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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 study utilizes Spin Hall Magnetoresistance (SMR) to reveal that the Pt/CoVO interface exhibits a distinct biaxial magnetic anisotropy with easy axes along [110] and [10] that persists up to 120 K, contrasting with the bulk-sensitive measurements that show a temperature-dependent reorientation from out-of-plane to in-plane anisotropy.
This study utilizes synchrotron X-ray diffraction to demonstrate that the proposed polar altermagnetic phase in CaRuO is structurally absent down to 20 K, suggesting that the observed electronic phase transition is driven by strong electron correlations without measurable lattice symmetry breaking, while Ti substitution beyond 3% induces a chemically tunable altermagnetic state within the original structure.
By investigating the kagome antiferromagnet ScFeGe, which lacks charge density wave (CDW) order, the study reveals that orbital-selective band evolution and out-of-plane correlations are critical factors governing the emergence of spin-correlated CDW order in magnetic kagome metals.
This paper demonstrates that twisting multilayer H-MoS2 moiré systems breaks crystal symmetry to activate new tunable in-plane shift current components, utilizing a validated Slater-Koster tight-binding model to establish twist angle as an effective parameter for engineering nonlinear optical responses in large-scale moiré materials.
This perspective paper advocates for the adoption of atom probe tomography (APT) as a critical three-dimensional, atomic-scale characterization tool to elucidate the complex defect-driven mechanisms governing the performance and reliability of HfO-based ferroelectrics, addressing current limitations in existing structural analysis techniques.
This study reveals that atomic relaxations in twisted WSe2/WS2/WSe2 trilayers create distinct, moiré-trapped quadrupolar excitons with unique symmetries, which are critical for confining these quasiparticles to a triangular lattice and enabling the simulation of frustrated quantum magnetism.
This study demonstrates that magnetotransport measurements in a graphene layer adjacent to the insulating helical antiferromagnet NiI provide a sensitive, non-invasive electrical readout of the material's magnetic phase behavior, characterized by distinct anisotropic low-field peaks and nonlinear harmonic responses that vanish above the multiferroic transition temperature.
This study demonstrates that localized ligand-field excitons in atomically thin CrCl₃ exhibit activated migration driven by lattice relaxation, with transport dynamics tunable via surface recombination control, thereby establishing a new spectroscopic probe for nanoscopic exciton transport in 2D materials.
This paper proposes a phase-biased altermagnetic Josephson junction that utilizes superconducting phase and Néel-vector orientation to dynamically relocate Majorana corner modes, thereby enabling their unambiguous identification through control-correlated conductance switching that distinguishes them from trivial states.
This paper employs micromagnetic simulations and computational homogenization on digitized binder-jet printed Fe-Si steel microstructures to demonstrate that optimizing grain size and grain boundary phase thickness can effectively minimize both hysteresis and eddy current losses in electrical steel.