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 demonstrates coherent, broadband microwave-to-optical transduction in the layered antiferromagnet CrSBr by leveraging strong magnon-exciton coupling at excitonic resonances, offering a scalable and efficient alternative to existing transducer technologies that often sacrifice performance for noise reduction or integrability.
KappaFormer is a physics-aware Transformer model that leverages cross-domain transfer learning between harmonic elastic properties and limited anharmonic thermal conductivity data to accurately predict lattice thermal conductivity and accelerate the discovery of materials with ultralow thermal conductivity.
Using molecular simulations, this paper demonstrates that the temperature and system-size dependence of dynamical heterogeneity in supercooled liquids can be explained by a zero-temperature avalanche criticality framework.
This paper establishes a unified first-principles framework for defining and calculating arbitrary-order spin magnetic multipole moments in antiferromagnets by introducing a nonlocal spin density, enabling the systematic extraction of these multipole degrees of freedom and clarifying their relationship to experimental observables and symmetry principles.
Through molecular dynamics simulations, this study proposes that the complex slow dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of supercooled liquids can be unified under a zero-temperature avalanche criticality framework governed by the potential energy landscape, thereby explaining previously unexplained phenomena near the mode-coupling transition.
This study demonstrates that strain engineering and interfacial design in SrNbO/LaFeO heterostructures stabilize a Weyl semimetallic phase, evidenced by chiral transport signatures and confirmed by first-principles calculations linking the topological state to specific octahedral distortions and screw axis symmetry.
This paper challenges the non-interacting paradigm of the phonon thermal Hall effect by proposing that magnetic-field-modulated phonon-phonon interactions generate a transverse thermal resistivity, a mechanism that successfully explains experimental data across seven crystalline insulators.
This study analyzes the temperature dependence of spontaneous magnetization in approximately forty ferromagnetic materials using the superellipse (Lame curve) equation, revealing that the resulting squareness parameter generally increases with Curie temperature in metallic alloys and reflects coupling strengths between lattice vibrations and electron magnetic moments, with iron exhibiting the highest value and specific exceptions like cobalt and Ni55Cu45 alloy.
This paper argues that the Spinterface model fails to explain the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect because neither strong spin-orbit coupling in the metal nor electron flux through the chiral molecule provides sufficient conditions to sustain a stabilized interfacial spin moment.
This paper reviews the progress, challenges, and future perspectives of direct optical vortex detection using the orbital photogalvanic effect, highlighting its potential for scalable, high-resolution on-chip OAM detection while analyzing material symmetries and device performance.