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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 study reports the successful growth of high-quality all-inorganic superatomic single crystals (Re6Se8Te7 and Re6Te15) that exhibit intrinsically ultralow thermal conductivity at room temperature, a property attributed to their unique structural composition of rigid clusters embedded in soft networks which induces strong anharmonicity and glass-like phonon transport.
This paper introduces a quantitative method combining strain field calculations and X-ray diffuse scattering analysis to map the light-induced segregation of bromide and iodide ions in mixed-halide perovskites and track their subsequent relaxation in the dark.
This study combines operando scanning electron microscopy with frequency-modulated Kelvin probe force microscopy to achieve the first work-function-resolved imaging of CO oxidation on platinum surfaces, revealing that chemical wave propagation is driven by relaxation-type oscillations characterized by rapid oxygen coverage onset and gradual CO-state relaxation.
Using a three-orbital Hubbard model within the Hartree-Fock and random phase approximations, this study identifies commensurate altermagnetic order as the leading magnetic instability in stoichiometric RuO without spin-orbit coupling, while noting that finite hole doping or higher temperatures induce incommensurate wave vectors.
This paper presents a compact, foldable soft electromagnetic robot (M-SEMR) capable of rapid transitions among over nine locomotion modes, including high-speed rolling and jumping, enabling agile navigation through confined and unstructured environments such as the human gastrointestinal tract.
This paper demonstrates that the anomalous decrease in laser-induced magnetization damping time near a spin-orientation transition is not an intrinsic material property but rather an artifact caused by the interference of nonuniformly precessing local magnetizations, which invalidates the standard macrospin approach.
This study demonstrates that epitaxial Co(001)/CoO(001) bilayers exhibit stable, training-cycle-independent asymmetric magnetization reversal below the blocking temperature, where the asymmetry magnitude is directly correlated with the exchange bias strength, contrasting with the behavior observed in polycrystalline systems.
This study elucidates the dual mechanistic role of oxygen in MoS2 chemical vapor deposition, demonstrating that it simultaneously enhances precursor evaporation while modulating reaction kinetics through sulfur oxide formation, thereby enabling a controlled dosing strategy for scalable, high-quality monolayer synthesis.
Using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with intense mid-infrared pumping, researchers demonstrate that bulk graphite exhibits robust, light-induced Floquet gaps and coherent sidebands that persist despite interlayer coupling and photo-excitation, establishing it as a viable platform for manipulating Dirac fermions and engineering quantum phases.
This study reports the first direct experimental observation of a light-induced Floquet hybridization gap in monolayer graphene using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, confirming the existence of Floquet topological phases and revealing their momentum anisotropy and tunability via light polarization.