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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 microwave whispering gallery mode analysis to characterize the temperature-dependent biaxial dielectric permittivity and loss tangents of single-crystal calcium tungstate from room temperature down to 4 K, revealing improved cryogenic performance and identifying a magnetic loss channel relevant to quantum and bolometric applications.
This study identifies high-density, sessile Frank dislocation loops as the intrinsic cause of brittleness in single-crystal iridium, revealing a unique stress-induced transformation mechanism that impedes dislocation glide and establishes a new embrittlement pathway for FCC metals.
This study introduces a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) framework that outperforms traditional machine learning models in predicting the low-cycle fatigue life of both unirradiated and irradiated austenitic and ferritic/martensitic steels by embedding physical constraints to ensure accurate, reliable, and interpretable assessments under reactor-relevant conditions.
This study employs phase-field simulations to demonstrate that the growth direction of lamellar ice structures during directional solidification is governed by spontaneous parity breaking, providing a theoretical framework to quantitatively predict tilt angles and interpret experimental observations in ice templating.
This paper presents a quantitative phase-field model that extends thin-interface formulations to simulate the directional solidification of water-based solutions, revealing how anisotropic kinetic properties of the ice-water interface drive spontaneous parity breaking and lateral drifting of ice lamellae while demonstrating that key simulation parameters converge to allow for computationally tractable quantitative results.
DiffCrysGen is a unified, fully data-driven diffusion model that accelerates the end-to-end generation of stable, functional inorganic crystalline materials by two to three orders of magnitude compared to existing methods, successfully identifying novel rare earth-free magnetic candidates.
This paper proposes a generalized quantum geometric framework for the intrinsic nonlinear Hall effect that extends beyond the limitations of Bloch-vector parameter space, offering a compact and fundamental description of this response in many-body systems with disorder and interactions.
This paper demonstrates that the mechanical stiffness of an elastic material containing holes can be preserved through the strategic adjustment of a surrounding shell's thickness, a concept validated from continuum theory to atomistic scales and applicable to lightweight construction.
The paper introduces XCCP, a physics-guided contrastive learning framework leveraging Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks to efficiently and accurately identify crystal structures and space groups from XRD patterns, thereby enabling scalable, high-throughput materials discovery and autonomous laboratory integration.
This study identifies the microscopic origin of bright quantum emissions in silicon nitride by demonstrating, through hybrid density functional theory, that negatively charged NV centers in specific C configurations exhibit high Debye-Waller factors and linearly polarized zero-phonon lines at 2.46 eV and 1.80 eV, thereby enabling deterministic integrated quantum photonics.