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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 study combines X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory to reveal that the bixbyite-to-fluorite phase transition in (Ce, Sm, Pr, La, Y)O₂ high-entropy oxides is driven by compositional effects rather than cation redox, while establishing distinct valence states for the constituent rare-earth elements.
This review synthesizes recent experimental and theoretical advances to elucidate how local structural and chemical disorder in high entropy oxides governs their emergent functional properties, providing a framework for the rational design of tunable materials for diverse applications.
This study combines spectroscopy and density functional theory to demonstrate that the ferromagnetic order in the van der Waals material CrI3 is stabilized by the orbital mixing between iodine p and chromium eg states alongside strong Hund's coupling, thereby clarifying the microscopic link between orbital and spin degrees of freedom in low-dimensional magnets.
This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to demonstrate that tensile strain in nickel single crystals accelerates energy dissipation during irradiation, promotes stress-assisted defect mobility, and leads to a steady-state dislocation density of approximately dominated by Shockley partials, a process successfully modeled by the Kocks-Mecking framework.
This paper proposes a new mass normalization metric based on electrochemical participants and a comprehensive reporting framework to enable reliable cross-format performance comparisons, facilitate commercial-scale performance estimation, and optimize material loading for electrochemical energy storage devices.
By applying a new probabilistic data-driven framework to molecular simulations of water, this study reveals that the distinction between low-density and high-density amorphous ices is encoded within the first coordination shell via local hydrogen density, supporting a first-order-like phase transition mechanism characterized by structural hysteresis that depends critically on the choice of microscopic descriptors.
This study demonstrates that the interplay between material disorder (quantified by the Weibull modulus) and lattice geometry (specifically the Slenderness Ratio) governs three distinct fracture regimes in pre-cracked beam-lattices, revealing that disorder-induced toughening is a non-monotonic phenomenon not solely determined by damage extent or crack tortuosity.
This study reports the on-surface synthesis and atomic-scale characterization of antiferromagnetic S=1/2 quantum spin rings composed of [2]triangulene units on Au(111), revealing how structural distortion in five-membered rings versus planar six-membered rings dictates their distinct spin ground states and excitation gaps.
This paper introduces M-CODE, an open-source categorization system that standardizes materials science data by classifying structures based on dimensionality, complexity, and evolutionary provenance to support reproducible dataset generation and AI-driven research.
This paper presents a reduced-order spring-network model and a fabrication strategy that enable the rational design of machine-knitted textiles with programmable auxetic behavior and integrated capacitive strain sensing, linking unit-cell geometry to tunable mechanical and sensing functionalities.