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Pressure-enhanced splitting of density wave transitions in La3Ni2O7–δ
The observation of superconductivity in La3Ni2O7–δ under pressure, following the suppression of a high-temperature density wave state, has attracted considerable attention. The nature of this density wave order was not clearly identified. Here we probe the magnetic response of the zero-pressure phase of La3Ni2O7–δ as hydrostatic pressure is applied, and find that the apparent single density wave transition at zero applied pressure splits into two. The comparison of our muon-spin rotation ...
Spin-orbit control of antiferromagnetic domains without a Zeeman coupling
Encoding information in antiferromagnetic (AFM) domains is a promising solution for the ever growing demand in magnetic storage capacity. The absence of a macroscopic magnetization avoids crosstalk between different domain states, enabling ultrahigh density spintronics while being detrimental to the domain detection and manipulation. Disentangling these merits and disadvantages seemed so far unattainable. We report evidence ...
Connection between f-electron correlations and magnetic excitations in UTe2
The detailed anisotropic dispersion of the low-temperature, low-energy magnetic excitations of the candidate spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 is revealed using inelastic neutron scattering. The magnetic excitations emerge from the Brillouin zone boundary at the high symmetry Y and T points and disperse along the crystallographic b-axis. In applied magnetic fields ...
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A. A, Kalal S, Saravanan K, Ojha S, Stahn J, Gupta M
Study of structural and magnetic properties of Pd-doped Co4N thin films
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism. 2025; 38(1): 17 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-024-06880-w
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Aastrup Jørgensen J
Tuning expression of GPCRs for the secretory pathway in the baculovirus-insect cell expression system
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Biomembranes. 2025; 1867(2): 184397 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184397
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Agarwal M, Zika A, Yücel M, Schweins R, Kohlbrecher J, Gröhn F
The role of light irradiation and dendrimer generation in directing electrostatic self-assembly
Polymers. 2025; 17(2): 170 (27 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17020170
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