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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 introduces the topological descriptor "linking valence" to demonstrate that it effectively distinguishes the mechanical hardness and structural order of network-forming materials like silica, revealing that quartz's superior hardness stems from significantly higher topological linking compared to amorphous silica and cristobalite, despite their shared tetrahedral building blocks.
This paper introduces a Wyckoff-resolved oxidation-state atlas and assignment utility that significantly expands the coverage of charge-neutral materials discovery by leveraging site-specific formal oxidation states, thereby outperforming traditional composition-only baselines by up to 28.0%.
This paper generalizes the use of nonlinear magnetic susceptibility () as a deterministic protocol for switching time-reversal partners in fully compensated chiral antiferromagnets, providing a first-principles formalism and theoretical validation for the MnXN family.
This paper introduces SLIPSTREAM, a technique utilizing relativistically moving photoexcited carrier fronts in semiconductor waveguides to manipulate THz waves through front-induced transitions, enabling novel effects such as temporal waveform stretching and time-reversal operations.
This study provides direct experimental evidence that a photo-launched coherent transverse optical phonon mode, responsible for ferroelectric order in the 2D semiconductor NbOI2, couples exclusively to above-gap electronic transitions, revealing a new mechanism for mediating physical properties in ferroelectric semiconductors.
This paper introduces the van der Waals ferroelectric semiconductor NbOI2 as a highly efficient, broadband terahertz emitter with giant optical rectification, offering a scalable solution for on-chip near-field spectroscopy of 2D materials that overcomes the traditional mismatch between sample and radiation wavelengths.
This paper reports the generation and uniaxial propagation of coherent ferrons (polarization waves) in the van der Waals ferroelectric material NbOI2, which emit narrow-band terahertz radiation and travel at hypersonic speeds, offering potential applications in THz emission and electric information processing.
This study reports record-breaking transverse thermoelectric conductivity and a pronounced anomalous Nernst effect in the Kagome antiferromagnet FeGe, attributing these giant effects to large Berry curvature generated by its non-collinear spin texture and highlighting its potential for advanced magneto-thermoelectric applications.
This paper investigates the ultrafast quantum thermodynamics of THz-driven optical phonons within an open quantum system framework, demonstrating that intense laser pulses can induce significant non-Markovian deviations in heat current, thereby offering a new pathway to control dissipation in solid-state systems.
This study demonstrates robust and reversible electric-current control of the anomalous Hall effect in a WTe2/Fe3GeTe2 heterostructure, where a charge current in WTe2 induces an out-of-plane magnetization via the Berry-curvature dipole that modulates the adjacent ferromagnet's properties through the inverse magnetic proximity effect.