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While Bitcoin,\r\nbased on Proof-of-Work (PoW), was the first protocol in this model, significant\r\nresearch has focused on permissionless protocols using alternative physical resources,\r\nspecifically Proof-of-Space (PoSpace) and Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs). This\r\nthesis investigates the theoretical limits and design space of longest-chain protocols in\r\nthe fully permissionless and dynamically available settings using these three resources.\r\nFirst, we address the feasibility of blockchains relying solely on storage as a resource.\r\nWe prove a fundamental impossibility result: there exists no secure longest-chain\r\nprotocol based exclusively on Proof-of-Space in the fully permissionless or dynamically\r\navailable settings. Further, we quantify the adversarial capabilities required to execute\r\na double-spend attack. Our result formally justifies the necessity of coupling PoSpace\r\nwith time-dependent primitives (such as VDFs) or to move to less permissive settings\r\n(quasi-permissionless or permissioned) to ensure security.\r\nSecond, we generalize Nakamoto-like heaviest chain consensus to protocols utilizing\r\ncombinations of multiple physical resources. We analyze chain selection rules governed\r\nby a weight function Γ(S, V,W), which assigns weight to blocks based on recorded\r\nSpace (S), VDF speed (V ), and Work (W). We provide a complete classification\r\nof secure weight functions, proving that a weight function is secure against private\r\ndouble-spend attacks if and only if it is homogeneous in the timed resources (V,W)\r\nand sub-homogeneous in S. This framework unifies existing protocols like Bitcoin and\r\nChia under a single theoretical model and provides a powerful tool for designing new\r\nlongest-chain blockchains from a mix of physical resources.","lang":"eng"}],"month":"03","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","id":"21134","relation":"part_of_dissertation"},{"relation":"part_of_dissertation","id":"20587","status":"public"}]},"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"KrPi"}],"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21651","file_date_updated":"2026-04-15T07:37:25Z","year":"2026","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-078-7"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"degree_awarded":"PhD","title":"On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting","tmp":{"legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode","short":"CC BY-NC-SA (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_sa.png"},"status":"public","user_id":"8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9","day":"04","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651","date_published":"2026-03-04T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"Published Version","ddc":["000"],"publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","type":"dissertation","article_processing_charge":"No","date_created":"2026-04-02T09:31:34Z","has_accepted_license":"1","supervisor":[{"id":"3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-9139-1654","first_name":"Krzysztof Z","full_name":"Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z","last_name":"Pietrzak"}],"citation":{"short":"M.A. Baig, On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.","ama":"Baig MA. On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting. 2026. doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651","ieee":"M. A. Baig, “On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.","ista":"Baig MA. 2026. On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","apa":"Baig, M. A. (2026). On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651","chicago":"Baig, Mirza Ahad. “On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651.","mla":"Baig, Mirza Ahad. On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026, doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651."},"publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"oa":1},{"DOAJ_listed":"1","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2041-8213"],"issn":["2041-8205"]},"title":"Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black Hole + Be star binaries","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"issue":"2","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"10","doi":"10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008","date_published":"2026-01-10T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"Published Version","file":[{"content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21741","creator":"dernst","file_size":5202345,"success":1,"checksum":"09200c1cf405101abdd298ce80c9a90d","date_created":"2026-04-16T06:24:30Z","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:24:30Z","file_name":"2026_AstrophysicalJourLetters_Li.pdf"}],"quality_controlled":"1","article_type":"original","author":[{"last_name":"Li","first_name":"Zhenwei","full_name":"Li, Zhenwei"},{"last_name":"Jia","first_name":"Shi","full_name":"Jia, Shi"},{"full_name":"Wei, Dandan","first_name":"Dandan","last_name":"Wei","id":"5dd129bd-0601-11ef-b325-833284687b76"},{"last_name":"Ge","first_name":"Hongwei","full_name":"Ge, Hongwei"},{"full_name":"Chen, Hailiang","first_name":"Hailiang","last_name":"Chen"},{"full_name":"Zhang, Yangyang","first_name":"Yangyang","last_name":"Zhang"},{"last_name":"Chen","first_name":"Xuefei","full_name":"Chen, Xuefei"},{"last_name":"Han","first_name":"Zhanwen","full_name":"Han, Zhanwen"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:26:18Z","abstract":[{"text":"Be stars are rapidly rotating main-sequence stars that play a crucial role in understanding stellar evolution and binary interactions. In this Letter, we propose a new formation scenario for black hole (BH) + Be star binaries (hereafter BHBe binaries), where the Be star is produced through the wind Roche lobe overflow (WRLOF) mechanism. Our analysis is based on numerical simulations of the WRLOF process in massive binaries, building on recent theoretical work. We demonstrate that the WRLOF model can efficiently form BHBe binaries under reasonable assumptions on stellar wind velocities. Using rapid binary population synthesis, we estimate the population of such systems in the Milky Way, predicting ∼1800−3200 currently existing BHBe binaries originating from the WRLOF channel. These systems are characterized by high eccentricities and exceptionally wide orbits, with typical orbital periods exceeding 1000 days and a peak distribution around ∼10,000 days. Due to their long orbital separations, these BHBe binaries are promising targets for future detection via astrometric and interferometric observations.","lang":"eng"}],"month":"01","publication":"The Astrophysical Journal Letters","department":[{"_id":"YlGo"}],"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21714","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:24:30Z","year":"2026","arxiv":1,"citation":{"apa":"Li, Z., Jia, S., Wei, D., Ge, H., Chen, H., Zhang, Y., … Han, Z. (2026). Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black Hole + Be star binaries. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008","chicago":"Li, Zhenwei, Shi Jia, Dandan Wei, Hongwei Ge, Hailiang Chen, Yangyang Zhang, Xuefei Chen, and Zhanwen Han. “Formation of Be Stars via Wind Accretion: Case Study on Black Hole + Be Star Binaries.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters. IOP Publishing, 2026. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008.","mla":"Li, Zhenwei, et al. “Formation of Be Stars via Wind Accretion: Case Study on Black Hole + Be Star Binaries.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 996, no. 2, L42, IOP Publishing, 2026, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008.","ista":"Li Z, Jia S, Wei D, Ge H, Chen H, Zhang Y, Chen X, Han Z. 2026. Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black Hole + Be star binaries. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 996(2), L42.","ieee":"Z. Li et al., “Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black Hole + Be star binaries,” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 996, no. 2. IOP Publishing, 2026.","ama":"Li Z, Jia S, Wei D, et al. Formation of Be stars via wind accretion: Case study on Black Hole + Be star binaries. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2026;996(2). doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ae3008","short":"Z. Li, S. Jia, D. Wei, H. Ge, H. Chen, Y. Zhang, X. Chen, Z. Han, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 996 (2026)."},"publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_type":"gold","article_number":"L42","external_id":{"arxiv":["2512.18565"]},"oa":1,"intvolume":" 996","ddc":["520"],"acknowledgement":"We are deeply grateful to the anonymous referee for the insightful comments, which have significantly improved the quality of this work. The authors express their gratitude to Zhaoyu Zuo and I. El Mellah for sharing the grids of wind accretion efficiencies. Z.L. thanks Matthias U. Kruckow for detailed discussions about the BH formation. This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant Nos. 12125303, 12525304, 12288102, 12090040/3, 12473034, 12503044, 12333008, 12433009, 12422305, 12273105, 12073070, 12173081), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant Nos. XDB1160303, XDB1160201, XDB1160000), the National Key R&D Program of China (grant Nos. 2021YFA1600403 and 2021YFA1600400), the CAS “Light of West China,” the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program-Science & Technology Champion Project (No. 202305AB350003) and Young Talent project, the International Centre of Supernovae (ICESUN), Yunnan Key Laboratory of Supernova Research (Nos. 202302AN360001 and 202201BC070003), Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (No. 202401AT070139), and the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (No. 242300420944). X.C. acknowledges the New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZE. The authors gratefully acknowledge the “PHOENIX Supercomputing Platform” jointly operated by the Binary Population Synthesis Group and the Stellar Astrophysics Group at Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences.","publisher":"IOP Publishing","volume":996,"type":"journal_article","article_processing_charge":"Yes","date_created":"2026-04-12T22:01:50Z","has_accepted_license":"1"},{"oa_version":"Published Version","doi":"10.3842/SIGMA.2026.024","date_published":"2026-03-14T00:00:00Z","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"14","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"title":"Big algebra in type A for the coordinate ring of the matrix space","DOAJ_listed":"1","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1815-0659"]},"file_date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:06:54Z","scopus_import":"1","year":"2026","OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21718","department":[{"_id":"TaHa"}],"abstract":[{"text":"In this paper, we consider the big algebra recently introduced by Hausel for the GLn-action on the coordinate ring of the matrix space Mat(n,r). In particular, we obtain explicit formulas for the big algebra generators in terms of differential operators with polynomial coefficients. We show that big algebras in type A are commutative and relate them to the Bethe subalgebra in the Yangian Y(gln). We apply these results to big algebras of symmetric powers of the standard representation of GLn.