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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 heteroepitaxial -AlO grown on TiN via pulsed laser deposition forms a high-quality, single-crystal dielectric with an intrinsically low two-level system loss of , establishing it as a promising materials platform for reducing dielectric losses in superconducting quantum circuits.
This study utilizes non-empirical hybrid functional calculations to validate the electronic properties and surface stability of lead-free CsMX vacancy-ordered double perovskites, revealing that CsX-terminated surfaces avoid detrimental in-gap trap states and identifying specific candidates with optimal energy level alignment for next-generation optoelectronic applications.
This study identifies D0-FeGa as a topological flat-band semimetal where tilted Weyl points arising from flat-band crossings drive robust chiral-anomaly-dominated transport, including ultra-low-temperature non-Fermi-liquid behavior and an exceptionally stable flat magnetoresistance persisting up to 33 T.
Using density functional theory, this study demonstrates that surface states fundamentally dictate the thickness-dependent resistivity of ultrathin ruthenium interconnects, where vacuum-terminated surfaces exhibit decreasing resistivity with reduced thickness while oxygen-terminated surfaces show the opposite trend, underscoring the critical role of surface engineering in optimizing next-generation device performance.
This study demonstrates that polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy can detect subtle, stacking-driven structural rearrangements and their associated topological phase transition in quasi-one-dimensional Bi4I4 near room temperature, even in the absence of a change in global crystallographic symmetry.
This study demonstrates that while a long-range MACELES model significantly improves the quantitative accuracy of predicting transition temperatures, elastic constants, and dielectric constants for BaTiO3 compared to a local-only model, both approaches successfully reproduce the material's key qualitative ferroelectric behaviors such as phase transitions and polarization switching.
This study employs first-principles calculations to systematically investigate two-dimensional transition-metal trihalide monolayers, identifying MnF3 and PdF3 as promising candidates for the quantum anomalous Hall effect due to their spin-orbit coupling-induced band gaps, nonzero Chern numbers, and chiral edge states.
Using scanning tunnelling microscopy-induced luminescence, researchers demonstrate that vertically displacing the central metal atom in a single phthalocyanine molecule allows for deterministic, atomic-scale tuning of its transition dipole moment to actively switch emission on or off and engineer tunable excitonic interactions in molecular assemblies.
This study combines density functional theory with a recurrent neural network to demonstrate that biaxial bending-induced strain in wrinkled and nanobubbled MoS2 significantly outperforms uniaxial or in-plane strain in modifying electronic properties, offering a validated, computationally efficient framework for predicting local electronic structures in strained 2D semiconductors.
This paper humorously proposes that Mexican Burrowing Toads could serve as inexpensive gravitational wave detectors by amplifying cosmic signals through their nervous systems, though the authors found no evidence of such events in their recordings, ironically concluding that the lack of detection validates their unconventional approach.