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61. Experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal: Temporal Disorder in Spatiotemporal Order
L. J. I. Moon†, P. M. Schindler†, Y. Sun, E. Druga, J. Knolle, R. Moessner, H. Zhao, M. Bukov, A. Ajoy [PDF]
arXiv:2404.05620 — Nature Physics (in press) (2025)

59. Nanoscale engineering and dynamical stabilization of mesoscopic spin textures
K. Harkins†, C. Fleckenstein†, N. D'Souza†, P. M. Schindler†, D. Marchiori†, C. Artiaco, Q. Reynard-Feytis, U. Basumallick, W. Beatrez, A. Pillai, M. Hagn, A. Nayak, S. Breuer, X. Lv, M. McAllister, P. Reshetikhin, E. Druga, M. Bukov, A. Ajoy [PDF][SI]
arXiv:2310.05635 — Science Advances 11, 13, eadn9021 (2025)

49. Electron-to-nuclear spectral mapping via "Galton board" dynamic nuclear polarization
A. Pillai, M. Elanchezhian, T. Virtanen, S. Conti, A. Ajoy* [PDF]
arXiv:2110.06826 — J. Chem. Phys. 159, 154201 (2023)
Selected as the Journal Cover Article in J. Chem. Phys.
Selected as the Editors' Featured Article in J. Chem. Phys.

47. Electron induced nanoscale nuclear spin relaxation probed by hyperpolarization injection
W. Beatrez, A. Pillai, O. Janes, D. Suter, A. Ajoy* [PDF] [SI]
arXiv:2207.02827 — Phys. Rev. Lett. 131,010802 (2023).
Watch nuclear spins directly probing proximal electron relaxation: [Video 1] , [Video 2] , [Video 3] .

44. Rapidly enhanced spin polarization injection in an optically pumped spin ratchet
A. Sarkar, B. Blankenship, E. Druga, A. Pillai, R. Nirodi, S. Singh, A. Oddo, P. Reshetikhin, A. Ajoy* [PDF] [SI]
arXiv:2112.07223 — Phys. Rev. Applied 18, 034079 (2022).

43. High-Field Magnetometry with Hyperpolarized Nuclear Spins
O. Sahin, E. d. L. Sanchez, S. Conti, A. Akkiraju, P. Reshetikhin, E. Druga, A. Aggarwal, B. Gilbert, S. Bhave, A. Ajoy* [PDF] [SI]
arXiv:2112.11612 — Nature Communications 13, 5486 (2022)
Selected as Editors Highlight by Nature Communications
Spotlighted by News & Views in Nature Physics: Magnetometry goes nuclear [pdf]