Programmable Magnetic Hysteresis in Orthogonally-Twisted Two-Dimensional CrSBr Magnets via Stacking Engineering

By engineering the stacking configuration and twist angle of orthogonally-twisted CrSBr van der Waals magnets, researchers demonstrate a highly tunable magnetic hysteresis that enables on-demand switching between volatile and non-volatile memory states and controls abrupt spin-reversal processes, offering a new pathway for miniaturized spintronic devices.

Carla Boix-Constant, Andrey Rybakov, Clara Miranda-Pérez + 4 more2026-03-10🔬 physics.app-ph

Crystal growth and magnetic properties of spin-$1/2distortedtriangularlatticeantiferromagnetCuLa distorted triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuLa_2GeGe_2OO_8$

Using the traveling-solvent floating zone technique, high-quality single crystals of the distorted triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuLa2_2Ge2_2O8_8 were successfully grown and characterized, revealing weak magnetic frustration, a low-temperature ordering transition at 1.14 K, and a unique noncollinear antiferromagnetic structure with an ordered moment of 0.89 μB\mu_B lying in the bc-plane.

S. Thamban, C. Aguilar-Maldonado, S. Chillal + 7 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Successive single-q and double-q orders in an anisotropic XY model on the diamond structure: a model for quadrupole ordering in PrIr2_2Zn20_{20}

This study utilizes classical Monte Carlo simulations of an effective Γ3\Gamma_3 quadrupole model on a diamond lattice to demonstrate that the competition between magnetic fields and quadrupole anisotropy, mediated by a crucial symmetry-allowed biquadratic interaction, drives successive single-qq and double-qq ordering transitions that reproduce the experimentally observed weak-field topology in PrIr2_2Zn20_{20}.

Kaito Sasa, Kazumasa Hattori2026-03-06🔬 physics

Nodal structure of bound-state wave functions for systems with quartic dispersion

This paper analyzes the nodal structure of bound-state wave functions in one-dimensional quantum systems with quartic dispersion, demonstrating that while the classical oscillation theorem holds in classically allowed regions, it breaks down in forbidden regions where wave functions exhibit additional nodes, a finding supported by semiclassical, variational, and exact solvable model approaches.

E. V. Gorbar, B. E. Grinyuk, V. P. Gusynin2026-03-06🔬 physics

Competing and Intertwined Orders in Boson-Doped Mott Antiferromagnets

Using large-scale density matrix renormalization group simulations of the bosonic tt-tt'-JJ model, this study reveals six distinct quantum phases—including pair density waves and phase-separated ferromagnetic domains—arising from the competition between doped holes and antiferromagnetic order, while proposing a concrete experimental realization in Rydberg tweezer arrays to explore these intertwined orders relevant to high-TcT_c superconductivity.

Xin Lu, Jia-Xin Zhang, Lukas Homeier + 3 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Confinement, deconfinement, and bound states in the spin-$1andspin and spin-3/2$ generalizations of the Majumdar--Ghosh chain

This study employs advanced numerical and theoretical techniques to reveal that while spin-$1/2chainsaredominatedbyspinoncontinua,higherspin( chains are dominated by spinon continua, higher-spin (S=1, 3/2$) generalizations of the Majumdar--Ghosh chain exhibit prominent magnon modes and a universal phenomenon of spinon confinement into bound states across first-order phase transitions, thereby establishing a unified quasiparticle framework for understanding excitations in frustrated quantum spin chains.

Aman Sharma, Mithilesh Nayak, Natalia Chepiga + 2 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Boundary topological orders of (4+1)d fermionic Z2NF\mathbb{Z}_{2N}^{\mathrm{F}} SPT states

This paper investigates (3+1)d topological orders with anomalous Z2NF\mathbb{Z}_{2N}^{\mathrm{F}} symmetry by microscopically constructing symmetry-preserving gapped boundary states for related (4+1)d SPT phases, demonstrating that such states admit a topological Z4\mathbb{Z}_4 gauge theory description when N=νN=\nu, a non-TQFT solution when ν=N/2\nu=N/2, and no symmetric gapped state otherwise, thereby confirming existing no-go theorems.

Meng Cheng, Juven Wang, Xinping Yang2026-03-06⚛️ hep-ph

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

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

Structural modulation, physical properties, and electronic band structure of the kagome metal UCr6_6Ge6_6

This study reports the synthesis and characterization of the 5f-electron kagome metal UCr6_6Ge6_6, revealing its unique monoclinic supercell modulation, itinerant uranium behavior, and the presence of chromium-derived flatbands near the Fermi level, which collectively highlight the tunable magnetic ground states within the RM6X6RM_6X_6 family.

Z. W. Riedel, P. A. E. Murgatroyd, C. S. Kengle + 13 more2026-03-06🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci