2794 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.
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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 resolution-dependent formulation for continuum dislocation dynamics that bridges the gap between fine and coarse scales by introducing a "line bundle" closure relation, which is demonstrated to be significantly more accurate than the standard maximum entropy closure for modeling orientation fluctuations in intermediate regimes.
This study demonstrates that fully dense (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C high-entropy carbide ceramics, synthesized via carbothermal reduction and spark plasma sintering, exhibit tunable thermal and electrical properties—including thermal conductivity ranging from 7 to 12 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ and a consistent Vickers hardness of ~29 GPa—that are significantly influenced by densification temperature and excess carbon content.
This paper extends a previously developed inverse problem framework for identifying viscoplastic constitutive behavior from full-field observations to dynamic indentation scenarios by incorporating contact constraints via Lagrange multipliers and slack variables, and validates the method using both synthetic data and experiments on rolled homogeneous armor steel and polycrystalline aluminum alloy.
This paper presents the synthesis of soft, cell-stiffness-matched elastomer-based whispering gallery mode microlasers that enable robust, tunable, and stable biosensing of biological forces through force-dependent laser mode splitting.
This study demonstrates that combining laser-enhanced contact optimization (LECO) with optimized firing temperatures effectively mitigates the high contact resistance and limited performance of cavitated fine-line Ag paste in PERC solar cells, thereby recovering fill factor and enabling practical low-silver metallization.
This paper presents an active learning workflow that integrates density functional theory, thermochemical modeling, and machine learning to screen over 70 billion candidates, resulting in a generalizable predictive model and the largest public database of CHNO explosives to date, which reveals oxygen balance as the primary driver of detonation performance.
This study demonstrates that high-pressure compression can selectively transform the hexagonal phase of a ReNbTiZrHf high-entropy alloy into a metastable, Re-enriched body-centered cubic polymorph, resulting in a unique dual-BCC microstructure with enhanced stiffness that is inaccessible through conventional thermal processing.
This study investigates the grain growth kinetics and densification behavior of single-phase (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C1-{\delta} high-entropy carbide ceramics during spark plasma sintering, revealing that elevated temperatures promote chemical homogenization and grain coarsening with an apparent activation energy of approximately 620 kJ mol-1, consistent with diffusion-controlled mechanisms.
This paper demonstrates a method for achieving local control and lateral nanofocusing of hyperbolic phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride by utilizing a sinusoidally corrugated gold substrate to smoothly vary the polariton wavelength through continuous gap modulation.
This review explores textiles as a unique regime of condensed matter by examining the symmetry, topology, and mechanics of woven and knitted materials, ranging from twisted yarn structures to their characterization as knots and links in a thickened torus.