Volume 10, Issue 10 (partial)

October 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Universal electron diffuse scattering in FCC alloys: A kinematic thermal diffuse-scattering analysis

Po-Cheng Kung, Tianyu Su, Elif Ertekin, Jian-Min Zuo, and Jessica Krogstad

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103605 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Chemical short-range order (CSRO) could be contributing significantly to properties of complex FCC alloys, but signals from thermal diffuse scattering (TDS) make its measurement challenging. Here, the authors establish a generalizable connection between characteristic TDS features and phonon dispersion relations in FCC materials. Simulations in pure FCC metals are consistent with features in medium-entropy and stainless steel experimental observations confirmed with temperature dependent measurements. As a result, they can identify scenarios in which TDS interferes with CSRO characterization via electron scattering techniques, and provide several strategies to enable robust identification of CSRO.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Rise, fall, and rebirth of an oxide: Growth and evolution of bismuth oxide on Au(111)

Alberto Turoldo, Marco Bianchi, Deborah Perco, Andrea Berti, Philip Hofmann, Alessandro Baraldi, and Silvano Lizzit

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104008 (2026) - Published 21 October, 2026

The authors report a comprehensive, multitechnique study of bismuth oxide growth on Au(111) under varying temperatures and oxygen exposures. Combining synchrotron-based spectroscopy, diffraction, and scanning tunneling microscopy, they elucidate the structural evolution during oxidation and annealing. Oxidation produces multiple oxide domains, including a structure consistent with the (201) surface of β-Bi $_{2}$ O $_{3}$ , while annealing drives phase separation and Au redistribution to the oxide surface. These processes induce substantial electronic modifications and lower the work function to 3.4 eV, highlighting the potential of Bi $_{2}$ O $_{3}$ as a low-work-function interlayer for contact engineering in two-dimensional semiconductor devices.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Geometry-enforced topological chiral fermions in amorphous chiral metals

Justin Schirmann, Adolfo G. Grushin, and Benjamin J. Wieder

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104201 (2026) - Published 7 October, 2026

Chiral topological semimetals are phases of matter that host robust band crossings and topologically protected surface states. So far, their interesting properties have been believed to be restricted to the realm of perfect crystals. In this work, the authors show how they can survive strong structural disorder, challenging the view that disorder inevitably destroys this topological state. Using analytical theory, symmetry-group methods, numerical calculations, and a novel amorphous Wilson-loop technique, they demonstrate that Weyl and higher-charge chiral fermions can persist even in amorphous metals. Long-range order in local structural chirality stabilizes these phases. This understanding suggests pathways for engineering such geometry-enforced topological behavior in strongly disordered systems, opening up new possibilities for investigating these phases of matter and exploring their potential applications.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Complex magnetic phase diagrams in ${Tb}_{2} {IrAl}_{4} {Ge}_{2}$ and ${Er}_{2} {IrAl}_{4} {Ge}_{2}$

Karolina Gornicka, Matthew S. Cook, Brenden R. Ortiz, Andrew D. Christianson, and Andrew F. May

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104401 (2026) - Published 1 October, 2026

Rare-earth intermetallics provide fertile ground for discovering complex magnetic states arising from the interplay of competing interactions and magnetic anisotropy. Here, the authors demonstrate remarkably diverse magnetism in Tb $_{2}$ IrAl $_{4}$ Ge $_{2}$ and Er $_{2}$ IrAl $_{4}$ Ge $_{2}$ , the first Ir-based members of the Ln $_{2}$ MAl $_{4}$ Ge $_{2}$ family. Despite sharing the same tetragonal structure, the two compounds display strikingly different H–T phase diagrams. The Tb compound orders antiferromagnetically at 25 K and undergoes field-induced metamagnetic transitions accompanied by pronounced magnetotransport signatures. Its Er counterpart exhibits three zero-field transitions and at least seven closely competing magnetic regions below 20 kOe. These findings establish Ir-based aluminogermanides as a promising platform for exploring field-induced phenomena and their coupling to electronic transport.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Hidden magnetic complexity in the simple van der Waals ferromagnet ${Ce}_{2} {Te}_{5}$

