Condensed Matter Physics IV

Presentations

• Ultrafast engineering of the magnetic Hamiltonian in frustrated magnets

  ORAL · Invited

  Nov. 8, 2025, 11:00 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 11:36 AM

  Publication: [1] Alberto de la Torre et al, Colloquium: Nonthermal pathways to ultrafast control in quantum materials Rev. Mod. Phys. 93, 041002 (2024)
  [2] A. S. Disa et al, Photo-induced high-temperature ferromagnetism in YTiO3, Nature 617, 73 (2023)
  [3] P. Němec et al, Antiferromagnetic opto-spintronics, Nature Physics 14, 229 (2018)
  [4] Q Wang et al, Pulling order back from the brink of disorder: Observation of a nodal line spin liquid and fluctuation stabilized order in K2IrCl6 Physical Review X 15 (2), 021021 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Alberto de la Torre Durran

    Northeastern University, Northeastern University College of Science

  Authors

  • Alberto de la Torre Durran

    Northeastern University, Northeastern University College of Science

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• Using Graphene Quantum Dot Devices to Probe Magnetization Switching in Single-Molecule Magnets

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 11:36 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 11:48 AM

  Publication: (Preprint) Electrical Detection of Magnetization Switching in Single-Molecule Magnets https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5344577

  Presenters

  • Amjad Alqahtani

    Georgetown University

  Authors

  • Amjad Alqahtani

    Georgetown University

  • DaVonne Henry

    Georgetown University

  • Petr Neugebauer

    Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology

  • Amy Y Liu

    Georgetown University

  • Ivan Nemec

    Palacký University Olomouc

  • Paola Barbara

    Georgetown University

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• Spectroscopy-guided simulations of the metal-insulator transition in RENIO₃

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 11:48 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 12:00 PM

  Publication: [1] Zaanen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 418– 421 (1985)
  [2] Pan et al,. Nature Materials 21, 160-164 (2022)
  [3] Klein et al., Cryst. Growth Des. 2021, 21, 4230−4241
  [4] Green et al., PRB 94, 195127 (2016)
  [5] Catalano et al 2018 Rep. Prog. Phys. 81 046501

  Presenters

  • Edward Mercer

    Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Edward Mercer

    Northeastern University

  • Carlos W Galdino

    Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Liam T Schmidt

    Northeastern University

  • Dariusz Gawryluk

    Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Ian Berry

    Northeastern University

  • Hai-Ping Cheng

    Northeastern University

  • Marisa Merdarde

    Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Thorsten Schmitt

    Paul Scherrer Institute

  • Alberto de la Torre Durran

    Northeastern University, Northeastern University College of Science

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• Imaging buried features with terahertz s-SNOM

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 12:00 PM – Nov. 8, 2025, 12:12 PM

  Publication: Ma, Pingchuan, et al. "Terahertz near-field imaging of buried structures." Optics Express 32.22 (2024): 39785-39792.

  Presenters

  • Pingchuan Ma

    Brown University

  Authors

  • Pingchuan Ma

    Brown University

  • Johanna Kolbel

    Brown University

  • Angela Pizzuto

    Brown University

  • Daniel Mittleman

    Brown University

  • JI-FENG YING

    TSMC

  • J.-H. LIN

    TSMC

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• Real-Time Optical Tweezer-Assisted Control of Plasmonic Coupling in Gold Nanosphere Dimers

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 12:12 PM – Nov. 8, 2025, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Alona Maslennykov

    Boston University

  Authors

  • Alona Maslennykov

    Boston University

  • Payton Marie Harvill

    Boston University

  • Maria Kamenetska

    Boston University

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• Strain-tunable altermagnetic α-MnTe thin films

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 12:24 PM – Nov. 8, 2025, 12:36 PM

  Publication: [1] L. Schmidt, S. Bey, et al., Strain-tunable altermagnetic α-MnTe thin films (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Liam T Schmidt

    Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Liam T Schmidt

    Northeastern University

  • Sara Bey

    University of Notre Dame

  • Alberto de la Torre Durran

    Northeastern University, Northeastern University College of Science

  • Badih A Assaf

    University of Notre Dame

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• Room Temperature Switchable Ferroelectricity and Topological Multiferroic Textures in Ultrathin BiFeO₃

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 12:36 PM – Nov. 8, 2025, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • George A Fratian

    Brown University

  Authors

  • George A Fratian

    Brown University

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• Phase-Locked Iron-Graphene Quantum Architectures via Confinement Heteroepitaxy: Atomic-Scale Spintronic Control, 2,000-Cycle Energy Storage, and Magneto-Theranostic Breakthroughs.

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 12:48 PM – Nov. 8, 2025, 1:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Salah OUDJERTLI

    Research Center in Industrial Technologies.Algiers,Algeria

  Authors

  • Salah OUDJERTLI

    Research Center in Industrial Technologies.Algiers,Algeria

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