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Cation Locking Accelerates Exciton Recombination in Polar Two-Dimensional Hybrid Perovskites

By applying hydrostatic pressure to 2D hybrid perovskites, this study reveals that the pressure-induced locking of intralayer organic cations enhances lattice polarization, which in turn localizes excitons and accelerates their recombination, thereby establishing a causal link between cation dynamics and excitonic behavior.

Xujie Lü, Yuhong Mao, Liwei Tang, Songhao Guo, Xingyu Chen, Yifan Zhang, Qingyang Hu, Zhihua Sun, Junhua Luo, Wenge Yang2026-08-12
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Exceeding 1012 D-D flash neutrons in the 4.5-MA 1-MJ dense plasma focus FAETON-X

The FAETON-X facility, a 4.5-MA, 1-MJ dense plasma focus system developed by Fuse Energy Technologies, has achieved a record-breaking figure of merit of 4.5 MA/MJ and produced a peak D-D neutron yield of approximately 1.27×10¹² per shot, demonstrating superior energy efficiency among megajoule-class fusion devices.

Vahid Damideh, J. C. Btaiche, Emile Beaulieu, Isaac Hassen, Sophie Faliero, R. B. Spielman, Jane M. Lehr, T. A. Mehlhorn (…)2026-08-12
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Spacer Ligands Enhance Mn-Dopant Luminescence via Tailored Exciton Dynamics in 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites

This study demonstrates that aromatic phenethylammonium spacers enhance Mn-dopant luminescence in 2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites by providing structural rigidity and reducing dynamic disorder to facilitate efficient exciton transport, whereas aliphatic butylammonium spacers lead to weaker emission due to stronger exciton-phonon coupling and faster nonradiative decay.

Ido Hadar, Amar Nath Yadav, Du Chen, Idan Karev, Shunran Li, Jee Yung Park, Daphna Shimon, Mikaël Kepenekian, Peijun Guo2026-08-12
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in situ Growth of and Proximity-induced Superconductivity in Al-Ge Quantum Well Heterostructures

This paper reports the successful in situ molecular beam epitaxy growth of atomically sharp Al-Ge quantum well heterostructures and demonstrates excellent gate-tunable proximity-induced superconductivity in the Ge wells, establishing a promising platform for exploring topological quantum states like Majorana zero modes.

Hongqi Xu, Han Gao, Jieyin Zhang, Jian-Huan Wang, Haitian Su, Junze Zhang, Ding-Ming Huang, Yi Luo, Shili Yan, Xingjun W (…)2026-08-11
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The Asymmetric Source Field Model (ASFM) as a Real-Space Residual- Field Foundation of Quantum Correlation Structure Norm-Preserving CHSH Ring Closure, Fixed-Ring Validation, and Interference- Resonance Specificity

The paper proposes the Asymmetric Source Field Model (ASFM), a real-space residual-field framework that explains quantum correlation structures, CHSH ring closure, and interference resonance through spatially bounded organizations of harmonically scaled spherical source-field superpositions.

Andreas Pernt2026-08-11
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Intrinsic Geometric Energy of Driven Quantum Evolution

This paper establishes that the instantaneous Fubini–Study speed of a driven quantum system uniquely defines a gauge-invariant, basis-independent geometric energy scale (Egeo=vFSE_{geo} = \hbar v_{FS}) that governs non-adiabatic excitation and dynamical bounds, while its associated thermodynamic temperature naturally emerges from the generator's scattering structure to algebraically saturate the chaos bound.

Alexander Tishin2026-08-11
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Dynamics of dispersion of coaxial SH-waves in a pre-stressed piezo cylindrical column, with ideal and non-ideal coatings of epoxy graphite, zinc and isotropic layers

This study analytically investigates the dispersion dynamics of circumferential SH-waves in a pre-stressed piezoelectric cylindrical column coated with epoxy graphite, zinc, or isotropic materials under both perfect and imperfect interface conditions, revealing that phase velocity increases with higher piezoelectric constants, dielectric constants, initial stress, and radius ratios.

Mohammad Arif, Parvez Alam, Tabinda Nahid, Manoj Kumar Singh2026-08-11
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Quantitative evaluation of single-grating phase-contrast imaging with a femtosecond laser–plasma Kα X-ray source

This paper presents the first quantitative evaluation of single-grating phase-contrast imaging using a femtosecond laser–plasma Kα\alpha X-ray source, demonstrating high-fidelity phase retrieval and establishing a framework to optimize imaging performance by balancing exposure time and spatial resolution for future time-resolved applications.

Georges Giakoumakis, Amélie Ferré, Daria Gudz, Mouad Saliji, Jérôme Primot, Olivier Utéza, Raphaël Clady, Adrien Stolidi2026-08-11