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With the advent of JWST, we are now able to routinely observe Hα in galaxies at high redshift (z ≳ 3) and thus measure their star formation rates (SFRs). However, using classical SFR(Hα) calibrations to derive the SFRs leads to biased results because high-redshift galaxies are commonly characterized by low metallicities and bursty star formation histories, affecting the conversion factor between the Hα luminosity (LHα) and the SFR. We developed a set of new SFR(Hα) calibrations that allowed us to predict the SFRs of Hα-emitters at z ≳ 3 with very little error. We used the SPHINX cosmological simulations to select a sample of star-forming galaxies representative of the Hα-emitter population observed with JWST. We then derived linear corrections to the classical SFR(Hα) calibrations that took variations in the physical properties (e.g., stellar metallicities) among individual galaxies into account. We obtained two new SFR(Hα) calibrations that compared to the classical calibrations reduce the root mean squared error (RMSE) in the predicted SFRs by ΔRMSE ≈ 0.04 dex and ΔRMSE ≈ 0.06 dex, respectively. Using the recent JWST NIRCam/grism observations of Hα-emitters at z ∼ 6, we show that the new calibrations affect the high-redshift galaxy population statistics: (i) the estimated cosmic SFR density decreases by ΔρSFR ≈ 12%, and (ii) the observed slope of the star formation main sequence increases by Δ∂logSFR/∂logM★ = 0.08 ± 0.02.","lang":"eng"}],"PlanS_conform":"1","title":"H α as a tracer of star formation in the SPHINX cosmological simulations","quality_controlled":"1","oa":1,"tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"article_type":"original","project":[{"_id":"bd9b2118-d553-11ed-ba76-db24564edfea","grant_number":"101076224","name":"Young galaxies as tracers and agents of cosmic reionization"}],"DOAJ_listed":"1","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-03-23T15:46:31Z","doi":"10.1051/0004-6361/202557114","arxiv":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"month":"03","volume":707,"publication_status":"published","author":[{"last_name":"Kramarenko","full_name":"Kramarenko, Ivan","orcid":"0000-0001-5346-6048","id":"9a9394cb-3200-11ee-973b-f5ba2a8b16e4","first_name":"Ivan"},{"first_name":"J.","last_name":"Rosdahl","full_name":"Rosdahl, J."},{"first_name":"J.","last_name":"Blaizot","full_name":"Blaizot, J."},{"id":"7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720","first_name":"Jorryt J","last_name":"Matthee","full_name":"Matthee, Jorryt J","orcid":"0000-0003-2871-127X"},{"last_name":"Katz","full_name":"Katz, H.","first_name":"H."},{"first_name":"Claudia","id":"2d002343-372f-11ef-98ec-a164d20427cb","full_name":"Di Cesare, Claudia","last_name":"Di Cesare"}],"department":[{"_id":"JoMa"}],"acknowledgement":"We thank the anonymous referee for the insightful comments that helped improve the manuscript. We also thank Thibault Garel, Pascal Oesch, Irene Shivaei, Charlotte Simmonds, Andrew Hopkins, Daniel Schaerer, and Rashmi Gottumukkala for useful comments and productive discussions. We gratefully acknowledge support from the CBPsmn (PSMN, Pôle Scientifique de Modélisation Numérique) of the ENS de Lyon for the computing resources.\r\nFunded by the European Union (ERC, AGENTS, 101076224). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This work made extensive use of several open-source software packages, and we gratefully acknowledge the efforts of their authors: numpy (Harris et al. 2020), astropy (Astropy Collaboration 2022), matplotlib (Hunter 2007), ipython (Perez & Granger 2007), and scikit-learn (Pedregosa et al. 2011).","ddc":["520"],"intvolume":"       707","OA_type":"diamond","corr_author":"1","article_number":"A184","citation":{"ista":"Kramarenko I, Rosdahl J, Blaizot J, Matthee JJ, Katz H, Di Cesare C. 2026. H α as a tracer of star formation in the SPHINX cosmological simulations. Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics. 707, A184.","mla":"Kramarenko, Ivan, et al. “H α as a Tracer of Star Formation in the SPHINX Cosmological Simulations.” <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>, vol. 707, A184, EDP Sciences, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557114\">10.1051/0004-6361/202557114</a>.","chicago":"Kramarenko, Ivan, J. Rosdahl, J. Blaizot, Jorryt J Matthee, H. Katz, and Claudia Di Cesare. “H α as a Tracer of Star Formation in the SPHINX Cosmological Simulations.” <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>. EDP Sciences, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557114\">https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557114</a>.","ieee":"I. Kramarenko, J. Rosdahl, J. Blaizot, J. J. Matthee, H. Katz, and C. Di Cesare, “H α as a tracer of star formation in the SPHINX cosmological simulations,” <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>, vol. 707. EDP Sciences, 2026.","short":"I. Kramarenko, J. Rosdahl, J. Blaizot, J.J. Matthee, H. Katz, C. Di Cesare, Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics 707 (2026).","apa":"Kramarenko, I., Rosdahl, J., Blaizot, J., Matthee, J. J., Katz, H., &#38; Di Cesare, C. (2026). H α as a tracer of star formation in the SPHINX cosmological simulations. <i>Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics</i>. 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The research was supported by the Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich under Project No. FTI23-G-011.","intvolume":"         8","ddc":["530"],"volume":8,"month":"03","department":[{"_id":"CaGo"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"author":[{"first_name":"Maximilian","id":"5eb8629e-15b2-11ec-abd3-e6f3e5e01f32","full_name":"Hübl, Maximilian","last_name":"Hübl"},{"last_name":"Goodrich","full_name":"Goodrich, Carl Peter","orcid":"0000-0002-1307-5074","first_name":"Carl Peter","id":"EB352CD2-F68A-11E9-89C5-A432E6697425"}],"publication_status":"published","oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_place":"publisher","has_accepted_license":"1","OA_type":"gold","citation":{"ista":"Hübl M, Goodrich CP. 2026. Entropic size control of self-assembled filaments. Physical Review Research. 8, L012054.","chicago":"Hübl, Maximilian, and Carl Peter Goodrich. “Entropic Size Control of Self-Assembled Filaments.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>. American Physical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/68rs-3qgn\">https://doi.org/10.1103/68rs-3qgn</a>.","ieee":"M. Hübl and C. P. Goodrich, “Entropic size control of self-assembled filaments,” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 8. American Physical Society, 2026.","mla":"Hübl, Maximilian, and Carl Peter Goodrich. “Entropic Size Control of Self-Assembled Filaments.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 8, L012054, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/68rs-3qgn\">10.1103/68rs-3qgn</a>.","short":"M. Hübl, C.P. Goodrich, Physical Review Research 8 (2026).","ama":"Hübl M, Goodrich CP. Entropic size control of self-assembled filaments. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. 2026;8. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/68rs-3qgn\">10.1103/68rs-3qgn</a>","apa":"Hübl, M., &#38; Goodrich, C. P. (2026). Entropic size control of self-assembled filaments. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. 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Here, we show that specific but promiscuous short-range binding interactions make it possible to economically assemble linear filaments of user-defined length. Our approach leads to independent control over the mean and width of the filament size distribution and allows us to smoothly explore design trade-offs between assembly quality (spread in size) and cost (number of particle species). We employ a simple hierarchical assembly protocol to minimize assembly times and show that multiple stages of hierarchy make it possible to extend our approach to the assembly of higher-dimensional structures. Our work provides a conceptually simple solution to size control that is applicable to a broad range of systems, from DNA nanoparticles to supramolecular polymers and beyond.","lang":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","title":"Entropic size control of self-assembled filaments","publisher":"American Physical Society","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2643-1564"]}},{"project":[{"name":"Tribocharge: a multi-scale approach to an enduring problem in physics","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","call_identifier":"H2020"}],"doi":"10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-04-28T12:06:01Z","article_type":"original","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"oa":1,"publisher":"Springer Nature","title":"Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification","PlanS_conform":"1","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","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."}],"file":[{"date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21494","checksum":"dafef9ed575b44be4263e948a47ae056","success":1,"access_level":"open_access","file_size":12245694,"creator":"dernst","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","file_name":"2026_Nature_Grosjean.pdf"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","day":"18","type":"journal_article","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","publication":"Nature","pmid":1,"date_created":"2026-03-23T15:04:00Z","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"pmid":["41851325"]},"_id":"21485","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"M-Shop"},{"_id":"NanoFab"},{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"year":"2026","file_date_updated":"2026-03-24T06:57:08Z","OA_place":"publisher","has_accepted_license":"1","ec_funded":1,"related_material":{"link":[{"relation":"press_release","url":"https://ista.ac.at/en/news/colliding-dust-and-the-sparks-of-creation/","description":"News on ISTA website"}]},"corr_author":"1","citation":{"ama":"Grosjean GM, Ostermann M, Sauer M, et al. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification. <i>Nature</i>. 2026;651(8106):626-631. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w\">10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w</a>","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. <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w</a>","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.","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.” <i>Nature</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w</a>.","ieee":"G. M. Grosjean <i>et al.</i>, “Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification,” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 651, no. 8106. Springer Nature, pp. 626–631, 2026.","mla":"Grosjean, Galien M., et al. “Adventitious Carbon Breaks Symmetry in Oxide Contact Electrification.” <i>Nature</i>, vol. 651, no. 8106, Springer Nature, 2026, pp. 626–31, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w\">10.1038/s41586-025-10088-w</a>.","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."},"issue":"8106","OA_type":"hybrid","ddc":["540"],"intvolume":"       651","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).","publication_status":"published","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-5154-417X","full_name":"Grosjean, Galien M","last_name":"Grosjean","first_name":"Galien M","id":"0C5FDA4A-9CF6-11E9-8939-FF05E6697425"},{"first_name":"Markus","full_name":"Ostermann, Markus","last_name":"Ostermann"},{"first_name":"Markus","last_name":"Sauer","full_name":"Sauer, Markus"},{"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Hahn","full_name":"Hahn, Michael"},{"first_name":"Christian M.","full_name":"Pichler, Christian M.","last_name":"Pichler"},{"full_name":"Fahrnberger, Florian","last_name":"Fahrnberger","first_name":"Florian"},{"id":"6313aec0-15b2-11ec-abd3-ed67d16139af","first_name":"Felix","last_name":"Pertl","full_name":"Pertl, Felix","orcid":"0000-0003-0463-5794"},{"id":"302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E","first_name":"Daniel","last_name":"Balazs","full_name":"Balazs, Daniel","orcid":"0000-0001-7597-043X"},{"first_name":"Mason M.","full_name":"Link, Mason M.","last_name":"Link"},{"full_name":"Kim, Seong H.","last_name":"Kim","first_name":"Seong H."