3501 papers
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.
This paper theoretically predicts that terahertz electric fields can drive spin dynamics in the magnetic insulator via a displacement current-induced Néel spin-orbit torque, establishing a new pathway for electric-field-controlled antiferromagnetic spintronics in non-metallic systems.
This study employs symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations to demonstrate that -MnTe, a prototypical altermagnet, exhibits distinct magnetic spin Hall effects and a large spin Hall angle dependent on its Néel vector orientation, establishing a multipole framework for characterizing spin transport in altermagnetic materials.
This study demonstrates that oblique-angle deposition of heavy-metal underlayers in Ta/W/CoFeB/Pt heterostructures induces uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, enabling deterministic, field-free, and low-power current-induced magnetization switching in both parallel and transverse current geometries, with experimental results revealing distinct switching mechanisms dominated by coherent rotation in the transverse configuration and domain-wall propagation in the parallel configuration.
This paper introduces a Lagrangian-based technique that replaces the computationally expensive requirement of DFT calculations with a single coupled-perturbed Kohn-Sham calculation to efficiently generate unbiased atomic forces in ab initio Variational Monte Carlo, thereby improving their consistency with potential energy surfaces and accuracy relative to CCSD(T) benchmarks.
This paper presents the development and validation of a novel ReaxFF force field for the CO/O/CO2 system, which reveals that a supercritical CO2 matrix acts as an efficient third body to stabilize the exothermic CO oxidation reaction by dissipating excess energy through molecular collisions, thereby preventing the immediate dissociation of the newly formed CO2 product.
This paper presents a multiscale graph neural network model that accurately predicts electronic transport coefficients in inorganic thermoelectric crystals by encoding structural and physicochemical features, enabling the discovery of high-performance materials and providing interpretable physical insights into their transport mechanisms.
This study demonstrates that the chemically disordered binary Heusler alloy Cr3Al uniquely exhibits a robust, fully compensated ferrimagnetic ground state with a high Curie temperature alongside spin-gapless semiconducting transport, establishing it as the first experimentally verified A2-disordered material capable of supporting both properties for high-temperature spintronic applications.
This study utilizes density functional theory to demonstrate that EuMnXBi (X=Mn, Fe, Co, Zn) pnictides serve as a versatile platform where chemical substitution and spin-orbit coupling can be engineered to tune magnetic ground states and drive topological phase transitions, such as the emergence of Weyl semimetallicity in EuMnBi.
Inspired by moiré patterns in twisted bilayers, this paper introduces the "near-coincidence method," an intuitive yet rigorous algorithm that generates both classical and novel quasiperiodic tilings by mapping superimposed layers to the cut-and-project formalism.
This paper demonstrates a simple liquid-phase infiltration method to synthesize polymer-iron oxide hybrid films that effectively transfer the electrokinetic properties of iron oxide to polymer surfaces, offering a scalable strategy for controlling interfacial charge in applications such as water purification and energy conversion.