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Condensed matter physics and materials science form a dynamic partnership, exploring how the collective behavior of atoms gives rise to the unique properties of solids and liquids. This field bridges the gap between fundamental quantum mechanics and the practical engineering of everything from flexible electronics to superconductors, turning abstract theories into tangible innovations that shape our daily lives.
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Below are the latest papers in condensed matter and materials science, organized by their most recent publication dates.
Using density functional theory calculations, this study demonstrates that relativistic spin-momentum locking, previously established in non-collinear magnets, also generates strong momentum-dependent spin responses in a broad class of ferromagnets with rotational symmetry, offering a promising platform for observing emergent phenomena and spintronic applications.
This paper demonstrates the molecular-beam epitaxy growth of nearly phase-pure polar wurtzite MnTe on GaAs(111)B and reveals how precise control of growth conditions enables the transition from a multiphase state to a single-phase polar layer, offering a promising platform for altermagnetic spintronics.
This paper introduces a peak-decomposition-free inverse metrology framework that extracts effective disorder coordinates from hyperspectral photoluminescence data in moiré heterobilayers by matching physically motivated descriptor statistics to a generative model, thereby enabling robust optical disorder diagnostics without relying on ambiguous multi-peak spectral fitting.
This study proposes and validates a first-principles method for calculating magnetic contributions to alloy free energy, demonstrating that physically grounded, structure-dependent magnetic parameters derived from electronic structure calculations can accurately reproduce the Co-Ni phase equilibria and enable predictive modeling for multicomponent magnetic systems.
This paper incorporates wave-vector and frequency-dependent exchange-correlation effects into the dielectric theory of stopping power for both classical and quantum projectiles in crystals, demonstrating that these many-body interactions significantly improve agreement with experimental data at low velocities while proving negligible at high velocities.
This paper investigates the compatibility of martensitic microstructures across grain boundaries in polycrystals, demonstrating that such compatibility is highly restricted for cubic-to-tetragonal and cubic-to-orthorhombic transformations, and establishes new upper bounds for the Taylor set of deformation gradients that characterize zero-energy microstructures independent of grain geometry.
This study reveals that ultra-thin La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 films spontaneously develop a robust, thickness-independent exchange bias due to oxygen-deficiency-induced ferro-antiferromagnetic phase coexistence, challenging the conventional view of these materials as single-phase ferromagnets.
This study investigates how varying isostatic compaction pressures (49–140 MPa) during the fabrication of Gadolinium Doped Ceria (GDC) electrolytes influences their microstructural features and, consequently, their macroscopic electrical impedance as characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
This study demonstrates that antiphase boundaries in single-phase nanocrystalline NiCo2O4 are the underlying mechanism responsible for the observed large exchange bias effect and substantial negative magnetoresistance, highlighting the material's potential for spintronic applications.
This paper reports the discovery of a new orthorhombic $Fdd$2 crystal structure for PrGe featuring ordered germanium vacancies, which exhibits metallic behavior and ferromagnetic ordering at 14.3 K with an easy axis along the crystallographic direction.