},{"full_name":"Schrader, Devin L.","last_name":"Schrader","first_name":"Devin L."},{"first_name":"Adriana","last_name":"Blanco","full_name":"Blanco, Adriana"},{"full_name":"Gracia, Francisco","last_name":"Gracia","first_name":"Francisco"},{"first_name":"Nicolás","last_name":"Mujica","full_name":"Mujica, Nicolás"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-2299-3176","full_name":"Waitukaitis, Scott R","last_name":"Waitukaitis","first_name":"Scott R","id":"3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"department":[{"_id":"ScWa"},{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"month":"03","volume":651,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"page":"626-631","oa_version":"Published Version"},{"month":"03","volume":36,"department":[{"_id":"JiFr"}],"author":[{"id":"01f96916-0235-11eb-9379-a323192643b7","first_name":"Mingyue","last_name":"Li","full_name":"Li, Mingyue"},{"last_name":"Rydza","full_name":"Rydza, Nikola","first_name":"Nikola"},{"first_name":"Ewa","full_name":"Mazur, Ewa","last_name":"Mazur"},{"last_name":"Molnar","full_name":"Molnar, Gergely","first_name":"Gergely","id":"34F1AF46-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"last_name":"Nodzyński","full_name":"Nodzyński, Tomasz","first_name":"Tomasz"},{"id":"4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Jiří","last_name":"Friml","full_name":"Friml, Jiří","orcid":"0000-0002-8302-7596"}],"publication_status":"published","acknowledgement":"We thank Dr. Z. Ge (ISTA) for providing vectors for the CRISPR-Cas9 system, Dr. Armel Nicolas and Dr. Bella Bruszel for phosphoproteomic analysis, Prof. Michael Wrzaczek (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia) for valuable suggestions, and Prof. Maciek Adamowski (University of Gdańsk) for technical assistance. We also acknowledge the support of the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, the Imaging & Optics Facility, and the Lab Support Facility at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of ISTA, utilizing resources provided by the Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF) and the Lab Support Facility (LSF). The work conducted by the Friml group was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under grant agreement no. 101142681 (CYNIPS) and by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under project ESP271. We acknowledge the core facility CELLIM supported by MEYS CR (LM2023050 Czech-BioImaging) and the Plant Sciences Core Facility of CEITEC Masaryk University. E.M. received support from the National Science Centre (NCN), Poland, through the OPUS call within the Weave programme (grant no. 2021/43/I/NZ1/01835). T.N. received support from TowArds Next GENeration Crops, reg. no. CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004581 of the ERDF Programme Johannes Amos Comenius.","ddc":["580"],"intvolume":"        36","oa_version":"Published Version","page":"1468-1480.e6","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_place":"publisher","OA_type":"hybrid","issue":"6","citation":{"ama":"Li M, Rydza N, Mazur E, Molnar G, Nodzyński T, Friml J. Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization. <i>Current Biology</i>. 2026;36(6):1468-1480.e6. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023\">10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023</a>","apa":"Li, M., Rydza, N., Mazur, E., Molnar, G., Nodzyński, T., &#38; Friml, J. (2026). Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization. <i>Current Biology</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023</a>","short":"M. Li, N. Rydza, E. Mazur, G. Molnar, T. Nodzyński, J. Friml, Current Biology 36 (2026) 1468–1480.e6.","chicago":"Li, Mingyue, Nikola Rydza, Ewa Mazur, Gergely Molnar, Tomasz Nodzyński, and Jiří Friml. “Receptor-like-Kinase-Interacting Protein TOW Stabilizes PIN Transporters for Auxin Canalization.” <i>Current Biology</i>. Elsevier, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023</a>.","ieee":"M. Li, N. Rydza, E. Mazur, G. Molnar, T. Nodzyński, and J. Friml, “Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization,” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 36, no. 6. Elsevier, p. 1468–1480.e6, 2026.","mla":"Li, Mingyue, et al. “Receptor-like-Kinase-Interacting Protein TOW Stabilizes PIN Transporters for Auxin Canalization.” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 36, no. 6, Elsevier, 2026, p. 1468–1480.e6, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023\">10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023</a>.","ista":"Li M, Rydza N, Mazur E, Molnar G, Nodzyński T, Friml J. 2026. Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization. Current Biology. 36(6), 1468–1480.e6."},"corr_author":"1","has_accepted_license":"1","publication":"Current Biology","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","day":"23","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","file_date_updated":"2026-03-24T08:34:37Z","year":"2026","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"MassSpec"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"LifeSc"}],"_id":"21490","external_id":{"pmid":["41831441"]},"date_published":"2026-03-23T00:00:00Z","date_created":"2026-03-23T15:11:16Z","pmid":1,"oa":1,"article_type":"original","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"date_updated":"2026-03-24T08:36:40Z","status":"public","doi":"10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.023","project":[{"grant_number":"101142681","name":"Cyclic nucleotides as second messengers in plants","_id":"8f347782-16d5-11f0-9cad-8c19706ee739"},{"grant_number":"E271","name":"Identification of a novel regulator in auxin canalization","_id":"bd906599-d553-11ed-ba76-abf8547645d7"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0960-9822"]},"file":[{"file_name":"2026_CurrentBiology_Li.pdf","file_size":12986894,"access_level":"open_access","creator":"dernst","date_created":"2026-03-24T08:34:37Z","relation":"main_file","content_type":"application/pdf","checksum":"fe6c41fdab58a55df5f2a5860c02acdc","file_id":"21496","success":1,"date_updated":"2026-03-24T08:34:37Z"}],"title":"Receptor-like-kinase-interacting protein TOW stabilizes PIN transporters for auxin canalization","PlanS_conform":"1","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"text":"Auxin canalization is a self-organizing process that governs the flexible formation of vasculature by reinforcing the formation of auxin transport channels. A key prerequisite is the feedback between auxin signaling and directional auxin transport, mediated by PIN transporters. Despite the developmental importance of canalization, the molecular components linking auxin perception to the regulation of PIN auxin transporters remain poorly understood. Here, we identify TOW, a novel and essential component of auxin canalization that links intracellular auxin signaling with cell surface auxin perception. TOW is regulated downstream of TIR1/AFB-Aux/IAA-WRKY23 transcriptional auxin signaling. tow mutants exhibit defects in regeneration and de novo vasculature formation, along with impaired formation of polarized, PIN-expressing auxin channels. At the subcellular level, these mutants display disrupted auxin-induced PIN polarization and altered PIN endocytic trafficking dynamics. TOW localizes predominantly to the plasma membrane, where it interacts with receptor-like kinases involved in auxin canalization, including the TMK1 auxin co-receptor and the CAMEL-CANAR complex. TOW promotes PIN interaction with these kinases and stabilizes PINs at the cell surface. Together, our findings identify TOW as a molecular link between intracellular and cell surface auxin signaling mechanisms that converge on PIN trafficking and polarity, providing new insights into how auxin signaling regulates directional auxin transport for the self-organizing formation of vasculature during flexible plant development.","lang":"eng"}],"publisher":"Elsevier"},{"oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"month":"03","volume":7,"author":[{"id":"04b4791c-8fd7-11ee-a7df-be2fdc569c48","first_name":"Eulalia","full_name":"Nicolau Jimenez, Eulalia","last_name":"Nicolau Jimenez"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0038-7068","last_name":"Ljubotina","full_name":"Ljubotina, Marko","first_name":"Marko","id":"F75EE9BE-5C90-11EA-905D-16643DDC885E"},{"id":"47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maksym","full_name":"Serbyn, Maksym","last_name":"Serbyn","orcid":"0000-0002-2399-5827"}],"department":[{"_id":"MaSe"}],"publication_status":"published","acknowledgement":"The authors acknowledge useful discussions with Berislav Buca. This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 850899). M.L. acknowledges support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC-2111—390814868. This research was supported in part by grant NSF PHY-2309135 to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP).","scopus_import":"1","intvolume":"         7","ddc":["530"],"OA_type":"gold","citation":{"ista":"Nicolau Jimenez E, Ljubotina M, Serbyn M. 2026. Fragmentation, zero modes, and collective bound states in constrained models. PRX Quantum. 7, 010352.","mla":"Nicolau Jimenez, Eulalia, et al. “Fragmentation, Zero Modes, and Collective Bound States in Constrained Models.” <i>PRX Quantum</i>, vol. 7, 010352, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb\">10.1103/sl79-1xgb</a>.","ieee":"E. Nicolau Jimenez, M. Ljubotina, and M. Serbyn, “Fragmentation, zero modes, and collective bound states in constrained models,” <i>PRX Quantum</i>, vol. 7. American Physical Society, 2026.","chicago":"Nicolau Jimenez, Eulalia, Marko Ljubotina, and Maksym Serbyn. “Fragmentation, Zero Modes, and Collective Bound States in Constrained Models.” <i>PRX Quantum</i>. American Physical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb\">https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb</a>.","short":"E. Nicolau Jimenez, M. Ljubotina, M. Serbyn, PRX Quantum 7 (2026).","apa":"Nicolau Jimenez, E., Ljubotina, M., &#38; Serbyn, M. (2026). Fragmentation, zero modes, and collective bound states in constrained models. <i>PRX Quantum</i>. American Physical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb\">https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb</a>","ama":"Nicolau Jimenez E, Ljubotina M, Serbyn M. Fragmentation, zero modes, and collective bound states in constrained models. <i>PRX Quantum</i>. 2026;7. