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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.
Using DFT+DMFT calculations, this study reveals that in the altermagnet CsCrSO, dynamical electronic correlations drastically amplify tiny ligand-induced charge asymmetries to drive an orbital-selective Mott transition and metal-to-insulator transition, a mechanism that is suppressed when sulfur is replaced by tellurium due to weaker correlations.
This paper reports the observation of giant, magnetically switchable nonlinear optical magnetochirality in bilayer CrSBr, where field-induced spin canting breaks parity-time symmetry to enable circularly polarized second-harmonic generation for advanced magneto-optical memory and logic applications.
This study demonstrates that negative thermal expansion in cubic ice is a collective quantum effect arising from the shared open tetrahedral hydrogen-bond network, where nuclear quantum effects and enhanced transverse proton displacements drive a density maximum near 70 K, a phenomenon independent of long-range stacking sequences.
This study demonstrates that inserting an Ag spacer between epitaxial Bi and ferromagnets preserves Bi's structural integrity, thereby enhancing charge-to-spin conversion efficiency by over an order of magnitude and confirming that the dominant mechanism is bulk spin-orbit coupling rather than interfacial Rashba effects.
This paper reports the synthesis and structural characterization of a new family of hydrated layered copper selenites, (NH)Cu(SeO)(OH)(HO) ( = 0, 1, and 3), demonstrating that varying hydration levels precisely control interlayer separation and stacking sequences while preserving a distorted kagomé-like Cu network, thereby offering a tunable platform for hydration-responsive materials and magnetic studies.
This study reports the successful growth of epitaxial -MnTe thin films on InP(111) substrates and demonstrates, through combined magneto-transport measurements and DFT calculations, that interface-induced symmetry breaking and point defects can induce a finite net magnetic polarization in this altermagnetic candidate, offering a pathway for engineering magnetic responses in spin-based electronics.
This paper presents a family of fast, scalable, and accurate equivariant foundation models for interatomic potentials that overcome speed-accuracy trade-offs through optimized NequIP and Allegro architectures, while emphasizing that future improvements in materials discovery rely more on dataset diversity and consistent transition metal descriptions than on model complexity alone.
This study employs first-principles calculations to demonstrate that rhombohedral graphite exhibits drumhead surface states with a convex quantum geometry that satisfies the ideal quantum geometry condition near the K point and strictly on the inner rim, providing a pristine single-particle foundation for exploring fractional Chern insulators and superconductivity in thick layers.
This paper provides a comprehensive, pedagogical tutorial on wavefunction-based periodic quantum chemistry, covering essential topics from Coulomb interactions and basis functions to correlated methods and finite-size error analysis, with the aim of bridging the gap between molecular quantum chemistry and condensed-phase systems.
This study investigates the complex magnon spectra and resonance modes within the stripe domain structures of a thin-film yttrium iron garnet sample, utilizing magneto-optic Kerr effect measurements and micromagnetic simulations to elucidate the role of cubic anisotropy and highlight the potential of such non-collinear magnetic systems for future magnonic applications.