\r\n.","lang":"eng"}],"month":"03","publication":"Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications","corr_author":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:11:12Z","quality_controlled":"1","file":[{"file_id":"21740","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst","file_size":975460,"checksum":"29b28b5f8717ed1a084a2b551d0fd284","date_created":"2026-04-16T06:06:54Z","relation":"main_file","success":1,"date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:06:54Z","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2026_SIGMA_Ngo.pdf"}],"article_type":"original","author":[{"id":"28e53c8c-896a-11ed-bdf8-f809043ce2f0","full_name":"Ngo, Nhok T","first_name":"Nhok T","last_name":"Ngo"}],"article_number":"024","external_id":{"arxiv":["2501.04605"]},"oa":1,"OA_type":"diamond","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","citation":{"ista":"Ngo NT. 2026. Big algebra in type A for the coordinate ring of the matrix space. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. 22, 024.","chicago":"Ngo, Nhok T. “Big Algebra in Type A for the Coordinate Ring of the Matrix Space.” Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 2026. https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2026.024.","apa":"Ngo, N. T. (2026). Big algebra in type A for the coordinate ring of the matrix space. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. National Academy of Science of Ukraine. https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2026.024","mla":"Ngo, Nhok T. “Big Algebra in Type A for the Coordinate Ring of the Matrix Space.” Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications, vol. 22, 024, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 2026, doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2026.024.","short":"N.T. Ngo, Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications 22 (2026).","ama":"Ngo NT. Big algebra in type A for the coordinate ring of the matrix space. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. 2026;22. doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2026.024","ieee":"N. T. Ngo, “Big algebra in type A for the coordinate ring of the matrix space,” Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications, vol. 22. National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 2026."},"arxiv":1,"date_created":"2026-04-12T22:01:51Z","has_accepted_license":"1","acknowledgement":"I would like to express my gratitude to Tam´as Hausel for introducing me to the subject and\r\nfor his constant guidance throughout this work. I would also like to thank Tam´as Hausel,\r\nMischa Elkner, Jakub L¨owit, Anton Mellit, Marino Romero, Leonid Rybnikov for many fruitful\r\ndiscussions and feedback on earlier drafts of this paper. We are grateful to the anonymous\r\nreferees for many useful comments and suggestions that improved the manuscript. This work was done during the author’s PhD studies at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). The author was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant\r\n“Geometry of the tip of the global nilpotent cone” no. 10.55776/P35847 and the DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The author also acknowledges the long-term program\r\nof support of the Ukrainian research teams at the Polish Academy of Sciences carried out in\r\ncollaboration with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences with the financial support of external\r\npartners. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license\r\nto any author-accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.","publisher":"National Academy of Science of Ukraine","type":"journal_article","article_processing_charge":"No","volume":22,"intvolume":" 22","ddc":["510"],"project":[{"_id":"34b2c9cb-11ca-11ed-8bc3-a50ba74ca4a3","name":"Geometry of the tip of the global nilpotent cone","grant_number":"P35847"},{"grant_number":"27483","name":"Big algebras in classical types","_id":"e6c64f42-ab3c-11f0-94c7-a95658059ccc"}]},{"oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4","day":"27","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","PlanS_conform":"1","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"title":"The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1745-2473"],"eissn":["1745-2481"]},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4"}],"year":"2026","scopus_import":"1","_id":"21721","OA_place":"publisher","department":[{"_id":"JePa"}],"publication":"Nature Physics","month":"03","abstract":[{"text":"Swimming bacteria move through a fluid by actuating their moving body parts. They are force-free and can be described as hydrodynamic force dipoles: pushers or pullers. This modelling description is broadly used in biological physics and active matter research, and it has successfully predicted, for example, the superfluid behaviour of suspensions of pushers or the bend instability and emergence of turbulent flows in active nematics. However, this description accounts only for the translational motion of the swimming body and neglects the effects of hydrodynamic torque dipoles, which are relevant to bacteria with rotary motor-driven flagella, such as swimming Escherichia coli. Here we show that the torque dipole of confined swimming E. coli can power the persistent rotation of symmetric discs. The torque dipole leads to a traction force on the discs, an additive mechanism that is both contactless and independent of the orientation of the bacteria. Our results indicate that the torque dipole of swimming E. coli is notable in confined geometries, which is relevant to bacterial transport through porous materials, biofilms and the development of chiral fluids.","lang":"eng"}],"corr_author":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-16T06:20:23Z","author":[{"last_name":"Grober","first_name":"Daniel B","full_name":"Grober, Daniel B","id":"c692f879-718d-11ee-81f0-da7caa79c783"},{"last_name":"Dhar","full_name":"Dhar, Tanumoy","first_name":"Tanumoy"},{"first_name":"David","full_name":"Saintillan, David","last_name":"Saintillan"},{"full_name":"Palacci, Jérémie A","first_name":"Jérémie A","last_name":"Palacci","orcid":"0000-0002-7253-9465","id":"8fb92548-2b22-11eb-b7c1-a3f0d08d7c7d"}],"quality_controlled":"1","article_type":"original","oa":1,"OA_type":"hybrid","publication_status":"epub_ahead","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"citation":{"ieee":"D. B. Grober, T. Dhar, D. Saintillan, and J. A. Palacci, “The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs,” Nature Physics. Springer Nature, 2026.","ama":"Grober DB, Dhar T, Saintillan D, Palacci JA. The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. Nature Physics. 2026. doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4","short":"D.B. Grober, T. Dhar, D. Saintillan, J.A. Palacci, Nature Physics (2026).","chicago":"Grober, Daniel B, Tanumoy Dhar, David Saintillan, and Jérémie A Palacci. “The Hydrodynamic Torque Dipole from Rotary Bacterial Flagella Powers Symmetric Discs.” Nature Physics. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4.","apa":"Grober, D. B., Dhar, T., Saintillan, D., & Palacci, J. A. (2026). The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. Nature Physics. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4","mla":"Grober, Daniel B., et al. “The Hydrodynamic Torque Dipole from Rotary Bacterial Flagella Powers Symmetric Discs.” Nature Physics, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03189-4.","ista":"Grober DB, Dhar T, Saintillan D, Palacci JA. 2026. The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs. Nature Physics."},"date_created":"2026-04-12T22:01:51Z","has_accepted_license":"1","publisher":"Springer Nature","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","type":"journal_article","acknowledgement":"We thank E. Krasnopeeva for help with the bacterial culture, motility and genetic engineering. We thank Q. Martinet for help with the experimental design, F. Pertl for atomic force microscopy measurements and S. Hajek for the scanning electron microscopy imaging. This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (VULCAN, 101086998). The views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. J.P. thanks the Nanofabrication and Electron Microscopy Shared Scientific Units of ISTA for support. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","project":[{"name":"VULCAN: matter, powered from within","grant_number":"101086998","_id":"bdac72da-d553-11ed-ba76-eae56e802b74"}],"ddc":["570"]},{"department":[{"_id":"StFr"}],"month":"04","publication":"Journal of Materials Chemistry B","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a crucial member of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) family, playing roles in cellular signalling and immune responses in human health. Moreover, it is a potential biomarker of diabetes when present in aberrant concentrations. Therefore, monitoring trace levels of H2O2 has become a research hotspot for analytical and sensor chemists. In this context, we report a rhodamine-based fluorescent probe (RN), which shows excellent fluorescent enhancement at 555 nm upon the addition of H2O2 along with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.67 ppm and fast response (∼2 min). The probe is highly selective for H2O2, showing no fluorescence enhancement with other ROS. RN is synthesised in a one-pot chemical reaction using rhodamine 6G (R6G) and 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tridecanediamine (TTDA). H2O2 detection in pre-treated milk samples proves its real-world viability. We found that RN shows low cytotoxicity, which allowed us to successfully explore its potential to monitor H2O2 generation in a diabetic L929 skin cell line and diabetic mice liver tissue. This result demonstrates promising features for assessing early diabetic progression through fluorescence imaging."}],"year":"2026","scopus_import":"1","_id":"21730","date_updated":"2026-04-16T05:44:49Z","author":[{"first_name":"Moumita","full_name":"Mondal, Moumita","last_name":"Mondal"},{"last_name":"Ghorai","first_name":"Pravat","full_name":"Ghorai, Pravat"},{"last_name":"Samadder","first_name":"Asmita","full_name":"Samadder, Asmita"},{"id":"A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425","orcid":"0000-0003-2902-5319","last_name":"Freunberger","first_name":"Stefan Alexander","full_name":"Freunberger, Stefan Alexander"},{"last_name":"Banerjee","first_name":"Priyabrata","full_name":"Banerjee, Priyabrata"}],"article_type":"original","quality_controlled":"1","corr_author":"1","day":"10","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","oa_version":"None","date_published":"2026-04-10T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1039/d5tb02687c","title":"H2O2 responsive rhodamine-based probe for monitoring early-stage diabetes diagnosis","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2050-7518"],"issn":["2050-750X"]},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"type":"journal_article","article_processing_charge":"No","publisher":"Royal Society of Chemistry","acknowledgement":"MM acknowledges the Government of India for DST-INSPIRE\r\nfellowship [IF200389] and Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and the OeAD – Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation for an Ernst Mach Grant, weltweit (grant number MPC-2024-01518) for research internship at ISTA. The Scientific Service Units of ISTA supported this research through resources provided by the Lab Support Facility. PG acknowledges the ANRF, India, for his NPDF fellowship (File no. PDF/2022/001960). PB acknowledges ANRF, India, for the SERB-CRG sponsored project GAP-240712 (vide reference no. CRG/2022/001679).","date_created":"2026-04-13T07:45:26Z","OA_type":"closed access","external_id":{"pmid":["41958432"]},"citation":{"apa":"Mondal, M., Ghorai, P., Samadder, A., Freunberger, S. A., & Banerjee, P. (2026). H2O2 responsive rhodamine-based probe for monitoring early-stage diabetes diagnosis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tb02687c","mla":"Mondal, Moumita, et al. “H2O2 Responsive Rhodamine-Based Probe for Monitoring Early-Stage Diabetes Diagnosis.