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/sl79-1xgb\">10.1103/sl79-1xgb</a>"},"corr_author":"1","article_number":"010352","ec_funded":1,"has_accepted_license":"1","OA_place":"publisher","file_date_updated":"2026-03-30T06:08:07Z","year":"2026","_id":"21501","external_id":{"arxiv":["2504.17627"]},"date_published":"2026-03-13T00:00:00Z","date_created":"2026-03-28T14:57:56Z","publication":"PRX Quantum","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","day":"13","article_processing_charge":"Yes","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2691-3399"]},"file":[{"date_created":"2026-03-30T06:08:07Z","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_size":1848724,"creator":"dernst","file_name":"2026_PRXQuantum_Nicolau.pdf","date_updated":"2026-03-30T06:08:07Z","success":1,"checksum":"d155ffa9e1a8275702149165f4bf963c","content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21505"}],"title":"Fragmentation, zero modes, and collective bound states in constrained models","PlanS_conform":"1","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Kinetically constrained models were originally introduced to capture slow relaxation in glassy systems, where dynamics are hindered by local constraints instead of energy barriers. Their quantum counterparts have recently drawn attention for exhibiting highly degenerate eigenstates at zero energy—known as zero modes—stemming from chiral symmetry. Yet, the structure and implications of these zero modes remain poorly understood. In this work, we focus on the properties of the zero mode subspace in quantum kinetically constrained models with a U(1) particle-conservation symmetry. We use the U(1) East, which lacks inversion symmetry, and the inversion-symmetric U(1) East-West models to illustrate our two main results. First, we observe that the simultaneous presence of constraints and chiral symmetry generally leads to a parametric increase in the number of zero modes due to the fragmentation of the many-body\r\nHilbert space into disconnected sectors. Second, we generalize the concept of compact localized states from single-particle physics and introduce the notion of collective bound states, a special kind of nonergodic eigenstates that are robust to enlarging the system size. We formulate sufficient criteria for their existence, arguing that the degenerate zero mode subspace plays a central role, and demonstrate bound states in both example models and in a two-dimensional model, the U(1) North-East, and in the pairflip model, a system without particle conservation. Our results motivate a systematic study of bound states and their relation to ergodicity breaking, transport, and other properties of quantum kinetically constrained\r\nmodels. "}],"publisher":"American Physical Society","oa":1,"tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"article_type":"original","status":"public","doi":"10.1103/sl79-1xgb","date_updated":"2026-03-30T06:09:28Z","DOAJ_listed":"1","project":[{"name":"Non-Ergodic Quantum Matter: Universality, Dynamics and Control","grant_number":"850899","_id":"23841C26-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E","call_identifier":"H2020"}],"arxiv":1},{"file_date_updated":"2026-03-30T07:04:08Z","year":"2026","external_id":{"pmid":["41803106"]},"_id":"21503","date_published":"2026-03-09T00:00:00Z","pmid":1,"date_created":"2026-03-29T22:07:08Z","publication":"Pharmacogenomics Journal","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","day":"09","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","publication_identifier":{"issn":[" 1470-269X"],"eissn":["1473-1150"]},"file":[{"success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","checksum":"2fd3d7e48b779ac24245f6c35449b89a","file_id":"21506","date_updated":"2026-03-30T07:04:08Z","file_name":"2026_PharmacogenomicsJour_Hajto.pdf","date_created":"2026-03-30T07:04:08Z","relation":"main_file","file_size":2618963,"creator":"dernst","access_level":"open_access"}],"title":"Computational variant predictors for pharmacogenomics: From evaluation of single alleles to assessment of adverse drug reactions to antidepressants","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Currently, pharmacogenetics relies on partially annotated star alleles, leaving novel variants and complex haplotypes uninterpretable. Computational scoring frameworks could overcome these limitations. Here, we comprehensively evaluated the ability of existing (CADD, FATHMM-XF, PROVEAN, MutationAssessor, SIFT, PhyloP100, APF, APF2) and novel (PharmGScore and PharmMLScore) variant effect predictors to assess pharmacogenetic alleles in multiple scenarios. Altogether we analyzed 541 PharmVar alleles, high‑throughput CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 mutational maps, and 200 642 UK Biobank exomes linked with health records containing antidepressant treatment outcomes. Many evaluated tools, especially ensemble frameworks, matched or exceeded star allele classifications (ROC‑AUC up to 0.85 for allele definitions, 0.95 in vitro; TPR up to 0.99 for exomes) and accurately predicted severe antidepressant adverse events for carriers of deleterious variants in CYP2C19 (OR 1.20–1.35). Our findings show that computational predictors deliver star allele accuracy while overcoming their limitations. With additional validation, computational tools could enhance clinical decision frameworks by enabling continuous scoring, incorporating previously unknown variants, and providing genome-wide applicability."}],"quality_controlled":"1","publisher":"Springer Nature","oa":1,"tmp":{"short":"CC BY-NC-ND (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_nd.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode"},"article_type":"original","date_updated":"2026-03-30T07:10:50Z","doi":"10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0","status":"public","oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"month":"03","volume":26,"department":[{"_id":"MaRo"}],"author":[{"first_name":"Jacek","full_name":"Hajto, Jacek","last_name":"Hajto"},{"last_name":"Piechota","full_name":"Piechota, Marcin","first_name":"Marcin"},{"first_name":"Ilse","id":"30d4014e-7753-11eb-b44b-db6d61112e73","orcid":"0000-0002-5636-9259","last_name":"Krätschmer","full_name":"Krätschmer, Ilse"},{"full_name":"Konowalska, Paula","last_name":"Konowalska","first_name":"Paula"},{"full_name":"Boyle, Gabriel E.","last_name":"Boyle","first_name":"Gabriel E."},{"first_name":"Douglas M.","full_name":"Fowler, Douglas M.","last_name":"Fowler"},{"first_name":"Malgorzata","last_name":"Borczyk","full_name":"Borczyk, Malgorzata"},{"first_name":"Michal","full_name":"Korostynski, Michal","last_name":"Korostynski"}],"publication_status":"published","acknowledgement":"This research has been conducted using the UK Biobank Resource under Application Number 62979. We are grateful to the UK Biobank and all its voluntary participants. This work used data provided by patients and collected by the NHS as part of their care and support.\r\n\r\nThis study was funded by the National Science Center, Poland: PRELUDIUM BIS-3 grant no. 2021/43/O/NZ7/01187 (development and benchmarking of variant scores) and SONATINA 5 grant 2021/40/C/NZ2/00218 (UKB analyses). Additional support came from the statutory funds of the Maj Institute of Pharmacology PAS. We gratefully acknowledge Poland’s high-performance Infrastructure PLGrid ACK Cyfronet AGH, for providing computer facilities and support within computational grant no PLG/2022/015861. DMF and GEB were funded by NIH grants NIH R35GM152106 and UM1HG011969.","scopus_import":"1","ddc":["570"],"intvolume":"        26","issue":"2","OA_type":"hybrid","citation":{"mla":"Hajto, Jacek, et al. “Computational Variant Predictors for Pharmacogenomics: From Evaluation of Single Alleles to Assessment of Adverse Drug Reactions to Antidepressants.” <i>Pharmacogenomics Journal</i>, vol. 26, no. 2, 8, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0\">10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0</a>.","chicago":"Hajto, Jacek, Marcin Piechota, Ilse Krätschmer, Paula Konowalska, Gabriel E. Boyle, Douglas M. Fowler, Malgorzata Borczyk, and Michal Korostynski. “Computational Variant Predictors for Pharmacogenomics: From Evaluation of Single Alleles to Assessment of Adverse Drug Reactions to Antidepressants.” <i>Pharmacogenomics Journal</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0</a>.","ieee":"J. Hajto <i>et al.</i>, “Computational variant predictors for pharmacogenomics: From evaluation of single alleles to assessment of adverse drug reactions to antidepressants,” <i>Pharmacogenomics Journal</i>, vol. 26, no. 2. Springer Nature, 2026.","ista":"Hajto J, Piechota M, Krätschmer I, Konowalska P, Boyle GE, Fowler DM, Borczyk M, Korostynski M. 2026. Computational variant predictors for pharmacogenomics: From evaluation of single alleles to assessment of adverse drug reactions to antidepressants. Pharmacogenomics Journal. 26(2), 8.","apa":"Hajto, J., Piechota, M., Krätschmer, I., Konowalska, P., Boyle, G. E., Fowler, D. M., … Korostynski, M. (2026). Computational variant predictors for pharmacogenomics: From evaluation of single alleles to assessment of adverse drug reactions to antidepressants. <i>Pharmacogenomics Journal</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0</a>","ama":"Hajto J, Piechota M, Krätschmer I, et al. Computational variant predictors for pharmacogenomics: From evaluation of single alleles to assessment of adverse drug reactions to antidepressants. <i>Pharmacogenomics Journal</i>. 2026;26(2). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0\">10.1038/s41397-026-00399-0</a>","short":"J. Hajto, M. Piechota, I. Krätschmer, P. Konowalska, G.E. Boyle, D.M. Fowler, M. Borczyk, M. Korostynski, Pharmacogenomics Journal 26 (2026)."},"article_number":"8","has_accepted_license":"1","OA_place":"publisher"},{"has_accepted_license":"1","OA_type":"hybrid","issue":"4","citation":{"short":"J. Weiss, L. Vecchia, D. Domjan, S. Cavadini, A. Sabantsev, G. Kempf, G.R. Pathare, K. Brackmann, A.K. Michael, L. Kater, E. Hietter-Pfeiffer, M. Haddawi, U.P. Kuber, S. Mühlhäusser, R.S. Grand, M.B. Stadler, S. Deindl, N.H. Thomä, Molecular Cell 86 (2026) 625–639.e8.","apa":"Weiss, J., Vecchia, L., Domjan, D., Cavadini, S., Sabantsev, A., Kempf, G., … Thomä, N. H. (2026). The human BAF chromatin remodeler processes nucleosomes bound by pioneer transcription factors OCT4–SOX2. <i>Molecular Cell</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021</a>","ama":"Weiss J, Vecchia L, Domjan D, et al. The human BAF chromatin remodeler processes nucleosomes bound by pioneer transcription factors OCT4–SOX2. <i>Molecular Cell</i>. 2026;86(4):625-639.e8. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021\">10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021</a>","ista":"Weiss J, Vecchia L, Domjan D, Cavadini S, Sabantsev A, Kempf G, Pathare GR, Brackmann K, Michael AK, Kater L, Hietter-Pfeiffer E, Haddawi M, Kuber UP, Mühlhäusser S, Grand RS, Stadler MB, Deindl S, Thomä NH. 2026. The human BAF chromatin remodeler processes nucleosomes bound by pioneer transcription factors OCT4–SOX2. Molecular Cell. 86(4), 625–639.e8.","mla":"Weiss, Joscha, et al. “The Human BAF Chromatin Remodeler Processes Nucleosomes Bound by Pioneer Transcription Factors OCT4–SOX2.” <i>Molecular Cell</i>, vol. 86, no. 4, Elsevier, 2026, p. 625–639.e8, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021\">10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021</a>.","chicago":"Weiss, Joscha, Luca Vecchia, David Domjan, Simone Cavadini, Anton Sabantsev, Georg Kempf, Ganesh R. Pathare, et al. “The Human BAF Chromatin Remodeler Processes Nucleosomes Bound by Pioneer Transcription Factors OCT4–SOX2.” <i>Molecular Cell</i>. Elsevier, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021</a>.","ieee":"J. Weiss <i>et al.</i>, “The human BAF chromatin remodeler processes nucleosomes bound by pioneer transcription factors OCT4–SOX2,” <i>Molecular Cell</i>, vol. 86, no. 4. Elsevier, p. 625–639.e8, 2026."