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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 molecular dynamics study demonstrates that radiation-driven embrittlement in Fe55Ni19Cr26 alloys is governed by strong crystallographic orientation dependence, where lattice alignment dictates dislocation-defect interactions and local plasticity, ultimately amplifying mechanical anisotropy and the ductile-to-brittle transition beyond simple defect accumulation.
This study demonstrates the epitaxial growth of antiferromagnetic Mn2Au on a gold-capped Nb(001) substrate and reveals that the exchange coupling with a subsequent Fe layer is highly sensitive to the Mn2Au interface termination, as evidenced by tunable exchange bias and domain structures observed via Kerr microscopy.
This paper presents a novel, scalable mechanism that converts vertical waste heat into horizontal fluid motion via symmetry-breaking and heterogeneous thermal conductivities to enable autonomous, self-powered pumping for microtechnological applications and waste heat recovery.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that the interplay of quantum confinement and proximity effects in metallic bilayer heterostructures can significantly enhance the critical temperature and induce superconductivity in materials that are non-superconducting or weakly superconducting in their bulk forms.
This study demonstrates that incorporating compositionally complex TiVCrMoC3 MXene nanosheets into polymer-derived silicon carbide enables interfacial polytype engineering, where reconstructed interfaces promote hexagonal alpha-SiC formation and coherent interfaces preserve cubic beta-SiC, ultimately achieving an 82% increase in Young's modulus and a 42% improvement in fracture toughness at optimal loading.
This paper presents a QuasiContinuum method for heterogeneous lattices that combines Heaviside enrichment with optimized Local Maximum-Entropy interpolation, demonstrating that systematically tuning the locality parameter significantly improves displacement accuracy and leads to simple, cost-effective pattern-based rules for near-interface modeling.
This paper demonstrates an all-solid-state perovskite photoluminescence field-effect transistor that utilizes a gate voltage to electrostatically modulate interfacial charge density, thereby reversibly tuning photoluminescence intensity by up to 98% through the suppression of non-radiative recombination.
This study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations to demonstrate that the deflection and heating of a free-standing graphene sheet upon argon nanocluster impact are semi-quantitatively described by linear elasticity theory and the least dissipation principle, respectively.
Using spectral-weight analysis, researchers experimentally identified short-lived hydronium and deuterated hydronium ions in liquid water, revealing that these fluctuation-born species constitute approximately 2% of the water content on the picosecond timescale and effectively render liquid water an ionic liquid in femtochemistry.