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2026, doi:10.1039/d5tb02687c.","chicago":"Mondal, Moumita, Pravat Ghorai, Asmita Samadder, Stefan Alexander Freunberger, and Priyabrata Banerjee. “H2O2 Responsive Rhodamine-Based Probe for Monitoring Early-Stage Diabetes Diagnosis.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tb02687c.","ista":"Mondal M, Ghorai P, Samadder A, Freunberger SA, Banerjee P. 2026. H2O2 responsive rhodamine-based probe for monitoring early-stage diabetes diagnosis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B.","ama":"Mondal M, Ghorai P, Samadder A, Freunberger SA, Banerjee P. H2O2 responsive rhodamine-based probe for monitoring early-stage diabetes diagnosis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2026. doi:10.1039/d5tb02687c","short":"M. Mondal, P. Ghorai, A. Samadder, S.A. Freunberger, P. Banerjee, Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2026).","ieee":"M. Mondal, P. Ghorai, A. Samadder, S. A. Freunberger, and P. Banerjee, “H2O2 responsive rhodamine-based probe for monitoring early-stage diabetes diagnosis,” Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2026."},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"epub_ahead","pmid":1},{"acknowledgement":"I acknowledge the funding agencies 1Norwegian Research Council RCN project 315287.\r\n2The FIASCO project \"Illuminating range shifts through evolutionary FIASCO: contrasting\r\nFaIling And Successful ColOnizations in replicated wild populations\", funded by the\r\nEuropean Union - Next Generation EU (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza - MUR\r\ncode: P202229JBC, CUP: C53D23007100001). 3Ecotypic formation in Littorina saxatilis\r\nin the Western Atlantic and comparisons across the North Atlantic. University of\r\nGothenburg Research Travel Grant, Tjarno Marine Laboratory, Sweden. $3023 (2018).\r\n4JIN project (Young Researchers, Spanish Ministry of Science, RTI2018-101274-J-I00)","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","type":"dissertation","article_processing_charge":"No","has_accepted_license":"1","date_created":"2026-01-16T09:47:59Z","ddc":["576"],"page":"199","alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"oa":1,"supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-8548-5240","last_name":"Barton","full_name":"Barton, Nicholas H","first_name":"Nicholas H","id":"4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"id":"3C147470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Westram","first_name":"Anja M","full_name":"Westram, Anja M","orcid":"0000-0003-1050-4969"}],"citation":{"apa":"Garcia Castillo, D. F. (2026). The genomic architecture of local adaptation in introduced populations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20991","mla":"Garcia Castillo, Diego Fernando. The Genomic Architecture of Local Adaptation in Introduced Populations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026, doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-20991.","chicago":"Garcia Castillo, Diego Fernando. “The Genomic Architecture of Local Adaptation in Introduced Populations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20991.","ista":"Garcia Castillo DF. 2026. The genomic architecture of local adaptation in introduced populations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","ama":"Garcia Castillo DF. The genomic architecture of local adaptation in introduced populations. 2026. doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-20991","short":"D.F. Garcia Castillo, The Genomic Architecture of Local Adaptation in Introduced Populations, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.","ieee":"D. F. Garcia Castillo, “The genomic architecture of local adaptation in introduced populations,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026."},"publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Rapid local adaptation to new environments is critical for species persistence, especially in introduced populations. The evolutionary success of these populations is fundamentally dictated by the organization of genetic variation—the genomic architecture—in the face of severe demographic constraints, such as the founder effects and genetic bottlenecks that frequently accompany colonization. A central question in evolutionary biology is whether rapid adaptation relies on major-effect loci, such as chromosomal inversions, or on many small-effect loci dispersed across the genome. Furthermore, the genomic architecture strongly influences the extent to which evolutionary outcomes are predictable. Using introduced populations of the marine snail, Littorina saxatilis, as a model, this thesis investigates how genetic variation and genomic structure drive adaptation following introduction. We employed a population genomics approach on experimentally and accidentally introduced populations to dissect the specific genomic features that underpin divergence in newly colonized environments.\r\n\r\nIn Chapter 2, we tested the predictability of local adaptation through an uncommon 30-year transplant experiment in nature. By distinguishing allele and chromosomal inversion frequency changes from neutral expectations, we found that evolutionary change was highly predictable at the macro-scale (phenotypes and chromosomal inversions), but less robust at the level of individual collinear loci. This result demonstrates that evolution can be predictable when a population possesses sufficient standing genetic variation (SGV), with chromosomal inversions acting as key integrated units that facilitate a rapid response to selection. Building on this, Chapter 3 applied whole-genome sequencing to three accidentally introduced populations (Venice, San Francisco, and Redwood City) to investigate their likely source and genomic patterns of divergence. We identified genomic regions of remarkable divergence potentially associated with local adaptation, and likely fuelled by SGV, while explicitly acknowledging the difficulty in disentangling selection signals from the genome-wide effects of demographic processes. Furthermore, we found that the divergence patterns relied extensively on the collinear genome in these introduced populations, and less clearly on the chromosomal inversions. This observation contrasts with local adaptation observed in the experimental system that relied on both collinear loci and highly selected chromosomal inversions, highlighting how demographic history and genomic architecture influence the detectable signature of local adaptation.\r\n\r\nA major limitation to conducting large-scale comparative evolutionary studies is the lack of data standardization, which prevents the integration of community knowledge and high-resolution environmental and genetic data. Chapter 4 addresses this by developing a community database for the Littorina system. This platform implements standardized protocols for the integration of diverse phenotypic and environmental data from multiple Littorina species. Likewise, the platform also centralizes the availability of associated genomic data through links to external repositories. This database represents a crucial tool to test complex, large-scale evolutionary hypotheses.\r\n\r\nCollectively, this thesis strongly reinforces the fundamental importance of SGV as the raw material for successful local adaptation, a conclusion supported by evidence in both experimental and accidental introductions. Furthermore, this work highlights the critical role of the genomic architecture—specifically chromosomal inversions—in driving the predictability and effectiveness of adaptive responses. Our findings underscore how the interplay between SGV and genomic architecture dictates the trajectory and detectability of evolution in colonizing populations, while simultaneously providing a necessary tool to advance comparative evolutionary genomics in emerging model 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In this work, we propose Implosion Fabrication (ImpFab) as a versatile nanophotonics fabrication platform providing the highest spatial resolution, material versatility, and full volumetric control. ImpFab uniquely combines top-down lithography with bottom-up nanoparticle assembly within a hydrogel scaffold, enabling precise control over optical material properties, such as refractive index, by adjusting printing parameters. We showcase the potential of ImpFab by fabricating three-dimensional photonic crystals and quasicrystals, as well as demonstrating optical structures with spatially modulated unit cell material properties. Our results highlight the potential of ImpFab in producing nanostructures with tailored optical functionalities, which are crucial for applications in sensing, imaging, and information processing, and opening new avenues in developing non-Hermitian photonic systems with spatially controlled gain and loss.","lang":"eng"}],"pmid":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","citation":{"chicago":"Salamin, Yannick, Gaojie Yang, Brian Mills, André Grossi Fonseca, Charles Roques-Carmes, Quansan Yang, Justin Beroz, et al. “Three-Dimensional Nanophotonics with Spatially Modulated Optical Properties.” Light: Science & Applications. 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Salamin et al., “Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties,” Light: Science & Applications, vol. 15. Springer Nature, 2026.","ama":"Salamin Y, Yang G, Mills B, et al. Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties. Light: Science & Applications. 2026;15. doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5","short":"Y. Salamin, G. Yang, B. Mills, A. Grossi Fonseca, C. Roques-Carmes, Q. Yang, J. Beroz, S.E. Kooi, M. de Miguel Comella, K. Mak, S. Vaidya, D. Oran, C. Swain, Y. Sun, S. Maayani, J. Sloan, A. Amin Elfadil Elawad, J.J. Lopez, E.S. Boyden, M. Soljačić, Light: Science & Applications 15 (2026)."},"oa":1,"external_id":{"pmid":[" 41775693"]},"article_number":"145","OA_type":"gold","ddc":["530"],"intvolume":" 15","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:47Z","type":"journal_article","volume":15,"publisher":"Springer Nature","article_processing_charge":"No"},{"citation":{"ieee":"C. Woodahl, M. Murillo, C. Roques-Carmes, A. Karnieli, D. A. B. Miller, and O. Solgaard, “On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 136, no. 6. American Physical Society, 2026.","short":"C. Woodahl, M. Murillo, C. Roques-Carmes, A. Karnieli, D.A.B. Miller, O. Solgaard, Physical Review Letters 136 (2026).","ama":"Woodahl C, Murillo M, Roques-Carmes C, Karnieli A, Miller DAB, Solgaard O. On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer. Physical Review Letters. 2026;136(6). doi:10.1103/3c1m-d3hh","ista":"Woodahl C, Murillo M, Roques-Carmes C, Karnieli A, Miller DAB, Solgaard O. 2026. On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer. Physical Review Letters. 