Rajesh Tripathi, D. T. Adroja, C. Ritter, Leandro Liborio, Manuel dos Santos Dias, Leon Petit, D. Khalyavin, Yu Liu, T. Shiroka, M. Aouane, S. Langridge, S. Patil, and Eric D. Bauer

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104407 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Van der Waals magnets provide a platform for exploring how reduced dimensionality, competing interactions, and local electronic degrees of freedom shape magnetic order. Here, the authors uncover hidden complexity in Ce $_{2}$ Te $_{5}$ , a layered $f$ -electron ferromagnet whose apparently simple magnetic ground state masks a richer microscopic landscape. Although the system develops a single long-range ferromagnetic structure, the two inequivalent Ce sites play markedly different roles in the ordered state, and subtle magnetic changes persist well below the ordering temperature. The combination of site-selective magnetism and strong single-ion anisotropy highlights how competing interactions can produce complex low-temperature behavior without generating additional long-range magnetic phases.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Structural dynamics in the organic conductor $κ − {(BETS)}_{2} Mn {[N {(CN)}_{2}]}_{3}$

Owen Ganter, Tatjana Henrichs, Yassine Agarmani, Steffi Hartmann, Mark Kartsovnik, Stephen Winter, Michael Lang, and Jens Müller

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104416 (2026) - Published 20 October, 2026

Uncovering hidden structural dynamics in an organic conductor Organic conductors host a remarkable interplay between molecular structure and electronic properties. In \kappa-(BETS) $_{2}$ Mn(N(CN) $_{2}$ ) $_{3}$ , a multiferroic candidate exhibiting electronic ferroelectricity below the metal-to-insulator transition at 25 K, we identify the microscopic origin of a long-standing anomaly near 100 K. Resistance noise spectroscopy, thermal expansion, and computational modeling reveal compelling evidence for a glass-like freezing of dicyanamide ligands in the anion layer. Despite occurring outside the conducting layer, this structural transition leaves a pronounced fingerprint on the charge-carrier dynamics. Our results demonstrate that slow structural fluctuations in the anion network can strongly influence electronic behavior, providing new insight into the role of donor-anion coupling and disorder in organic quantum materials.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Emergence of multiple relaxation processes during low to high density transition in ${Au}_{49} {Cu}_{26.9} {Si}_{16.3} {Ag}_{5.5} {Pd}_{2.3}$ metallic glass

Alberto Ronca, Antoine Cornet, Jie Shen, Thierry Deschamps, Eloi Pineda, Yuriy Chushkin, Federico Zontone, Mohamed Mezouar, Isabella Gallino, Gaston Garbarino, and Beatrice Ruta

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105601 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

Using high-pressure X-ray diffraction and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, the authors uncover a subtle structural crossover near 3 GPa in an Au-based metallic glass, accompanied by dramatic avalanche-like atomic rearrangements. Above this pressure, a second, slower relaxation process emerges, revealing distinct dynamical environments within the glass. The simultaneous structural and dynamical signatures point to the nucleation and coexistence of two amorphous states, providing new insight into the microscopic nature of polyamorphism in metallic glasses.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Suppression of superconductivity and electrostatic side gate tuning in high mobility ${SrTiO}_{3}$ surface electron gas

Dickson Boahen, Sushant Padhye, Gayan De Silva, Eshanvi Rao, and Evgeny Mikheev

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 106201 (2026) - Published 2 October, 2026

Two-dimensional systems in which electrons travel long distances without colliding (scattering) with defects are important for building quantum devices and circuits with interesting emergent physics. Such a system would be especially valuable if it were also superconducting and could be cleanly patterned into devices smaller than the average distance between electron scattering events. Combining all the above in a single material is difficult, and strontium titanate is one of the few material platforms where this could plausibly be achieved. In this work, the authors explored a promising approach to pattern and tune electron density on strontium titanate surfaces using hydrogen plasma and side gate voltages. They observed clean electron transport, with scattering lengths near 1-2 microns. But surprisingly, superconductivity was completely suppressed, even in the electron density range where it is typically robust in similar systems with stronger scattering. These results raise an important open question: why do clean electron transport and superconductivity in this material appear to be working against each other?

