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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 demonstrates that ultrafast linearly polarized light can induce momentum-dependent altermagnetic spin splitting in the antiferromagnet KNiF3 by breaking effective time-reversal symmetry through photoexcited charge redistribution and lattice distortion, offering a nonrelativistic route for controlling altermagnetism without external fields.
By combining neutron scattering experiments with multiscale modeling, this study reveals that intrinsic chemical disorder and compositional gradients in FePd-based superconductor-ferromagnet heterostructures, rather than just interface effects, are the microscopic origin of finite net magnetic chirality that stabilizes chiral magnetic modulations.
This study experimentally demonstrates that dielectric screening in monolayer MoS2 can induce non-rigid, momentum-dependent band renormalization at cryogenic temperatures, contrasting with the rigid band shifts observed at room temperature due to a transition from monopole to multipole screening regimes.
This study utilizes comprehensive P and Cu nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements to provide direct microscopic evidence of successive quasi-antiferroelectric, antiferroelectric, and antiferromagnetic phase transitions in the van der Waals magnet CuCrPS, while characterizing its magnetic exchange interactions and identifying its critical behavior within the three-dimensional Heisenberg universality class.
This study utilizes density functional theory to demonstrate that the electrochromic behavior of Ni-deficient NiO is governed by the interplay of dopant identity, vacancy-mediated charge compensation, and lattice strain, where specific dopants like Sn can reverse the optical response while tensile strain enhances ion insertion energetics at the cost of reduced optical contrast.
This study utilizes full-field transmission X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging to demonstrate that high X-ray doses induce spatially inhomogeneous delithiation in LiNiO2 electrodes, thereby establishing a practical dose threshold to ensure the reliability of operando synchrotron measurements.
This study employs multireference quantum-chemical calculations to demonstrate that the torsional angle between monomer units, rather than regio-connectivity, is the primary factor governing the efficiency of singlet fission versus spin-orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing in aza-BODIPY dimers.
This study employs automated multireference ab initio calculations to systematically screen over 30,000 dysprosium complexes, revealing that fine-tuning organic ligands in pentagonal bipyramidal structures can significantly enhance magnetic anisotropy by up to 100% compared to reference compounds, thereby demonstrating the power of high-throughput computational screening in overcoming chemically non-intuitive design challenges.
This paper reports the systematic observation of a pronounced anomalous phonon thermal Hall effect in the altermagnet candidates MnTe and CrSb, establishing this phenomenon as an intrinsic feature of altermagnets and providing a sensitive probe for identifying this new class of quantum magnets.
This study employs density functional theory and cluster expansion to construct surface phase diagrams revealing that water exposure causes calcium to segregate and dissolve while aluminum remains in the bulk, thereby explaining the opposing effects of these alloying elements on magnesium corrosion rates.