Volume 114, Issue 15 (partial)

1 September 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Isotropic superconductivity in the room-temperature superconductor ${LaSc}_{2} H_{24}$

Zefang Wang, Wenbo Zhao, Yuan Ma, Hanyu Liu, and Yanming Ma

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154501 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Why does LaSc $_{2}$ H $_{24}$ exhibit superior superconductivity compared with LaH $_{10}$ ? Here, the authors indicate that scandium not only distorts the hydrogen cage structure but also creates MgB $_{2}$ -like Sc-H states at the Fermi level. This synergy enhances electron-phonon coupling, unifies strongly coupled H-H states with widely distributed Sc-H states on the Fermi surface, and leads to isotropic single-gap superconductivity with a higher superconductivity.

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Optical spin precession

Abanoub Mikhail, Maxim Mazanov, Ilya Deiry, Mingzhao Song, Ivan Iorsh, and Andrey Bogdanov

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154403 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Here, optical spin angular momentum is extended to nonmonochromatic electromagnetic fields, revealing that specific polychromatic configurations exhibit photonic spin precession governed by a Landau–Lifshitz-like equation. A precessing magnetic dipole realizes source-driven spin dynamics in the near field, while bichromatic two-wave interference additionally produces nutation. A generalized spin-continuity equation shows how sources act on optical spin through torque, establishing a direct link between photonic spin and magnetization dynamics.

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Hidden ferromagnetism of centrosymmetric antiferromagnets

I. V. Solovyev

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154413 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Here, the author develops a symmetry-based framework that explains why certain centrosymmetric antiferromagnets exhibit a finite anomalous Hall effect (AHE). In antipolarly distorted lattices, the inversional invariance of the spin-orbit interaction allows the antiferromagnetic state to be represented as an effective ferromagnet in a suitable local frame. This mapping naturally accounts for the emergence of conventionally ferromagnetic responses, including the AHE and a net orbital magnetization, even though the spin magnetization vanishes globally.

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Topological spin multipolization and linear magnetoelectric coupling in two-dimensional antiferromagnets

Jörn W. F. Venderbos, Paola Gentile, and Carmine Ortix

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154414 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Three-dimensional topological insulators exhibit a quantized magnetoelectric effect described by a topological response theory. This hallmark result raises the question whether magnetoelectric effects rooted in topology also exist in lower dimensions. Here, the authors demonstrate a (quasi)topological magnetoelectric response in a class of two-dimensional antiferromagnets, which is similarly described by a topological response theory, yet in two dimensions and derived from topological semimetals. As such, the effect ultimately originates from a crystalline topological index in one dimension.

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Structure of niobium to 365 GPa using ultrafast x-ray diffraction and shock compression

C. M. Lonsdale et al.

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154101 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Computational prediction of strontium carbide phases under compression

Nikita Rybin, Evgeny Moerman, Pranab Gain, Artem R. Oganov, and Alexander Shapeev

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154102 (2026) - Published 4 September, 2026

Pulse-driven reconfiguration of fractional polar topology in Zr-substituted barium titanate

Florian Mayer

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154103 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Shear piezoelectricity and polarization rotation in two-dimensional ferroelectric bismuthene

Xin Jiang, Churen Gui, Qingde Sun, Zhenqing Li, Chaoyu He, Weibing Zhang, and Jianxin Zhong

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154104 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Finite-temperature bulk moduli from an equation-of-state-based Grüneisen function

Çetin Kılıç

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154105 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Hidden ferroelectric chiral ground state of silver niobate

Safari Amisi, Fernando Gómez-Ortiz, Eric Bousquet, and Philippe Ghosez

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154106 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

Topological braiding states of elastic waves in transformable mechanical metamaterials

Zi-Jiang Yang and Yi-Ze Wang

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154107 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Hidden unbounded potential and reentrant multifractalization in a generalized Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

Yun-Yan Chen, Jia-Ming Zhang, and Zhi Li

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154201 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

$A b i n i t i o$ and embedded-atom-model simulation analysis of collective dynamics in liquid Fe at experimental high pressures

Taras Demchuk, Anatoly B. Belonoshko, and Taras Bryk

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154202 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Semiclassical thermoelectric transport in the disordered Dirac electron system ${Ag}_{2} Te$

Kentaro Kuga, Keisuke Hirata, Daiki Goto, Ryogo Ishihara, Masaharu Matsunami, and Tsunehiro Takeuchi

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154203 (2026) - Published 4 September, 2026

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects

Phonon drag as a mechanism of delayed terahertz response of metals

Ivan Oladyshkin

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154301 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Large lattice thermal conductivity and significant role of electron-phonon interaction in MAX phase $T i_{2} SC$

Anish Das, Guijian Pang, Yuwen Zhang, Xiao-Ping Yao, and Wu Li

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154302 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Finite-temperature Green's function theory of terahertz-induced phonon angular momentum in polar crystals

Hong Sun, Xiaozhe Li, and Lifa Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154303 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Interface-localized states mediate ultrafast cooling of hot electrons in epitaxial graphene

R. Stefanuik, A. Kuklin, T. Leitner, J. A. Terschlüsen, U. B. Cappel, H. Siegbahn, S. Plogmaker, A. Sandell, O. Karis, J. Söderström, N. Mårtensson, S. Svensson, H. Ågren, M. Venkata Kamalakar, R. Ovsyannikov, H. Rensmo, and R. Knut

Phys. Rev. B 114, 154304 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026