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| Open AccessLarge scale purification in semiconductors using Rydberg excitons
Charged impurities are a major source of charge noise in semiconductors. Here, using pump-probe time-resolved relative transmission measurements on cuprous oxide, the authors demonstrate a strategy for mitigating charged impurities by injection and subsequent breakdown of Rydberg excitons.
- Martin Bergen
- , Valentin Walther
- & Marc Aßmann
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| Open AccessHot luminescence from single-molecule chromophores electrically and mechanically self-decoupled by tripodal scaffolds
A fundamental challenge for molecular electronics is the change in photophysical properties of molecules upon direct electrical contact. Here, the authors observe hot luminescence emitted by single-molecule chromophores that are electrically and mechanically self-decoupled by a tripodal scaffold.
- Vibhuti Rai
- , Nico Balzer
- & Michal Valášek
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| Open AccessThe 5α condensate state in 20Ne
Alpha particle clustering plays a significant role in lighter nuclei. Here the authors study the exotic 5α gas-like clustering state of 20Ne, that is 5α condensate state.
- Bo Zhou
- , Yasuro Funaki
- & Taiichi Yamada
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| Open AccessManipulation of fractionalized charge in the metastable topologically entangled state of a doped Wigner crystal
The metastable state with a complex domain structure in 1T-TaS2 has been intensively studied. Using a multi-tip scanning tunnelling microscope, Mraz et al. reveal the microscopic dynamics of the current-pulse-induced metastable state and interpret it in terms of transport in a doped Wigner crystal lattice.
- Anze Mraz
- , Michele Diego
- & Dragan Mihailovic
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| Open AccessNanophotonics for pair production
The authors propose electron-positron creation by scattering of gamma-rays and polaritons, enabling the synthesis of ultrafast, localized positron sources and introducing the possibility to exploit nanophotonics for particle physics.
- Valerio Di Giulio
- & F. Javier García de Abajo
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| Open AccessNon-identical moiré twins in bilayer graphene
Here, the authors report the unexpected observation of different electronic properties of bilayer graphene/boron nitride heterostructures at 0° and 60° twist angles, showing the complex interplay between lattice relaxation and the electronic properties of moiré structures.
- Everton Arrighi
- , Viet-Hung Nguyen
- & Rebeca Ribeiro-Palau
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| Open AccessNonuniversal impact of cholesterol on membranes mobility, curvature sensing and elasticity
Cholesterol both thickens and condenses membranes, yet it also softens them under certain conditions. Here, authors uncover cholesterol’s dual role in the delicate balance of rigidity and flexibility in membranes, crucial for diverse biological functions.
- Matthias Pöhnl
- , Marius F. W. Trollmann
- & Rainer A. Böckmann
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| Open AccessUltrafast THz probing of nonlocal orbital current in transverse multilayer metallic heterostructures
By optically driving the magnetization in a magnetic system, terahertz emission can be induced from an adjacent normal metal, as a result of spin-to-charge conversion. Here, Kumar and Kumar successfully show the equivalent effect arising from orbital-to-charge conversion.
- Sandeep Kumar
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| Open AccessReal-time photonic blind interference cancellation
The authors demonstrate real-time blind photonic interference cancellation using FPGA-photonic coordinated processing with zero calibration micro-ring resonator control and sub-second cancellation weight identification.
- Joshua C. Lederman
- , Weipeng Zhang
- & Paul R. Prucnal
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| Open AccessOrbital topological edge states and phase transitions in one-dimensional acoustic resonator chains
The researchers demonstrate orbital-dependent sound-matter interactions in acoustic systems. They unveil duality symmetry and topological phase transitions beyond the conventional SSH model expanding the fundamental understanding of sound-matter interaction.
- Feng Gao
- , Xiao Xiang
- & Andrea Alù
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| Open AccessThe anti-symmetric and anisotropic symmetric exchange interactions between electric dipoles in hafnia
Materials exhibiting anti-symmetric exchange interactions between electric dipoles are rare and the existence of the symmetric exchange interactions remains ambiguous. Here, authors identify hafnia as a candidate hosting such interactions by symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations.
