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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 boron doping in layered cathodes enhances specific capacity, cycling stability, and sodium-ion diffusion kinetics through a combination of electrochemical testing, DRT analysis, and computational simulations (DFT and MD).
The paper demonstrates that magnetic-field-induced corner states in quantum spin Hall insulators are primarily in-gap bound states determined by the relative configuration of edge mass terms rather than being strictly protected by higher-order topological bulk invariants.
This study utilizes first-principles calculations to resolve the long-standing mystery of oxygen partial pressure-dependent conductivity in SrTiO3 by revealing how intrinsic defects, particularly the transition from oxygen vacancies to titanium-on-strontium antisites and the anomalous donor-like behavior of titanium vacancies via O-trimer formation, govern the material's shift from metallic to n-type and p-type conductivity across varying oxygen chemical potentials.
By employing first-principles local vibration mode calculations with a hybrid functional, this study identifies strontium vacancy-hydrogen complexes (VSr-Hi and VSr-2Hi) and titanium vacancy-hydrogen complexes (VTi-2Hi) as the primary sources of the dominant and additional infrared absorption bands in SrTiO3, respectively, thereby resolving previous ambiguities regarding hydrogen impurity configurations.
This study utilizes high-resolution micro-focused circular-dichroic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (-CD-ARPES) to successfully resolve single magnetic domains and characterize the ferrimagnetic alignment and orbital magnetization in the magnetic Kagome metal DyMnSn, thereby establishing a new spectroscopic pathway for investigating complex magnetic quantum materials.