Gou
    • , Hua Bai
    •  & Andrew Thye Shen Wee

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    By creating nanosized grains and defects in lanthanum trihydride, its electronic conductivity can be suppressed, transforming it into a superionic conductor at −40 °C with a record high H− conductivity.

    • Weijin Zhang
    • , Jirong Cui
    •  & Ping Chen

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    | Open Access

    By using millikelvin scanning tunnelling microscopy to study atomically flat terraces on U-terminated surfaces of the heavy-fermion superconductor URu2Si2, the two-dimensional heavy fermions are shown to form quantum-well states on the surface.

    • Edwin Herrera
    • , Isabel Guillamón
    •  & Hermann Suderow

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    In optimally doped Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2H epitaxial film, combined state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical approaches show abundant hydrogen with zero resistivity, and its critical role in superconductivity in epitaxial infinite-layer nickelates.

    • Xiang Ding
    • , Charles C. Tam
    •  & Liang Qiao

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    A quantum twisting microscope based on a unique van der Waals tip and capable of performing local interference experiments opens the way for new classes of experiments on quantum materials.

    • A. Inbar
    • , J. Birkbeck
    •  & S. Ilani

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    In black phosphorus, a model semiconductor, analysis of time and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements demonstrates a strong light-induced band renormalization with light polarization dependence, suggesting pseudospin-selective Floquet band engineering.

    • Shaohua Zhou
    • , Changhua Bao
    •  & Shuyun Zhou

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    Placing monolayer tungsten diselenide on Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene promotes enhanced superconductivity, indicating that proximity-induced spin–orbit coupling plays a key role in stabilizing the pairing, paving the way for engineering tunable, ultra-clean graphene-based superconductors.

    • Yiran Zhang
    • , Robert Polski
    •  & Stevan Nadj-Perge

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    Recent key developments in the exploration of kagome materials are reviewed, including fundamental concepts of a kagome lattice, realizations of Chern and Weyl topological magnetism, flat-band many-body correlations, and unconventional charge-density waves and superconductivity.

    • Jia-Xin Yin
    • , Biao Lian
    •  & M. Zahid Hasan

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    Valentini et al. devise a method through which they can perform both tunnelling spectroscopy and Coulomb blockade spectroscopy on the same hybrid nanowire island to reduce ambiguities in the detection of Majorana.

    • Marco Valentini
    • , Maksim Borovkov
    •  & Georgios Katsaros

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    The evolution of CDW and superconductivity with pressure in CsV3Sb5 by 51V NMR measurements shed new light on the interplay of superconductivity and CDW, revealing new electronic correlation effects in kagome superconductors AV3Sb5.

    • Lixuan Zheng
    • , Zhimian Wu
    •  & Xianhui Chen

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    Because open-circuit voltage deficit is greater in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, the authors introduce diammonium molecules to modify perovskite surface states and achieve a more uniform spatial distribution of surface potential, enabling record voltage all-perovskite tandem solar cells.

    • Hao Chen
    • , Aidan Maxwell
    •  & Edward H. Sargent

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    | Open Access

    Change of chirality from left- to right-handed transport in the layered kagome metal CsV3Sb5 can be controlled by small magnetic field changes, a required feature for chiral electronic applications.

    • Chunyu Guo
    • , Carsten Putzke
    •  & Philip J. W. Moll

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    By forcing electron–hole pairs onto closed trajectories attosecond clocking of delocalized Bloch electrons is achieved, enabling greater understanding of unexpected phase transitions and quantum-dynamic phenomena.

    • J. Freudenstein
    • , M. Borsch
    •  & R. Huber

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