- Longju Yu
- , Hong Jian Zhao
- & Yanming Ma
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| Open AccessTopological electronic structure and spin texture of quasi-one-dimensional higher-order topological insulator Bi4Br4
W. X. Zhao et al. study the higher-order topological insulator candidate Bi4Br4 by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and ab-initio calculation. They provide strong evidence for the higher-order topological insulator phase, including a signature of the hinge states inside the (100) surface gap.
- Wenxuan Zhao
- , Ming Yang
- & Lexian Yang
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| Open AccessExploring the vibrational series of pure trilobite Rydberg molecules
In trilobite Rydberg molecules a ground state atom is coupled to a Rydberg (high-angular momentum) atom, and a potential well is formed in their potential energy curves. Here the authors report observation of vibrational series in pure trilobite rubidium Rydberg molecules created by three-photon photoassociation.
- Max Althön
- , Markus Exner
- & Herwig Ott
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| Open AccessPressure-induced reversal of Peierls-like distortions elicits the polyamorphic transition in GeTe and GeSe
The subtle distortion in atomic structure underlies the drastic changes in the properties of amorphous phase-change materials. Here authors show that that pressure can reverse the Peierls-like distortions introduced by temperature, eliciting a polyamorphic transition in GeTe and GeSe.
- Tomoki Fujita
- , Yuhan Chen
- & Shuai Wei
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| Open AccessPhoton-phonon collaboratively pumped laser
Ultrahigh-efficiency and low-threshold yet tunable and compact laser devices are at the base of new functional devices. Here the authors harness a new temperature degree of freedom to realize a tunable photon-phonon collaboratively pumped laser.
- Yu Fu
- , Fei Liang
- & Yan-Feng Chen
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| Open AccessTransition between distinct hybrid skyrmion textures through their hexagonal-to-square crystal transformation in a polar magnet
Magnetic skyrmions typically form hexagonal crystals with either uniquely Bloch or Néel-type textures. Here, a polar magnet EuNiGe3 is shown to host two skyrmion crystal phases with hexagonal and square structures, and hybrid Bloch-Néel textures.
- Deepak Singh
- , Yukako Fujishiro
- & Jonathan S. White
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| Open AccessIncommensurate grain-boundary atomic structure
Grain boundary atomic structures of crystalline materials have long been believed to be commensurate with the crystal periodicity of the adjacent crystals. Here, the authors discover an incommensurate grain boundary structure based on direct observations and theoretical calculations.
- Takehito Seki
- , Toshihiro Futazuka
- & Naoya Shibata
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| Open AccessGravitationally induced decoherence vs space-time diffusion: testing the quantum nature of gravity
Consistent theories have been proposed in which spacetime is treated classically while matter remains quantum. Here, the authors prove that such theories are constrained by a trade-off between the decoherence induced in the quantum system, and stochasticity in the classical one, providing a way to experimentally test the quantum nature of gravity.
- Jonathan Oppenheim
- , Carlo Sparaciari
- & Zachary Weller-Davies
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| Open AccessSpatiotemporal dynamics of traffic bottlenecks yields an early signal of heavy congestions
Heavy traffic jams are difficult to predict due to the complexity of traffic dynamics. The authors propose a framework to unveil identifiable early signals and predict the eventual outcome of traffic bottlenecks, which may be useful for designing effective methods preventing traffic jams.
- Jinxiao Duan
- , Guanwen Zeng
- & Shlomo Havlin
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| Open AccessIntracellular tension sensor reveals mechanical anisotropy of the actin cytoskeleton
Biosensors so far have mostly reported external traction forces exerted against the extracellular matrix or within adhesion receptors. Here, the authors present a sensor that reports molecular tension within the F-actin cytoskeleton.
