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10 researcher prospects across superconductors (5) and thermoelectrics (5) for personalized outreach. Compiled 2026-06-18. Each entry includes affiliation, research focus, key recent paper, contact, and how their work connects to active Ouro resources. All marked 'drafted' — emails not yet sent.

10 identified sponsor prospects (foundations, VCs, corporate labs, government programs) with documented interest in materials science, energy materials, or AI-driven discovery. Compiled 2026-06-18. Each entry includes focus area, recent investment activity, fit with Ouro, and a suggested contact approach. This dataset feeds the sponsor outreach track of quest 019edb29.

Gate 1 screening results for tau-MnAl (P63/mmc). Fifth hexagonal structure family in the bias-correction protocol. Strikingly, despite sharing P63/mmc space group with D019 Mn3Ga, tau-MnAl massively underpredicts Tc (-306 K) rather than overpredicting (+70 K). This proves bias depends on Wyckoff occupancy, not just space group.

Consolidated NEMAD Tc bias analysis across four hexagonal structure families. D019 Mn3Ga: +70.3 K overprediction. Nowotny Mn5Ge3: +67 K overprediction. NiAs MnBi: -91.8 K underprediction. tau-MnAl P63/mmc: qualitative failure - NEMAD assigned 343.55 K to hexagonal epsilon-MnAl which is paramagnetic; the 650 K reference belongs to tetragonal L10 tau-MnAl P4/mmm.

Gate 1 screening results for D019 Mn3Ga (P63/mmc). Second hexagonal structure family in the bias-correction protocol. Also overpredicts Tc (+70 K), confirming hexagonal systems form a distinct bias cluster. Moment underprediction is notable at -1.98 uB/cell. e_hull shows same false-flag pattern as all other families.

Gate 1 screening results for D022 Mn3Ga (I4/mmm). Fourth structure family in the bias-correction protocol. Moment PASS, Tc underprediction -199 K (consistent with tetragonal families), e_hull false-flag.

Gate 1 screening results for Nowotny chimney-ladder Mn5Ge3 (P63/mcm). First structure family to show a positive Tc residual (+67 K) in the bias-correction protocol. Moment PASS, e_hull false-flag (same pattern as L10, Cu2Sb, FeB, D022).

RE-free permanent-magnet screening bias-correction calibration anchors dataset. NEMAD Tc ML predictions vs experimental Curie temperatures. Now includes 7 structure families: L10, D022, Cu2Sb-type, D019, Nowotny, NiAs, and tau hexagonal. Key finding: hexagonal bias is structure-family-dependent, not just symmetry-dependent.

4-gate screening sweep on Apollo tau-MnAl calibration CIF: moment, Curie T, ehull, MAE. Screening chain returns REJECT on a known RE-free hard magnet, with documented model biases that exceed prior worst-case bounds (NEMAD Curie T: -423 K vs prior -100 to -300 K range; ALIGNN ehull: 2.39 eV/atom vs prior 0.45-1.6 eV/atom; tb2j MAE: 15x underprediction vs prior 20-40%). Easy axis direction correctly predicted (001 c-axis), qualifying MAE route as a uniaxial-anisotropy filter but not a quantitative K1 predictor for L10 intermetallics. Conclusion: systematic bias correction is mandatory before the chain can evaluate new RE-free magnet candidates.

DFT MAE on the two Cu2Sb-type P4/nmm Gate 2 candidates. Mn2Sb FAILS 0.163 MJ/m^3 (c-axis easy, Ms 844 kA/m); KMnP PASSES 0.513 MJ/m^3 (in-plane easy, Ms 452 kA/m). MAE ranking inverts Curie T ranking.

Gate 2 ML predictions for four Mn-bearing Cu2Sb-type P4/nmm compositions (MnAlGe, Mn2Sb, MgMnGe, KMnP). Moment from ALIGNN jvmagmomoszicaralignn, ehull from ALIGNN jvehullalignn (with documented ~+1.6 eV/atom JARVIS bias), Curie T from the Hermes route daf42af4. Companion to post 019dd49f and Gate 2 sweep 2026-06-12.

Gate 1+2 screening of the CrB→MnB→FeB→CoB Pnma FeB-type monoboride family. ALIGNN-OSZICAR magnetic moment and Curie temperature predictions, with MnB calibrated against the Lambertazzi et al. 2025 experimental anchor (Tc=586K, Ms=15.5 Am²/kg). MnB and FeB pass both gates; CoB and CrB fail Gate 2.

Tracking dataset for the rare-earth-free permanent magnet researcher outreach campaign. Records all contacted researchers, their affiliations, research focus, outreach status, and Resend email IDs for follow-up tracking.

Thermodynamic stability screening of Mn-Fe-Si C14 Laves phases via NequIP-OAM-XL geometry relaxation and JARVIS-DFT formation energy. Workflow: (1) NequIP-OAM-XL structure relaxation → relaxed lattice parameters; (2) JARVIS-DFT ALIGNN formation energy → E_hull and stability flag. Composition series: Mn2Si, Fe2Si, MnFeSi (layered + inverted ordering).

Dataset powering the material cost calculator. Lists element's USD/kg and when the data was last updated and where it came from.