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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.
To overcome data scarcity in developing soft high-dielectric elastomers, this paper presents a curated dataset of acrylate-based materials and a multimodal machine learning framework that leverages pretrained polymer representations to enable accurate few-shot prediction of dielectric and mechanical properties.
This paper proposes a lightweight, isothermal phase-field surrogate model implemented in FEniCSx that captures the ductile-to-brittle transition in body-centred cubic systems by phenomenologically coupling temperature-dependent stiffness degradation, yield stress, and fracture toughness to simulate the shift from brittle to ductile behavior across the 77–293 K range.
This study utilizes ultrafast optical spectroscopy to directly observe and characterize the sub-picosecond formation, trapping, and coherent interconversion dynamics between free and defect-bound excitons in alkali metal halide-assisted CVD-grown monolayer WS with high defect densities.
This study establishes that asymmetric energy landscapes in glasses drive large macroscopic diffusion activation energies through dominant back-and-forth correlated atomic motions, rather than high local rearrangement barriers, providing a quantitative framework that links atomic-scale dynamics to macroscopic transport across various disordered materials.
This study employs an atomistic-scale investigation of Sb2Te to establish a "shorter is better" design strategy for all-optical waveguide devices, achieving a record-breaking 7-bit programming precision by simultaneously enhancing the optical programming window and reducing loss.
This study utilizes SrTiO3 as a model system to demonstrate that non-Arrhenius grain growth is a thermally activated process governed by the interplay between temperature-dependent factors and temperature-independent parameters like grain size, which transitions to Arrhenius behavior at higher temperatures during abnormal grain growth.
This paper presents a scalable, substrate-free lithographic method using SUEX dry-film epoxy resist and programmatic design via the Nazca library to fabricate high-yield, complex free-standing microparticles for diverse applications.
This paper reports the observation of surface-specific, vacuum-dependent laser-induced white light emission in Cr:YAG transparent ceramics above a critical power threshold, which is attributed to an Inter-Valence Charge Transfer mechanism between Cr³⁺ and Cr⁴⁺ ions.
This study investigates how nonradiative relaxation processes influence laser-induced white emission in Cr:YAG nanopowders, revealing that increased chromium concentration enhances the number of photons involved in the process and proposing a multiphoton ionization model to explain the phenomenon.
This study investigates the influence of Yb3+ concentration on the laser-induced white emission properties and energy transfer mechanisms in Cr,Yb:YAG nanocrystals, utilizing multiphoton ionization theory to explain the observed spectroscopic phenomena.