},"OA_place":"publisher","page":"625-639.e8","oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"acknowledgement":"We thank D. Hess, V. Iesmantavicius, and J. Seebacher (FMI Proteomics and Protein Analysis Facility) for mass spectrometry support; S. Smallwood, K. Shimada, D. Klein, and M. Schütz-Stoffregen for technical assistance; J. Côté and C. Lachance for critical discussions; and members of the Thomä lab for helpful feedback. Support for this work was provided to N.H.T. by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research program (NucEM, no. 884331), the Novartis Research Foundation, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF 31003A_179541, 310030_214852, and Sinergia CRSII5_186230), and the Swiss Cancer Research (KFS-4980-02-2020 and KFS-5933-08-2023). S.D. was supported by the European Research Council (DONUTS, no. 101092623), the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (2024.0012), the Cancerfonden (25 4453 Pj), and the Swedish Research Council (VR 03255). A.K.M. was supported by a Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship, and L.V. was supported by an EMBO fellowship (ALTF 549-2021).","ddc":["570"],"intvolume":"        86","scopus_import":"1","month":"02","volume":86,"publication_status":"published","department":[{"_id":"AlMi"}],"author":[{"last_name":"Weiss","full_name":"Weiss, Joscha","first_name":"Joscha"},{"first_name":"Luca","full_name":"Vecchia, Luca","last_name":"Vecchia"},{"last_name":"Domjan","full_name":"Domjan, David","first_name":"David"},{"full_name":"Cavadini, Simone","last_name":"Cavadini","first_name":"Simone"},{"last_name":"Sabantsev","full_name":"Sabantsev, Anton","first_name":"Anton"},{"last_name":"Kempf","full_name":"Kempf, Georg","first_name":"Georg"},{"first_name":"Ganesh R.","last_name":"Pathare","full_name":"Pathare, Ganesh R."},{"first_name":"Klaus","last_name":"Brackmann","full_name":"Brackmann, Klaus"},{"last_name":"Michael","full_name":"Michael, Alicia","orcid":"0000-0002-6080-839X","id":"6437c950-2a03-11ee-914d-d6476dd7b75c","first_name":"Alicia"},{"first_name":"Lukas","full_name":"Kater, Lukas","last_name":"Kater"},{"full_name":"Hietter-Pfeiffer, Eric","last_name":"Hietter-Pfeiffer","first_name":"Eric"},{"full_name":"Haddawi, Mina","last_name":"Haddawi","first_name":"Mina"},{"first_name":"Urja P.","full_name":"Kuber, Urja P.","last_name":"Kuber"},{"first_name":"Sandra","full_name":"Mühlhäusser, Sandra","last_name":"Mühlhäusser"},{"last_name":"Grand","full_name":"Grand, Ralph S.","first_name":"Ralph S."},{"full_name":"Stadler, Michael B.","last_name":"Stadler","first_name":"Michael B."},{"first_name":"Sebastian","full_name":"Deindl, Sebastian","last_name":"Deindl"},{"first_name":"Nicolas H.","full_name":"Thomä, Nicolas H.","last_name":"Thomä"}],"file":[{"file_size":9786677,"access_level":"open_access","creator":"dernst","relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:04:38Z","file_name":"2026_MolecularCell_Weiss.pdf","date_updated":"2026-03-30T12:04:38Z","content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21510","checksum":"e16a7315b64a706184b177ea1621523c","success":1}],"publisher":"Elsevier","abstract":[{"text":"Chromatin remodeling complexes mobilize nucleosomes and promote transcription factor (TF) binding. Using ensemble and single-molecule assays combined with cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we studied the interaction between pioneer TFs OCT4–SOX2 and the human BRG1/BRM-associated factor (BAF) complex on nucleosomes. BAF engages TF-bound substrates in two orientations, placing OCT4–SOX2 at either the remodeler ENTRY or EXIT site. At the ENTRY site, OCT4–SOX2 initially coexists with BAF without structural interference. However, continued DNA translocation is expected to cause collisions with bound TFs, which can trigger remodeling direction reversals or may induce TF dissociation. To accommodate TFs at the EXIT site, BAF undergoes structural rearrangements, and ensemble assays reveal a nucleosome subpopulation translocating away from TF-binding sites. Moreover, single-molecule experiments show that nucleosome-bound BAF frequently changes remodeling direction, and we identify an ADP-bound remodeler conformation as a potential intermediate. Together, these findings reveal key aspects of the conformational dynamics and remodeling outcomes underlying BAF processing of TF-bound nucleosomes.","lang":"eng"}],"PlanS_conform":"1","quality_controlled":"1","title":"The human BAF chromatin remodeler processes nucleosomes bound by pioneer transcription factors OCT4–SOX2","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1097-2765"]},"doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.01.021","date_updated":"2026-03-30T12:09:08Z","status":"public","oa":1,"tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"article_type":"original","date_published":"2026-02-19T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"pmid":["41679301"]},"_id":"21509","pmid":1,"date_created":"2026-03-30T11:58:48Z","file_date_updated":"2026-03-30T12:04:38Z","year":"2026","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","day":"19","publication":"Molecular Cell","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article"},{"date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:47Z","date_published":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"arxiv":["2601.09830"]},"_id":"21532","year":"2026","article_processing_charge":"No","day":"01","type":"journal_article","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication":"ACS Photonics","publisher":"American Chemical Society","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Recent research in nanophotonics for scintillation-based imaging has demonstrated promising improvements in scintillator performance. In parallel, advances in nanophotonics have enabled wavefront control through metasurfaces, a capability that has transformed fields such as microscopy by allowing tailored control of optical propagation. This naturally raises the following question, which we address in this Perspective: can wavefront-control strategies be leveraged to improve scintillation-based imaging? To answer this question, we explore nanophotonic- and metasurface-enabled wavefront control in scintillators to mitigate image blurring arising from their intrinsically diffuse light emission. While depth-of-field extension in scintillation faces fundamental limitations absent in microscopy, this approach reveals promising avenues, including stacked scintillators, selective spatial-frequency enhancement, and X-ray energy-dependent imaging. These results clarify the key distinctions in adapting wavefront engineering to scintillation and its potential to enable tailored detection strategies."}],"quality_controlled":"1","title":"Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2330-4022"]},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830"}],"arxiv":1,"doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-05-05T07:53:27Z","article_type":"original","oa":1,"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"page":"1757–1766","oa_version":"Preprint","intvolume":"        13","scopus_import":"1","publication_status":"published","author":[{"first_name":"Joshua","full_name":"Chen, Joshua","last_name":"Chen"},{"first_name":"Sachin","last_name":"Vaidya","full_name":"Vaidya, Sachin"},{"first_name":"Simo","last_name":"Pajovic","full_name":"Pajovic, Simo"},{"last_name":"Choi","full_name":"Choi, Seou","first_name":"Seou"},{"first_name":"William","full_name":"Michaels, William","last_name":"Michaels"},{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Martin-Monier","full_name":"Martin-Monier, Louis"},{"full_name":"Hu, Juejun","last_name":"Hu","first_name":"Juejun"},{"first_name":"Carol","full_name":"Cogswell, Carol","last_name":"Cogswell"},{"id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles"},{"first_name":"Marin","full_name":"Soljačić, Marin","last_name":"Soljačić"}],"month":"03","volume":13,"citation":{"mla":"Chen, Joshua, et al. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 13, no. 7, American Chemical Society, 2026, pp. 1757–1766, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>.","chicago":"Chen, Joshua, Sachin Vaidya, Simo Pajovic, Seou Choi, William Michaels, Louis Martin-Monier, Juejun Hu, Carol Cogswell, Charles Roques-Carmes, and Marin Soljačić. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>.","ieee":"J. Chen <i>et al.</i>, “Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging,” <i>ACS Photonics</i>, vol. 13, no. 7. American Chemical Society, pp. 1757–1766, 2026.","ista":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, Choi S, Michaels W, Martin-Monier L, Hu J, Cogswell C, Roques-Carmes C, Soljačić M. 2026. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. ACS Photonics. 13(7), 1757–1766.","apa":"Chen, J., Vaidya, S., Pajovic, S., Choi, S., Michaels, W., Martin-Monier, L., … Soljačić, M. (2026). Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>","ama":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, et al. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>ACS Photonics</i>. 2026;13(7):1757–1766. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124\">10.1021/acsphotonics.5c03124</a>","short":"J. Chen, S. Vaidya, S. Pajovic, S. Choi, W. Michaels, L. Martin-Monier, J. Hu, C. Cogswell, C. Roques-Carmes, M. Soljačić, ACS Photonics 13 (2026) 1757–1766."},"issue":"7","OA_type":"green","extern":"1","OA_place":"repository"},{"author":[{"full_name":"Salamin, Yannick","last_name":"Salamin","first_name":"Yannick"},{"full_name":"Yang, Gaojie","last_name":"Yang","first_name":"Gaojie"},{"full_name":"Mills, Brian","last_name":"Mills","first_name":"Brian"},{"full_name":"Grossi Fonseca, André","last_name":"Grossi Fonseca","first_name":"André"},{"first_name":"Charles","id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes"},{"first_name":"Quansan","full_name":"Yang, Quansan","last_name":"Yang"},{"full_name":"Beroz, Justin","last_name":"Beroz","first_name":"Justin"},{"full_name":"Kooi, Steven E.","last_name":"Kooi","first_name":"Steven E."},{"full_name":"de Miguel Comella, Marc","last_name":"de Miguel Comella","first_name":"Marc"},{"first_name":"Kiran","last_name":"Mak","full_name":"Mak, Kiran"},{"first_name":"Sachin","full_name":"Vaidya, Sachin","last_name":"Vaidya"},{"full_name":"Oran, Daniel","last_name":"Oran","first_name":"Daniel"},{"first_name":"Corban","full_name":"Swain, Corban","last_name":"Swain"},{"first_name":"Yi","full_name":"Sun, Yi","last_name":"Sun"},{"first_name":"Shai","last_name":"Maayani","full_name":"Maayani, Shai"},{"full_name":"Sloan, Jamison","last_name":"Sloan","first_name":"Jamison"},{"last_name":"Amin Elfadil Elawad","full_name":"Amin Elfadil Elawad, Amel","first_name":"Amel"},{"full_name":"Lopez, Josue J.","last_name":"Lopez","first_name":"Josue J."},{"first_name":"Edward S.","full_name":"Boyden, Edward S.","last_name":"Boyden"},{"first_name":"Marin","last_name":"Soljačić","full_name":"Soljačić, Marin"}],"publication_status":"published","volume":15,"month":"03","scopus_import":"1","ddc":["530"],"intvolume":"        15","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","extern":"1","OA_place":"publisher","citation":{"ama":"Salamin Y, Yang G, Mills B, et al. Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties. <i>Light: Science &#38; Applications</i>. 2026;15. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5\">10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5</a>","apa":"Salamin, Y., Yang, G., Mills, B., Grossi Fonseca, A., Roques-Carmes, C., Yang, Q., … Soljačić, M. (2026). Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties. <i>Light: Science &#38; Applications</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5</a>","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 &#38; Applications 15 (2026).","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.” <i>Light: Science &#38; Applications</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5</a>.","ieee":"Y. Salamin <i>et al.</i>, “Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties,” <i>Light: Science &#38; Applications</i>, vol. 15. Springer Nature, 2026.","mla":"Salamin, Yannick, et al. “Three-Dimensional Nanophotonics with Spatially Modulated Optical Properties.” <i>Light: Science &#38; Applications</i>, vol. 15, 145, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5\">10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5</a>.","ista":"Salamin Y, Yang G, Mills B, Grossi Fonseca A, Roques-Carmes C, Yang Q, Beroz J, Kooi SE, de Miguel Comella M, Mak K, Vaidya S, Oran D, Swain C, Sun Y, Maayani S, Sloan J, Amin Elfadil Elawad A, Lopez JJ, Boyden ES, Soljačić M. 2026. Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties. Light: Science &#38; Applications. 15, 145."