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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 combines atomic-scale electron energy loss spectroscopy, differential phase contrast imaging, density functional theory, and machine learning to directly visualize and distinguish the spatial distributions of two-dimensional electron gas states and defect states at the / interface, thereby elucidating the role of oxygen vacancies in emergent phenomena.
This study resolves the debate on the distinct origins of sub-yield aging and over-yield rejuvenation in cyclically driven metallic glasses by revealing a unified dynamic clock where over-yield rejuvenation is driven by macroscopic plastic shear work, while sub-yield aging is governed by second-order localized elastic stress fluctuations, thereby establishing a universal scaling identity that bridges non-linear rheology with stress fluctuation dynamics.
This paper presents a first-principles formulation that unifies coherent and incoherent contributions to time-resolved diffuse scattering intensity using a density-matrix formalism, successfully reproducing experimental observations in photoexcited germanium to enable systematic interpretation of ultrafast lattice dynamics.
Using an anisotropic screened-exchange functional, this study investigates native and substitutional defects in monolayer GaS and GaSe, identifying gallium vacancies—particularly in GaS—as promising candidates for single-photon emission applications.
This paper presents the development and characterization of homemade broadband radio-frequency TEM specimen holders that enable GHz electrical excitation of nanodevices and sub-nanosecond electron-beam control, establishing a versatile platform for future fully electrical pump-probe experiments.
This study demonstrates that epitaxial EuSe films exhibit exceptionally low magnon damping at millikelvin temperatures, with a Gilbert damping parameter upper bound of and a magnon lifetime of 2 ns, establishing them as promising candidates for hybrid quantum systems and quantum magnonics.
MASON is an AI-native toolkit that empowers large language model agents to reliably construct complex atomistic structures through natural language commands by providing dedicated crystallographic tools via the Model Context Protocol.
This study combines density functional theory and macroscopic electrodynamics to predict that direct hot-carrier injection from metallic nanoparticles into adsorbed CO molecules is universally dominated by electrons due to orbital alignment, with aluminum, silver, copper, and gold exhibiting the highest injection rates suitable for designing efficient nanoscale photocatalysts.
This study reports the successful growth of epitaxial CrN(113) films on AlN templates and reveals a surprisingly strong in-plane optical anisotropy, which is attributed to an anisotropic surface morphology acting as a subwavelength grating rather than intrinsic crystal strain.
This study demonstrates that in near-fully dense (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C high-entropy carbide ceramics, varying grain sizes from approximately 9 to 29 m via spark plasma sintering has no systematic effect on thermal or electrical transport properties, suggesting that intrinsic disorder and defect chemistry dominate over grain-boundary scattering in determining these materials' behavior.