136(6), 063802.","chicago":"Woodahl, Clarisse, Melanie Murillo, Charles Roques-Carmes, Aviv Karnieli, David A. B. Miller, and Olav Solgaard. “On-Chip Laser-Driven Free-Electron Spin Polarizer.” Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh.","mla":"Woodahl, Clarisse, et al. “On-Chip Laser-Driven Free-Electron Spin Polarizer.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 136, no. 6, 063802, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:10.1103/3c1m-d3hh.","apa":"Woodahl, C., Murillo, M., Roques-Carmes, C., Karnieli, A., Miller, D. A. B., & Solgaard, O. (2026). On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer. Physical Review Letters. 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This platform provides an integrated and compact method to generate spin-polarized electrons, implementable with millimeter scale chips and tabletop lasers."}],"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh"}],"year":"2026","scopus_import":"1","_id":"21555","OA_place":"publisher"},{"date_updated":"2026-04-27T10:01:35Z","article_type":"original","quality_controlled":"1","extern":"1","author":[{"last_name":"Cheng","full_name":"Cheng, Dali","first_name":"Dali"},{"first_name":"Heming","full_name":"Wang, Heming","last_name":"Wang"},{"first_name":"Janet","full_name":"Zhong, Janet","last_name":"Zhong"},{"last_name":"Lustig","full_name":"Lustig, Eran","first_name":"Eran"},{"id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes"},{"first_name":"Shanhui","full_name":"Fan, Shanhui","last_name":"Fan"}],"abstract":[{"text":"Non-Hermiticity naturally arises in physical systems that exchange energy with their environment. The presence of non-Hermiticity leads to many topological physics phenomena and device applications. In the non-Hermitian energy band theory, the foundation of these physics and applications, both energies and wave vectors take complex values. The energy bands thus become a Riemann surface, and such an energy-band Riemann surface underlies all important signatures of non-Hermitian topology. Despite a long history and recent theoretical interests, the energy-band Riemann surface has not been experimentally studied. Here, we provide a photonic observation of the energy-band Riemann surface of a non-Hermitian system. This is achieved by a tunable imaginary gauge transformation in photonic synthetic frequency dimensions. From measured topologies of the Riemann surface, we reveal the complex-energy winding, the open-boundary-condition spectrum, the generalized Brillouin zone, and the branch points. Our findings demonstrate a unified framework in the studies of diverse effects in non-Hermitian topological physics through an experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surfaces.","lang":"eng"}],"month":"03","publication":"Science Advances","scopus_import":"1","year":"2026","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239"}],"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21583","title":"Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface","DOAJ_listed":"1","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2375-2548"]},"status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"18","issue":"12","oa_version":"Published Version","doi":"10.1126/sciadv.aec8239","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00Z","intvolume":" 12","volume":12,"type":"journal_article","article_processing_charge":"No","publisher":"American Association for the Advancement of Science","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:48Z","citation":{"ama":"Cheng D, Wang H, Zhong J, Lustig E, Roques-Carmes C, Fan S. Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface. Science Advances. 2026;12(12). doi:10.1126/sciadv.aec8239","short":"D. Cheng, H. Wang, J. Zhong, E. Lustig, C. Roques-Carmes, S. Fan, Science Advances 12 (2026).","ieee":"D. Cheng, H. Wang, J. Zhong, E. Lustig, C. Roques-Carmes, and S. Fan, “Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface,” Science Advances, vol. 12, no. 12. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2026.","chicago":"Cheng, Dali, Heming Wang, Janet Zhong, Eran Lustig, Charles Roques-Carmes, and Shanhui Fan. “Experimental Observation of Energy-Band Riemann Surface.” Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239.","apa":"Cheng, D., Wang, H., Zhong, J., Lustig, E., Roques-Carmes, C., & Fan, S. (2026). Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface. Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239","mla":"Cheng, Dali, et al. “Experimental Observation of Energy-Band Riemann Surface.” Science Advances, vol. 12, no. 12, eaec8239, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2026, doi:10.1126/sciadv.aec8239.","ista":"Cheng D, Wang H, Zhong J, Lustig E, Roques-Carmes C, Fan S. 2026. Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface. Science Advances. 12(12), eaec8239."},"arxiv":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","OA_type":"gold","article_number":"eaec8239","oa":1,"external_id":{"arxiv":["2510.08819"]}},{"acknowledgement":"The authors thank Ms. Katrin Muck for her guidance related to the use of HPC. The MC\r\ncomputer simulation results presented here were enabled via a generous share of CPU time, offered by the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC) under Project No. 71263. A. J. A. gratefully acknowledges support from the EPSRC under Grant No. EP/P015689/1. This research was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [Grant DOI: 10.55776/PIN8759524], gratefully acknowledged by G. K .","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","type":"journal_article","publisher":"American Physical Society","volume":136,"has_accepted_license":"1","date_created":"2026-04-26T22:01:47Z","intvolume":" 136","ddc":["530"],"OA_type":"hybrid","article_number":"148203","oa":1,"external_id":{"arxiv":["2603.18918"]},"arxiv":1,"citation":{"ista":"Wassermair M, Kahl G, Roth R, Archer AJ. 2026. Navigating complex phase diagrams in soft matter systems. Physical Review Letters. 136(14), 148203.","chicago":"Wassermair, Michael, Gerhard Kahl, Roland Roth, and Andrew J. Archer. “Navigating Complex Phase Diagrams in Soft Matter Systems.” Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/nbvt-fgjy.","apa":"Wassermair, M., Kahl, G., Roth, R., & Archer, A. J. (2026). Navigating complex phase diagrams in soft matter systems. Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/nbvt-fgjy","mla":"Wassermair, Michael, et al. “Navigating Complex Phase Diagrams in Soft Matter Systems.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 136, no. 14, 148203, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:10.1103/nbvt-fgjy.","short":"M. Wassermair, G. Kahl, R. Roth, A.J. Archer, Physical Review Letters 136 (2026).","ama":"Wassermair M, Kahl G, Roth R, Archer AJ. Navigating complex phase diagrams in soft matter systems. Physical Review Letters. 2026;136(14). doi:10.1103/nbvt-fgjy","ieee":"M. Wassermair, G. Kahl, R. Roth, and A. J. Archer, “Navigating complex phase diagrams in soft matter systems,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 136, no. 14. American Physical Society, 2026."},"publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"abstract":[{"text":"Colloidal fluids can exhibit complex phase behavior and determining phase diagrams via experiments or computer simulations can be laborious. We demonstrate that the dispersion relation ω(k), obtained from dynamical density functional theory for the uniform density system, is a highly versatile tool for predicting where in the phase diagram complex crystals form. The sign of ω(k) determines whether density modes with wave number k grow or decay over time. We demonstrate the predictive power by investigating the complex phase behavior of particles interacting via core-shoulder pair potentials. With complementary Monte Carlo simulations, we show that regions of the phase diagram where ωðkÞ has one or several unstable (growing) wave numbers are also where crystalline phases occur. Going further, by tuning these\r\nunstable wave numbers via the interaction-potential and state-point parameters, we design systems with quasicrystals in the phase diagram. We identify a system with a certain shoulder range exhibiting at least ten different phases. Our general approach accelerates considerably the mapping of complex phase diagrams, crucial for the design of new materials.","lang":"eng"}],"publication":"Physical Review Letters","month":"04","department":[{"_id":"AnSa"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21764","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-04-28T06:58:40Z","year":"2026","article_type":"original","file":[{"access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-04-28T06:58:40Z","file_name":"2026_PhysicalReviewLetters_Wassermair.pdf","file_id":"21769","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst","file_size":4336488,"success":1,"checksum":"8ffb139122a185fcddbe6a9c901a287c","date_created":"2026-04-28T06:58:40Z","relation":"main_file"}],"quality_controlled":"1","author":[{"id":"23d132c4-4e98-11ef-b275-9e8d4cd8c917","first_name":"Michael","full_name":"Wassermair, Michael","last_name":"Wassermair","orcid":"0009-0003-6339-4051"},{"last_name":"Kahl","full_name":"Kahl, Gerhard","first_name":"Gerhard"},{"last_name":"Roth","first_name":"Roland","full_name":"Roth, Roland"},{"last_name":"Archer","first_name":"Andrew J.","full_name":"Archer, Andrew J."}],"date_updated":"2026-04-28T07:03:48Z","issue":"14","PlanS_conform":"1","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"10","doi":"10.1103/nbvt-fgjy","date_published":"2026-04-10T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"Published Version","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0031-9007"],"eissn":["1079-7114"]},"title":"Navigating complex phase diagrams in soft matter systems","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"}},{"article_number":"045604","OA_type":"closed access","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","citation":{"ieee":"M. Lara, M. Flores, G. Castillo, S. Tassara, S. R. Waitukaitis, and N. Mujica, “Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions,” Physical Review Materials, vol. 10, no. 4. American Physical Society, 2026.","short":"M. Lara, M. Flores, G. Castillo, S. Tassara, S.R. Waitukaitis, N. Mujica, Physical Review Materials 10 (2026).","ama":"Lara M, Flores M, Castillo G, Tassara S, Waitukaitis SR, Mujica N. Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. 2026;10(4). doi:10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","ista":"Lara M, Flores M, Castillo G, Tassara S, Waitukaitis SR, Mujica N. 2026. Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. 10(4), 045604.","mla":"Lara, Macarena, et al. “Particle Size Scaling of Non-Gaussian Granular Charge Distributions.” Physical Review Materials, vol. 10, no. 4, 045604, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:10.1103/qw6t-xqdw.","chicago":"Lara, Macarena, Marcos Flores, Gustavo Castillo, Santiago Tassara, Scott R Waitukaitis, and Nicolás Mujica. “Particle Size Scaling of Non-Gaussian Granular Charge Distributions.” Physical Review Materials. American Physical Society, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1103/qw6t-xqdw.","apa":"Lara, M., Flores, M., Castillo, G., Tassara, S., Waitukaitis, S. R., & Mujica, N. (2026). Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions. Physical Review Materials. 