REVIEW ARTICLES

Advances on jacutingaite ( ${Pt}_{2} {HgSe}_{3}$ )-based materials: Natural mineral to tunable topological phases

Pradip Basnet and Madhav Prasad Ghimire

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 100301 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

The discovery of jacutingaite, Pt $_{2}$ HgSe $_{3}$ , shows how a rare mineral from Brazil can have big implications for quantum materials research. Pt $_{2}$ HgSe $_{3}$ in its bulk form has been found to be a weak topological insulator and mirror-protected crystalline topological insulator, while its monolayer is predicted to realize a Kane–Mele-type quantum spin Hall insulator. This Research Update highlights the theoretical and experimental developments made in bulk, monolayer, and multi-layer form of Pt $_{2}$ HgSe $_{3}$ . The properties, such as diverse topological states and superconductivity, observed in jacutingaite and its analogues makes this material a promising platform for applications in spintronics, valleytronics, low-power electronics, and quantum technologies.

LETTERS

Materials for energy harvesting, storage, and generation

LETTER

Hydrogen incorporation and diffusion in fluorite ${PuO}_{2}$

Andrew J. E. Rowberg, Kyoung E. Kweon, and Scott B. Donald

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, L102401 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

ARTICLES

Crystal growth, crystallization, and kinetics

Design and phase stability of quaternary icosahedral Al-Cu-Fe-Co/Ni quasicrystals by Hume-Rothery rules

Sang Bum Yi, Hao Chen, Soumya S. Dash, Grzegorz Cios, Marek Mihalkovič, Michael Widom, and Yu Zou

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103401 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Structural and mechanical properties

Octahedral tilt relaxation decoupled from lattice parameters in epitaxial perovskite oxide films

Xuhui Xu, Yuta Ishii, Hidekazu Shimotani, Yuta Inoue, Yuto Miyahara, Kohei Miyazaki, Masao Nakamura, Daisuke Okuyama, Hajime Sagayama, Kakeru Ninomiya, Maiko Nishibori, and Yusuke Wakabayashi

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103601 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

Accounting for the length-scale dependence of thermal diffusivity in pristine and defect-rich 3C-SiC measured with transient thermal gratings

Keshav Vasudeva, Samuel Huberman, Angus P. C. Wylie, Maxwell Rae, Joey Demiane, Elena Botica-Artalejo, Emmanouil Trachanas, Jamal A. Haibeh, Kevin B. Woller, Michael P. Short, and Sara E. Ferry

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103602 (2026) - Published 6 October, 2026

Revisiting quantum effects on dislocation glide in bcc metals from DFT calculations and machine-learning potentials

Arnaud Allera, Lisa Ventelon, Mihai-Cosmin Marinica, David Rodney, and Laurent Proville

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103603 (2026) - Published 8 October, 2026

Identifying short- and long-range charge density wave orders in kagome-lattice ${ScV}_{6} {Sn}_{6}$ via NMR spectroscopy

Xin Zhang, Yue Lu, Hang Li, Feng Zhou, Xuekui Xi, Yong-Chang Lau, Zhiwei Wang, and Wenhong Wang

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103604 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Universal electron diffuse scattering in FCC alloys: A kinematic thermal diffuse-scattering analysis

Po-Cheng Kung, Tianyu Su, Elif Ertekin, Jian-Min Zuo, and Jessica Krogstad

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103605 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Development and applications of an extended modified embedded-atom method interatomic potential for binary Ni-V alloys

Mengwan Li, Tao Liu, Binglun Yin, Xiaoxiao Ma, Che Fan, Xun-Li Wang, and Zhaoxuan Wu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103606 (2026) - Published 15 October, 2026

Peierls potential of glide partial dislocation developing photoplasticity in ZnS

Katsuyuki Matsunaga, Shuji Oi, Sena Hoshino, Yusaku Akagi, Yu Ogura, and Tatsuya Yokoi

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103607 (2026) - Published 16 October, 2026

Development of new methods for materials

Fine-tuned machine-learned interatomic potential for oxygen adsorption on molybdenum surfaces