},"article_number":"145","OA_type":"gold","user_id":"ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd","type":"journal_article","publication":"Light: Science & Applications","day":"03","article_processing_charge":"No","year":"2026","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:47Z","pmid":1,"external_id":{"pmid":[" 41775693"]},"_id":"21537","date_published":"2026-03-03T00:00:00Z","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"article_type":"original","oa":1,"date_updated":"2026-04-27T07:59:10Z","doi":"10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5","status":"public","DOAJ_listed":"1","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2047-7538"]},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02166-5"}],"title":"Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Nanophotonics has revolutionized the control of light-matter interactions in various fields of fundamental science and technology. 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."}],"publisher":"Springer Nature"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","scopus_import":"1","ddc":["530"],"intvolume":"       136","author":[{"last_name":"Woodahl","full_name":"Woodahl, Clarisse","first_name":"Clarisse"},{"last_name":"Murillo","full_name":"Murillo, Melanie","first_name":"Melanie"},{"id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes"},{"first_name":"Aviv","full_name":"Karnieli, Aviv","last_name":"Karnieli"},{"last_name":"Miller","full_name":"Miller, David A. B.","first_name":"David A. B."},{"last_name":"Solgaard","full_name":"Solgaard, Olav","first_name":"Olav"}],"publication_status":"published","volume":136,"month":"02","citation":{"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.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh\">https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh</a>.","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,” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 136, no. 6. American Physical Society, 2026.","mla":"Woodahl, Clarisse, et al. “On-Chip Laser-Driven Free-Electron Spin Polarizer.” <i>Physical Review Letters</i>, vol. 136, no. 6, 063802, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh\">10.1103/3c1m-d3hh</a>.","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. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. 2026;136(6). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh\">10.1103/3c1m-d3hh</a>","apa":"Woodahl, C., Murillo, M., Roques-Carmes, C., Karnieli, A., Miller, D. A. B., &#38; Solgaard, O. (2026). On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. American Physical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh\">https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh</a>"},"article_number":"063802","issue":"6","OA_type":"hybrid","extern":"1","OA_place":"publisher","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:47Z","_id":"21555","date_published":"2026-02-12T00:00:00Z","year":"2026","day":"12","article_processing_charge":"No","type":"journal_article","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication":"Physical Review Letters","abstract":[{"text":"Spin-polarized electron beam sources enable studies of spin-dependent electric and magnetic effects at the nanoscale. We propose a method of creating spin-polarized electrons on an integrated photonics chip by laser-driven nanophotonic fields. A two-stage interaction separated by a free-space drift length is proposed, where the first stage and drift length introduces spin-dependent characteristics into the probability distribution of the electron wave function. The second stage uses an adjusted optical near field to rotate the spin states utilizing the spin-dependent wave-packet distribution to produce electrons with high ensemble average spin expectation values. This platform provides an integrated and compact method to generate spin-polarized electrons, implementable with millimeter scale chips and tabletop lasers.","lang":"eng"}],"title":"On-chip laser-driven free-electron spin polarizer","quality_controlled":"1","publisher":"American Physical Society","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0031-9007"],"eissn":["1079-7114"]},"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1103/3c1m-d3hh","open_access":"1"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-27T08:34:51Z","status":"public","doi":"10.1103/3c1m-d3hh","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"article_type":"original","oa":1},{"article_processing_charge":"No","day":"01","volume":"PC13910","publication":"High Contrast Metastructures XV","month":"02","type":"conference","publication_status":"published","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","author":[{"first_name":"Sachin","last_name":"Vaidya","full_name":"Vaidya, Sachin"},{"first_name":"Seou","last_name":"Choi","full_name":"Choi, Seou"},{"id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles"},{"full_name":"Soljačić, Marin","last_name":"Soljačić","first_name":"Marin"}],"conference":{"end_date":"2026-01-23","location":"San Francisco, CA, United States","start_date":"2026-01-17","name":"OPTO"},"date_published":"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z","_id":"21581","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:48Z","oa_version":"None","year":"2026","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1117/12.3079431","date_updated":"2026-05-05T10:53:00Z","status":"public","extern":"1","publisher":"SPIE","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We demonstrate that nanophotonic scintillators based on three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals can overcome the longstanding tradeoff between spatial resolution and light yield in X-ray imaging. By engineering supercollimation, which is light propagation without angular spreading, within the emission spectrum, we strongly shape the angular emission profile of the scintillator, dramatically reducing blurring at large thicknesses. Our theoretical and numerical results, using realistic scintillator and photonic crystal parameters, show that this improves the Detector Quantum Efficiency (DQE) by up to several orders of magnitude at high spatial frequencies, enabling sharper images and reduced X-ray dosages. This approach offers a new path toward high-resolution, low-dose X-ray imaging systems."}],"title":"Supercollimating photonic crystal scintillators","OA_type":"closed access","article_number":"PC1391008 ","citation":{"short":"S. Vaidya, S. Choi, C. Roques-Carmes, M. Soljačić, in:, High Contrast Metastructures XV, SPIE, 2026.","ama":"Vaidya S, Choi S, Roques-Carmes C, Soljačić M. Supercollimating photonic crystal scintillators. In: <i>High Contrast Metastructures XV</i>. Vol PC13910. SPIE; 2026. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431\">10.1117/12.3079431</a>","apa":"Vaidya, S., Choi, S., Roques-Carmes, C., &#38; Soljačić, M. (2026). Supercollimating photonic crystal scintillators. In <i>High Contrast Metastructures XV</i> (Vol. PC13910). San Francisco, CA, United States: SPIE. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431</a>","ista":"Vaidya S, Choi S, Roques-Carmes C, Soljačić M. 2026. Supercollimating photonic crystal scintillators. High Contrast Metastructures XV. OPTO vol. PC13910, PC1391008.","ieee":"S. Vaidya, S. Choi, C. Roques-Carmes, and M. Soljačić, “Supercollimating photonic crystal scintillators,” in <i>High Contrast Metastructures XV</i>, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2026, vol. PC13910.","chicago":"Vaidya, Sachin, Seou Choi, Charles Roques-Carmes, and Marin Soljačić. “Supercollimating Photonic Crystal Scintillators.” In <i>High Contrast Metastructures XV</i>, Vol. PC13910. SPIE, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431</a>.","mla":"Vaidya, Sachin, et al. “Supercollimating Photonic Crystal Scintillators.” <i>High Contrast Metastructures XV</i>, vol. PC13910, PC1391008, SPIE, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3079431\">10.1117/12.3079431</a>."}},{"OA_type":"gold","issue":"12","article_number":"eaec8239","citation":{"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.","ieee":"D. Cheng, H. Wang, J. Zhong, E. Lustig, C. Roques-Carmes, and S. Fan, “Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface,” <i>Science Advances</i>, 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.” <i>Science Advances</i>. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239\">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239</a>.","mla":"Cheng, Dali, et al. “Experimental Observation of Energy-Band Riemann Surface.” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol. 12, no. 12, eaec8239, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239\">10.1126/sciadv.aec8239</a>.","short":"D. Cheng, H. Wang, J. Zhong, E. Lustig, C. Roques-Carmes, S. Fan, Science Advances 12 (2026).","ama":"Cheng D, Wang H, Zhong J, Lustig E, Roques-Carmes C, Fan S. Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface. <i>Science Advances</i>. 2026;12(12). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239\">10.1126/sciadv.aec8239</a>","apa":"Cheng, D., Wang, H., Zhong, J., Lustig, E., Roques-Carmes, C., &#38; Fan, S. (2026). Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface. <i>Science Advances</i>. American Association for the Advancement of Science. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239\">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239</a>"},"OA_place":"publisher","extern":"1","oa_version":"Published Version","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"intvolume":"        12","scopus_import":"1","volume":12,"month":"03","publication_status":"published","author":[{"full_name":"Cheng, Dali","last_name":"Cheng","first_name":"Dali"},{"first_name":"Heming","full_name":"Wang, Heming","last_name":"Wang"},{"first_name":"Janet","full_name":"Zhong, Janet","last_name":"Zhong"},{"first_name":"Eran","last_name":"Lustig","full_name":"Lustig, 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"}],"publisher":"American Association for the Advancement of Science","quality_controlled":"1","title":"Experimental observation of energy-band Riemann surface","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","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."}],"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec8239","open_access":"1"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["2375-2548"]},"DOAJ_listed":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-27T10:01:35Z","status":"public","doi":"10.1126/sciadv.aec8239","arxiv":1,"oa":1,"article_type":"original","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"arxiv":["2510.08819"]},"_id":"21583","date_created":"2026-03-30T12:22:48Z","year":"2026","article_processing_charge":"No","day":"18","publication":"Science Advances","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","ddc":["000"],"department":[{"_id":"GradSch"},{"_id":"KrPi"}],"author":[{"first_name":"Mirza Ahad","id":"3EDE6DE4-AA5A-11E9-986D-341CE6697425","last_name":"Baig","full_name":"Baig, Mirza Ahad"}],"publication_status":"published","month":"03","has_accepted_license":"1","degree_awarded":"PhD","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","id":"21134","relation":"part_of_dissertation"},{"status":"public","id":"20587","relation":"part_of_dissertation"}]},"alternative_title":["ISTA Thesis"],"citation":{"short":"M.A. Baig, On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.","apa":"Baig, M. A. (2026). <i>On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651</a>","ama":"Baig MA. On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting. 2026. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651</a>","ista":"Baig MA. 2026. On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","mla":"Baig, Mirza Ahad. <i>On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651\">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651</a>.","chicago":"Baig, Mirza Ahad. “On Secure Chain Selection Rules from Physical Resources in a Permissionless Setting.