Strong–laser–field physics, non–classical light states and quantum information science

U Bhattacharya, T Lamprou, AS Maxwell… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Strong–laser–field physics is a research direction that relies on the use of high-power lasers
and has led to fascinating achievements ranging from relativistic particle acceleration to …

Imaging surfaces at the space–time limit: New perspectives of time-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy for ultrafast surface science

M Müller - Progress in Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Many fundamental processes in nature occur on ultrashort time scales within picoseconds to
attoseconds, and on intrinsic length scales from nanometers to picometers. The structure of …

Non-equilibrium pathways to emergent polar supertextures

VA Stoica, T Yang, S Das, Y Cao, H Wang, Y Kubota… - Nature materials, 2024 - nature.com
Ultrafast stimuli can stabilize metastable states of matter inaccessible by equilibrium means.
Establishing the spatiotemporal link between ultrafast excitation and metastability is crucial …

Interrogating the Light-Induced Charging Mechanism in Li-Ion Batteries Using Operando Optical Microscopy

R Pandya, A Mathieson, BD Boruah, HB de Aguiar… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photobatteries, batteries with a light-sensitive electrode, have recently been proposed as a
way of simultaneously capturing and storing solar energy in a single device. Despite reports …

Giant photocaloric effects across a vast temperature range in ferroelectric perovskites

R Rurali, C Escorihuela-Sayalero, JL Tamarit… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Solid-state cooling presents an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to
traditional refrigeration technologies that rely on thermodynamic cycles involving …

Towards Room Temperature Thermochromic Coatings with controllable NIR-IR modulation for solar heat management & smart windows applications

BS Khanyile, N Numan, A Simo, M Nkosi, CB Mtshali… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Solar heat management & green air-conditioning are among the major technologies that
could mitigate heat islands phenomenon while minimizing significantly the CO2 global foot …

Hidden domain boundary dynamics toward crystalline perfection

A Mangu, VA Stoica, H Zheng, T Yang, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
A central paradigm of nonequilibrium physics concerns the dynamics of heterogeneity and
disorder, impacting processes ranging from the behavior of glasses to the emergent …

[HTML][HTML] Relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction at high repetition rates

KM Siddiqui, DB Durham, F Cropp, F Ji… - Structural …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The ability to resolve the dynamics of matter on its native temporal and spatial scales
constitutes a key challenge and convergent theme across chemistry, biology, and materials …

Transient dynamics of the phase transition in VO2 revealed by mega-electron-volt ultrafast electron diffraction

C Xu, C **, Z Chen, Q Lu, Y Cheng, B Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) exhibits an insulator-to-metal transition accompanied by a
structural transition near room temperature. This transition can be triggered by an ultrafast …

Generation and human-expert evaluation of interesting research ideas using knowledge graphs and large language models

X Gu, M Krenn - arxiv preprint arxiv:2405.17044, 2024 - pure.mpg.de
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems with access to millions of research papers could
inspire new research ideas that may not be conceived by humans alone. However, how …