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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 neural network classifiers trained on diverse force fields and descriptors can accurately and agnostically identify Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF) polymorphs during molecular dynamics simulations, thereby enabling the detailed mechanistic study of phase transitions like ZIF-4-cp to ZIF-4-cp-II.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that isolated and clustered asymmetric antibimerons in ultrathin ferromagnetic films support topology-constrained collective spin-wave modes that split into N-fold multiplets in clusters, establishing them as a tunable platform for programmable spin-wave nano-oscillators.
First-principles calculations reveal that silver niobate's true thermodynamic ground state is a previously overlooked, chiral rhombohedral ferroelectric phase with symmetry, which exhibits significant natural optical activity and may explain the ongoing controversy regarding its low-temperature structure due to kinetic limitations hindering its experimental observation.
This study utilizes a high-throughput combinatorial approach to map the phase equilibria of the Al-Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta refractory alloy system, identifying BCC, B2, and secondary phases while highlighting systematic deviations between experimental results and CALPHAD predictions.
This study combines experimental characterization and first-principles calculations to identify the most favorable half-Heusler structure of synthesized TiCoSb alloy and evaluate its thermoelectric properties.
This first-principles study demonstrates that Ti-doping of MgB2H8 significantly improves its hydrogen storage performance by reducing desorption enthalpy and diffusion barriers while maintaining structural stability, thereby balancing thermodynamics and kinetics for practical solid-state applications.
This study utilizes advanced computational methods to reveal that the synergistic interplay between photogenerated electron polarons, water-induced surface defects, and adsorbates is the critical mechanism enabling efficient nitrogen reduction to ammonia on TiO(110) under ambient conditions.
This study demonstrates that applying hydrostatic pressure to the -wave altermagnet candidate CsVSeO suppresses its weakly insulating parent state and induces a reproducible, field-sensitive superconducting-like transition below 3 K, suggesting a potential link between altermagnetism and unconventional superconductivity.
By incorporating freestanding infinite-layer NdSrNiO membranes into a diamond anvil cell, researchers demonstrated that hydrostatic pressure induces a strong, linear increase in superconducting transition temperature up to ~90 GPa without saturation, reaching near liquid nitrogen temperatures.
Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, researchers experimentally confirmed the existence of a dice-lattice flat band at the Fermi level in the layered electride YCl, establishing it as the first real material to host this theoretically predicted electronic structure formed by an interstitial anionic electron lattice.