Sensing the Local Magnetic Environment through Optically Active Defects in a Layered Magnetic Semiconductor

Atomic-level defects in van der Waals (vdW) materials are essential building blocks for quantum technologies and quantum sensing applications. The layered magnetic semiconductor CrSBr is an outstanding candidate for exploring optically active defects because of a direct gap, in addition to a rich magnetic phase diagram, including a recently...

Investigation into soil displacement near a jacked-in pile in sand

When a pile is driven into soil, the soil is pushed away which results in significant changes in both stress state and strain state. Using Finite Element Code to simulate the pile installation process has been not yet completely successful partly due to the limited knowledge of the governing behavior of the soil around a displacement pile. An...