Shuyue Lan, Xinyue Xie, and Mohan Chen

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103801 (2026) - Published 8 October, 2026

Symbolic ensemble learning enables discovery of fast accurate physics-based interatomic potentials

Bilvin Varughese, Aditya Koneru, Adil Muhammad, Troy D. Loeffler, Sukriti Manna, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, Jan Michael Y. Carrillo, Orcun Yildiz, and Thomas Peterka

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103802 (2026) - Published 9 October, 2026

Atomic-scale phase-field modeling with many-body interactions

Kairi Masuda and Yu Kumagai

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103803 (2026) - Published 15 October, 2026

Electronic structure and optical properties of antiferromagnetic $3 d$ -oxides from a Wannier-localized optimally tuned screened range-separated hybrid functional

Alexander B. Shick, Guy Ohad, Jeffrey B. Neaton, and Leeor Kronik

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103804 (2026) - Published 16 October, 2026

The authors assess the performance of the recently developed non-empirical Wannier-localized, optimally tuned, screened range-separated hybrid (WOT-SRSH) functional for prototypical antiferromagnetic insulators: MnO, NiO, hematite, and chromia. By comparing WOT-SRSH with established hybrid functionals, self-consistent quasiparticle GW, dynamical mean-field theory, and available experimental data, they demonstrate its ability to offer quantitative improvement in the description of fundamental band gaps, spin magnetic moments, photoemission, and optical spectra. These results establish WOT-SRSH as a promising framework for predictive studies of the electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of magnetic insulators.

Atomic cluster expansion potentials for screw dislocations in BCC refractory metals

Lei Zhang and Francesco Maresca

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 103805 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Two-dimensional materials

Probing the charge density wave transition in semimetallic $1 {T − TiSe}_{2 - δ}$ by temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy

Huynh Phuong Anh, Nguyen Van Thanh, Kalingarayanpalayam Matheswaran Arun Kumar, Paphawee Paukatong, Xiang-Lin Huang, Guo-Jiun Shu, Riichiro Saito, Nguyen Tuan Hung, and Hsiang-Lin Liu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104001 (2026) - Published 1 October, 2026

Carrier-driven bipolar magnetic semiconductor behavior and half-metallicity with large anomalous Hall effect in antiferromagnetic monolayer ${CuPdBr}_{3}$

Jiexue Li, Xuan Wang, Jiahui Qian, Xunkai Duan, Chunlan Ma, Tong Zhou, and Jiayong Zhang

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104002 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

First-principles investigation of gas molecule adsorption on pristine and defective $2H- {TiBr}_{2}$ monolayers

André L. de O. Batista, João Marcos T. Palheta, Emanuel J. A. Santos, Carlos Maciel O. Bastos, Teldo Anderson da Silva Pereira, Diego Guedes-Sobrinho, Celso R. C. Rêgo, Luiz A. Ribeiro Júnior, Maurício J. Piotrowski, and Alexandre C. Dias

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104003 (2026) - Published 6 October, 2026

Coexistence of giant auxeticity and topological order in $γ − X$ ( $X$ =N, P, As, Sb, Bi)

Ping Li, Lechen Han, Junguang Zhan, Wenbin Chen, Kai Huang, Jinrong Xu, Jiangying Yu, and Xinhua Li

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104004 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Chemical and structural inhomogeneity in chemical vapor deposited graphene and molybdenum disulfide based moiré heterostructures

Arti Dangwal Pandey, Lars Buß, Chithra H. Sharma, Pai Zhao, Thomas F. Keller, Jens Falta, Robert H. Blick, Jan Ingo Flege, and Andreas Stierle

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104005 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Unveiling the low-temperature scaling anomaly and surface triggered nonlinear Hall effect in 2D tellurium

Bosen Wang, Lianying Zhu, Jiadong Chen, Yongxin Zhao, Bo Zhang, Shiming Huang, Ming Yuwen, Zhipeng Wang, Feng Zhang, Shuai Zhang, and Deyi Fu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104006 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Collective, non-Fickian diffusion of intercalated Pb under graphene/SiC

Shen Chen, Marek Kolmer, Samuel Roberts, Liyana Jayasekara, Linlin Wang, and Michael C. Tringides

