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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 presents a methodology to identify the primary causes of fill factor loss in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, specifically highlighting the impact of series resistance, the "photoshunt" phenomenon in perovskite layers, and the two-diode property of silicon cells.
This study demonstrates that colossal negative dielectric permittivity can be achieved in single-phase calcium ferrite solely by restructuring its morphology into nano hollow spheres, a phenomenon attributed to phase inversion within the hollow cavity.
Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, the researchers demonstrate that quasiparticles in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are dressed by remote phonons from an adjacent hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) layer, revealing a generic interlayer electron-phonon coupling that could influence electron mobility and correlated phases in 2D heterostructures.
This paper demonstrates that ion damage from sputtering and ICP etching causes significant, orientation-dependent charge depletion up to 11.5 m deep in (010), (110), and (011) -GaO epitaxial layers, whereas (001) layers remain largely unaffected.
This paper demonstrates that the kinetic arrest of the metastable T' phase in monolayer is driven by repulsive S-S interactions and that phase transformation is governed by the local compatibility between defects and moving interfaces rather than global defect concentration.
This paper evaluates the accuracy of mean-field approximation and effective medium theory in modeling the electrical conductivity of crack-template-based transparent conducting films, finding that these methods can significantly overestimate conductivity due to the structural complexities of Poisson–Voronoi networks.
This study demonstrates that in-situ nitrogen doping in epitaxial rutile thin films enables an iso-symmetric metal-insulator transition by suppressing V-V dimerization, resulting in faster switching speeds and providing a new strategy for tailoring phase transitions in correlated oxides.
This study uses a coupled two-temperature model and molecular dynamics simulations to reveal that increasing temperature drives a morphological transition in GaN ion tracks from discontinuous segments to continuous channels, a process characterized by the atomic-scale decomposition of GaN into Ga clusters and bubbles and the nucleation of zincblende nanodomains linked to dislocation networks.
This paper reports a novel double-layer lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) bulk acoustic resonator using complementary-polarity films that achieves an ultrahigh electromechanical coupling coefficient of through symmetry-selective excitation of the SH2 mode.
This paper demonstrates that first-order reversal curve (FORC) measurements, complemented by micromagnetic simulations, can effectively map how element geometry and spacing govern magnetization reversal pathways and interaction landscapes in artificial spin ice arrays.