Volume 10, Issue 6

June 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Competing phases and domain structures of ferroelectric perovskites: The benefit of epitaxial (110) growth

Lan-Tien Hsu, Takeshi Nishimatsu, and Anna Grünebohm

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064405 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

Epitaxial strain is a powerful route for engineering ferroelectric phases, yet the role of film orientation remains largely underexplored. Using first-principles-based molecular dynamics, we show that biaxial (110) strain can stabilize a rich variety of nanoscale states, including unusual domains, heterophases, superdomains, and antiferroelectric-like ordering, in the chemically simple perovskites BaTiO $_{3}$ , KNbO $_{3}$ , and PbTiO $_{3}$ . These metastable configurations, persisting across broad strain–temperature ranges, not only point to promising opportunities for large and adaptive functional responses, but also highlight the importance of symmetry breaking by film orientation in ferroelectric materials design.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tailoring ultrathin magnetic multilayers at terraced topologically insulating interfaces for perpendicularly magnetized domains

Benjamin A. Brereton, Soumyarup Hait, Ahmet Yagmur, Christy J. Kinane, Francesco Maccherozzi, Michele Conroy, Satoshi Sasaki, Thomas A. Moore, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, Sean Langridge, and Christopher H. Marrows

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064413 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

Topological insulators are known for their highly efficient spin-to-charge conversion, capable of exerting spin-orbit torques in adjacent magnetic multilayers, yet their usefulness in the manipulation of spin textures remains largely unexplored. This work describes the optimization process of a combined topological insulator-magnetic multilayer heterostructure where, through the minimization of the density of characteristic Bi $_{2}$ Se $_{3}$ surface terraces and the insertion of a refractory metal buffer layer, conventional magnetic multilayers with full perpendicular magnetic anisotropy can be grown. Labyrinthine, zero-field domains de-pinned from the TI topography are observed, raising the possibility of future, highly efficient electrical control of hosted spin textures.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Facilitating electrical and laser-induced skyrmion nucleation with a dipolar-field-enhanced effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Mark C. H. de Jong, Dinar Khusyainov, Julian Hintermayr, Bart Sanders, Dmitry Kozodaev, Aleksei V. Kimel, Bert Koopmans, Theo H. M. Rasing, and Reinoud Lavrijsen

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064415 (2026) - Published 29 June, 2026

Magnetic skyrmions are promising nanoscale information carriers, but creating them efficiently remains a central challenge. Here the authors show that a multilayer’s own dipolar field can be turned from a complication into a design tool. By reversing the Ir/Co/Pt stacking order in half of the film, the layer-resolved Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is made to work with, rather than against, the dipolar field. This dipolar-field-enhanced effective DMI enables both nanosecond current pulses and femtosecond laser pulses to generate up to twenty times denser, more stable skyrmion populations—without substantially changing the nucleation threshold.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Magnetic pair breaking and local lattice distortion in Cr-containing high-entropy alloy superconductors

Nikita Sharma, Tirthankar Chakraborty, and Sourav Marik

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064803 (2026) - Published 4 June, 2026

High-entropy alloy superconductors provide a unique platform to explore the interplay between disorder, lattice distortion, and superconductivity. Here, the author investigate the effect of incorporating the magnetic element Cr in a high entropy alloy superconductor (TiVTa) $_{0.6}$ Nb $_{0.4 - x}$ Cr $_{x}$ , revealing a systematic suppression of superconductivity despite nearly constant valence electron count. We show that magnetic impurity scattering drives pair breaking consistent with Abrikosov–Gor’kov theory in this highly disordered system, while strong local lattice distortion coexists with long-range crystalline order.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Fracture initiation in silicate glasses via a universal shear localization mechanism

Matthieu Bourguignon, Gustavo Alberto Rosales-Sosa, Yoshinari Kato, Bruno Bresson, Hikaru Ikeda, Shingo Nakane, Gergely Molnár, Hiroki Yamazaki, and Etienne Barthel

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065603 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

Linking crack initiation in silicate glasses to shear banding identifies shear localization as a key driver of fracture in this archetypal brittle material. The results unify network glasses with other families of amorphous solids, such as bulk metallic glasses and glassy polymers, by exposing common mechanisms of plastic deformation. This universality calls for a general theory of flow and failure in amorphous solids.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Deformation regimes in soft materials under large amplitude oscillatory shear

Rishav Agrawal, Patrick T. Spicer, and Esther García-Tuñón

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065604 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

The deformation and flow of complex soft materials are ubiquitous both in nature and across many industrial applications, such as landslides, extrusion flows, and additive manufacturing. This paper reconciles bulk rheological measurements with microscopic dynamics to elucidate complex deformation pathways and fracture events in concentrated suspensions embedded in a hard gel matrix. The results demonstrate that the deformation of such composites is complex, where heterogeneous yielding and fracture coexist and negatively impact shape fidelity in direct ink writing. Rheo-microscopy enables the establishment of a phase diagram to map concentration-dependent deformation regimes and define the boundaries between affine deformation, banding, and fracture.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Interfacial control of orbital occupancy and spin state in ${LaCoO}_{3}$

Ellen M. Kiens, Nicolas Gauquelin, Arno Annys, Emma van der Minne, Iris C. G. van den Bosch, Matthijs A. van Spronsen, Zezhong Zhang, Annick De Backer, Sandra Van Aert, Jo Verbeeck, Gertjan Koster, Bastian Mei, Frank M. F. de Groot, and Christoph Baeumer

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066003 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Interfacial engineering offers a powerful route to control electronic states in correlated oxides. Here, the authors demonstrate tunable Co 3 $d$ orbital occupancy in LaCoO $_{3}$ heterostructures, spanning partial $d^{5}$ to $d^{7}$ configurations via tailored interfaces with LaTiO₃, LaMnO₃, LaNiO₃, and LaAlO₃. Combining X-ray absorption spectroscopy with multiplet calculations reveals interface-dependent charge transfer and spin-state modulation, while atomic-scale microscopy links these effects to strain and structural distortions. Notably, inserting a LaAlO₃ spacer suppresses charge transfer, stabilizing an unexpected low-spin $d^{6}$ state. These findings highlight how interfacial design governs orbital occupation and spin, providing a versatile platform for tuning functionality in oxide electronics and catalysis.

REVIEW ARTICLES

Recent progress in hydrogenated perovskite nickelate: Mechanism, modulation, and applications

Hefan Zhao, Zhongshao Li, Yuchen Liu, Chengcong Li, Xiaomin Li, Hongjie Luo, Ping Jin, and Xun Cao

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 060301 (2026) - Published 17 June, 2026

LETTERS

Semiconducting materials

LETTER

The impact of interfacial chemistry on the band offset of GaAs/ $G a_{2} O_{3}$ heterostructures

Sofia Apergi, Alfredo Pasquarello, Charles Cornet, and Laurent Pedesseau

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, L061601 (2026) - Published 30 June, 2026

ARTICLES

Crystal growth, crystallization, and kinetics

Efficient crystal structure prediction using universal neural network potential with diversity preservation in genetic algorithms

Takuya Shibayama, Hideaki Imamura, Katsuhiko Nishimra, Kohei Shinohara, Chikashi Shinagawa, So Takamoto, and Ju Li

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063401 (2026) - Published 2 June, 2026

Thermodynamic and transport properties of high-quality single crystals of the altermagnet CrSb

Shubhankar Paul, Atsutoshi Ikeda, Giordano Mattoni, Shingo Yonezawa, and Chanchal Sow

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063402 (2026) - Published 23 June, 2026

Altermagnons are collective spin excitations in altermagnets, characterized by anisotropic magnon dispersions. The altermagnet CrSb has emerged as a compelling material owing to its substantial spin-splitting energy. Here, the authors report on the growth of high-quality CrSb single crystals and investigate their thermodynamic and transport properties. A large positive magnetoresistance of nearly 80% is observed at 3.5 K. Interestingly, the room-temperature specific heat exceeds the Dulong-Petit limit, attributed to a broad altermagnon contribution with an energy gap of ~16 ± 1 meV. These findings highlight the potential of CrSb for room-temperature magnonic and spintronic applications.

