Using nuclear quadrupole resonance, the phase diagram of $1111 R{\mathrm{FeAsO}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{F}}_{x}$ ($R=\text{La}$, Ce, Sm) iron pnictides is constructed as a function of the local charge distribution in the paramagnetic state, which features low-doping...

Topologically ordered states of matter are generically characterized by excitations with quantum number fractionalization. A prime example is the spin liquid realized in Kitaev's honeycomb-lattice compass model where spin-flip excitations fractionalize into Majorana fer...

Multiphase flows in porous media are important in many natural and industrial processes. Pore-scale models for multiphase flows have seen rapid development in recent years and are becoming increasingly useful as predictive tools in both academic and industrial applicati...

Atmospheric pressure plasma jet machining technology provides a flexible and efficient way to fabricate precise freeform optics. Due to the pure chemical material removal mechanism based on a dry etching process using fluorine containing gas, the choice of materials tha...

In underdoped cuprate superconductors, a rich competition occurs between superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW) order. Whether rotational symmetry breaking (nematicity) occurs intrinsically and generically or as a consequence of other orders is under debate. He...

In this study, isovalent chemical substitution is used to tune adiabatically structural and electronic degrees of freedom in a cuprate high-temperature superconductor. The strength of charge density modulations in the electronic states responsible for superconductivity ...

The spin Hall effect (SHE), which converts a charge current into a transverse spin current, has long been believed to be a phenomenon induced by spin–orbit coupling. Here, we identify an alternative mechanism to realize the intrinsic SHE through a noncollinear magnetic ...

The coupling between magnetic ordering and electric polarization in magnetoelectrics is technically relevant and not yet completely understood. The elucidation of this requires a comprehension of underlying magnetic interactions and the electronic structure. Here, the a...

We develop and analyse the first second-order phase-field model to combine melting and dissolution in multi-component flows. This provides a simple and accurate way to simulate challenging phase-change problems in existing codes. Phase-field models simplify computation ...

Some heavy fermion materials show so-called hidden-order phases which are invisible to many characterization techniques and whose microscopic origin remained controversial for decades. Among such hidden-order compounds, CeB6 is of model character due to its simple elect...