Topological-transition-driven Giant Enhancement of Second-harmonic Generation in Ferroelectric Bismuth Monolayer

This study reveals that ferroelectric bismuth monolayers exhibit a giant second-harmonic generation enhancement, reaching values up to $10^7 \mathrm{pm}^2/\mathrm{V}$, which is driven by a buckling-tuned topological transition that creates Dirac electrons with ultralight effective masses and low-frequency resonances.

Wen-Zheng Chen, Hongjun Xiang, Yusheng Hou2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

All-electron Quasiparticle Self-consistent GW for Molecules and Periodic Systems within the Numerical Atomic Orbital Framework

This paper presents an all-electron, numerical atomic orbital-based implementation of the quasiparticle self-consistent GW method within the LibRPA software package, which achieves stable and accurate results for molecular ionization potentials and solid-state band gaps through a space-time formalism and analytical continuation, thereby enabling large-scale calculations.

Bohan Jia, Min-Ye Zhang, Ziqing Guan + 2 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Giant Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Honeycomb Iridate NiIrO3 with Large Coercive Field Exceeding 17 T

Through a soft topotactic reaction, researchers synthesized NiIrO3, the first honeycomb iridate with coupled 3d-5d magnetic sublattices, which exhibits a unique ferrimagnetic order and record-breaking magnetocrystalline anisotropy and coercivity driven by the synergistic effects of lattice frustration and strong spin-orbit coupling.

Chuanhui Zhu, Pengfei Tan, Xiao-Sheng Ni + 13 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Raman scattering spectroscopic observation of a ferroelastic crossover in bond-frustrated PrCd3_3P3_3

This study utilizes Raman scattering spectroscopy to identify a bond-frustrated ferroelastic crossover in PrCd3_3P3_3, revealing a structural instability in the semiconducting CdP layers that induces crystal electric field splitting and suggests a pathway to control the non-magnetic rare-earth layers via strain-induced ferroelectricity.

Jackson Davis, Jesse Liebman, Dibyata Rout + 3 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Rapid modeling of segregation-driven metal-oxide adhesion in high-entropy alloys using macroscopic atom model

This paper presents an extended macroscopic atom model that enables rapid, computationally efficient, and quantitatively accurate prediction of metal-oxide adhesion and segregation behaviors in high-entropy alloys, successfully capturing complex composition-dependent trends and solute effects that are beyond the practical reach of first-principles methods.

Dennis Boakye, Chuang Deng2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

High pressure melt dynamics in shock-compressed titanium

By combining laser-driven shock compression experiments with machine-learned molecular dynamics simulations, this study reveals that titanium begins melting at 86 GPa, exhibits significant grain refinement during solid-liquid coexistence between 110–126 GPa, and retains highly textured crystalline remnants up to 180 GPa, highlighting challenges in precisely determining melt completion pressures with current experimental platforms.

Saransh Singh, Reetam Paul, Nikhil Rampal + 22 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Spectroscopic evidence of disorder-induced quantum phase transitions in monolayer Fe(Te,Se) superconductor

This study demonstrates that controllably introducing disorder via iron cluster deposition in monolayer Fe(Te,Se) drives a superconductor-insulator transition, revealing a disorder-induced quantum phase transition characterized by the evolution from superconducting to insulating U-shaped gaps attributed to localization-enhanced Cooper pair correlations.

Guanyang He, Ziqiao Wang, Longxin Pan + 5 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Orbital-Selective Spin-Orbit Mott Insulator in Fractional Valence Iridate La3_3Ir3_3O11_{11}

This study demonstrates that La3_3Ir3_3O11_{11} is an orbital-selective spin-orbit Mott insulator where structural distortions and dimerization drive the Jeff=1/2J_{\mathrm{eff}}=1/2 bands to half-filling for correlation-driven Mott localization, while the Jeff=3/2J_{\mathrm{eff}}=3/2 bands remain band-insulating.

Kai Wang, Jun Yang, Chaoyang Kang + 5 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Damage Prediction of Sintered α-SiC Using Thermo-mechanical Coupled Fracture Model

This paper presents a three-way coupled thermo-mechanical fracture model implemented in MOOSE to predict the damage of sintered α\alpha-SiC across a wide temperature range (20–1400°C), demonstrating its accuracy through validation against experimental flexural strength and fracture toughness data while also evaluating its parallel computing scalability.

Jason Sun, Yu Chen, Joseph J. Marziale + 3 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci