On the generalized Keffer form of the Dzyaloshinskii constant: its consequences for the spin, momentum and polarization evolution

This paper reviews and extends the generalized Keffer form of the Dzyaloshinskii constant by combining three known contributions and suggesting a fourth, analyzing their macroscopic consequences for spin, momentum, and polarization evolution while also proposing an analogous form for the exchange integral in symmetric Heisenberg Hamiltonians.

Pavel A. Andreev2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Development of ultra-high efficiency soft X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy equipped with deep prior-based denoising method

This paper presents the development of a deep prior-based denoising system integrated into a micro-focused soft X-ray ARPES setup at SPring-8, which effectively removes noise and significantly reduces measurement time to approximately 40 seconds while maintaining high statistical accuracy and energy resolution.

Kohei Yamagami, Yuichi Yokoyama, Yuta Sumiya + 3 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Hierarchical Crystal Structure Prediction of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Using DFT and Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials

This study employs a hierarchical approach combining density functional theory and custom-trained machine-learned interatomic potentials to perform high-throughput crystal structure prediction of zinc imidazolate, successfully identifying thousands of new energy minima and topologies while validating the method against experimental data and proposing promising candidates for future synthesis.

Yizhi Xu, Jordan Dorrell, Katarina Lisac + 4 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Upward band gap bowing and negative mixing enthalpy in multi-component cubic halide perovskite alloys

This study uses density functional theory to demonstrate that specific multi-component cubic halide perovskite alloys can simultaneously exhibit negative mixing enthalpy and rare upward band gap bowing due to s-s orbital repulsion, enabling the design of stable alloys with band gaps larger than any of their individual constituents.

Xiuwen Zhang, Fernando P. Sabino, Jia-Xin Xiong + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Overcoming the Combinatorial Bottleneck in Symmetry-Driven Crystal Structure Prediction

This paper proposes a novel symmetry-driven generative framework that combines large language models for chemical semantics with a linear-complexity heuristic beam search to rigorously enforce algebraic consistency in Wyckoff patterns, thereby overcoming the combinatorial bottleneck in crystal structure prediction to achieve state-of-the-art performance in discovering new materials without relying on existing databases.

Shi Yin, Jinming Mu, Xudong Zhu + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

High Resolution Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopic Studies on the Freshest Mukundpura Meteorite, Rajasthan, India: Presence of Nanodiamond

This study characterizes the 2017 Mukundpura CM2 carbonaceous chondrite from Rajasthan, India, using high-resolution microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to confirm the presence of 3–5 nm nanocrystalline diamonds alongside graphitic carbon and abundant iridium, offering insights into stellar evolution and the geological impact anomalies associated with mass extinctions.

D. Chandrasekharam, U. Govind, R. P. Tripathi + 4 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Computational discovery of bifunctional organic semiconductors for energy and biosensing

This study presents a high-throughput computational framework that successfully identifies seven bifunctional organic semiconductors, including an optimal candidate with 36.1% predicted power conversion efficiency and strong protein-binding affinity, by balancing photovoltaic performance against synthetic accessibility.

Patrick Sorrel Mvoto Kongo, Steve Cabrel Teguia Kouam, Jean-Pierre Tchapet Njafa + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Orbital Transformers for Predicting Wavefunctions in Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

This paper introduces OrbEvo, an equivariant graph transformer model that efficiently predicts time-dependent electronic wavefunctions and related physical properties under external fields by learning to evolve orbital coefficients through autoregressive rollout, thereby overcoming the computational bottlenecks of conventional real-time time-dependent density functional theory.

Xuan Zhang, Haiyang Yu, Chengdong Wang + 3 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Probing Interface-Driven Mechanisms of Non-Classical Light in van der Waals Heterostructures

This study demonstrates that engineering the dielectric interface in van der Waals heterostructures by incorporating Clinochlore substrates significantly enhances the emission intensity and modifies the radiative dynamics of single-photon emitters in monolayer WSe2_2 through coupling with substrate-specific Fe-related states, despite a trade-off in single-photon purity.

Bárbara L. T. Rosa, Lara Greten, Raphaela de Oliveira + 7 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Predicting Spin-Crossover Behavior in Metal-Organic Frameworks from Limited and Noisy Data Using Quantile Active Learning

This paper introduces a data-efficient Quantile Regression Tree-based Active Learning strategy that successfully identifies spin-crossover metal-organic frameworks from limited and noisy computational data, enabling the discovery of a new high-confidence candidate set (pSCO-105) while overcoming the challenges of large-scale geometry optimization.

Ashna Jose, Emilie Devijver, Martin Uhrin + 2 more2026-03-05🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci