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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 explicitly incorporating domain knowledge of interatomic bonds, encoded via a tight-binding model derived from *ab initio* diatomic calculations, significantly improves the machine-learning prediction of structural stability for octet -type binary compounds compared to previous methods relying solely on standard atomic features.
This paper presents a theoretical and experimental framework for designing mechanically accessible, force-balanced Halbach magnets that can be opened with minimal force while preserving highly homogeneous magnetic fields, validated through icosahedral approximations and extended to spherocylindrical configurations for applications like magnetic resonance.
This study systematically investigates the magnetotransport evolution and nonlinear Hall effect in hexagonal MnTe, revealing how intrinsic disorder and spin-orbit coupling drive a crossover from metallic regimes with high-order harmonic responses to localized hopping conduction, while providing evidence for macroscopic inversion-asymmetric nonlinear signals in this altermagnet.
This study utilizes time-resolved XPS, microscopy, and depth profiling to characterize the kinetic evolution of ultrathin 3C-SiC nucleation and coalescence on Si(111) under ultra-high vacuum, revealing that the carbidic phase saturates at approximately 80% after 180 minutes of ethylene exposure at 800°C, thereby providing critical insights for optimizing SiC/Si templates for subsequent heteroepitaxial growth.
This first-principles study demonstrates that Zr-based Janus MXenes (ZrMCX2) maintain robust metallic character while exhibiting tunable magnetic and mechanical properties through surface functionalization, identifying them as promising candidates for metallic and spin-dependent two-dimensional materials.
This study demonstrates that polar vortex superstructures in PbTiO3 layers induce nanoscale strain modulations that propagate into the adjacent SrRuO3 layer, revealing strong interfacial strain coupling that enables the engineering of magnetic properties through ferroelectric polarization control.
This study demonstrates that the thermal evolution of PtNi thin films on sapphire and langasite substrates follows distinct, substrate-dependent morphological pathways characterized by a sharp coarsening transition between 400 and 600 C, ultimately resulting in larger faceted crystallites on sapphire and higher surface roughness on langasite due to the coupled influence of alloy mobility and interfacial energetics.
This paper introduces Cell Natural Orbitals (CNOs) as a geometry-based framework that decomposes band-projected interactions into a hierarchical series of local orbitals, enabling efficient and faithful modeling of topological bands like magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene by identifying a dominant channel requiring dynamical treatment while treating subdominant channels at the mean-field level.
This study challenges the conventional view that solute atoms cause high-temperature Type C jerky flow in superalloys by demonstrating, through direct TEM observation, that vacancies forming dislocation loops and dipoles are the dominant mechanism pinning dislocations and inducing stress serrations.
This study demonstrates the successful real-space imaging of antiferromagnetic octupole domains in MnSn using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, confirming the bulk nature of the contrast and establishing a powerful method for investigating time-reversal symmetry-breaking antiferromagnets.