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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.
APTLAS is a specialized, indexed repository and web tool containing approximately 2,300 Atom Probe Tomography publications with domain-specific metadata, designed to overcome the limitations of general search engines by enabling precise filtering and discovery of APT literature based on material systems, instruments, and analytical approaches.
This first-principles cRPA study reveals that the electronic screening and effective Coulomb interactions in carbon nanotubes are governed not only by metallicity but also sensitively by chirality and band topology, resulting in interaction strengths 2–3 eV lower than in nanoribbons and explaining the reduced exciton binding energies observed experimentally.
This paper introduces a range-aware Bayesian optimization framework that efficiently discovers diverse designs satisfying target property ranges by directly scoring the posterior probability of range compliance, demonstrating superior performance over standard methods in both benchmarks and practical materials design case studies.
This study demonstrates that monolayer CuF serves as a unique altermagnetic platform where symmetry simultaneously governs chirality-split magnons with quantized Chern numbers and cycloidal phonons, revealing a directional complementarity between spin and lattice chiral responses.
This study establishes that the speed of ultrafast demagnetization in Rare Earth-Transition-Metal ferrimagnets is governed by a universal orbital-mediated mechanism where the competition between 3d and 4f spin-orbit coupling channels determines whether angular momentum dissipates via rapid direct orbital-to-lattice transfer or slower multi-step pathways.
This paper demonstrates a scalable platform for integrated neural hardware by realizing programmable, cascading magnonic neurons in yttrium iron garnet waveguides that utilize nonlinear dynamics for self-normalized signal processing and phase-robust pattern recognition.
This first-principles study predicts that the quaternary hydride LiMgZr2H12 is a mechanically and dynamically stable superconductor with a critical temperature of 72.76 K at ambient pressure (enhanced to 77.3 K at 10 GPa) and a high gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity of 5.36 wt%, making it a promising candidate for both ambient-condition superconductivity and hybrid hydrogen storage applications.
This paper establishes a predictive framework for the nonlinear mechanics and bifurcation behavior of multi-cell Kresling origami chains by systematically analyzing equilibrium branches across increasing layer counts, ultimately enabling the inverse design of programmable mechanical metamaterials through geometric control of critical points.
By developing a rupture theory that incorporates slip-rate-dependent friction, this study demonstrates that earthquakes can continuously propagate through the previously "forbidden" super-Rayleigh speed range into the super-shear regime without a sharp transition, thereby challenging the classical two-dimensional rupture theory.
This paper proposes a theoretical model demonstrating that combining an external magnetic field, spin canting, and ferroelectric orbital hybridization in a d-wave altermagnet lifts degeneracy at the point, thereby enabling electric-field control of the Chern number and realizing a tunable Chern insulator with phases ranging from to .