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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 introduces SimplySQS, an automated and reproducible online workflow that streamlines the generation of Special Quasirandom Structures (SQS) using the ATAT mcsqs module by eliminating manual input errors and successfully validating its utility through the accurate modeling of the Pb1-xSrxTiO3 perovskite system.
This review introduces the essential physics of soft adhesion by covering thermodynamics, contact mechanics, and material properties, while also highlighting current research and practical experimental methods for characterizing interactions with soft solids.
This paper introduces a framework for designing new density functionals that achieve unprecedented accuracy and balanced performance for transition-metal heterogeneous catalysis, specifically reaching chemical accuracy for adsorption energies and correcting qualitative failures of standard functionals while remaining computationally efficient and open-source.
This paper introduces CSMBench, a specialized dataset of 1,041 material science figures spanning atomic to macro scales, to benchmark and reveal the significant limitations of current Large Multimodal Models in interpreting hierarchical structure-property relationships across diverse physical dimensions.
This paper demonstrates that electrically switchable nonlinear ferron upconversion in the van der Waals ferroelectric NbOI2 enables nonvolatile, coherent control of lattice dynamics through the manipulation of the ferroelectric order parameter, establishing a new platform for programmable phononic information processing and quantum transduction.
This paper reports the discovery of a programmable, nonvolatile memory effect in monolayer TaIrTe4, where electrostatic tuning of quantum spin Hall electrons couples with lattice instabilities to spontaneously generate and switch a robust, few-nanometer superlattice that encodes information through dramatic changes in structural periodicity.
This study demonstrates that interfacial chemical reconstruction in (111)-oriented LaSrMnO-BiTe heterostructures induces an emergent manganese-based magnetic phase that couples with the ferromagnetic layer to produce unconventional self-crossing hysteresis loops, a phenomenon that can be further tuned by introducing a tellurium seed layer to sharpen the interface and enhance saturation magnetization.
This study employs large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to demonstrate that two-dimensional titanium-based MXene metamaterials with atomically defined perforations exhibit tunable auxetic behavior driven by a rotating-junction mechanism coupled with out-of-plane deflections, offering a versatile platform for designing 2D mechanical metamaterials.
This paper theoretically investigates energy renormalizations in electrostatically-doped WSe monolayers under strong magnetic fields, demonstrating that dynamical screening significantly affects resident carriers while exchange interactions explain the surprisingly weak energy shifts observed in tightly bound excitons.
This study utilizes density functional theory and spectroscopic limited maximum efficiency calculations to demonstrate that the orthorhombic MgSnN compound, with a bandgap of 2.45 eV, is a promising non-toxic photovoltaic material capable of achieving 13.17% efficiency in single-junction thin films and up to 22.42% in multi-junction tandem configurations.