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We also acknowledge the technical assistance of Ricardo Silva and Andrés Espinosa at DFI, FCFM, Universidad de Chile.","intvolume":" 10","oa_version":"None","date_published":"2026-04-01T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1103/qw6t-xqdw","day":"01","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","issue":"4","title":"Particle size scaling of non-Gaussian granular charge distributions","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2475-9953"]},"year":"2026","scopus_import":"1","_id":"21765","department":[{"_id":"ScWa"}],"publication":"Physical Review Materials","month":"04","abstract":[{"text":"Dielectric particles of the same material exchange electrical charge during collisions or sliding contacts, yet the underlying charge-exchange mechanism is still not understood. The fact that particles can become highly charged as a result of this effect has significant consequences for many settings, both in nature and industry, such as thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions, particle aggregation during meteorite and planet formation, and the clogging of industrial granular systems. Toward understanding these systems, great efforts have been made to develop precise in situ measurements for particle charge, e.g., to determine ensemble charge distributions or measure exchange during individual contacts. Here, we present experimental results concerning the particle size scaling of the stationary-state charge distributions of oxide particles in the sub-millimeter range. We measure the charge distributions for large ensembles of monodisperse ZrO2:SiO2 composite spheres, ranging from 172 to 545µm in diameter. These distributions are non-Gaussian and collapse to a single master curve when plotted as functions of the surface charge density Σ=𝑞/4𝜋𝑅2. X-ray fluorescence and atomic force microscopy measurements show that the differences in the measured charge distributions are not due to variations in chemical composition or surface roughness, but rather to size alone. Our findings provide constraints on microscopic models for charge exchange, namely that they should lead to steady-state distributions that are non-Gaussian and scale in a specific way with particle size.","lang":"eng"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-28T07:13:56Z","author":[{"last_name":"Lara","full_name":"Lara, Macarena","first_name":"Macarena"},{"last_name":"Flores","full_name":"Flores, Marcos","first_name":"Marcos"},{"first_name":"Gustavo","full_name":"Castillo, Gustavo","last_name":"Castillo"},{"last_name":"Tassara","first_name":"Santiago","full_name":"Tassara, Santiago"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","last_name":"Waitukaitis","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","first_name":"Scott R"},{"last_name":"Mujica","first_name":"Nicolás","full_name":"Mujica, Nicolás"}],"article_type":"original","quality_controlled":"1"},{"title":"Symplectic structures on the space of space curves","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1432-1467"],"issn":["0938-8974"]},"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"15","issue":"2","PlanS_conform":"1","oa_version":"Published Version","doi":"10.1007/s00332-026-10266-8","date_published":"2026-04-15T00:00:00Z","date_updated":"2026-04-28T09:59:01Z","quality_controlled":"1","file":[{"file_name":"2026_JourNonlinearScience_Bauer.pdf","access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-04-28T09:55:32Z","success":1,"checksum":"760de2631b6fd7d57bcd5115ed36c0a2","date_created":"2026-04-28T09:55:32Z","relation":"main_file","file_id":"21770","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst","file_size":1108518}],"article_type":"original","author":[{"first_name":"Martin","full_name":"Bauer, Martin","last_name":"Bauer"},{"id":"6F7C4B96-A8E9-11E9-A7CA-09ECE5697425","last_name":"Ishida","full_name":"Ishida, Sadashige","first_name":"Sadashige","orcid":"0000-0002-3121-3100"},{"full_name":"Michor, Peter W.","first_name":"Peter W.","last_name":"Michor"}],"related_material":{"record":[{"relation":"earlier_version","id":"17361","status":"public"}]},"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"ChWo"}],"abstract":[{"text":"We present symplectic structures on the shape space of unparameterized space curves that generalize the classical Marsden–Weinstein structure. Our method integrates the Liouville 1-form of the Marsden–Weinstein structure with Riemannian structures that have been introduced in mathematical shape analysis. We also derive Hamiltonian vector fields for several classical Hamiltonian functions with respect to these new symplectic structures.","lang":"eng"}],"publication":"Journal of Nonlinear Science","month":"04","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-04-28T09:55:32Z","year":"2026","_id":"21743","OA_place":"publisher","citation":{"mla":"Bauer, Martin, et al. “Symplectic Structures on the Space of Space Curves.” Journal of Nonlinear Science, vol. 36, no. 2, 45, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:10.1007/s00332-026-10266-8.","chicago":"Bauer, Martin, Sadashige Ishida, and Peter W. Michor. “Symplectic Structures on the Space of Space Curves.” Journal of Nonlinear Science. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-026-10266-8.","apa":"Bauer, M., Ishida, S., & Michor, P. W. (2026). Symplectic structures on the space of space curves. Journal of Nonlinear Science. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-026-10266-8","ista":"Bauer M, Ishida S, Michor PW. 2026. Symplectic structures on the space of space curves. Journal of Nonlinear Science. 36(2), 45.","ieee":"M. Bauer, S. Ishida, and P. W. Michor, “Symplectic structures on the space of space curves,” Journal of Nonlinear Science, vol. 36, no. 2. Springer Nature, 2026.","ama":"Bauer M, Ishida S, Michor PW. Symplectic structures on the space of space curves. Journal of Nonlinear Science. 2026;36(2). doi:10.1007/s00332-026-10266-8","short":"M. Bauer, S. Ishida, P.W. Michor, Journal of Nonlinear Science 36 (2026)."},"arxiv":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","OA_type":"hybrid","article_number":"45","external_id":{"arxiv":["2407.19908"]},"oa":1,"intvolume":" 36","ddc":["510"],"project":[{"grant_number":"101045083","name":"Computational Discovery of Numerical Algorithms for Animation and Simulation of Natural Phenomena","_id":"34bc2376-11ca-11ed-8bc3-9a3b3961a088"}],"acknowledgement":"The authors are grateful to Boris Khesin for valuable comments on the MW symplectic structure and S. Ishida thanks Albert Chern for insightful discussions on space curves and Chris Wojtan for his continuous support. M. Bauer was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-1953244 and by the Binational Science Foundation (BSF). S. Ishida was partially supported by ERC Consolidator Grant 101045083 “CoDiNA” funded by the European Research Council. Some figures were generated by the software Houdini and its education license was provided by SideFX. Open access funding provided by University of Vienna.","publisher":"Springer Nature","type":"journal_article","volume":36,"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","has_accepted_license":"1","date_created":"2026-04-16T07:29:17Z"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"submitted","citation":{"short":"A. Chern, S. Ishida, ArXiv (n.d.).","ama":"Chern A, Ishida S. L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958","ieee":"A. Chern and S. Ishida, “L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions,” arXiv. .","ista":"Chern A, Ishida S. L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv, 2602.09958.","apa":"Chern, A., & Ishida, S. (n.d.). L’Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958","mla":"Chern, Albert, and Sadashige Ishida. “L’Hopital Rules for Complex-Valued Functions in Higher Dimensions.” ArXiv, 2602.09958, doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958.","chicago":"Chern, Albert, and Sadashige Ishida. “L’Hopital Rules for Complex-Valued Functions in Higher Dimensions.” ArXiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958."},"arxiv":1,"external_id":{"arxiv":["2602.09958"]},"oa":1,"article_number":"2602.09958","keyword":["l’Hopital theorem","complex functions"],"OA_type":"green","ddc":["510"],"project":[{"name":"Computational Discovery of Numerical Algorithms for Animation and Simulation of Natural Phenomena","grant_number":"101045083","_id":"34bc2376-11ca-11ed-8bc3-9a3b3961a088"}],"has_accepted_license":"1","date_created":"2026-04-15T16:28:24Z","type":"preprint","article_processing_charge":"No","acknowledgement":"This project was funded in part by the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant 101045083 CoDiNA) and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2239062.\r\n","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"title":"L'Hopital rules for complex-valued functions in higher dimensions","oa_version":"Preprint","date_published":"2026-02-10T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.48550/ARXIV.2602.09958","day":"10","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","status":"public","corr_author":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-28T10:56:30Z","author":[{"last_name":"Chern","first_name":"Albert","full_name":"Chern, Albert"},{"id":"6F7C4B96-A8E9-11E9-A7CA-09ECE5697425","full_name":"Ishida, Sadashige","first_name":"Sadashige","last_name":"Ishida","orcid":"0000-0002-3121-3100"}],"file":[{"checksum":"6a76591c723d3e949ad5afa9f7dbb2ee","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-04-28T10:53:27Z","success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst","file_id":"21771","file_size":867109,"file_name":"2026_arXiv_2602.09958.pdf","date_updated":"2026-04-28T10:53:27Z","access_level":"open_access"}],"year":"2026","file_date_updated":"2026-04-28T10:53:27Z","OA_place":"repository","_id":"21737","department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"ChWo"}],"month":"02","publication":"arXiv","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"In calculus, l'Hopital's rule provides a simple way to evaluate the limits of quotient functions when both the numerator and denominator vanish. But what happens when we move beyond real functions on a real interval? In this article, we study when the quotient of two complex-valued functions in higher dimension can be defined continuously at the points where both functions vanish. Surprisingly, the answer is far subtler than in the real-valued setting. We provide a complete characterization for the continuity of the quotient function. We also point out why extending this result to smoother quotients remains an intriguing challenge."}]},{"ddc":["520"],"intvolume":" 706","publisher":"EDP Sciences","type":"journal_article","volume":706,"article_processing_charge":"Yes","acknowledgement":"We thank Lynne Hillenbrand and Soumyadeep Bhattacharjee for helpful discussions, and Kishalay De for his help with the WIRC\r\nreduction pipeline. IC was supported by NASA through grants from the Space\r\nTelescope Science Institute, under NASA contracts NASA.22K1813, NAS5-\r\n26555 and NAS5-03127. TC was supported by NASA through the NASA Hubble\r\nFellowship grant HST-HF2-51527.001-A awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research\r\nin Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555. This project has\r\nreceived funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101020057). This work was based on observations obtained with the\r\nSamuel Oschin Telescope 48-inch and the 60-inch Telescope at the Palomar\r\nObservatory as part of the Zwicky Transient Facility project. ZTF is supported\r\nby the National Science Foundation under Grants No. AST-1440341, AST2034437, and currently Award #2407588. ZTF receives additional funding from\r\nthe ZTF partnership. Current members include Caltech, USA; Caltech/IPAC,\r\nUSA; University of Maryland, USA; University of California, Berkeley, USA;\r\nUniversity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA; Cornell University, USA; Drexel\r\nUniversity, USA; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Institute\r\nof Science and Technology, Austria; National Central University, Taiwan, and\r\nOKC, University of Stockholm, Sweden. Operations are conducted by Caltech’s\r\nOptical Observatory (COO), Caltech/IPAC, and the University of Washington at\r\nSeattle, USA. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency\r\n(ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by\r\nthe Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.\r\ncosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys (PS1)\r\nand the PS1 public science archive have been made possible through contributions by the Institute for Astronomy, the University of Hawaii, the PanSTARRS Project Office, the Max-Planck Society and its participating institutes, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg and the Max Planck\r\nInstitute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, The Johns Hopkins University,\r\nDurham University, the University of Edinburgh, the Queen’s University Belfast,\r\nthe Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Incorporated, the National Central University of Taiwan, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NNX08AR22G issued through\r\nthe Planetary Science Division of the NASA Science Mission Directorate, the\r\nNational Science Foundation Grant No. AST–1238877, the University of Maryland, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), the Los Alamos National Laboratory,\r\nand the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This work made use of Astropy\r\n(http://www.astropy.org): a community-developed core Python package\r\nand an ecosystem of tools and resources for astronomy (Astropy Collaboration\r\n2013, 2018, 2022).","has_accepted_license":"1","date_created":"2026-02-17T08:12:05Z","citation":{"short":"A.-A. Cristea, I. Caiazzo, T. Cunningham, J.C. Raymond, S. Vennes, A. Kawka, A.A. Desai, D.R. Miller, J.J. Hermes, J. Fuller, J. Heyl, J. van Roestel, K.B. Burdge, A.C. Rodriguez, I. Pelisoli, B.T. Gänsicke, P. Szkody, S.J. Kenyon, Z. Vanderbosch, A. Drake, L. Ferrario, D. Wickramasinghe, V.R. Karambelkar, S. Justham, R. Pakmor, K. El-Badry, T. Prince, S.R. Kulkarni, M.J. Graham, F.J. Masci, S.L. Groom, J. Purdum, R. Dekany, E.C. Bellm, Astronomy & Astrophysics 706 (2026).","ama":"Cristea A-A, Caiazzo I, Cunningham T, et al. A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2026;706. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556432","ieee":"A.-A. Cristea et al., “A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant,” Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 706. EDP Sciences, 2026.","ista":"Cristea A-A, Caiazzo I, Cunningham T, Raymond JC, Vennes S, Kawka A, Desai AA, Miller DR, Hermes JJ, Fuller J, Heyl J, van Roestel J, Burdge KB, Rodriguez AC, Pelisoli I, Gänsicke BT, Szkody P, Kenyon SJ, Vanderbosch Z, Drake A, Ferrario L, Wickramasinghe D, Karambelkar VR, Justham S, Pakmor R, El-Badry K, Prince T, Kulkarni SR, Graham MJ, Masci FJ, Groom SL, Purdum J, Dekany R, Bellm EC. 2026. A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 706, A188.","mla":"Cristea, Andrei-Alexandru, et al. “A Half Ring of Ionized Circumstellar Material Trapped in the Magnetosphere of a White Dwarf Merger Remnant.” Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 706, A188, EDP Sciences, 2026, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556432.","chicago":"Cristea, Andrei-Alexandru, Ilaria Caiazzo, Tim Cunningham, John C. Raymond, Stephane Vennes, Adela Kawka, Aayush A Desai, et al. “A Half Ring of Ionized Circumstellar Material Trapped in the Magnetosphere of a White Dwarf Merger Remnant.” Astronomy & Astrophysics. EDP Sciences, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202556432.","apa":"Cristea, A.-A., Caiazzo, I., Cunningham, T., Raymond, J. C., Vennes, S., Kawka, A., … Bellm, E. C. (2026). A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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J.","full_name":"Hermes, J. 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R.","last_name":"Kulkarni"},{"first_name":"Matthew J.","full_name":"Graham, Matthew J.","last_name":"Graham"},{"first_name":"Frank J.","full_name":"Masci, Frank J.","last_name":"Masci"},{"first_name":"Steven L.","full_name":"Groom, Steven L.","last_name":"Groom"},{"last_name":"Purdum","full_name":"Purdum, Josiah","first_name":"Josiah"},{"last_name":"Dekany","first_name":"Richard","full_name":"Dekany, Richard"},{"last_name":"Bellm","full_name":"Bellm, Eric C.","first_name":"Eric C."}],"file":[{"file_name":"2026_AstronomyAstrophysics_Cristea.pdf","date_updated":"2026-02-23T12:04:37Z","access_level":"open_access","checksum":"229b688e6e78cab5bb8e2bac366d1575","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-02-23T12:04:37Z","success":1,"creator":"dernst","file_id":"21350","content_type":"application/pdf","file_size":5352853}],"article_type":"original","quality_controlled":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:01:21Z","corr_author":"1","month":"02","publication":"Astronomy & Astrophysics","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Many white dwarfs are observed in compact double white dwarf binaries, and through the emission of gravitational waves, a large fraction are destined to merge. The merger remnants that do not explode in a Type Ia supernova are expected to initially be rapidly rotating and highly magnetized. In this work, we present our discovery of the variable white dwarf ZTF J200832.79+444939.67, hereafter ZTF J2008+4449, as a likely merger remnant showing signs of circumstellar material without a stellar or substellar companion. The nature of ZTF J2008+4449 as a merger remnant is supported by its physical properties: it is hot (35 500 ± 300 K) and massive (1.12 ± 0.03 M\r\n ⊙\r\n ), rapidly rotating with a period of ≈6.6 minutes, and likely possesses exceptionally strong magnetic fields (∼400−600 MG) at its surface. Remarkably, we detect a significant period derivative of (1.80 ± 0.09)×10\r\n −12\r\n s/s, indicating that the white dwarf is spinning down, and a soft X-ray emission that is inconsistent with photospheric emission. As the presence of a mass-transferring stellar or brown dwarf companion is excluded by infrared photometry, the detected spin-down and X-ray emission could be tell-tale signs of a magnetically driven wind or of interaction with circumstellar material, possibly originating from the fallback of gravitationally bound merger ejecta or from the tidal disruption of a planetary object. We also detect Balmer emission, which requires the presence of ionized hydrogen in the vicinity of the white dwarf, showing Doppler shifts as high as ≈2000 km s\r\n −1\r\n . The unusual variability of the Balmer emission on the spin period of the white dwarf is consistent with the trapping of a half ring of ionized gas in the magnetosphere of the white dwarf.\r\n "}],"department":[{"_id":"IlCa"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"related_material":{"link":[{"description":"News on ISTA website","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/twos-company-new-class-of-star-remnants/","relation":"press_release"}]},"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21274","year":"2026","file_date_updated":"2026-02-23T12:04:37Z","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0004-6361"],"eissn":["1432-0746"]},"DOAJ_listed":"1","title":"A half ring of ionized circumstellar material trapped in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf merger remnant","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"PlanS_conform":"1","day":"10","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","status":"public","date_published":"2026-02-10T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1051/0004-6361/202556432","oa_version":"Published Version"},{"tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"title":"Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification","doi":"10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"Published Version","issue":"8106","PlanS_conform":"1","status":"public","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","day":"18","corr_author":"1","file":[{"success":1,"date_created":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","relation":"main_file","checksum":"dafef9ed575b44be4263e948a47ae056","file_size":12245694,"file_id":"21494","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst","file_name":"2026_Nature_Grosjean.pdf","access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z"}],"quality_controlled":"1","article_type":"original","author":[{"id":"0C5FDA4A-9CF6-11E9-8939-FF05E6697425","full_name":"Grosjean, Galien M","first_name":"Galien M","last_name":"Grosjean","orcid":"0000-0001-5154-417X"},{"full_name":"Ostermann, Markus","first_name":"Markus","last_name":"Ostermann"},{"first_name":"Markus","full_name":"Sauer, Markus","last_name":"Sauer"},{"full_name":"Hahn, Michael","first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Hahn"},{"full_name":"Pichler, Christian M.","first_name":"Christian M.","last_name":"Pichler"},{"full_name":"Fahrnberger, Florian","first_name":"Florian","last_name":"Fahrnberger"},{"id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","first_name":"Felix","last_name":"Pertl"},{"id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X","first_name":"Daniel","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","last_name":"Balazs"},{"first_name":"Mason M.","full_name":"Link, Mason M.","last_name":"Link"},{"last_name":"Kim","first_name":"Seong H.","full_name":"Kim, Seong H."},{"first_name":"Devin L.","full_name":"Schrader, Devin L.","last_name":"Schrader"},{"last_name":"Blanco","full_name":"Blanco, Adriana","first_name":"Adriana"},{"first_name":"Francisco","full_name":"Gracia, Francisco","last_name":"Gracia"},{"full_name":"Mujica, Nicolás","first_name":"Nicolás","last_name":"Mujica"},{"id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","last_name":"Waitukaitis","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","first_name":"Scott R"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:06:01Z","_id":"21485","OA_place":"publisher","file_date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","year":"2026","abstract":[{"text":"Insulating oxides are among the most abundant solid materials in the universe1,2,3. Of the many ways in which they influence natural phenomena, perhaps the most consequential is their capacity to transfer electrical charge during contact4,5,6,7,8,9,10—which occurs even between samples of the same oxide—yet the symmetry-breaking parameter that causes this remains unidentified11,12. Here we show that adventitious carbonaceous molecules adsorbed from the environment are the symmetry-breaking factor in same-material oxide contact electrification (CE). We use acoustic levitation to measure charge exchange between a sphere and a plate composed of identical amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2). Although charging polarity is random for co-prepared samples, we control it with baking or plasma treatment. Observing the charge-exchange relaxation afterwards, we see dynamics over a timescale of hours and connect this directly to the presence of adventitious carbon with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, low-energy ion scattering and infrared spectroscopy. Going further, we confirm that adventitious carbon can even determine charge exchange among different oxides. Our results identify the symmetry-breaking parameter that causes insulating oxides to exchange charge in settings ranging from desert sands4 to volcanic plumes5,6, while simultaneously highlighting an overlooked factor in CE more broadly.","lang":"eng"}],"month":"03","publication":"Nature","related_material":{"link":[{"url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/colliding-dust-and-the-sparks-of-creation/","relation":"press_release","description":"News on ISTA website"}]},"department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"pmid":1,"publication_status":"published","citation":{"ista":"Grosjean GM, Ostermann M, Sauer M, Hahn M, Pichler CM, Fahrnberger F, Pertl F, Balazs D, Link MM, Kim SH, Schrader DL, Blanco A, Gracia F, Mujica N, Waitukaitis SR. 2026. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. 651(8106), 626–631.","chicago":"Grosjean, Galien M, Markus Ostermann, Markus Sauer, Michael Hahn, Christian M. Pichler, Florian Fahrnberger, Felix Pertl, et al. “Adventitious Carbon Breaks Symmetry in Oxide Contact Electrification.” Nature. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w.","mla":"Grosjean, Galien M., et al. “Adventitious Carbon Breaks Symmetry in Oxide Contact Electrification.” Nature, vol. 651, no. 8106, Springer Nature, 2026, pp. 626–31, doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w.","apa":"Grosjean, G. M., Ostermann, M., Sauer, M., Hahn, M., Pichler, C. M., Fahrnberger, F., … Waitukaitis, S. R. (2026). Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","ieee":"G. M. Grosjean et al., “Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification,” Nature, vol. 651, no. 8106. Springer Nature, pp. 626–631, 2026.","short":"G.M. Grosjean, M. Ostermann, M. Sauer, M. Hahn, C.M. Pichler, F. Fahrnberger, F. Pertl, D. Balazs, M.M. Link, S.H. Kim, D.L. Schrader, A. Blanco, F. Gracia, N. Mujica, S.R. Waitukaitis, Nature 651 (2026) 626–631.","ama":"Grosjean GM, Ostermann M, Sauer M, et al. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. Nature. 2026;651(8106):626-631. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w"},"oa":1,"external_id":{"pmid":["41851325"]},"page":"626-631","OA_type":"hybrid","intvolume":" 651","ddc":["540"],"project":[{"name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"949120","_id":"0aa60e99-070f-11eb-9043-a6de6bdc3afa"},{"call_identifier":"H2020","name":"ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships","grant_number":"754411","_id":"260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"}],"date_created":"2026-03-23T15:04:00Z","has_accepted_license":"1","acknowledgement":"This project has received support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 949120) and from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme (grant agreement no. 754411). We acknowledge the state of Lower Austria and the European Regional Development Fund under grant no. WST3-F-542638/004-2021. N.M. acknowledges support from grant Fondecyt 1221597. G.G. is a Serra Húnter fellow. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources provided by the Miba Machine Shop, Nanofabrication Facility, Scientific Computing facility and Lab Support Facility. We thank the Modic group for the use of the Laue camera, T. Zauner for the photography of the experimental set-up and R. Möller for insightful discussions. Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","ec_funded":1,"type":"journal_article","volume":651,"publisher":"Springer Nature","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)"},{"month":"01","publication":"Nature Physics","abstract":[{"text":"Early embryo geometry is one of the most invariant species-specific traits, yet its role in ensuring developmental reproducibility and robustness remains underexplored. Here we show that in zebrafish, the geometry of the fertilized egg—specifically its curvature and volume—serves as a critical initial condition triggering a cascade of events that influence development. The embryo geometry guides patterned asymmetric cell divisions in the blastoderm, generating radial gradients of cell volume and nucleocytoplasmic ratio. These gradients generate mitotic phase waves, with the nucleocytoplasmic ratio determining individual cell cycle periods independently of other cells. We demonstrate that reducing cell autonomy reshapes these waves, emphasizing the instructive role of geometry-derived volume patterns in setting the intrinsic period of the cell cycle oscillator. In addition to organizing cell cycles, early embryo geometry spatially patterns zygotic genome activation at the midblastula transition, a key step in establishing embryonic autonomy. Disrupting the embryo shape alters the zygotic genome activation pattern and causes ectopic germ layer specification, underscoring the developmental significance of geometry. Together, our findings reveal a symmetry-breaking function of early embryo geometry in coordinating cell cycle and transcriptional patterning.","lang":"eng"}],"department":[{"_id":"EdHa"},{"_id":"CaHe"}],"related_material":{"link":[{"description":"News on ISTA website","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/geometry-shapes-life/","relation":"research_data"}]},"_id":"21015","OA_place":"publisher","year":"2026","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-01-21T08:21:11Z","author":[{"first_name":"Nikhil","full_name":"Mishra, Nikhil","last_name":"Mishra","orcid":"0000-0002-6425-5788","id":"C4D70E82-1081-11EA-B3ED-9A4C3DDC885E"},{"last_name":"Li","full_name":"Li, Yuting I","first_name":"Yuting I","id":"ee7a5ca8-8b71-11ed-b662-b3341c05b7eb"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-6005-1561","full_name":"Hannezo, Edouard B","first_name":"Edouard B","last_name":"Hannezo","id":"3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"id":"39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Heisenberg","first_name":"Carl-Philipp J","full_name":"Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J","orcid":"0000-0002-0912-4566"}],"article_type":"original","file":[{"checksum":"0ab7ac2fbcb61a364dba57152db64ed7","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-01-21T08:21:11Z","success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21026","creator":"dernst","file_size":7335694,"file_name":"2026_NaturePhysics_Mishra.pdf","date_updated":"2026-01-21T08:21:11Z","access_level":"open_access"}],"quality_controlled":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:55:30Z","corr_author":"1","PlanS_conform":"1","day":"05","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","status":"public","date_published":"2026-01-05T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03122-1","oa_version":"Published Version","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1745-2473"],"issnl":[" 1745-2473"],"eissn":["1745-2481"]},"title":"Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"PreCl"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"volume":22,"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","type":"journal_article","publisher":"Springer Nature","ec_funded":1,"acknowledgement":"We thank N. Petridou (EMBL) for sharing results before publication. N.M. was supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Actions ISTplus grant agreement number 754411. Y.I.L. acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101034413. The research was supported by funding to C.-P.H. from the NOMIS Foundation, Project ID 1.844. We would like to thank past and present members of the Heisenberg and Hannezo groups for discussions, particularly S. Shamipour, V. Doddihal, M. Jovic, N. Hino, F. N. Arslan, R. Kobylinska and C. Camelo for feedback on the draft manuscript. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of Institute of Science and Technology Austria through resources provided by the Aquatics Facility, Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF), Scientific Computing (SciComp) facility and Lab Support Facility (LSF). Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria).","date_created":"2026-01-20T10:12:19Z","has_accepted_license":"1","project":[{"_id":"260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","name":"ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"754411"},{"_id":"fc2ed2f7-9c52-11eb-aca3-c01059dda49c","grant_number":"101034413","call_identifier":"H2020","name":"IST-BRIDGE: International postdoctoral program"},{"_id":"917c023a-16d5-11f0-9cad-eb5cafc52090","name":"Cytoplasmic self-organization into cell-like compartments as a common guiding principle in early animal development"}],"ddc":["570"],"intvolume":" 22","OA_type":"hybrid","page":"139-150","external_id":{"oaworkid":["W7118187193"]},"oa":1,"citation":{"ieee":"N. Mishra, Y. I. Li, E. B. Hannezo, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo,” Nature Physics, vol. 22. Springer Nature, pp. 139–150, 2026.","short":"N. Mishra, Y.I. Li, E.B. Hannezo, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Physics 22 (2026) 139–150.","ama":"Mishra N, Li YI, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo. Nature Physics. 2026;22:139-150. doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03122-1","ista":"Mishra N, Li YI, Hannezo EB, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2026. Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo. Nature Physics. 22, 139–150.","apa":"Mishra, N., Li, Y. I., Hannezo, E. B., & Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2026). Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo. Nature Physics. 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Paradoxically, perovskites are also known for having very short exciton decay times. Here, we resolve this apparent contradiction by showing that key optoelectronic properties of perovskites can be explained by localized flexoelectric polarization confined to interfaces between domains of spontaneous strain. Using birefringence imaging, electrochemical staining, and zero-bias photocurrent measurements, we visualize the domain structure and directly probe the associated internal fields in nominally cubic single crystals of methylammonium lead bromide. We demonstrate that localized flexoelectric fields spatially separate electrons and holes to opposite sides of domain walls, exponentially suppressing recombination. Domain walls thus act as efficient mesoscopic transport channels for long-lived photocarriers, microscopically linking structural heterogeneity to charge transport and offering mechanistically informed design principles for perovskite solar-energy technologies."