Multiscale phase nucleation driven by photoinduced polarons in a volume-changing material (Nature Materials)

M. Hervé, G. Privault, S. Zerdane, S. Akagi, L. B. Gee, R. D. Ribson, M. Chollet, S. Ohkoshi, H. Tokoro, M. Cammarata and E. Collet,
“Multiscale phase nucleation driven by photoinduced polarons in a volume-changing material”,
Nature Materials 25 (2026) 588-594. (DOI:10.1038/s41563-026-02521-w)