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104007 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Rise, fall, and rebirth of an oxide: Growth and evolution of bismuth oxide on Au(111)

Alberto Turoldo, Marco Bianchi, Deborah Perco, Andrea Berti, Philip Hofmann, Alessandro Baraldi, and Silvano Lizzit

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104008 (2026) - Published 21 October, 2026

Third harmonic generation in the transition metal trichalcogenides

Timothy Y. Chung, Vergil M. Schreiber, Randy M. Sterbentz, David P. Shelton, Joshua O. Island, Eduardo Flores, Jose Ramon Ares, and Isabel J. Ferrer

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104009 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Topological and Dirac materials

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Geometry-enforced topological chiral fermions in amorphous chiral metals

Justin Schirmann, Adolfo G. Grushin, and Benjamin J. Wieder

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104201 (2026) - Published 7 October, 2026

Gate-tunable large second-order and third-order nonlinear Hall effect in topological insulator ${BiSbTeSe}_{2}$

Fengyi Guo, Shuai Zhang, Xiubing Li, Zheng Dai, Congcong Li, Yufan Ju, Ziqi Wang, Cheng Bin, Zhe Ying, and Fengqi Song

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104202 (2026) - Published 8 October, 2026

Magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic materials

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Complex magnetic phase diagrams in ${Tb}_{2} {IrAl}_{4} {Ge}_{2}$ and ${Er}_{2} {IrAl}_{4} {Ge}_{2}$

Karolina Gornicka, Matthew S. Cook, Brenden R. Ortiz, Andrew D. Christianson, and Andrew F. May

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104401 (2026) - Published 1 October, 2026

Synergetic role of strain relaxation and photoexcitation for enhanced nanoscale piezoelectricity in freestanding ${BaTiO}_{3}$ thin films

Subhajit Pal, Haoying Sun, Lan-Tien Hsu, Emanuele Palladino, Yuefeng Nie, Samuel John, S. S. Prabhu, Anna Grünebohm, and Joe Briscoe

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104402 (2026) - Published 1 October, 2026

Structure-tuning magnetism in the $Co {(N b_{x} T a_{1 - x})}_{2} O_{6}$ series

Sirui Huang, Lun Jin, Yuchen Liu, Xiyu Chen, and Leili Tan

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104403 (2026) - Published 2 October, 2026

Machine-learning-guided high-throughput discovery of rare earth-free Fe-Co-S magnets

Timothy Liao, Zhao Tang, Weiyi Xia, Qi Zhang, Masahiro Sakurai, Renhai Wang, Chao Zhang, Huaijun Sun, Cai-Zhuang Wang, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104404 (2026) - Published 2 October, 2026

Yb-site deficiency and sample-dependent thermal and magnetic hysteresis in kagome antiferromagnet ${YbMn}_{6} {Ge}_{6}$

Jaemun Park, Woo-Jae Choi, Taeseong Rhee, Wonjung Baek, Beopgil Cho, Yong-Seung Kwon, Yojong Choi, Seunghyun Song, Myung-Su Kim, Yeon Suk Choi, and Keeseong Park

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104405 (2026) - Published 8 October, 2026

Spin 1/2-3/2 crossover in a chain antiferromagnet ${Cs}_{2} {CoCl}_{4}$

T. A. Soldatov and A. I. Smirnov

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104406 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Hidden magnetic complexity in the simple van der Waals ferromagnet ${Ce}_{2} {Te}_{5}$

Rajesh Tripathi, D. T. Adroja, C. Ritter, Leandro Liborio, Manuel dos Santos Dias, Leon Petit, D. Khalyavin, Yu Liu, T. Shiroka, M. Aouane, S. Langridge, S. Patil, and Eric D. Bauer

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104407 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Multicarrier electrical and thermal magnetotransport in altermagnetic CrSb