- Sorosh Amiri
- , Camelia Muresan
- & Michael Murrell
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| Open AccessDichotomy of heavy and light pairs of holes in the t−J model
The microscopic mechanism of superconducting pairing in hole-doped cuprates is still debated. Here, using state-of-the-art numerical techniques, the authors examine the properties of pairs of holes in a model relevant to cuprates revealing two types of bound states involving light and heavy hole pairs.
- A. Bohrdt
- , E. Demler
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| Open AccessFluorescence lifetime Hong-Ou-Mandel sensing
Standard techniques for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy are limited by the electronics to 100’s of picoseconds time resolution. Here, the authors show how to use two-photon interference to perform fluorescence lifetime sensing with picosecond-scale resolution.
- Ashley Lyons
- , Vytautas Zickus
- & Daniele Faccio
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| Open AccessColliding heavy nuclei take multiple identities on the path to fusion
Superheavy nuclei are synthesized in the laboratory through the fusion of lighter nuclei. Here the authors study multinucleon transfer and interactions during the early stages of nuclear fusion in the collision of 40Ca and 208Pb nuclei showing early onset of complexity.
- Kaitlin J. Cook
- , Dominic C. Rafferty
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| Open AccessContinuous and efficient elastocaloric air cooling by coil-bending
In this work, authors demonstrate a low-force and energy-efficient elastocaloric air cooling approach based on coil-bending of NiTi ribbons/wires. The device achieves continuous cold outlet airflow with a temperature drop of 10.6 K and a specific cooling power of 2.5 W g−1 at a low specific driving force of 26 N g−1.
- Xueshi Li
- , Peng Hua
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| Open AccessPolariton design and modulation via van der Waals/doped semiconductor heterostructures
The photonic applications of hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in anisotropic van der Waals materials are currently limited by their low tunability. Here, the authors report the static and ultrafast wavevector modulation of HPhPs in hexagonal boron nitride by tuning the plasma frequency of doped semiconductor substrates.
- Mingze He
- , Joseph R. Matson
- & Joshua D. Caldwell
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| Open AccessOperando analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell by environmental transmission electron microscopy
By contacting a solid oxide fuel cell to a microelectromechanical system inside an environmental electron microscope, the authors establish links between environmental conditions (gas atmosphere, temperature), cell voltage and atomic-scale structure.
- Q. Jeangros
- , M. Bugnet
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| Open AccessEnergy transfer of imbalanced Alfvénic turbulence in the heliosphere
How and via which mechanism the energy transfers between scales in imbalanced Alfvénic turbulence is an open question. Here, the authors show that the energy transfer of imbalanced Alfvénic turbulence is completed by coherent interactions between Alfvén waves and co-propagating anomalous fluctuations.
- Liping Yang
- , Jiansen He
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| Open AccessNonredox trivalent nickel catalyzing nucleophilic electrooxidation of organics
A good understanding of the mechanism behind organic electrooxidation is crucial for the development of efficient energy conversion technology. Here, the authors find that trivalent nickel is capable of oxidizing organics through a nucleophilic attack and electron transfer via a non-redox process.
- Yuandong Yan
- , Ruyi Wang
- & Zhigang Zou
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| Open AccessGate-tunable anomalous Hall effect in Bernal tetralayer graphene
Intrinsic anomalous Hall effect has been observed in twisted graphene multilayers, but these structures are typically not energetically favorable. This study extends these observations to Bernal-stacked tetralayer graphene, which is the most stable configuration of four-layer graphene.
- Hao Chen
- , Arpit Arora
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| Open AccessBolometric detection of Josephson inductance in a highly resistive environment
The predicted dissipative quantum phase transition in a Josephson junction coupled to resistive environment has been examined in recent experiments. In a heat transport experiment, Subero et al. show that the junction acts as an inductor at high frequencies, while DC charge transport confirms insulating behaviour.
