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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 establishes a validated computational framework using rSCAN+ density functional theory to predict the equilibrium morphologies of rock salt, zinc blende, and wurtzite manganese sulfide nanocrystals as a function of sulfur chemical potential, a prediction that is experimentally confirmed by the synthesis of cubic rock salt nanocrystals and oxidative solution calorimetry measurements.
This study experimentally validates the transferability of a machine-learned interatomic potential across different thermodynamic states by demonstrating its ability to accurately reproduce high-pressure inelastic neutron spectroscopy data of crystalline 2,5-diiodothiophene, thereby establishing high-pressure INS as a rigorous benchmark for predictive computational chemistry.
This paper demonstrates the room-temperature coherent propagation of high-velocity antiferromagnetic spin waves over approximately 10 micrometers in canted -FeO, achieving group velocities up to 22.5 km/s through the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and validating these findings with an analytical model of quasi-linear dispersion.
This study reports the fabrication of a wafer-scale amorphous silicon carbide thin film with a record-breaking ultimate tensile strength exceeding 10 GPa and room-temperature quality factors above 10^8, establishing a new benchmark for high-performance nanomechanical sensors and dynamic applications.
This paper introduces the concept of pair-induced uniaxial anisotropy in disordered magnetic systems, demonstrating through density functional theory calculations on GaMnN that accounting for nearest-neighbor interactions significantly improves the accuracy of atomistic spin simulations compared to traditional single-ion anisotropy models.
This study demonstrates that epitaxial RuO2 thin films exhibit a robust, anisotropic spin Hall effect with a negative spin Hall angle across various fabrication methods and orientations, conclusively showing the absence of altermagnetic spin-splitting contributions despite the material's classification as a prototypical altermagnet.
This study establishes a computational framework linking the random interlayer stacking of mesoscopic 1-TaS flakes to their complex electronic properties, demonstrating that Hubbard repulsion drives a coexistence of metallic, band, and Mott insulating states that cannot be explained by ordinary band theory.
This study reveals that while atomically thin monolayer and bilayer MnTe lose their bulk altermagnetic properties due to symmetry constraints, they instead exhibit distinct emergent magnetic phases characterized by robust layered antiferromagnetism in bilayers and unprecedented spin-glass-like behavior in monolayers.
This study demonstrates that twisted magnonic crystals can generate magnonic frequency combs through enhanced three-magnon interactions driven by non-collinear magnetic configurations, revealing an optimal range of twist angles and excitation frequencies for producing high-quality combs with potential applications in information processing and metrology.
This study demonstrates a method to determine the electric field gradient principal axes frame in single-crystal potassium chlorate via Rabi frequency goniometry and characterizes spin relaxation mechanisms at cryogenic temperatures (17–200 K) using a cryogen-free system to enhance the accessibility of NQR spectroscopy.