Sajal Naduvile Thadathil, Christoph Müller, Reza Firouzmandi, Lorenz Farin, Srikanta Goswami, Antonin Badura, Pascal Manuel, Fabio Orlandi, Philipp Ritzinger, Václav Petříček, Marc Uhlarz, Sven Luther, Tommy Kotte, Michal Baj, Marein C. Rahn, Thanassis Speliotis, Markéta Žáčková, Jiří Pospíšil, Bernd Büchner, Jochen Wosnitza, Helena Reichlová, Vilmos Kocsis, Toni Helm, and Dominik Kriegner

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104408 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Altermagnetic CrSb combines compensated magnetic order with a complex semimetallic electronic structure. We investigate its electrical and thermal magnetotransport in magnetic fields up to 65 Tesla, complemented by neutron diffraction and magnetization. The data reveal large nonsaturating magnetoresistance and a Hall response strongly nonlinear in magnetic field, arising from multiple electron- and hole-like carriers with mobilities approaching 3000 cm $^{2}$ /Vs. Mobility-spectrum analysis shows that higher fields resolve additional carrier populations hidden at lower fields. Thermal transport exhibits a similarly nonlinear field dependence and deviations from the Wiedemann–Franz law, indicating additional phononic or magnonic heat-conduction channels.

Electron polaron at neutral $180^{\circ}$ domain wall in ${PbTiO}_{3}$ : Stability, trapping energies, and transverse polarization

Mohammad Amirabbasi, Jochen Rohrer, and Karsten Albe

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104409 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Anisotropic exchange in the spin-orbit entangled $J_{eff} = 1 / 2$ triangular-lattice antiferromagnet $K_{2} CsYb {({PO}_{4})}_{2}$

Wenjing Zhang, Lei Wang, Zhijian Chen, Yancong Huo, Chengwei Hou, Zhenxing Wang, Jingxin Li, Zhen Ma, and Zhongwen Ouyang

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104410 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Magnetic competition and exchange bias driven by cationic inhomogeneity in ${Fe}_{3 - x} {Cr}_{x} {Se}_{4}$

V. A. Komarova, N. V. Selezneva, A. A. Golubiatnikova, D. A. Shishkin, and N. V. Baranov

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104411 (2026) - Published 16 October, 2026

Oxygen deficiency and valency reconstruction in multiferroic V-doped ${HfO}_{2}$

Vincenzo Fiorentini

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104412 (2026) - Published 15 October, 2026

Intrinsic defects and $4 d / 5 d$ transition metal defects in ${Cr}_{2} O_{3}$ : Pathways for enhancing the Néel temperature

Xuecong Wang and Sai Mu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104413 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Strain induced magnetic order and magnetic anisotropy transitions in epitaxial $SrM n_{0.3} {Ir}_{0.7} O_{3}$ films

Shengkai Liu, Yuqi Wang, Pengxiang Hou, Yang Wu, Jibo Xu, Yajie Han, Yu Deng, and Di Wu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104414 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Defect control via Cu enrichment enhances multifunctional properties in the polar semiconductor ${Cu}_{1 + x} {Mn}_{1 - y} {SiTe}_{3}$

Subrata Ghosh, Yu Liu, Saugata Sarker, Boyang Zheng, Sreekant Anil, Soumi Mondal, Yuxi Zhang, Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagari, Mingyu Xu, Yingdong Guan, Tsung-Han Yang, Xiaoping Wang, Vincent H. Crespi, Nasim Alem, Weiwei Xie, Venkatraman Gopalan, Qiang Zhang, and Zhiqiang Mao

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104415 (2026) - Published 20 October, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Structural dynamics in the organic conductor $κ − {(BETS)}_{2} Mn {[N {(CN)}_{2}]}_{3}$

Owen Ganter, Tatjana Henrichs, Yassine Agarmani, Steffi Hartmann, Mark Kartsovnik, Stephen Winter, Michael Lang, and Jens Müller

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104416 (2026) - Published 20 October, 2026

Modulating antiferromagnetic domains and interfacial exchange coupling in epitaxial NiO(001) films by Pt underlayer insertion

Takumi Yamazaki, Keita Ito, Weida Yin, Theo Balland, Likun Chen, Rie Y. Umetsu, Takuo Ohkochi, and Takeshi Seki

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104417 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Microscopic origin of the intrinsic anomalous Hall and spin Hall effects in ferrimagnetic ${GdCo}_{5}$

