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November 4, 2024
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Marrying Altermagnetism and Ferromagnetism in MnTe
Scientific Achievement: Scientists reveal that Mn-doping can be used to control ferromagnetism and novel altermagnetic responses in MnTe.Significance and Impact: Understanding and controlling exotic transport phenomena in altermagnets will enable new applications in spintronics that rely on novel intertwined spin-momentum coupling.DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202405829
October 23, 2023
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Kagome metal rattles its chains
Scientific Achievement: The origin of the charge density wave in a kagome metal was linked to the rattling motion of atom chains by controlling its associated structural distortion through chemical and physical tuning.Significance and Impact: Understanding the origin of ubiquitous charge density waves in kagome metals enables rational tuning of their ground states and unusual electronic and magnetic properties.DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06394
September 1, 2023
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Meeting DEMAND for neutron automation at HFIR
Neutron experiments can take days to complete, requiring researchers to work long shifts to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments. But thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, experiments can now be done remotely and in half the time.
December 14, 2022
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Charge density wave distorts a Kagome metal
Scientific Achievement: A new electronic instability was discovered in a material with a kagome lattice of vanadium, revealing a unique charge density wave state at low temperature.Significance and Impact: Subtle structural distortions can switch between ground states associated with the frustrated kagome net, which is known to host many novel quantum states relevant to electron correlations, topology, and potential microelectronic applications.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.216402
August 4, 2020
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Neutrons – Ferromagnetic topological material
A UCLA-led team that discovered the first intrinsic ferromagnetic topological insulator – a quantum material that could revolutionize next-generation electronics – used neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help verify their finding.
June 21, 2018
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Two ORNL researchers receive DOE early career funding awards
Two Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers specializing in neutron and chemical science are among 84 recipients of Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards. The Early Career Research Program, now in its ninth year, supports...
March 20, 2018
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Neutrons help demystify multiferroic materials
Materials used in electronic devices are typically chosen because they possess either special magnetic or special electrical properties. However, an international team of researchers using neutron scattering recently identified a rare material that has both. In their paper publis...
February 19, 2018
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Neutrons reveal the wild Weyl world of semimetals
The observation of an abnormal state of matter in a two-dimensional magnetic material is the latest development in the race to harness novel electronic properties for more robust and efficient next-generation devices. Neutron scattering at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge ...
January 3, 2018
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Neutrons—Exotic particles
A novel approach for studying magnetic behavior in a material called alpha-ruthenium trichloride may have implications for quantum computing. By suppressing the material’s magnetic order, scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee observed be...