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cond-mat.mtrl-sci

4820 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.

🔬 materials science

Cobalt-Controlled Interphase Partitioning Regulates Matrix Solute Transport and γ′\gamma' Coarsening in Ti-Rich NiCoCr-Based Superalloys

This study demonstrates that increasing cobalt content in Ti-rich NiCoCr-based superalloys significantly enhances γ′\gamma' coarsening resistance by elevating the activation energy, a phenomenon driven by cobalt-controlled interphase partitioning that increases multicomponent solute-transport resistance and reduces the apparent interfacial energy, despite a concurrent decrease in the γ′\gamma' solvus temperature.

Sudeepta Mukherjee, Surendra Kumar Makineni, B. S. Murty, Satyam Suwas2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Krypton-sputtered tantalum films for scalable high-performance quantum devices

This paper demonstrates that using krypton sputtering enables the fabrication of high-performance, body-centered cubic tantalum films on silicon at temperatures as low as 200°C, thereby achieving state-of-the-art superconducting qubit quality factors while remaining compatible with standard semiconductor back-end-of-the-line processing.

Maciej W. Olszewski, Lingda Kong, Simon Reinhardt, Daniel Tong, Xinyi Du, Gabriele Di Gianluca, Haoran Lu, Saswata Roy (…)2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Zero Indirect Band Gap and Flat Bands in a Niobium Oxyiodide Cluster Material

Through explorative chemistry involving NbI4_4, Li2_2(CN2_2), and Li2_2O, researchers discovered and structurally characterized two new niobium oxyiodide cluster compounds, Nb6_6O3_3I15_{15} and Nb11_{11}O6_6I24_{24}, with the latter exhibiting a zero indirect band gap and 3D flat bands near the Fermi level due to its unique helical string-like structure and antiferrochiral packing.

Jan Beitlberger, Mario Martin, Marcus Scheele, Marek Matas, Carl P. Romao, Markus Ströbele, H. -Jürgen Meyer2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Self-assembly and Electronic Properties of Graphyne and Graphdiyne Molecular Wires on Metallic Surfaces

Using first-principles density functional theory calculations, this study demonstrates that graphyne and graphdiyne molecular wires self-assemble into energetically preferred non-aligned arrays on Au(111), Ag(111), and Al(111) surfaces via van der Waals interactions, retaining their semiconducting character to form promising one-dimensional metal-semiconductor heterostructures for molecular electronic devices.

Victor M. S. da Conceição, Dominike Pacine, Juliana M. Morbec, Roberto H. Miwa2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Tuning Dirac-Rashba and Double Dirac Cone Surface States of Topological Crystalline Insulator Pb1−x_{1-x}Snx_{x}Se by Transition Metal Adsorbate

This study demonstrates that depositing submonolayer transition metals on Pb1−x_{1-x}Snx_{x}Se surfaces allows for the systematic tuning of Dirac and Rashba surface states, where polar (111) surfaces exhibit controllable Rashba splitting up to 3.5 eV·Å due to symmetry breaking and doping, while nonpolar (001) surfaces preserve inversion symmetry and instead show dephasing of double Dirac cones.

Bartłomiej Turowski, Wojciech Brzezicki, Ondřej Caha, Rafał Rudniewski, Natalia Olszowska, Jacek Kołodziej, Marta Aleszk (…)2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Origin of High-Temperature Antiferromagnetic Order in a van der Waals Material

The study reveals that substituting Co into Fe4GeTe2 induces layer-selective ordering and enhanced electronic correlations of quasi-localized Co 3d-states, which drive an unusually high-temperature antiferromagnetic order at 250 K in the van der Waals material (Fe0.65Co0.35)4GeTe2, establishing it as a promising candidate for AFM spintronics.

Rabindra Basnet, Hari Paudyal, Gicela Saucedo Salas, Nicholas P. Butch, Durga Paudya, Ramesh C. Budhani2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

High-throughput Discovery of Magnetic Rare Earth Transition Metal Alloys

This paper presents an accelerated materials discovery framework combining diffusion-based crystal generation with hierarchical screening to identify over 300 low-energy rare-earth–transition-metal magnetic candidates, including stable phases with saturation magnetization up to ~1.8 T, while providing systematic insights into dopant selection and structural origins for future high-magnetization alloy design.

Shuo Tao, Osman Goni Ridwan, Liqin Ke, Qiang Zhu2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Beyond linear stability: Heterogeneity-induced fingering of crack fronts

This paper reveals that crack fronts propagating through toughness heterogeneities undergo a unique global bifurcation where the loss of stable, Griffith-compatible equilibria—rather than a collision with an unstable state—triggers a transition from linear stability to finger-like daughter cracks, offering new insights into brittle-to-quasibrittle transitions in heterogeneous solids.

Manish Vasoya, Laurent Ponson, Veronique Lazarus2026-08-27
🔬 materials science

Realization of Air-Stable Two-Dimensional Superconductor Nb2Pd3Te5 With Quasi-One-Dimensional Pair Density Modulation

This paper reports the successful synthesis of air-stable monolayer and bilayer Nb2Pd3Te5 via van-der-Waals epitaxy, which exhibits intrinsic quasi-one-dimensional pair density modulation and superconductivity below 0.6 K, establishing a robust platform for exploring anisotropic low-dimensional quantum phenomena.

Jiayi Wang, Hui Guo, Hao Zhang, Haowei Chen, Peixuan Li, Xianghe Han, Ziang Wang, Siyu Xu, Qian Fang, Haohao Xu, Shixuan (…)2026-08-27