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651\">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651</a>.","ieee":"M. A. Baig, “On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026."},"corr_author":"1","supervisor":[{"orcid":"0000-0002-9139-1654","full_name":"Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z","last_name":"Pietrzak","id":"3E04A7AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Krzysztof Z"}],"OA_place":"publisher","date_created":"2026-04-02T09:31:34Z","_id":"21651","date_published":"2026-03-04T00:00:00Z","year":"2026","file_date_updated":"2026-04-15T07:37:25Z","day":"04","article_processing_charge":"No","user_id":"8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9","type":"dissertation","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Blockchains enable distributed consensus in permissionless settings, where participants\r\nare unknown, dynamically changing, and do not trust each other. 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."}],"title":"On secure chain selection rules from physical resources in a permissionless setting","publisher":"Institute of Science and Technology Austria","file":[{"content_type":"application/x-zip-compressed","checksum":"c3986dba90653dac97adba662ebff238","file_id":"21655","date_updated":"2026-04-13T08:24:13Z","file_name":"PhD-Thesis-Mirza-Ahad-Baig - Library Submission.zip","relation":"source_file","date_created":"2026-04-03T17:28:48Z","file_size":139353434,"access_level":"closed","creator":"mbaig"},{"date_updated":"2026-04-15T07:37:25Z","checksum":"292a5989262521f7c145a109d1f348cb","file_id":"21656","content_type":"application/pdf","access_level":"open_access","creator":"mbaig","file_size":1942037,"relation":"main_file","date_created":"2026-04-03T17:29:30Z","file_name":"2026_Baig_Mirza_Ahad_Thesis.pdf"}],"publication_identifier":{"isbn":["978-3-99078-078-7"],"issn":["2663-337X"]},"date_updated":"2026-04-15T08:45:19Z","status":"public","doi":"10.15479/AT-ISTA-21651","tmp":{"short":"CC BY-NC-SA (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by_nc_sa.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)"},"oa":1},{"publication_status":"published","author":[{"first_name":"Daisuke","full_name":"Takasuka, Daisuke","last_name":"Takasuka"},{"full_name":"Becker, Tobias","last_name":"Becker","first_name":"Tobias"},{"full_name":"Bao, Jiawei","last_name":"Bao","id":"bb9a7399-fefd-11ed-be3c-ae648fd1d160","first_name":"Jiawei"}],"department":[{"_id":"CaMu"}],"month":"03","volume":18,"ddc":["550"],"intvolume":"        18","scopus_import":"1","acknowledgement":"We thank Peter Bechtold, Lukas Brunner, Peter Dueben, Richard Forbes, Estibaliz Gascon, and Benoit Vanniere for providing insightful comments on the present study. We also thank Sebastian Milinski, Xabier Pedruzo and Thomas Rackow for their contributions to setting up IFS-FESOM for nextGEMS. We are also grateful to Dr. Walter Hannah and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments, which improved the original version of the manuscript. D. Takasuka was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grants 20H05728 and 24K22893 and by JSPS Core-to-Core Program, “International Core-to-Core Project on Global Storm Resolving Analysis” (Grant Number: JPJSCCA20220001). T. Becker was supported by the Horizon 2020 project nextGEMS under grant agreement number 101003470. J. Bao acknowledges funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant (grant agreement No 101034413). The ICON and IFS simulations were performed with supercomputing resources of the German Climate Computing Centre (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ) granted by its Scientific Steering Committee (WLA) under project ID 1235. The NICAM simulation was performed on the supercomputer Fugaku (proposal numbers hp220132, hp230078, hp230108, hp230278, and hp240267).","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","OA_place":"publisher","corr_author":"1","article_number":"e2025MS005343","citation":{"ista":"Takasuka D, Becker T, Bao J. 2026. Precipitation characteristics and thermodynamic-convection coupling in global kilometer-scale simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 18(3), e2025MS005343.","mla":"Takasuka, Daisuke, et al. “Precipitation Characteristics and Thermodynamic-Convection Coupling in Global Kilometer-Scale Simulations.” <i>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</i>, vol. 18, no. 3, e2025MS005343, Wiley, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005343\">10.1029/2025MS005343</a>.","ieee":"D. Takasuka, T. Becker, and J. Bao, “Precipitation characteristics and thermodynamic-convection coupling in global kilometer-scale simulations,” <i>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</i>, vol. 18, no. 3. Wiley, 2026.","chicago":"Takasuka, Daisuke, Tobias Becker, and Jiawei Bao. “Precipitation Characteristics and Thermodynamic-Convection Coupling in Global Kilometer-Scale Simulations.” <i>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</i>. Wiley, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005343\">https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005343</a>.","short":"D. Takasuka, T. Becker, J. Bao, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 18 (2026).","apa":"Takasuka, D., Becker, T., &#38; Bao, J. (2026). Precipitation characteristics and thermodynamic-convection coupling in global kilometer-scale simulations. <i>Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems</i>. Wiley. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005343\">https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005343</a>","ama":"Takasuka D, Becker T, Bao J. 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Our analysis focuses on tropical precipitation characteristics spanning a wide range of spatio-temporal scales—including the diurnal cycle, extreme precipitation, convective organization, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)—along with interactions between convection and the thermodynamic environment. All three models commonly show weaker convective organization with smaller precipitation cells than observed, though the strength of the bias varies by model. This diversity is introduced by differences in the representation of (a) convective initiation affected by the convective sensitivity to moisture and (b) tropospheric moistening associated with deep convection. Models with stronger thermodynamic-convection coupling increase environmental moisture near convection, thereby enhancing convective organization. This has important upscale effects on the MJO; while IFS and NICAM capture its eastward propagation well, ICON has difficulty reproducing it. The amplitudes and phases of precipitation diurnal cycles over land show much greater disagreement among the models than over ocean, influenced by how convection is initiated. Biases in rain evaporation and cold pool formation hinder the propagation of mesoscale convection, leading to errors such as the misrepresentation of nocturnal convection moving off the coast of Sumatra in IFS and ICON. These results highlight the importance of thermodynamic-convection coupling in realistically simulating tropical convection across scales. To improve this coupling, kilometer-scale models require better representation of the interaction between resolved convection and three-dimensional turbulent mixing.","lang":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","file":[{"date_updated":"2026-04-07T09:11:23Z","success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","checksum":"ca7dac4bab31348d0640ed22580c6dce","file_id":"21665","date_created":"2026-04-07T09:11:23Z","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","file_size":3854313,"creator":"dernst","file_name":"2026_JAMES_Takasuka.pdf"}]},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","publication_status":"published","author":[{"last_name":"Becker","full_name":"Becker, A.","first_name":"A."},{"first_name":"Georgios","id":"d7b23d3a-9e21-11ec-b482-f76739596b95","full_name":"Koutentakis, Georgios","last_name":"Koutentakis"},{"last_name":"Schmelcher","full_name":"Schmelcher, P.","first_name":"P."}],"department":[{"_id":"MiLe"}],"month":"03","volume":8,"ddc":["530"],"intvolume":"         8","scopus_import":"1","acknowledgement":"We thank Max Hachmann, Andreas Hemmerich, and Yann Kiefer for valuable discussions. This work has been funded by the Cluster of Excellence “Advanced Imaging of Matter” of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - EXC 2056 - Project ID 390715994. G.M.K. has received funding by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 10.55776/F1004.","corr_author":"1","article_number":"013297","citation":{"ista":"Becker A, Koutentakis G, Schmelcher P. 2026. Two-body Kapitza-Dirac scattering of one-dimensional ultracold atoms. Physical Review Research. 8, 013297.","mla":"Becker, A., et al. “Two-Body Kapitza-Dirac Scattering of One-Dimensional Ultracold Atoms.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 8, 013297, American Physical Society, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq\">10.1103/rdsn-stlq</a>.","ieee":"A. Becker, G. Koutentakis, and P. Schmelcher, “Two-body Kapitza-Dirac scattering of one-dimensional ultracold atoms,” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 8. American Physical Society, 2026.","chicago":"Becker, A., Georgios Koutentakis, and P. Schmelcher. “Two-Body Kapitza-Dirac Scattering of One-Dimensional Ultracold Atoms.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>. American Physical Society, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq\">https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq</a>.","short":"A. Becker, G. Koutentakis, P. Schmelcher, Physical Review Research 8 (2026).","apa":"Becker, A., Koutentakis, G., &#38; Schmelcher, P. (2026). Two-body Kapitza-Dirac scattering of one-dimensional ultracold atoms. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. American Physical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq\">https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq</a>","ama":"Becker A, Koutentakis G, Schmelcher P. Two-body Kapitza-Dirac scattering of one-dimensional ultracold atoms. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. 2026;8. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/rdsn-stlq\">10.1103/rdsn-stlq</a>"},"OA_type":"gold","has_accepted_license":"1","OA_place":"publisher","year":"2026","file_date_updated":"2026-04-07T09:34:31Z","date_created":"2026-04-05T22:01:32Z","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00Z","_id":"21660","external_id":{"arxiv":["2512.15260"]},"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","publication":"Physical Review Research","article_processing_charge":"Yes","day":"18","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2643-1564"]},"publisher":"American Physical Society","quality_controlled":"1","PlanS_conform":"1","title":"Two-body Kapitza-Dirac scattering of one-dimensional ultracold atoms","abstract":[{"text":"Kapitza-Dirac scattering, the diffraction of matter waves from a standing light field, is widely utilized in ultracold gases, but its behavior in the strongly interacting regime is an open question. Here, we develop a numerically exact two-body description of Kapitza-Dirac scattering for two contact-interacting atoms in a one-dimensional harmonic trap subjected to a pulsed optical lattice, enabling us to obtain the numerically exact dynamics. We map how interaction strength, lattice depth, lattice wave number, and pulse duration reshape the diffraction pattern, leading to an interaction-dependent population redistribution in real and momentum space. By comparing the exact dynamics to an impulsive sudden-approximation description, we delineate the parameter regimes where it remains accurate and those, notably at strong attraction and small lattice wave number, where it fails. Our results provide a controlled few-body benchmark for interacting Kapitza-Dirac scattering and quantitative guidance for Kapitza-Dirac-based probes of ultracold atomic systems.","lang":"eng"}],"file":[{"success":1,"checksum":"339bff9d13486a8028049404988b9b0b","file_id":"21667","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2026-04-07T09:34:31Z","file_name":"2026_PhysicalReviewResearch_Becker.pdf","date_created":"2026-04-07T09:34:31Z","relation":"main_file","file_size":2131627,"creator":"dernst","access_level":"open_access"}],"article_type":"original","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"oa":1,"arxiv":1,"project":[{"name":"Coherent Optical Metrology Beyond Electric-Dipole-Allowed Transitions","grant_number":"F100403","_id":"7c040762-9f16-11ee-852c-dd79eeee4ab3"}],"DOAJ_listed":"1","date_updated":"2026-04-07T09:37:57Z","status":"public","doi":"10.1103/rdsn-stlq"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","publication_status":"epub_ahead","department":[{"_id":"KrCh"}],"author":[{"last_name":"Hartmanns","full_name":"Hartmanns, Arnd","first_name":"Arnd"},{"first_name":"Sebastian","full_name":"Junges, Sebastian","last_name":"Junges"},{"full_name":"Quatmann, Tim","last_name":"Quatmann","first_name":"Tim"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-0163-2152","full_name":"Weininger, Maximilian","last_name":"Weininger","id":"02ab0197-cc70-11ed-ab61-918e71f56881","first_name":"Maximilian"}],"month":"03","ddc":["000"],"scopus_import":"1","acknowledgement":"This research was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreements 101008233 (MISSION)\r\nand 101034413 (IST-BRIDGE), by the Interreg North Sea project STORM_SAFE, by a KI-Starter grant from the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW, by NWO VENI grant no. 639.021.754, and by NWO VIDI grant VI.Vidi.223.110 (TruSTy). Experiments were performed with computing resources granted by RWTH Aachen University under project rwth1632.","citation":{"ista":"Hartmanns A, Junges S, Quatmann T, Weininger M. 2026. The revised practitioner’s guide to MDP model checking algorithms. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer.","ieee":"A. Hartmanns, S. Junges, T. Quatmann, and M. Weininger, “The revised practitioner’s guide to MDP model checking algorithms,” <i>International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer</i>. Springer Nature, 2026.","chicago":"Hartmanns, Arnd, Sebastian Junges, Tim Quatmann, and Maximilian Weininger. “The Revised Practitioner’s Guide to MDP Model Checking Algorithms.” <i>International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y</a>.","mla":"Hartmanns, Arnd, et al. “The Revised Practitioner’s Guide to MDP Model Checking Algorithms.” <i>International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer</i>, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y\">10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y</a>.","short":"A. Hartmanns, S. Junges, T. Quatmann, M. Weininger, International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (2026).","ama":"Hartmanns A, Junges S, Quatmann T, Weininger M. The revised practitioner’s guide to MDP model checking algorithms. <i>International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer</i>. 2026. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y\">10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y</a>","apa":"Hartmanns, A., Junges, S., Quatmann, T., &#38; Weininger, M. (2026). The revised practitioner’s guide to MDP model checking algorithms. <i>International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y</a>"},"OA_type":"hybrid","has_accepted_license":"1","ec_funded":1,"related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","id":"21668","relation":"software"}]},"OA_place":"publisher","year":"2026","date_created":"2026-04-05T22:01:32Z","date_published":"2026-03-09T00:00:00Z","_id":"21661","type":"journal_article","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","publication":"International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer","article_processing_charge":"Yes (in subscription journal)","day":"09","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1433-2779"],"eissn":["1433-2787"]},"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y","open_access":"1"}],"publisher":"Springer Nature","quality_controlled":"1","abstract":[{"text":"Model checking undiscounted reachability and expected-reward properties on Markov decision processes (MDPs) are key for the verification of systems that act under uncertainty. Popular algorithms are policy iteration and variants of value iteration; in tool competitions, most participants rely on the latter. These algorithms generally need worst-case exponential time. However, the problem can equally be formulated as a linear programme, solvable in polynomial time. In this paper, we give a detailed overview of today’s state-of-the-art algorithms for MDP model checking with a focus on performance and correctness. We highlight their fundamental differences, and describe various optimizations and implementation variants. We experimentally compare floating-point and exact-arithmetic implementations of all algorithms on three benchmark sets using two probabilistic model checkers. Our results show that (optimistic) value iteration is a sensible default, but other algorithms are preferable in specific settings. This paper thereby provides a guide for MDP verification practitioners—tool builders and users alike.","lang":"eng"}],"title":"The revised practitioner’s guide to MDP model checking algorithms","article_type":"original","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)"},"oa":1,"project":[{"call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"101034413","name":"IST-BRIDGE: International postdoctoral program","_id":"fc2ed2f7-9c52-11eb-aca3-c01059dda49c"}],"date_updated":"2026-04-07T09:52:54Z","status":"public","keyword":["Quantitative model checking","Markov decision process","Linear programming","Value iteration","Policy iteration"],"doi":"10.1007/s10009-026-00848-y"},{"date_created":"2026-04-09T09:10:41Z","_id":"21699","external_id":{"arxiv":["2601.09830"]},"date_published":"2026-01-14T00:00:00Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"year":"2026","oa_version":"Preprint","day":"14","scopus_import":"1","article_processing_charge":"No","author":[{"last_name":"Chen","full_name":"Chen, Joshua","first_name":"Joshua"},{"full_name":"Vaidya, Sachin","last_name":"Vaidya","first_name":"Sachin"},{"full_name":"Pajovic, Simo","last_name":"Pajovic","first_name":"Simo"},{"full_name":"Choi, Seou","last_name":"Choi","first_name":"Seou"},{"first_name":"William","last_name":"Michaels","full_name":"Michaels, William"},{"first_name":"Louis Martin-Monier","full_name":"Louis Martin-Monier, Louis Martin-Monier","last_name":"Louis Martin-Monier"},{"first_name":"Juejun","full_name":"Hu, Juejun","last_name":"Hu"},{"first_name":"Carol","last_name":"Cogswell","full_name":"Cogswell, Carol"},{"last_name":"Roques-Carmes","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles"},{"first_name":"Marin","full_name":"Soljačić, Marin","last_name":"Soljačić"}],"publication_status":"submitted","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"preprint","month":"01","publication":"arXiv","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Recent research in nanophotonics for scintillation-based imaging has demonstrated promising improvements in scintillator performance. In parallel, advances in nanophotonics have enabled wavefront control through metasurfaces, a capability that has transformed fields such as microscopy by allowing tailored control of optical propagation. This naturally raises the following question, which we address in this perspective: can wavefront-control strategies be leveraged to improve scintillation-based imaging? To answer this question, we explore nanophotonic- and metasurface-enabled wavefront control in scintillators to mitigate image blurring arising from their intrinsically diffuse light emission. While depth-of-field extension in scintillation faces fundamental limitations absent in microscopy, this approach reveals promising avenues, including stacked scintillators, selective spatial-frequency enhancement, and X-ray energy-dependent imaging. These results clarify the key distinctions in adapting wavefront engineering to scintillation and its potential to enable tailored detection strategies."}],"title":"Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging","citation":{"mla":"Chen, Joshua, et al. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2601.09830, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830\">10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830</a>.","ieee":"J. Chen <i>et al.</i>, “Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging,” <i>arXiv</i>. .","chicago":"Chen, Joshua, Sachin Vaidya, Simo Pajovic, Seou Choi, William Michaels, Louis Martin-Monier Louis Martin-Monier, Juejun Hu, Carol Cogswell, Charles Roques-Carmes, and Marin Soljačić. “Wavefront Engineering for Scintillation-Based Imaging.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830</a>.","ista":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, Choi S, Michaels W, Louis Martin-Monier LM-M, Hu J, Cogswell C, Roques-Carmes C, Soljačić M. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. arXiv, 2601.09830.","apa":"Chen, J., Vaidya, S., Pajovic, S., Choi, S., Michaels, W., Louis Martin-Monier, L. M.-M., … Soljačić, M. (n.d.). Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830</a>","ama":"Chen J, Vaidya S, Pajovic S, et al. Wavefront engineering for scintillation-based imaging. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830\">10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830</a>","short":"J. Chen, S. Vaidya, S. Pajovic, S. Choi, W. Michaels, L.M.-M. Louis Martin-Monier, J. Hu, C. Cogswell, C. Roques-Carmes, M. Soljačić, ArXiv (n.d.)."},"article_number":"2601.09830","OA_type":"green","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":" https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830"}],"arxiv":1,"date_updated":"2026-04-13T11:26:08Z","doi":"10.48550/arXiv.2601.09830","status":"public","extern":"1","OA_place":"repository","oa":1},{"year":"2026","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Preprint","date_created":"2026-04-09T09:10:41Z","date_published":"2026-01-29T00:00:00Z","external_id":{"arxiv":["2601.21385"]},"_id":"21700","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"preprint","publication_status":"submitted","author":[{"last_name":"Grzesik","full_name":"Grzesik, Jakob M.","first_name":"Jakob M."},{"last_name":"Karnieli","full_name":"Karnieli, Aviv","first_name":"Aviv"},{"last_name":"Roques-Carmes","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","first_name":"Charles","id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82"},{"full_name":"Black, Dylan S.","last_name":"Black","first_name":"Dylan S."},{"first_name":"Trung Kiên","last_name":"Lê","full_name":"Lê, Trung Kiên"},{"last_name":"Solgaard","full_name":"Solgaard, Olav","first_name":"Olav"},{"first_name":"Shanhui","full_name":"Fan, Shanhui","last_name":"Fan"},{"last_name":"Vučković","full_name":"Vučković, Jelena","first_name":"Jelena"}],"month":"01","publication":"arXiv","article_processing_charge":"No","day":"29","scopus_import":"1","article_number":"2601.21385","citation":{"ista":"Grzesik JM, Karnieli A, Roques-Carmes C, Black DS, Lê TK, Solgaard O, Fan S, Vučković J. A general framework for interactions between electron beams and quantum optical systems. arXiv, 2601.21385.","chicago":"Grzesik, Jakob M., Aviv Karnieli, Charles Roques-Carmes, Dylan S. Black, Trung Kiên Lê, Olav Solgaard, Shanhui Fan, and Jelena Vučković. “A General Framework for Interactions between Electron Beams and Quantum Optical Systems.