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Author(s): Zhongjie Ma, Miao Jiang, Aile Sun, Shengzhu Yi, Jidan Yang, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya, and Qi-Huo Wei A double splay nematic phase is observed experimentally for the first time in the ferroelectric liquid crystal RM734 under cationic polymer coated planar confinement. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 238101] Published Tue Jun 10, 2025

Author(s): Mengjie Zu, Aayush Desai, and Carl P. Goodrich Unlike in crystals, it is difficult to trace emergent material properties of amorphous solids to their underlying structure. Nevertheless, one can tune features of a disordered spring network, ranging from bulk elastic constants to specific allosteric responses, through highly precise alterations of… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 238201] Published Mon Jun 09, 2025

Author(s): Ido Lavi, Ricard Alert, Jean-François Joanny, and Jaume Casademunt Active nematics exhibit spontaneous flows through a well-known linear instability of the uniformly aligned quiescent state. Here, we show that even a linearly stable uniform state can experience a nonlinear instability, resulting in a discontinuous transition to spontaneous flows. In this case, quie… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 238301] Published Mon Jun 09, 2025

Author(s): James N. Bull, Arun Subramani, Chang Liu, Samuel J. P. Marlton, Eleanor K. Ashworth, Henrik Cederquist, Henning Zettergren, and Mark H. Stockett The harsh interstellar environment ought to destroy these carbon-rich molecules; experiments reveal their secret weapon. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 228002] Published Fri Jun 06, 2025

Author(s): Tim Gould, Stephen G. Dale, Leeor Kronik, and Stefano Pittalis We present a first principles strategy for developing approximations for excited states through ensemble density functionals. Central to our result is the recognition that density-driven correlations (ddc’s) can be vitally important to address excited states individually through ensembles, yet stand… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 228001] Published Thu Jun 05, 2025

Author(s): Joseph M. Monti, Ishan Srivastava, Leonardo E. Silbert, A. P. Santos, Joel T. Clemmer, Jeremy B. Lechman, and Gary S. Grest We perform a structural analysis of large scale jammed packings of monodisperse, frictionless and frictional spheres to elucidate structural signatures of the static structure factor in the low-to-intermediate wave number region. We employ discrete element method simulations containing up to $8×{10}… [Phys....

Author(s): Yoav Green The Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) theory has been the paradigm for ion transport in physiological systems for the past century. However, GHK incorrectly assumes a uniform electrical field, leading to several inconsistencies. We propose a new theory developed using methods from the reverse-electrodialys… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 228401] Published Thu Jun 05, 2025