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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 employs Bayesian model calibration and global sensitivity analysis to quantify uncertainties and identify key physical mechanisms in two distinct constitutive models for body-centered-cubic molybdenum single crystals, successfully validating their predictive capabilities across quasi-static to shock loading conditions.
This study demonstrates that biological interactions with plasma-modified silk fibroin and chitosan surfaces are scale-dependent, revealing that bacteria respond to fine-scale topographic features while macrophages correlate with larger-scale features, thereby suggesting that tailoring surface topography to specific biological length scales is a promising strategy for developing antibacterial wound-healing materials.
This paper proposes a simple, experimentally accessible signature for detecting nonzero zero-point entropy in magnetic materials—specifically a violation of Maxwell's relation or a specific inequality involving heat capacity and magnetization derivatives—demonstrating its utility through the benchmark case of the spin ice .
This paper demonstrates that in polarity-mixed GaN lateral overgrowth, the observed bias toward -aligned inversion domain boundaries arises not from geometric boundary constraints alone, but from a propagation-mediated amplification mechanism that systematically sharpens orientation preferences as domains expand.
This paper demonstrates that while continuum magnetomechanical formulations for hard magnetic soft materials yield different Cauchy stress symmetries depending on whether the magnetization is described in the referential or current configuration, both formulations converge to symmetric stresses with identical equilibrium behavior when the magnetization field is at its energy-minimizing state.
This study reveals the existence of both flat and newly discovered zig-zag interphase boundaries in compressively strained bismuth ferrite thin films, characterizing their atomic-scale structural features and suggesting that mesoscale strain modulations drive their formation for potential device engineering.
This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of WFeB as a metallic d-wave altermagnet that exhibits a strong, electrically switchable perpendicular spin-splitter response, establishing it as a promising platform for efficient charge-to-spin conversion driven by altermagnetic symmetry.
This paper presents a web-based, human-in-the-loop platform that integrates AI-driven algorithms with interactive human correction to enable scalable, precise, and adaptive structural characterization of multilayer thin films in hard drive design using scanning transmission electron microscopy.
This study compares bismuth thin films deposited at room temperature versus 77 K across various substrates, revealing that quench condensation induces a preferential (110) orientation, smaller grain sizes, lower roughness, and reduced carrier mobility and density, ultimately resulting in higher electrical resistivity compared to room-temperature films.
This study predicts that the experimentally synthesized is a robust -wave altermagnetic metal with a stable energy preference for its magnetic configuration, distinguishing it from related vanadium-based compounds and offering a strain-induced piezomagnetic strategy for experimental verification of its G-type antiferromagnetic state.