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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 presents a novel thermoelastic harvester utilizing NiTi shape-memory alloys with three key design innovations that achieve a record-breaking power density of 366 mW/cm³, outperforming existing thermoelectric, thermomagnetic, and pyroelectric generators for low-grade waste heat recovery below 100°C.
This study demonstrates that intrinsic excitonic transitions in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, particularly the out-of-plane dipoles of dark excitons, can generate directional light emission at large angles without requiring external nanostructuring, offering a new platform for compact nanoscale photonic routing.
This study demonstrates that applying ISO 21920-2 feature characterization to turning surface profiles, specifically using the groove-level mean maximum absolute gradient (), enables robust and physically interpretable estimation of tool wear by isolating deterministic wear-induced changes from stochastic surface noise.
The study identifies TlYbSe as a prime candidate for a field-tunable triangular quantum spin liquid, characterized by a disordered ground state down to 20 mK, a spin-glass transition at 30 mK attributed to free spins, and a robust linear heat capacity at low temperatures explained by the interplay of spinons and thermally excited gauge flux excitations.
This paper extends the EPW package to calculate electron-phonon coupling in magnetic materials using the local spin density approximation, revealing through validation on iron and nickel that electron-phonon scattering dominates resistivity in iron but accounts for less than one-third of it in nickel, highlighting fundamental differences in their transport properties.
This work demonstrates a compact, polarization-invariant radial van der Waals heterostructure metasurface that integrates a high-Q hexagonal boron nitride resonator with a WS monolayer to achieve robust, spatially modulated exciton-photon coupling and enhanced photoluminescence for scalable hybrid photonic-excitonic devices.
This paper demonstrates the feasibility and robustness of reflection geometry soft X-ray ptychography as a nondestructive imaging technique capable of achieving approximately 45 nm spatial resolution on bulk or extended specimens, thereby overcoming the sample thickness limitations inherent in traditional transmission-based methods.
This study employs first-principles density functional theory to investigate the crystal structures of antiperovskite oxides containing tetrel and alkaline earth elements, demonstrating how tolerance factors predict their geometry, how heterostructuring can induce ferroelectricity, and revealing unique electronic trends driven by significant antibonding interactions between face-center ions.
This paper presents a unified 3D finite-strain phase-field framework that numerically models the coupled interactions of grain boundary segregation, solute precipitation, and mechanical loading to explain microstructure stabilization and grain evolution in nanocrystalline alloys.
This paper introduces cell natural orbitals (CNOs), a systematic method derived from the unit-cell one-particle reduced density matrix, to identify optimal local orbitals that accurately capture band geometry and charge density for constructing effective lattice models of correlated quantum materials like twisted bilayer WSe.