- Diego Subero
- , Olivier Maillet
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| Open AccessHigher-order singularities in phase-tracked electromechanical oscillators
The authors report a controllable third-order cusp singularity in the phase-tracked closed-loop oscillation of two coupled mechanical modes. This finding addresses the challenge of constructing and controlling higher-order singularities.
- Xin Zhou
- , Xingjing Ren
- & Hui Jing
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| Open AccessCharge-4e superconductivity and chiral metal in 45°-twisted bilayer cuprates and related bilayers
Liu et al. theoretically study maximally-twisted homo-bilayers, such as 45∘-twisted bilayer cuprates and 30∘-twisted bilayer graphene. Through renormalization group and Monte-Carlo calculations, the authors reveal the presence of charge-4e superconductivity and chiral-metal phases in the phase diagram.
- Yu-Bo Liu
- , Jing Zhou
- & Fan Yang
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| Open AccessAll-fiber frequency agile triple-frequency comb light source
The authors introduce an agile, all-fiber laser source with three frequency combs. Three EOM combs from a single laser are expanded in a tri-core nonlinear fiber, maintaining high mutual coherence. This system’s performance is showcased through a 2D four-wave mixing spectroscopy experiment.
- Eve-Line Bancel
- , Etienne Genier
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| Open AccessNanoscale feedback control of six degrees of freedom of a near-sphere
Levitated nanoparticles are a new platform for exploring quantum mechanics at macroscopic scales. The authors realize feedback controls of all external degrees of freedom of a nanoparticle, with one translational degree in the quantum ground state.
- Mitsuyoshi Kamba
- , Ryoga Shimizu
- & Kiyotaka Aikawa
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| Open AccessCoherent charge oscillations in a bilayer graphene double quantum dot
Graphene quantum dots promise applications for spin and valley qubits; however a demonstration of phase coherent oscillations has been lacking. Here the authors report coherent charge oscillations and measurements of coherence times in highly tuneable double quantum dots in bilayer graphene.
- K. Hecker
- , L. Banszerus
- & C. Stampfer
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| Open AccessA colloidal viewpoint on the sausage catastrophe and the finite sphere packing problem
Packing a finite number of spheres in a compact cluster does not always result in the densest packing. Here, the authors provide a physical realization of the finite sphere packing problem by enclosing colloids in a flaccid lipid vesicle and mapping out a state diagram that displays linear, planar, and cluster conformations of spheres, as well as bistable states that alternate between cluster-plate and plate-linear conformations.
- Susana Marín-Aguilar
- , Fabrizio Camerin
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| Open AccessHigh-performance van der Waals antiferroelectric CuCrP2S6-based memristors
Layered thio- and seleno-phosphate ferroelectrics show promise for next-generation memory but have thermal stability issues. Using the electric field-driven phase transition in antiferroelectric CuCrP2S6, the authors introduce a robust memristor, emphasizing the potential of van der Waals antiferroelectrics in advanced neuromorphic computing.
- Yinchang Ma
- , Yuan Yan
- & Xixiang Zhang
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| Open AccessQuantum criticality at cryogenic melting of polar bubble lattices
Quantum effects due to zero-point phonon vibrations are well-explored in bulk ferroelectrics, but little is known about them in ultra-thin films. Luo et al. report atomistic simulations of ultra-thin ferroelectrics, showing that, unlike in bulk, quantum fluctuations stabilize topological structures.
- Wei Luo
- , Alireza Akbarzadeh
- & Laurent Bellaiche
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| Open AccessElectrical detection and modulation of magnetism in a Dy-based ferroelectric single-molecule magnet
The significant magnetoelectric effects in a Dy-based ferroelectric single molecule magnet enable electrical manipulation and detection of resonant quantum tunneling of magnetization.
