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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 polycrystalline -FeSi thin films exhibit robust intrinsic topological transport, including an intrinsic anomalous Hall effect and chiral anomaly signatures characteristic of Weyl semimetals, despite significant disorder and grain boundaries.
This study employs first-principles calculations to comprehensively analyze the electronic structure, Raman-active phonon modes, Gruneisen parameters, and phonon lifetimes of hexagonal silicon and germanium allotropes, aiming to elucidate anharmonic effects and provide strategies for optimizing these materials for advanced thermoelectric, photovoltaic, and optoelectronic applications.
This study demonstrates that substituting Ni for Co in NdCo₂ suppresses the orthorhombic phase and reduces the magnetic moment, thereby decreasing the magnetocaloric effect at cryogenic temperatures.
This paper proposes a molecular design strategy using triangulene-derived radicals in honeycomb 2D frameworks to achieve designer metal-free altermagnetism by breaking inversion symmetry while preserving the bipartite lattice, resulting in robust d-wave spin splitting and antiferromagnetic coupling suitable for room-temperature organic spintronics.
This paper derives a closed-form stability criterion for charged colloidal crystals that predicts direction-dependent elastic softening and identifies the critical electrostatic-elastic coupling strength at which specific crystallographic axes lose rigidity, linking phenomenological parameters to microscopic properties via Poisson-Boltzmann theory.
This paper introduces the open-source Python package `pyzentropy` to implement recursive entropy in first-principles thermodynamics, successfully reproducing the anomalous Invar behavior and phase diagrams of by accurately capturing the contributions of high-probability magnetic configurations.
This study presents the first demonstration of three-dimensional visualization of dislocations in -GaO using synchrotron-radiation X-ray topo-tomography under Borrmann-effect conditions, enabling depth-resolved analysis of defect propagation in device structures.
This study demonstrates that epitaxial NiCo2O4 thin films exhibit an intrinsic, robust two-step ultrafast demagnetization behavior characterized by a picosecond demagnetization component and a subsequent recovery, establishing rare-earth-free oxide ferrimagnets as promising platforms for investigating mult-sublattice spin dynamics.
The paper introduces SWORD, a novel symmetry-aware and Wyckoff-based string representation that standardizes and uniquely identifies both ordered and disordered crystal structures, thereby enabling efficient deduplication, novelty assessment, and curation of large-scale materials databases like the ICSD.
This paper surveys the current state, capabilities, and challenges of data-driven materials informatics across nanoscale, mesoscale, and continuum length scales, emphasizing critical issues such as data quality, uncertainty, and cross-scale consistency while outlining the path toward reliable multiscale integration.