}],"publication":"Nature Communications","month":"02","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-03-02T14:27:56Z","year":"2026","OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21382","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:12:46Z","quality_controlled":"1","file":[{"file_name":"2026_NatureComm_Rak.pdf","date_updated":"2026-03-02T14:27:56Z","access_level":"open_access","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-03-02T14:27:56Z","checksum":"dd7a98de892d0b5abefca7e290ca0f77","success":1,"file_size":2570918,"file_id":"21390","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"dernst"}],"article_type":"original","author":[{"last_name":"Rak","first_name":"Dmytro","full_name":"Rak, Dmytro","id":"70313b46-47c2-11ec-9e88-cd79101918fe"},{"id":"40D8A3E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Lorenc","full_name":"Lorenc, Dusan","first_name":"Dusan"},{"id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X","first_name":"Daniel","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","last_name":"Balazs"},{"full_name":"Zhumekenov, Ayan A.","first_name":"Ayan A.","last_name":"Zhumekenov"},{"full_name":"Bakr, Osman M.","first_name":"Osman M.","last_name":"Bakr"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-7183-5203","last_name":"Alpichshev","first_name":"Zhanybek","full_name":"Alpichshev, Zhanybek","id":"45E67A2A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"corr_author":"1","OA_type":"gold","article_number":"946","external_id":{"pmid":["41698893"]},"oa":1,"citation":{"chicago":"Rak, Dmytro, Dusan Lorenc, Daniel Balazs, Ayan A. Zhumekenov, Osman M. Bakr, and Zhanybek Alpichshev. “Flexoelectric Domain Walls Enable Charge Separation and Transport in Cubic Perovskites.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68660-5.","mla":"Rak, Dmytro, et al. “Flexoelectric Domain Walls Enable Charge Separation and Transport in Cubic Perovskites.” Nature Communications, vol. 17, 946, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:10.1038/s41467-026-68660-5.","apa":"Rak, D., Lorenc, D., Balazs, D., Zhumekenov, A. A., Bakr, O. M., & Alpichshev, Z. (2026). Flexoelectric domain walls enable charge separation and transport in cubic perovskites. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68660-5","ista":"Rak D, Lorenc D, Balazs D, Zhumekenov AA, Bakr OM, Alpichshev Z. 2026. Flexoelectric domain walls enable charge separation and transport in cubic perovskites. Nature Communications. 17, 946.","ieee":"D. Rak, D. Lorenc, D. Balazs, A. A. Zhumekenov, O. M. Bakr, and Z. Alpichshev, “Flexoelectric domain walls enable charge separation and transport in cubic perovskites,” Nature Communications, vol. 17. Springer Nature, 2026.","ama":"Rak D, Lorenc D, Balazs D, Zhumekenov AA, Bakr OM, Alpichshev Z. Flexoelectric domain walls enable charge separation and transport in cubic perovskites. Nature Communications. 2026;17. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-68660-5","short":"D. Rak, D. Lorenc, D. Balazs, A.A. Zhumekenov, O.M. Bakr, Z. Alpichshev, Nature Communications 17 (2026)."},"publication_status":"published","pmid":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"acknowledgement":"We are grateful to A. G. Volosniev for the valuable discussions. We thank D. Milius for the assistance with microscopy. D. R. would like to thank F. Filakovský and T. Čuchráč for the valuable discussions. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by the Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF) and the Miba Machine Shop Facility (MS).","article_processing_charge":"Yes","volume":17,"publisher":"Springer Nature","type":"journal_article","date_created":"2026-03-02T10:06:58Z","has_accepted_license":"1","intvolume":" 17","ddc":["530"]},{"oa_version":"Published Version","date_published":"2026-02-18T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1016/j.xgen.2026.101162","day":"18","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","status":"public","tmp":{"short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode"},"title":"Joint modeling of whole-genome sequencing data for human height via approximate message passing","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2666-979X"]},"DOAJ_listed":"1","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2026.101162","open_access":"1"}],"year":"2026","OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21488","department":[{"_id":"MaMo"},{"_id":"MaRo"}],"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","related_material":{"link":[{"url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/big-data-and-human-height/","relation":"press_release","description":"News on ISTA website"}]},"month":"02","publication":"Cell Genomics","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Human height is a model for the genetic analysis of complex traits, and recent studies suggest the presence of thousands of common genetic variant associations and hundreds of low-frequency/rare variants. Here, we develop a new algorithmic paradigm based on approximate message passing (genomic vector approximate message passing [gVAMP]) for identifying DNA sequence variants associated with complex traits and common diseases in large-scale whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data. We show that gVAMP accurately localizes associations to variants with the correct frequency and position in the DNA, outperforming existing fine-mapping methods in selecting the appropriate genetic variants within WGS data. We then apply gVAMP to jointly model the relationship of tens of millions of WGS variants with human height in hundreds of thousands of UK Biobank individuals. We identify 59 rare variants and gene burden scores alongside many hundreds of DNA regions containing common variant associations and show that understanding the genetic basis of complex traits will require the joint analysis of hundreds of millions of variables measured on millions of people. The polygenic risk scores obtained from gVAMP have high accuracy (including a prediction accuracy of ∼46% for human height) and outperform current methods for downstream tasks such as mixed linear model association testing across 13 UK Biobank traits. In conclusion, gVAMP offers a scalable foundation for a wider range of analyses in WGS data."}],"corr_author":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:08:37Z","author":[{"id":"0b77531d-dbcd-11ea-9d1d-a8eee0bf3830","first_name":"Al","full_name":"Depope, Al","last_name":"Depope"},{"full_name":"Bajzik, Jakub","first_name":"Jakub","last_name":"Bajzik","id":"b995e25b-8c4b-11ed-a6d8-f71b7bcd6122"},{"id":"27EB676C-8706-11E9-9510-7717E6697425","orcid":"0000-0002-3242-7020","last_name":"Mondelli","first_name":"Marco","full_name":"Mondelli, Marco"},{"id":"E5D42276-F5DA-11E9-8E24-6303E6697425","last_name":"Robinson","first_name":"Matthew Richard","full_name":"Robinson, Matthew Richard","orcid":"0000-0001-8982-8813"}],"quality_controlled":"1","article_type":"original","oa":1,"article_number":"101162","OA_type":"gold","publication_status":"epub_ahead","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"citation":{"short":"A. Depope, J. Bajzik, M. Mondelli, M.R. 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We thank Robin Beaumont, Amedeo Roberto Esposito, Gareth Hawkes, Philip Schniter, Matthew Stephens, Pragya Sur, Peter Visscher, Michael Weedon, and Harry Wright for providing valuable suggestions and comments on earlier versions of the work. This project was funded by a Lopez-Loreta Prize to M.M., an SNSF Eccellenza Grant to M.R.R. (PCEGP3-181181), an ERC Starting Grant to M.M. (INF2, project number 101161364), and core funding from ISTA. High-performance computing was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp). We would like to acknowledge the participants and investigators of the UK Biobank study. We gratefully acknowledge the All of Us participants for their contributions, without whom this research would not have been possible. We also thank the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program for making available the participant data (and/or samples and/or cohort) examined in this study.","ddc":["000","570"],"project":[{"_id":"059876FA-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E","name":"Prix Lopez-Loretta 2019 - Marco Mondelli"},{"_id":"911e6d1f-16d5-11f0-9cad-c5c68c6a1cdf","name":"Inference in High Dimensions: Light-speed Algorithms and Information Limits","grant_number":"101161364"},{"name":"Improving estimation and prediction of common complex disease risk","grant_number":"PCEGP3_181181","_id":"9B8D11D6-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"}]},{"publication_status":"published","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"arxiv":1,"citation":{"ieee":"M. Dymond and V. Kaluza, “Extending bilipschitz mappings between separated nets,” Annales Fennici Mathematici, vol. 51, no. 1. Finnish Mathematical Society, pp. 237–260, 2026.","short":"M. Dymond, V. Kaluza, Annales Fennici Mathematici 51 (2026) 237–260.","ama":"Dymond M, Kaluza V. 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This work was done while V.K. was fully funded by the Austria Science Fund (FWF) [M 3100-N].","publisher":"Finnish Mathematical Society","type":"journal_article","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","volume":51,"tmp":{"short":"CC BY-NC (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode"},"publication_identifier":{"issn":["2737-0690"],"eissn":["2737-114X"]},"title":"Extending bilipschitz mappings between separated nets","doi":"10.54330/afm.181562","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"Published Version","issue":"1","status":"public","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"17","corr_author":"1","file":[{"creator":"dernst","file_id":"21772","content_type":"application/pdf","file_size":342082,"success":1,"checksum":"442023926a3803d5d6ca8db8dbc4af1c","date_created":"2026-04-28T12:03:13Z","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:03:13Z","file_name":"2026_AnnalesFenniciMath_Dymond.pdf"}],"quality_controlled":"1","article_type":"original","author":[{"last_name":"Dymond","full_name":"Dymond, Michael","first_name":"Michael"},{"id":"21AE5134-9EAC-11EA-BEA2-D7BD3DDC885E","last_name":"Kaluza","full_name":"Kaluza, Vojtech","first_name":"Vojtech","orcid":"0000-0002-2512-8698"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:06:00Z","_id":"21766","OA_place":"publisher","scopus_import":"1","file_date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:03:13Z","year":"2026","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We provide a new characterisation of the decades old open problem of extending bilipschitz mappings given on a Euclidean separated net. 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Tiano for their technical support with the electron microscopy and S. Waitukaitis for helpful comments on the manuscript. The TEM images were prepared and imaged at the Brandeis Electron Microscopy facility. This work was supported by the Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich under project FTI23-G-011 (M.C.H. and C.P.G.), the Brandeis University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) under grant number NSF DMR-2011846 (T.E.V., D.H. and W.B.R.) and the Smith Family Foundation (W.B.R.). 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We validate our predictions through detailed, quantitative assembly experiments of nanoscale particles synthesized using DNA origami. Our results uncover physical relationships underpinning many-component programmable self-assembly in equilibrium and form the basis for robust inverse design, applicable to various systems from biological protein complexes to synthetic nanomachines."}],"month":"01","publication":"Nature Physics","related_material":{"link":[{"url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/behind-natures-blueprints/","relation":"press_release","description":"News on ISTA website"}]},"department":[{"_id":"CaGo"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"OA_place":"publisher","_id":"21006","scopus_import":"1","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03120-3"}],"year":"2026"}]