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385</a>.","ieee":"J. M. Grzesik <i>et al.</i>, “A general framework for interactions between electron beams and quantum optical systems,” <i>arXiv</i>. .","mla":"Grzesik, Jakob M., et al. “A General Framework for Interactions between Electron Beams and Quantum Optical Systems.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2601.21385, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385\">10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385</a>.","short":"J.M. Grzesik, A. Karnieli, C. Roques-Carmes, D.S. Black, T.K. Lê, O. Solgaard, S. Fan, J. Vučković, ArXiv (n.d.).","ama":"Grzesik JM, Karnieli A, Roques-Carmes C, et al. A general framework for interactions between electron beams and quantum optical systems. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385\">10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385</a>","apa":"Grzesik, J. M., Karnieli, A., Roques-Carmes, C., Black, D. S., Lê, T. K., Solgaard, O., … Vučković, J. (n.d.). A general framework for interactions between electron beams and quantum optical systems. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385</a>"},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385"}],"OA_type":"green","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We provide a theoretical framework to describe the dynamics of a free-electron beam interacting with quantized bound systems in arbitrary electromagnetic environments. This expands the quantum optics toolbox to incorporate free-electron beams for applications in highly tunable quantum control, imaging, and spectroscopy at the nanoscale. The framework recovers previously studied results and shows that electromagnetic environments can amplify the intrinsically weak coupling between a free-electron and a bound electron to reach previously inaccessible interaction regimes. We leverage this enhanced coupling for experimentally feasible protocols in coherent qubit control and towards the nondestructive readout and projective control of the electron beam's quantum-number statistics. Our framework is broadly applicable to microwave-frequency qubits, optical nanophotonics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, and emerging platforms at the interface of electron microscopy and quantum information."}],"title":"A general framework for interactions between electron beams and quantum optical systems","extern":"1","oa":1,"OA_place":"repository","arxiv":1,"doi":"10.48550/arXiv.2601.21385","date_updated":"2026-04-13T11:28:06Z","status":"public"},{"arxiv":1,"status":"public","doi":"10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024","date_updated":"2026-04-13T11:25:12Z","extern":"1","oa":1,"OA_place":"repository","title":"Integrated photonic polarization synthesizer and analyzer","abstract":[{"text":"Polarization-resolved control and measurement of the optical field are essential for a wide range of photonic systems, including coherent communication, polarimetric sensing, and quantum information processing. We present a photonic integrated circuit that enables the generation and analysis of arbitrary polarization states. The device provides reconfigurable access to the full polarization degree of freedom of coherent light within a single integrated platform. We experimentally demonstrate arbitrary polarization state generation spanning the Poincare sphere, as well as Stokes vector measurement on chip. Unlike conventional Stokes measurements that rely on direct detection, polarization analysis utilizing this architecture is intrinsically non-destructive, preserving the optical signal for further optical domain processing. The devices are fabricated in a commercial foundry using CMOS-compatible processes, enabling scalable and reproducible integration. By combining polarization generation and analysis in a compact and stable photonic circuit, this work eliminates the need for external polarization optics and provides a foundation for robust, polarization-enabled photonic integrated systems.","lang":"eng"}],"article_number":"2602.17024","citation":{"chicago":"Valdez, Carson G., Anne R. Kroo, Anna J. Miller, Charles Roques-Carmes, David A. B. Miller, and Olav Solgaard. “Integrated Photonic Polarization Synthesizer and Analyzer.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024</a>.","ieee":"C. G. Valdez, A. R. Kroo, A. J. Miller, C. Roques-Carmes, D. A. B. Miller, and O. Solgaard, “Integrated photonic polarization synthesizer and analyzer,” <i>arXiv</i>. .","mla":"Valdez, Carson G., et al. “Integrated Photonic Polarization Synthesizer and Analyzer.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2602.17024, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024\">10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024</a>.","ista":"Valdez CG, Kroo AR, Miller AJ, Roques-Carmes C, Miller DAB, Solgaard O. Integrated photonic polarization synthesizer and analyzer. arXiv, 2602.17024.","ama":"Valdez CG, Kroo AR, Miller AJ, Roques-Carmes C, Miller DAB, Solgaard O. Integrated photonic polarization synthesizer and analyzer. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024\">10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024</a>","apa":"Valdez, C. G., Kroo, A. R., Miller, A. J., Roques-Carmes, C., Miller, D. A. B., &#38; Solgaard, O. (n.d.). Integrated photonic polarization synthesizer and analyzer. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024</a>","short":"C.G. Valdez, A.R. Kroo, A.J. Miller, C. Roques-Carmes, D.A.B. Miller, O. Solgaard, ArXiv (n.d.)."},"OA_type":"green","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.17024"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","day":"19","scopus_import":"1","publication_status":"submitted","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"preprint","author":[{"last_name":"Valdez","full_name":"Valdez, Carson G.","first_name":"Carson G."},{"last_name":"Kroo","full_name":"Kroo, Anne R.","first_name":"Anne R."},{"last_name":"Miller","full_name":"Miller, Anna J.","first_name":"Anna J."},{"id":"e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82","first_name":"Charles","full_name":"Roques-Carmes, Charles","last_name":"Roques-Carmes"},{"full_name":"Miller, David A. B.","last_name":"Miller","first_name":"David A. B."},{"full_name":"Solgaard, Olav","last_name":"Solgaard","first_name":"Olav"}],"month":"02","publication":"arXiv","date_created":"2026-04-09T09:10:41Z","date_published":"2026-02-19T00:00:00Z","_id":"21701","external_id":{"arxiv":["2602.17024 "]},"year":"2026","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa_version":"Preprint"},{"doi":"10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653","status":"public","date_updated":"2026-05-04T06:27:12Z","arxiv":1,"oa":1,"OA_place":"repository","title":"Strain continuously rotates the Néel vector in altermagnetic MnTe","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Altermagnetism has recently emerged as a distinct class of collinear antiferromagnets that break time-reversal symmetry, exhibiting a host of novel properties. Applied strain has attracted particular attention as a key tuning parameter for altermagnets. Although several experimental studies have demonstrated the preparation of single-domain states through a combination of applied strain and magnetic field, the route to such states remains unclear. Here, we use magneto-optical measurements on single crystals of MnTe under applied strain to show that, in contrast to previous reports, strain acts primarily to rotate the Néel vector L continuously. Since the orientation of L determines the magnetic point group symmetry, this continuous rotation effectively tunes the symmetry and its associated physical properties. Furthermore, we demonstrate that built-in strain in free-standing crystals is sufficient to pin L into continuous textures over millimeter length scales. Together, these results provide guidance for future device design and open the door to leveraging the Néel vector orientation as a tunable degree of freedom in spintronic applications."}],"OA_type":"green","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653","open_access":"1"}],"article_number":"2604.07653","citation":{"ista":"Alex Liebman-Peláez AL-P, Kruppe J, Regmi RB, Ghimire NJ, Sun Y, Mazin II, Noad HML, Analytis J, Sunko V, Orenstein J. Strain continuously rotates the Néel vector in altermagnetic MnTe. arXiv, 2604.07653.","chicago":"Alex Liebman-Peláez, Alex Liebman-Peláez, Jon Kruppe, Resham Babu Regmi, Nirmal J. Ghimire, Yue Sun, Igor I. Mazin, Hilary M. L. Noad, James Analytis, Veronika Sunko, and Joseph Orenstein. “Strain Continuously Rotates the Néel Vector in Altermagnetic MnTe.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653</a>.","ieee":"A. L.-P. Alex Liebman-Peláez <i>et al.</i>, “Strain continuously rotates the Néel vector in altermagnetic MnTe,” <i>arXiv</i>. .","mla":"Alex Liebman-Peláez, Alex Liebman-Peláez, et al. “Strain Continuously Rotates the Néel Vector in Altermagnetic MnTe.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2604.07653, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653\">10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653</a>.","short":"A.L.-P. Alex Liebman-Peláez, J. Kruppe, R.B. Regmi, N.J. Ghimire, Y. Sun, I.I. Mazin, H.M.L. Noad, J. Analytis, V. Sunko, J. Orenstein, ArXiv (n.d.).","ama":"Alex Liebman-Peláez AL-P, Kruppe J, Regmi RB, et al. Strain continuously rotates the Néel vector in altermagnetic MnTe. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653\">10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653</a>","apa":"Alex Liebman-Peláez, A. L.-P., Kruppe, J., Regmi, R. B., Ghimire, N. J., Sun, Y., Mazin, I. I., … Orenstein, J. (n.d.). Strain continuously rotates the Néel vector in altermagnetic MnTe. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.07653</a>"},"acknowledgement":"This research was primarily funded by the Quantum Materials (KC2202) program under the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, which supported the experimental and theoretical work at the LBNL and UC Berkeley. N.J.G., R. B. R., and I.I.M.\r\nwere supported by Army Research Office under Cooperative Agreement Number W911NF- 22-2-0173. H.M.L.N. and V.S. acknowledge funding through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) through Grant No. TRR288—422213477, Project No. A10. H.M.L.N. acknowledges financial support from the Max Planck Society. Research in Dresden benefits from the environment provided by the DFG Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat (EXC2147, Project ID 390858490).","article_processing_charge":"No","day":"08","month":"04","publication":"arXiv","publication_status":"submitted","type":"preprint","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","author":[{"first_name":"Alex Liebman-Peláez","full_name":"Alex Liebman-Peláez, Alex Liebman-Peláez","last_name":"Alex Liebman-Peláez"},{"last_name":"Kruppe","full_name":"Kruppe, Jon","first_name":"Jon"},{"first_name":"Resham Babu","last_name":"Regmi","full_name":"Regmi, Resham Babu"},{"full_name":"Ghimire, Nirmal J.","last_name":"Ghimire","first_name":"Nirmal J."},{"last_name":"Sun","full_name":"Sun, Yue","first_name":"Yue"},{"first_name":"Igor I.","full_name":"Mazin, Igor I.","last_name":"Mazin"},{"first_name":"Hilary M. L.","full_name":"Noad, Hilary M. L.","last_name":"Noad"},{"first_name":"James","full_name":"Analytis, James","last_name":"Analytis"},{"full_name":"Sunko, Veronika","last_name":"Sunko","orcid":"0000-0003-2724-3523","id":"23cb1cf6-2c7a-11ef-91a4-f72fc19f20b3","first_name":"Veronika"},{"full_name":"Orenstein, Joseph","last_name":"Orenstein","first_name":"Joseph"}],"department":[{"_id":"VeSu"}],"date_published":"2026-04-08T00:00:00Z","_id":"21703","external_id":{"arxiv":["2604.07653"]},"date_created":"2026-04-10T14:17:21Z","oa_version":"Preprint","year":"2026","language":[{"iso":"eng"}]}]