Scientific Achievement: The electron-transverse acoustic (TA) phonon coupling is found to create a chiral charge density wave (CDW) in the topological magnet EuAl4.
Scientific Achievement: Ion flux diagnostics combined with in-situ Raman spectroscopy revealed that damage to monolayer (ML) graphene during pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of a protective layer is primarily driven by fast ions, and that
Scientific Achievement: Method developed for solids matches accuracy of quantum chemistry approaches with a 1000 times smaller basis allowing calculations of larger systems.
Scientific Achievement: Neutron and X-ray scattering show that bulk RuO₂ exhibits a highly correlated ground state without magnetic moments, despite prior claims of altermagnetism.
Scientific Achievement: Atomic-scale simulations and experiments revealed the acidity of MgO surface sites and suggested their hydroxylation as the mechanism for Mg(OH)2 conversion.
Scientific Achievement: Using novel non-invasive characterization, demonstrated that dynamic bonding in fiber-polymer interface controls the topological freezing transition and induces shape reforming of the glassy material.
Scientific Achievement: Cantilever-based measurement demonstrated that collective chiral atomic vibrations, known as chiral phonons, possess and transport angular momentum, connecting quantum properties to mechanical responses.
Scientific Achievement: By resolving the atomic structure of individual layers in twisted bilayers, this work provides unprecedented access to dopant and defect distributions that were previously inaccessible due to moiré-induced obscur
A multidisciplinary ORNL team used expertise in synthetic biology, AI-driven analysis, chemistry, neutrons and materials science to identify new members of a family of enzymes with a natural affinity for degrading synthetic nylon polymers.