Anisotropic multiband magnetotransport in ${LaAg}_{2} {Ge}_{2}$ thin films

Mizuki Ohno, Reiley Dorrian, Veronica Show, and Joseph Falson

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063403 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

Structural and mechanical properties

Fe-TiC-H machine learning interatomic potential for predicting hydrogen segregation and diffusion in TiC/Fe

Saurabh Sagar, Poulumi Dey, and Francesco Maresca

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063601 (2026) - Published 5 June, 2026

Controlling deformation in Al/Ti: How interface roughness and rotation drive bimetal mechanics

Avanish Mishra, John S. Carpenter, and Saryu J. Fensin

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063602 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

Vacancy-screw dislocation interactions in bcc Nb: A machine-learning potential investigation

Nikolay Zotov and Blazej Grabowski

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063603 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

Facilitation of pyramidal dislocation slip in Mg-Bi alloys: A molecular dynamics study via machine learning potential

Kun Luo, Rui Zhou, Bin Li, and Qi An

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063604 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

FeS phase diagram and thermal Equation of State under high pressure

Guillaume Morard, Daniele Antonangeli, Francesca Miozzi, Marzena Anna Baron, Eric Edmund, Valerio Cerantola, and Mohamed Mezouar

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063605 (2026) - Published 25 June, 2026

Development of new methods for materials

Fast and accurate calculation of EXAFS Debye-Waller factors in $U O_{2}$ using the dynamical matrix method

Nicholas Marcella, Shuxiang Zhou, Fernando D. Vila, Nirmalendu Patra, Alexei Kuzmin, Dmitry S. Maltsev, Alexander S. Ivanov, Sheng Dai, Ruchi Gakhar, Kathy Dardenne, Jörg Rothe, Sebastian Couweleers, Anna L. Smith, Simerjeet K. Gill, and Anatoly I. Frenkel

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063801 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

General statistical framework for vacancy and self-interstitial properties in concentrated multicomponent solids

Jacob Jeffries, Hyunsoo Lee, Anter El-Azab, and Enrique Martinez

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 063802 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Two-dimensional materials

First-principles investigation of structure-property relationships in stable and metastable MXenes

Noah Oyeniran, Shimanta Das, Traian Dumitrica, Panchapakesan Ganesh, Bobby G. Sumpter, Jingsong Huang, Paul R. C. Kent, Jacek Jakowski, Zhongfang Chen, Raymond R. Unocic, Michael Naguib, Vincent Meunier, Yury Gogotsi, and Chongze Hu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064001 (2026) - Published 2 June, 2026

Topological and Dirac materials

Copper-doped sputtered BiSb topological insulators for field-free perpendicular magnetization switching via out-of-plane spin polarization

Haotian Duan, Hongna Gu, Zeyi Zhu, Zishuang Li, Yi Huang, Lina Chen, Mengdi Yin, Lijun Ni, Kankan Xu, Xuefeng Wang, Yongbing Xu, Bo Liu, Tiejun Zhou, and Ronghua Liu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064201 (2026) - Published 2 June, 2026

High-throughput computational screening for Ni-based topological catalysts: Catalytic performance in hydrogen evolution reaction

Jiaxu Wang, Lirong Wang, Zhizuo Liu, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai, Ying Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, and Guodong Liu

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064202 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

Topological properties of the high-pressure hydride superconductor bismuth dihydride ${BiH}_{2}$

Ning-Ning Zhao, Zi-Wen Meng, Shu-Feng Zhang, and Chang-Wen Zhang

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064203 (2026) - Published 30 June, 2026

Magnetic and electric properties of the metallic kagome antiferromagnet CrRhAs

Franziska Breitner, Bin Shen, Anton Jesche, Alexander A. Tsirlin, and Philipp Gegenwart

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064204 (2026) - Published 30 June, 2026

Antiferromagnetic kagome metals remain far less explored than their ferromagnetic counterparts, despite predictions of unconventional spin textures and emergent transport phenomena. Here, the authors report the growth of single crystals of the metallic kagome antiferromagnet CrRhAs and investigate its magnetic and electronic properties. While no nonlinear Hall effect is observed, Hall measurements reveal an unexpected sign reversal upon changing the current direction, together with a pronounced enhancement below the antiferromagnetic transition. These findings point to a strong coupling between magnetic order and an anisotropic electronic structure, highlighting CrRhAs as a promising platform for exploring transport phenomena in antiferromagnetic kagome metals.

Magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic materials

First-principles study of magnetic and spin-dependent transport properties of ${Mn}_{2} V Z$ ( $Z$ = Al, Ga) with negative spin polarization using a disordered local moment approach at finite temperatures

Shogo Yamashita, Esita Pandey, Gerhard H. Fecher, Claudia Felser, and Atsufumi Hirohata

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064401 (2026) - Published 1 June, 2026

Multiple electronic phase modulations in metastable layered vanadium dioxide through band-filling control

Xuanchi Zhou, Xiaomei Qiao, Xiaohui Yao, Jiahui Ji, Wentian Lu, Chunwei Yao, Huihui Ji, and Guowei Zhou

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064402 (2026) - Published 1 June, 2026

Domain walls and defects in ferroelectric inorganic halide perovskites ${CsGeX}_{3}$ (X = Cl, Br, I)

Kristoffer Eggestad, Benjamin A. D. Williamson, and Sverre M. Selbach

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064403 (2026) - Published 1 June, 2026

Microscopic structure of stacking faults in ${Sr}_{2} {NaNb}_{5} O_{15}$

Robin Sjökvist, Yining Xie, Zabeada Aslam, Andy P. Brown, Nicholas C. Bristowe, Mark S. Senn, and Richard Beanland

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064404 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Competing phases and domain structures of ferroelectric perovskites: The benefit of epitaxial (110) growth

Lan-Tien Hsu, Takeshi Nishimatsu, and Anna Grünebohm

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064405 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

In situ phonon dynamics decoding of the reversibility modulation in field-induced phase transitions of ${NaNbO}_{3}$ -based system via ${La}^{3 +}$ doping

Liguang Wang, Ran Wang, Xinlin Jiang, Changming Zhu, Si Lu, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Xiaofei Su, Na Shen, and Maoying Qin

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064406 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

Thermodynamic and electrical transport properties of the half-Heusler plumbide TbAuPb

Abhinav Agarwal, Snehashish Chatterjee, Maciej J. Winiarski, Orest Pavlosiuk, Dorota A. Kowalska, Piotr Wiśniewski, and Dariusz Kaczorowski

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064407 (2026) - Published 9 June, 2026

Competing antiferromagnetic phases in multiferroic wurtzite transition-metal chalcogenides

Himanshu Mavani, Mohamed Elekhtiar, Kai Huang, Naafis Ahnaf Shahed, and Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064408 (2026) - Published 9 June, 2026

Wurtzite Mn $X$ ( $X$ = S, Se, Te) is predicted to host multiferroic antiferromagnetic (AFM) phases featuring switchable ferroelectric polarization, with altermagnetism emerging upon Cr doping. First-principles and spin-model calculations reveal a frustrated stripe AFM ground state in pristine compounds, while Cr doping drives a transition to an A-type AFM phase exhibiting $g$ -wave altermagnetism with large nonrelativistic spin splitting. Remarkably, polarization reversal switches the spin splitting without rotating the Néel vector. Distinct magnetic phases yield symmetry-selective linear and nonlinear Hall responses, providing clear transport fingerprints and establishing doped MnX as a platform for electrically controlled AFM spintronics.

Tailoring magnetic damping and anisotropy in bismuth-doped yttrium iron garnet $({Bi}_{1} Y_{2} {Fe}_{5} O_{12})$ thin films

Imtiaz Noor Bhatti, Ilyas Noor Bhatti, Cécile Carrétéro, Vincent Cros, Paolo Bortolotti, Romain Lebrun, Sarah Mantion, Nicolas Reyren, and Abdelmadjid Anane

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064410 (2026) - Published 12 June, 2026

Interlayer exchange coupling in bilayer $Cr X_{3}$ ( $X = Cl$ , Br, I) with spin-bearing intercalants

Suman Mishra, In Kee Park, Toktam Morshedloo, Saqib Javaid, and Geunsik Lee

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064411 (2026) - Published 15 June, 2026