- Yu-Xia Wang
- , Dan Su
- & Peng Cheng
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| Open AccessCharge-loop current order and Z3 nematicity mediated by bond order fluctuations in kagome metals
Unconventional charge order with chiral response to a magnetic field was observed in kagome metals like KV3Sb5, but the mechanism is not fully understood. Tazai et al. develop a theory based on the bond order fluctuation mechanism and provide a unified view of quantum phases in this material family.
- Rina Tazai
- , Youichi Yamakawa
- & Hiroshi Kontani
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| Open AccessEmulator-based Bayesian inference on non-proportional scintillation models by compton-edge probing
Scintillators are widely used for radiation detection and require proper calibration in such applications. Here the authors discuss a Bayesian inference and machine learning method in combination with the Compton-edge probing that can describe the non-proportional scintillation response of inorganic scintillators.
- David Breitenmoser
- , Francesco Cerutti
- & Sabine Mayer
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| Open AccessThe two-qubit singlet/triplet measurement is universal for quantum computing given only maximally-mixed initial states
It has been conjectured that an alternative model of quantum computation—in which one only applies two-qubit singlet-vs-triplet measurements to almost any source of input qubits—is as powerful as the usual gate-based model. Here, the authors prove this conjecture, ending up with a model where computations are independent from the way in which one picks the axes of the Bloch sphere.
- Terry Rudolph
- & Shashank Soyuz Virmani
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| Open AccessUltrasonic barrier-through imaging by Fabry-Perot resonance-tailoring panel
Breakthrough ultrasonic imaging captures objects behind barriers. Leveraging Fabry-Perot resonance with a unique resonance-tailoring panel, our method allows imaging through high-impedance barriers helping to revolutionise underwater and brain imaging.
- Chung Il Park
- , Seungah Choe
- & Yoon Young Kim
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| Open AccessHidden magnetism uncovered in a charge ordered bilayer kagome material ScV6Sn6
Recently, time-reversal symmetry-breaking charge order was demonstrated in the AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) family of kagome superconductors. Here the authors extend this observation to the recently discovered kagome material ScV6Sn6 and discuss differences and similarities to other charge-ordered kagome lattices.
- Z. Guguchia
- , D. J. Gawryluk
- & H. Luetkens
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| Open AccessProgrammable catalysis by support polarization: elucidating and breaking scaling relations
Can support polarisation introduce an extra degree of freedom in catalyst scaling relations? This research considers a computational approach for studying catalysts on polar supports and identifies the origin of broken scaling relations.
- Seongjoo Jung
- , Cristina Pizzolitto
- & Turan Birol
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| Open AccessNon-equilibrium dynamics of spin-lattice coupling
Experimental approaches that can directly measure spin-lattice coupling are rare. Here, authors report direct observation of the coupling of the phonon and magnon dynamics of a coherently driven electromagnon in a multiferroic hexaferrite using time-resolved X-ray diffraction. (277 characters in total).
- Hiroki Ueda
- , Roman Mankowsky
- & Urs Staub
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| Open AccessMulti-client distributed blind quantum computation with the Qline architecture
Multi-client demonstrations of blind quantum computation are still missing, due to their high resource overhead. Here, the authors fill this gap, by proposing a more scalable solution based on a recently introduced linear quantum network structure with high modularity, and demonstrating it in the two-client case.
- Beatrice Polacchi
- , Dominik Leichtle
- & Elham Kashefi
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| Open AccessCryogenic multiplexing using selective area grown nanowires
The authors demonstrate a large ensemble of quantum dots which is characterized using a cryogenic multiplexer-demultiplexer circuit based on selective area growth nanowires, establishing the feasibility of scaling future quantum circuits.
- Dāgs Olšteins
- , Gunjan Nagda
- & Thomas S. Jespersen
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| Open AccessOptimal free-surface pumping by an undulating carpet
Pumping fluids at small scales near fluid-fluid interfaces remains challenging. Pandey et al. present a pump that drives interfacial flow by traveling waves on a deformable boundary.
- Anupam Pandey
- , Zih-Yin Chen
- & Sunghwan Jung
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