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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 solution-based synthesis method for growing centimeter-sized, high-quality 2D perovskite heterostructural single crystals with controllable junction depths, which enable the fabrication of highly stable photodetectors exhibiting extremely low dark current and tunable, ultra-narrow dual-band spectral responses.
This study utilizes density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green function methods to demonstrate that introducing monoatomic boron vacancies in hexagonal boron nitride layers sandwiching a three-atom-thick graphene layer creates a van der Waals magnetic tunnel junction capable of achieving a record-high tunneling magnetoresistance ratio of approximately 400% due to spin-dependent transmission differences between parallel and antiparallel magnetic configurations.
This paper demonstrates that muonium can serve as a probe for point defects in type-Ib diamond by modeling its diffusive dynamics and charge-state exchanges to extract interaction rates with substitutional nitrogen and nitrogen-vacancy centers through global curve fitting of muon spin relaxation data.
This study demonstrates that Yb3+ doping in the 2D van der Waals antiferromagnet CrPS4 enables optical spin sensing and control by encoding collective magnetic ordering and metamagnetic spin-flop transitions into the sharp f-f luminescence of the dopants through strong magnetic superexchange coupling.
This study reports the experimental and theoretical investigation of the quaternary Heusler alloy CoRuTiGe, which exhibits a tetragonal ferromagnetic structure and spin gapless semiconductor behavior, suggesting its significant potential for spintronic applications.
This study proposes and demonstrates via first-principles calculations and simulations that lithium decoration of monolayer FeGeTe induces a large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, enabling the formation of nanoscale skyrmions with exceptionally high energy barriers and lifetimes exceeding one hour at temperatures up to 75 K.
Through first-principles calculations, this study reveals that the magnetic exchange interactions in kagome antiferromagnets FeGe and FeSn arise from a competition between direct ferromagnetic and RKKY antiferromagnetic couplings, where stronger direct interactions in FeGe yield a higher Néel temperature and both materials exhibit a linear dependence of exchange energy on Fe-Fe bond length, suggesting that compressive strain can significantly enhance their magnetic ordering temperatures.
This study utilizes X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy on BaCaOsO to provide experimental evidence supporting the existence of ferro-octupolar order in its hidden-ordered state, revealing a strong nearest-neighbor octupole exchange interaction of approximately 1.5 meV and a residual cubic crystal field splitting of about 18 meV.
This study utilizes high-speed imaging to demonstrate that while both silicone oil and hexadecane can enhance droplet rebound on textured PDMS surfaces, silicone oil-infused substrates maintain robust, complete rebound across all impact velocities due to stable capillary retention, whereas hexadecane-infused surfaces exhibit velocity-dependent rebound and gradual performance degradation caused by lubricant loss.
This study investigates the size-dependent transformation patterns in superelastic NiTi tubes under tension and bending using high-resolution stereo digital image correlation and gradient-enhanced modeling, revealing that the outer diameter and wall-thickness ratio govern the morphology of martensite bands through the competition between bulk and interfacial energies.