Insulating $A_{2} V X_{3}$ oxides and sulfides as ferromagnetic wires

Anthony A. Casale and Joseph W. Bennett

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064412 (2026) - Published 15 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tailoring ultrathin magnetic multilayers at terraced topologically insulating interfaces for perpendicularly magnetized domains

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064413 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

Noncollinear ferrimagnetic structures and spin dynamics in Al-doped lithium ferrites

S.-H. Park, A. Arauzo, S. Inckemann, and M. Avdeev

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064414 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Facilitating electrical and laser-induced skyrmion nucleation with a dipolar-field-enhanced effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Mark C. H. de Jong, Dinar Khusyainov, Julian Hintermayr, Bart Sanders, Dmitry Kozodaev, Aleksei V. Kimel, Bert Koopmans, Theo H. M. Rasing, and Reinoud Lavrijsen

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064415 (2026) - Published 29 June, 2026

Semiconducting materials

Coexisting commensurate and incommensurate cation ordering in the disordered rocksalt ${NaPb}_{2} {SbS}_{4}$ semiconductor

Stavros Kozakos, Nikolaos Vouroutzis, Tyler J. Slade, Hyungseok Lee, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, and Nikolaos Frangis

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064601 (2026) - Published 5 June, 2026

Symmetry-driven mobility enhancement in wide-gap III-nitrides via suppression of piezoelectric scattering in the haeckelite phase

Yan Yu, Yuxin Yang, Feng Zhang, Peng Han, Nuodan Zhou, Hang Zang, Zhiming Shi, Xiaojuan Sun, and Dabing Li

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064602 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

Orbital-related gyrotropic responses in ${Cu}_{2} {WSe}_{4}$ and chirality indicator

Kazuki Nakazawa, Terufumi Yamaguchi, and Ai Yamakage

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064603 (2026) - Published 15 June, 2026

Stabilization of epitaxial ZnMgN through oxygen incorporation: Properties of quaternary ZnMgNO

Khiem Tu Tran, Ileana Florea, Christiane Deparis, Philippe Vennéguès, Maxime Hugues, Frédéric Georgi, Antoine Reserbat-Plantey, Marie-Pierre Chauvat, Jesús Zúñiga-Pérez, and Hélène Rotella

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064604 (2026) - Published 16 June, 2026

Electrical stability of ${Cr}_{2} O_{3}$ /β- ${Ga}_{2} O_{3}$ and ${NiO}_{x}$ /β- ${Ga}_{2} O_{3}$ heterojunction diodes

Yizheng Liu, Haochen Wang, Carl Peterson, Chinmoy Nath Saha, Chris G. Van de Walle, and Sriram Krishnamoorthy

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064605 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Screening for wide-gap, high-refractive-index materials via frequency-dependent dielectric function prediction aided by convolutional autoencoders

Pedro Borlido and Fernando Nogueira

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064606 (2026) - Published 24 June, 2026

Superconducting materials

Unconventional incommensurate epitaxy of superconducting FeSe films on ${SrTiO}_{3}$

M. Klement, K. M. Fijalkowski, M. Kamp, C. Gould, and L. W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064801 (2026) - Published 3 June, 2026

Long range proximity effects in planar structures involving the half-metal ferromagnet ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3} and Pt$ interlayers

Junxiang Yao, Julian van Doorn, Mariona Cabero, and Jan Aarts

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064802 (2026) - Published 2 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Magnetic pair breaking and local lattice distortion in Cr-containing high-entropy alloy superconductors

Nikita Sharma, Tirthankar Chakraborty, and Sourav Marik

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064803 (2026) - Published 4 June, 2026

Unusual NMR signatures of superconductivity in the two-dimensional quasicrystal ${{(Ta}_{0.95} {Cu}_{0.05})}_{1.6} Te$

H. Matsudaira, S. Kitagawa, K. Ishida, Y. Tokumoto, K. Tomiyama, and K. Edagawa

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064804 (2026) - Published 5 June, 2026

Tuning superconductivity in high entropy nitrides

Gabriel Pristáš, Slavomír Gabáni, Július Bačkai, Oleksandr Onufriienko, Lukas Kölbl, Magdalena Kirchmair, Christian Mitterer, and Karol Flachbart

