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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.
This paper numerically demonstrates that a two-dimensional non-Hermitian photonic crystal made of lossy magneto-optical materials exhibits both non-Hermitian topological edge states and a corner skin effect protected by complex eigenfrequency point gaps.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that optical phonons in graphene significantly suppress high harmonic generation (HHG) yields and drive electronic decoherence through phase scrambling and interband current coupling, providing a key explanation for the observed limitations in experimental HHG spectra.
By screening 236 layered semiconductors through high-throughput density functional theory calculations, this study identifies a strategy to decouple electron and phonon transport by mitigating polar optical phonon (POP) scattering, highlighting as a high-performance thermoelectric candidate with high electrical conductivity and ultralow lattice thermal conductivity.
Using conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) under ambient conditions, this study characterizes the local electronic properties and chemical identities of individual atomic defects in molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), identifying them as various transition metal or oxygen substitutions.
This paper introduces two new variants of the structure factor twist averaging (sfTA) method, "paired sfTA" and "binding sfTA," which improve the accuracy of calculating binding correlation energies in low-dimensional bilayer materials by incorporating binding interactions into the twist-angle selection process.
The researchers demonstrate that substituting copper into allows for the tuning of structural transitions between uncollapsed, one-third collapsed, and fully collapsed states, enabling a large thermal hysteresis that can be adjusted to room temperature for potential use as a shape-memory material.
This paper uses numerical diagonalization to investigate the spin excitation gaps of and Heisenberg antiferromagnets on various frustrated lattices, identifying specific transitions between gapped and gapless phases as the ratio of interaction strengths changes.
This paper proposes a new dynamic failure law for all-solid-state batteries governed by two coupled processes—interfacial "breathing" (contact oscillations) and "reactive memory" (electrolyte decomposition)—and demonstrates that while stack pressure can suppress breathing, independent control of interphase chemistry is required to manage reactive memory.
This paper presents a methodology to identify the primary causes of fill factor loss in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, specifically highlighting the impact of series resistance, the "photoshunt" phenomenon in perovskite layers, and the two-diode property of silicon cells.
Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, the researchers demonstrate that quasiparticles in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are dressed by remote phonons from an adjacent hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer, revealing a generic interlayer electron-phonon coupling that could influence electron mobility and correlated phases in 2D heterostructures.