Ngo Trong Hai, Shang-Fan Lee, Jun-Zhi Liang, Nguyen Thi Han, Pham Minh Tan, and Van-Truong Nguyen

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104418 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Semiconducting materials

Lattice and vibrational features of the semiconductor-to-metal crossover in Ru/ Re-doped barium hexaferrite

V. S. Paiva, I. García Fornaris, C. C. Santos, A. S. de Menezes, Ramón R. Peña Garcia, F. Guerrero, Y. Romaguera-Barcelay, and E. Govea-Alcaide

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104601 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Defect-assisted nonradiative recombination and vibrational excitation in the initial photothermal stage of laser ignition

Yirui Lu, Zeyu Jiang, and Bing Huang

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104602 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Superconducting materials

Anomalous spin-pumping behavior of half-metallic ferromagnet/ $d$ -wave superconductor heterostructures

Hadi H. Hassan, Santiago J. Carreira, M. Cabero, F. Martinet, Alexander Buzdin, Jacobo Santamaria, and Javier E. Villegas

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 104801 (2026) - Published 1 October, 2026

Other electronic materials

Diverse magnetic/charge states in $3 d − 5 d$ double perovskites ${Ba}_{2} X {IrO}_{6}$ ( $X = Fe, Co, and Ni$ )

Debarghya Dutta, Hrishit Banerjee, Aftab Alam, and Amrita Bhattacharya

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105001 (2026) - Published 7 October, 2026

First-principles electronic transport properties of Ti and Ti-6Al-4V for modeling ultrashort-pulse laser ablation

Korbinian Hobmaier, Guillaume E. Allemand, Alberto Marmodoro, Matthieu J. Verstraete, Ján Minár, Heinz P. Huber, and David Redka

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105002 (2026) - Published 16 October, 2026

Chemical-state evolution and phase stability of epitaxial ${PtCoO}_{2}$ thin films probed by XPS, HAXPES, and in situ XRD

Kerry Hazeldine, Jean-Philippe Soulié, Robin Petit, Christophe Detavernier, Silvia Armini, and Christoph Adelmann

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105003 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Irradiation-induced amplification of electric fields at oxide interfaces as revealed by correlative DPC-STEM and DFT

Elizabeth A. Peterson, Dongye Liu, Sean H. Mills, Tiffany C. Kaspar, Hyosim Kim, Yongqiang Wang, Blas P. Uberuaga, and Andrew M. Minor

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105004 (2026) - Published 20 October, 2026

Metamaterials, optical, photonic, and plasmonic materials

Chemical partitioning of electronic transport and four-phonon limited heat conduction in $Mg A_{2} Z_{4}$ monolayers

Qiong Meng, Chuan-Lu Yang, Xiaohu Li, Yuliang Liu, Wenkai Zhao, and Feng Gao

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105201 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Materials for energy harvesting, storage, and generation

Hybrid sampling approach to machine-learning potentials for gas adsorption: Hydrogen adsorption in MOF-303

Kartik Sau, Ikutaro Hamada, Tamio Ikeshoji, Yiming Lu, Susmita Roy, Shohichi Furukawa, Linda Zhang, Hung Ba Tran, Takahiro Kondo, Hao Li, and Shin-ichi Orimo

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105401 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

Nonmonotonic hydration dependence of ionic transport in atomically thin ${MnO}_{2}$ sheets

Ata Utku Özkan, Aykut Erbaş, and T. Serkan Kasirga

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105402 (2026) - Published 8 October, 2026

Pore-scale modeling of capillary-driven binder migration during battery electrode drying

Marcel Weichel, Martin Reder, Gerit Mühlberg, David Burger, Philip Scharfer, Wilhelm Schabel, Britta Nestler, and Daniel Schneider

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105403 (2026) - Published 9 October, 2026

Charge-transfer mechanisms at Li/Ga-doped ${Li}_{7} {La}_{3} {Zr}_{2} O_{12}$ (LLZO) interfaces from machine learning assisted molecular dynamics

Arseniy S. Burov, Artem M. Abakumov, and Dmitry A. Aksyonov

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105404 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