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 064805 (2026) - Published 29 June, 2026

Other electronic materials

Anisotropy, frustration, and saddle point in the twisted kagome compound ErPdPb

Resham Babu Regmi, Sk Jamaluddin, Y. Lee, Hari Bhandari, Po-Hao Chang, Peter E. Siegfried, Abhijeet Nayak, Mohamed El Gazzah, Bence G. Márkus, Anna Nyáry, Zachary T. Messegee, Miya P. Zhao, Xiaoyan Tan, László Forró, Liqin Ke, Igor I. Mazin, and Nirmal J. Ghimire

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065001 (2026) - Published 23 June, 2026

The kagome lattice has long attracted interest because its geometric frustration can give rise to unusual quantum states. When this lattice is distorted into a twisted or buckled arrangement, the resulting magnetic and electronic behavior becomes even richer. In this work, the authors synthesize and characterize single crystals of ErPdPb, a twisted kagome antiferromagnet in which the Er atoms form a frustrated magnetic network within the noncentrosymmetric ZrNiAl-type structure. Below 2.7 K, ErPdPb enters a strongly anisotropic magnetic state marked by fractional magnetization plateaus, competing exchange interactions, and pronounced directional dependence in its electronic properties. First-principles calculations in the field-polarized ferromagnetic state further reveal a spin-split saddle point close to the Fermi level and a quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface. Together, these findings identify ErPdPb as a promising platform for investigating the interplay of magnetic frustration, electronic anisotropy, and topological band structure.

Materials for energy harvesting, storage, and generation

Large in-plane rotating magnetocaloric effect in manganite thin films

Zhifei Zhu, Xiaolan Tao, Wentao Liao, Jinfeng Zhai, Pan He, Hangwen Guo, Wenbin Wang, Yinyan Zhu, and Jian Shen

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065401 (2026) - Published 1 June, 2026

Amorphization enhances long-range tunneling in organic nanofilms

Sabyasachi Karmakar, Mrinmay K. Mukhopadhyay, Biswarup Satpati, and Milan K. Sanyal

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065402 (2026) - Published 4 June, 2026

Impact of the $U$ parameter on the predicted defect chemistry of materials: The example of ${PuO}_{2 \pm x}$

Reece Bedford, Samuel Murphy, Hayley Green, Sophie Cooper, Robin Orr, William Neilson, and Michael W. D. Cooper

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065403 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

Role of crystal symmetry in band structure optimization for enhanced thermoelectric transport in Cr and Se modified GeTe

Saptak Majumder, Chinnu V. Devan, Pankaj Gupta, Subhadip Chowdhury, Biswapriya Deb, Surjeet Singh, and Vinayak B. Kamble

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065404 (2026) - Published 18 June, 2026

${Cs}_{2} {M BiCl}_{6}$ ( $M = Na$ , Ag) double perovskites: Emphanisis-driven charge carrier dynamics and piezoelectricity for their application as nanocomposites in mechanical energy harvesting

Souvik Bhattacharjee, Pulak Pal, Suvankar Poddar, Biplab Ghosh, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, and Aswini Ghosh

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065405 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Soft, molecular, and amorphous materials

Structure and viscosity of liquid uranium-zirconium mixtures from machine-learning-based molecular dynamics

Matteo Canducci, Emeric Bourasseau, Patrice Malfreyt, Noël Jakse, and Julien Tranchida

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065601 (2026) - Published 4 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Fracture initiation in silicate glasses via a universal shear localization mechanism

Matthieu Bourguignon, Gustavo Alberto Rosales-Sosa, Yoshinari Kato, Bruno Bresson, Hikaru Ikeda, Shingo Nakane, Gergely Molnár, Hiroki Yamazaki, and Etienne Barthel

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065603 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Deformation regimes in soft materials under large amplitude oscillatory shear

Rishav Agrawal, Patrick T. Spicer, and Esther García-Tuñón

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065604 (2026) - Published 11 June, 2026

Structural and mechanical signatures of maximally amorphous transition metal alloys

