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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 reports the discovery of a universal scaling law in the mesoscale magnetic microstructure of bulk ferromagnets, introducing a field-dependent scaling length that successfully collapses experimental neutron scattering data from different materials onto a single master curve.
This paper experimentally demonstrates a previously unseen spin-disorder-induced angular anisotropy in the polarized small-angle neutron scattering cross section of magnetically inhomogeneous materials, providing a novel method for determining the exchange-stiffness constant based on micromagnetic theory.
This paper presents a minimal model, validated by machine-learned molecular dynamics simulations, which demonstrates that dehydration drives ion aggregation in concentrated ZnCl solutions through two distinct transitions—forming Cl-bridged clusters at a coordination number of and triggering gelation near —with cluster-size distributions matching percolation theory.
Through extensive DFT calculations, this paper proposes a topology-driven model explaining how the specific arrangement of Si(100) surface dimers and Ti adsorption patterns create a nucleation template that favors the formation of metastable C49-TiSi over the thermodynamically stable C54 phase, thereby rationalizing experimental growth behaviors and offering insights for optimizing metal-semiconductor junctions.
The paper introduces PowderLine, a Python application that streamlines high-throughput powder diffraction analysis by encapsulating Rietveld or single-peak refinement workflows into validated, machine-readable declarative recipes, thereby enabling seamless integration into interactive, scripted, and autonomous laboratory systems.
This review highlights recent advances in controlling the structure and properties of vapor-deposited organic semiconductor glasses through substrate temperature tuning, demonstrating their ability to enhance OLED performance while leveraging molecular simulations for future in-silico design.
This study investigates the effects of cyclic loading/unloading on PMMA glasses and finds that while segmental dynamics may accelerate or remain unchanged, the materials retain a memory of their original age without exhibiting the overaging phenomenon typically associated with deformation.
This study reveals that inorganic substrates induce a disordered molecular packing in vapor-deposited DSA-Ph glassy organic semiconductors extending approximately 8 nm from the interface, beyond which the bulk structure is primarily governed by the deposition temperature.
This study demonstrates that finite-temperature entropic effects fundamentally alter the preferred structures of supported Zn clusters on Cu(111) from compact triangular shapes to extended linear configurations, challenging the reliability of identifying catalytic active sites based solely on static 0 K minimum-energy models.
Using temperature-dependent rotational anisotropy second harmonic generation, researchers identified a purely surface-driven charge density wave transition on CoSi (001) at 90 K that exhibits a critical exponent consistent with the 3D XY universality class, a result attributed to the coupling between surface Fermi-arc states and bulk topology.