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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 article proposes that dynamically self-organizing systems, ranging from solidifying metals to bird flight, consistently select pathways that maximize the entropy generation rate to redistribute internal energy, form patterns, and maintain system resilience.
This paper presents and experimentally demonstrates two independent optical methods for absolute primary nanothermometry using rare-earth-doped nanoparticles, which determine temperature solely from the internal population dynamics of Stark sublevels without external references, thereby enabling single-ion, wide-range thermal sensing at the nanoscale.
This paper establishes that the intrinsic nonlinear thermal Hall effect in altermagnets is governed by specific symmetry selection rules requiring a nontrivial quantum metric and the simultaneous breaking of mirror and twofold rotational symmetries, a condition naturally met by -wave but not -wave systems due to their distinct orbital hybridization properties.
This study demonstrates that accounting for out-of-plane conductivity in layered materials like PtTe is crucial for accurate spin transport evaluation, as conventional isotropic assumptions significantly overestimate key parameters such as the out-of-plane spin diffusion length and spin Hall conductivity.
Using neutron spectroscopy, researchers directly detected the magnetic signature of chiral phonons in ferrimagnetic FeZnMoO below its Curie temperature, revealing strong magnon-phonon coupling and establishing neutron scattering as a powerful tool for probing the magnetic character of these excitations.
This study provides direct spectroscopic evidence of tunable plasmonic polarons in self-intercalated 1T-TiS2, demonstrating that electron-plasmon coupling creates composite quasiparticles whose energy scales can be controlled by carrier density and temperature, distinct from conventional electron-phonon polarons.
This study predicts that the ferroelectric polarization in multiferroic monolayer CrNBr2 induces a Berry curvature dipole, enabling nonvolatile control of large nonlinear Hall and circular photogalvanic effects for potential applications in nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
This study employs first-principles calculations and cluster dynamics to reveal that hydrogen-induced vacancy stabilization, driven by electronic structure differences such as d-band width and disorder, significantly enhances hydrogen-assisted creep in BCC Fe compared to FCC Fe and Fe-Cr-Ni alloys.
This study demonstrates that Parylene C thin films exhibit an ultralow thermal conductivity of 0.10 W/m-K that can be tuned to 0.18 W/m-K via post-annealing-induced crystallization, establishing the material as a superior insulator for advanced microelectronics packaging.
This paper presents a theoretical investigation into how inter-pulse delay and film thickness influence the laser-induced damage threshold and optical characteristics of thin metallic targets under double femtosecond pulse irradiation, aiming to optimize micromachining protocols for a wide range of industrial metals.