Kristina Komander, Johan Bylin, Lennart Spode, Tuan Tran, Maciej Kaplan, Sohal Sondarva, Paulius Malinovskis, Ralph H. Scheicher, and Gunnar K. Pálsson

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065605 (2026) - Published 15 June, 2026

Active-learned potentials reveal the interplay between the structure and dynamics in thorium molten salts

Vitor Ferreira Grizzi, Benjamin Nebgen, and Y Z

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065606 (2026) - Published 18 June, 2026

Molecular modeling of the time-dependent shock response in polyurea with Hugoniostat and explicit impact simulations

Benjamin Xu and Thomas C. O'Connor

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065607 (2026) - Published 25 June, 2026

Materials for catalysis and electrochemistry

Generalized machine-learning descriptor for identifying superionic materials

Yijie Zhu, Qing Lu, Jiuyang Shi, Junjie Wang, Zhongwei Zhang, Tianheng Huang, Yu Han, Chi Ding, and Jian Sun

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 065801 (2026) - Published 29 June, 2026

Nanomaterials

Study of the ion mobility in defect-laden ${ZrO}_{2}$ under an electric field using neural network with predictions for Born effective charges

Anh Khoa Augustin Lu, Naoki Maekawa, Akane Ikeda, Koji Shimizu, Hiroshi Masuda, Hidehiro Yoshida, and Satoshi Watanabe

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066001 (2026) - Published 2 June, 2026

Flash events in tetragonal zirconia ceramics trigger unusual mass transport and rapid sintering that cannot be explained by Joule heating alone. To uncover the underlying atomic mechanisms beyond regular machine learning interatomic potentials, the authors developed a machine learning model that also predicts the dynamic response of ions via Born effective charges. These molecular dynamics simulations reveal that an applied electric field significantly enhances the diffusivity of oxygen ions, particularly in the presence of oxygen vacancies. This represents a crucial milestone for understanding defect-mediated ion transport in high-strength ceramics under external electric fields.

Buckyball sandwiches under high temperatures and pressures

Xi Chen, Yanzhou Wang, Chiheb Ben Mahmoud, Tapio Ala-Nissila, and Miguel A. Caro

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066002 (2026) - Published 9 June, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Interfacial control of orbital occupancy and spin state in ${LaCoO}_{3}$

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066003 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Nearly full magnetization recovery after a strong collision between Fe nanoparticles

Nicolás Plaza-Alcafuz, Samuel E. Baltazar, Gonzalo dos Santos, Svetoslav Valeriev Nikolov, Herbert M. Urbassek, and Eduardo M. Bringa

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066004 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

Materials for Quantum Technologies

Impact of layer structure and strain on morphology and electronic properties of InAs quantum wells on InP (001)

Zijin Lei, Yuze Wu, Christian Reichl, Stefan Fält, and Werner Wegscheider

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066201 (2026) - Published 8 June, 2026

High-temperature growth of ultra thin NbTiN films on lithium niobate for integrated single photon detection

Sjoerd Telkamp, Odiel Hooybergs, Myriam Rihani, Giovanni Finco, Tummas Napoleon Arge, Robin N. Dürr, Victor Mougel, Daniel Scheffler, Filip Krizek, Rachel Grange, Robert J. Chapman, and Werner Wegscheider

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 066202 (2026) - Published 22 June, 2026

ERRATA

Erratum: Surface termination conversion effect on the electronic structure of two-dimensional electron gas at ${EuTiO}_{3}$ surfaces [Phys. Rev. Materials 10, L021001 (2026)]

Sungsoo Hahn, Keun-Yeol Park, Minkyu Park, Yeonjae Lee, Youngdo Kim, S. H. Rhim, Celesta S. Chang, Chanyong Hwang, and Changyoung Kim

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 069901 (2026) - Published 4 June, 2026

Erratum: Reststrahlen band and optical bandgaps in semiconducting CrN films [Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 044602 (2026)]

Duc V. Dinh, Xiang Lü, Oliver Brandt, Dilara Sen, Olivia Fairlamb, Frank Peiris, Farihatun Lima, Alexander Bordovalos, Suresh Chaulagain, Ambalanath Shan, and Nikolas J. Podraza

Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 069902 (2026) - Published 23 June, 2026