Pressure and strain modulation of polaron hopping in pristine and Nb-doped rutile ${TiO}_{2}$

Ngoc Dung Dinh, Van An Dinh, Quang Minh Ngo, Koji Kimura, Ryoji Asahi, Koichi Hayashi, Hiroki Taniguchi, and Yoshitada Morikawa

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105405 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Decoupling electronic and phonon transport in narrow bandgap BiSe via a staged dual-doping strategy

Xinxiu Cheng, Xuejie Li, Wei Liu, Peng Ai, Liqing Xu, Zhanxiang Yin, Yu Xiao, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, and Zhibin Gao

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105406 (2026) - Published 21 October, 2026

Modeling polaron excitations and stabilization mechanisms in conjugated polymers

Vishal Jindal and Scott T. Milner

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105407 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Soft, molecular, and amorphous materials

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Emergence of multiple relaxation processes during low to high density transition in ${Au}_{49} {Cu}_{26.9} {Si}_{16.3} {Ag}_{5.5} {Pd}_{2.3}$ metallic glass

Alberto Ronca, Antoine Cornet, Jie Shen, Thierry Deschamps, Eloi Pineda, Yuriy Chushkin, Federico Zontone, Mohamed Mezouar, Isabella Gallino, Gaston Garbarino, and Beatrice Ruta

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105601 (2026) - Published 5 October, 2026

Recovering long-range cumulative response to geometric frustration in quasi-one-dimensional systems, mediated by constitutive softness

Snir Meiri and Efi Efrati

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105602 (2026) - Published 15 October, 2026

Quantitative analysis of exciton composition and dynamics in Y6 films for single-component solar cells

Saba Mahmoodpour, Jiyeon Oh, Yanlin Liu, Zijian Gan, Wei You, and Andrew M. Moran

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105603 (2026) - Published 21 October, 2026

Impact of early-age exposure to power ultrasound on the micromechanical properties of hardened cement paste

Martin Chaigne, Sébastien Manneville, Michael Haist, Roland J.-M. Pellenq, and Thibaut Divoux

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105604 (2026) - Published 22 October, 2026

Materials for catalysis and electrochemistry

Region-resolved interface descriptors in III-nitride–nanocluster photocatalysts

Shuaishuai Yuan, Gunther G. Andersson, Gregory F. Metha, Zetian Mi, and Hong Guo

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 105801 (2026) - Published 19 October, 2026

Nanomaterials

Fully analytical description of the compositional trends in III-V ternary nanomaterials based on group V intermix

Vladimir G. Dubrovskii

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 106001 (2026) - Published 15 October, 2026

Materials for Quantum Technologies

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Suppression of superconductivity and electrostatic side gate tuning in high mobility ${SrTiO}_{3}$ surface electron gas

Dickson Boahen, Sushant Padhye, Gayan De Silva, Eshanvi Rao, and Evgeny Mikheev

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 106201 (2026) - Published 2 October, 2026

Interplay between Aharonov-Bohm and Altshuler-Aronov-Spivak oscillations in phase-pure GaAs/InAs core/shell nanowires of different lengths

Farah Basarić, Kaiwen Wang, Tudor-Gabriel Dumitru, Andrei Manolescu, Francisco Alvarado Cesar, Ana M. Sanchez, Christoph Krause, Detlev Grützmacher, Alexander Pawlis, and Thomas Schäpers

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 106202 (2026) - Published 9 October, 2026

Low stacking fault energy governs deformation mechanisms in the $γ$ matrix of Co-based superalloys

Yingchun Tang, Song Lu, Wei Li, Anssi Laukkanen, Levente Vitos, and Florian Pyczak

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 106203 (2026) - Published 13 October, 2026

ERRATA

Erratum: Quantitative framework for photoemissive materials: From bialkali-antimonide synthesis to performance in superconducting RF electron injectors [Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 074601 (2026)]

Jonas Dube, Chen Wang, Emily Jayne Brookes, Axel Neumann, Guido Klemz, Ezgi Ergenlik, Pablo Echevarria, Andriy Ushakov, Thorsten Kamps, and Julius Kühn

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 109901 (2026) - Published 9 October, 2026