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.
At Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv to make these complex discoveries accessible to everyone. Our team generates both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries for each paper, ensuring that researchers, students, and curious minds alike can grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in dense jargon.
Below are the latest papers in condensed matter and materials science, organized by their most recent publication dates.
This study demonstrates that substituting La with smaller Sm ions in double perovskite LaSmCuRuO induces structural distortion and Sm magnetism, which collectively suppress magnetic frustration and tune the magnetic properties of these insulating oxides.
This study computationally demonstrates that anion interchange and triaxial compressive strain can stabilize otherwise unstable lithium chalcohalide antiperovskites and tune their band gaps, offering a strategic pathway for designing non-toxic solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.
This study employs first-principles calculations to demonstrate that the low-temperature density-wave state of LaNiO is characterized by a unified, intertwined spin-charge-stripe order that spontaneously induces a polar lattice distortion, while also identifying spin fluctuations as a key mechanism for its high-pressure superconductivity.
This study demonstrates that pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian optical vortices can deterministically nucleate specific in-plane topological spin textures, such as bimerons and antibimerons, in chiral ferromagnetic thin films by encoding the light's orbital and spin angular momentum into distinct magnetic states.
This paper introduces a differential learning framework that predicts relative thermal stability differences between energetic material pairs rather than absolute decomposition temperatures, thereby overcoming experimental variability to achieve high-ranking accuracy and identify bond dissociation enthalpy as a key stability determinant.
This paper develops a comprehensive low-energy theory for Dirac interface states in anisotropic multivalley systems, establishing design principles to control their dispersion, localization, and hybridization through mass and kinetic parameter variations across sharp and smooth interfaces.
This study establishes that topological chiral semimetals occupy a distinct bonding regime near the metal-insulator transition, characterized by incipient electron localization and a robust chiral B20 bonding motif that fundamentally differentiates them from metals, covalent solids, and metavalent compounds.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that a four-terminal Josephson junction combining equal-spin triplet -wave superconductors and -wave magnets can achieve robust, phase-controlled perfect nonlocal spin and charge diode effects with 100% nonreciprocity, offering a tunable platform for dissipationless superconducting spintronics.
This paper classifies pressure-induced metal-insulator transitions into three distinct categories based on optoelectronic and vibrational properties, identifying a "metavalent" bonding mechanism that explains the unique structural and electronic behaviors observed in these materials.
By combining depth-sectioning STEM and multislice electron ptychography, this study directly visualizes the depth-dependent atomic structure and polarization topology in a PbTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattice, revealing that vortex-like surface polarities evolve into distinct interior configurations and that conventional projection images can obscure these complex 3D states through superposition.