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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 a general framework based on "Spatial Localizers" to determine the location of electrons in two- and three-dimensional insulators, successfully extending the concept of Wannier centers to systems with boundaries and disorder while yielding maximally localized states that unify descriptions of atomic and Chern insulators.
This study reveals that interlayer charge-density-wave vector phases drive structural chirality in layered materials, successfully predicting chiral structures in AVSb and 1T-TiSe that match experimental data while identifying 1T-NbSe as a promising candidate and demonstrating that chiral CDW order can be manipulated via electron filling.
Using circularly polarized picosecond laser pulses on a Pt/Co/Pt ferromagnetic film, researchers demonstrate that nanoscale magnetic domains nucleate stochastically with growth rates dependent on both light helicity and the complexity of the surrounding magnetic texture, offering a new mechanism for ultrafast nanoscale magnetic control.
This study demonstrates that annealing CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB bilayers enhances interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and crystallinity to stabilize the spontaneous coexistence of skyrmions and biskyrmions at room temperature, revealing their distinct interaction behaviors and potential for advanced spintronic applications.
This study demonstrates a novel synthesis strategy for producing chirality-preferred armchair transition metal dichalcogenide nanotubes with up to 84% yield by utilizing boron nitride nanotube templates to guide the rolling-up of energetically stable zigzag nanoribbons, a mechanism confirmed through combined experimental imaging, theoretical calculations, and real-time in-situ observations.
This study predicts that hole doping reduces the coercive field in ferroelectric hafnia from 8 MV/cm to 6 MV/cm by activating a lower-energy polarization switching pathway through the Pbcm phase, thereby transforming the material from an improper to a proper ferroelectric.
Using X-ray texture and diffraction tomography, this study reveals that silica-witherite biomorphs exhibit significant variations in crystalline properties both within and between different morphologies, leading to a unified growth scheme that highlights the critical role of silicate oligomerization in their formation.
This study develops a machine learning Neuroevolution Potential to simulate and experimentally validate thermal boundary resistance at Si/Ti interfaces, revealing that amorphous TiSi2 layers enhance heat transport only when thinner than 1.5 nm while the crystalline C54 phase consistently outperforms the C49 phase due to superior phonon density of states overlap.
This paper introduces a ReAct-based LLM agent framework that autonomously designs high-entropy alloy compositions by iteratively querying a calibrated XGBoost surrogate, demonstrating superior performance over Bayesian optimization and random search in discovering diverse, experimentally viable phases while aligning its reasoning with empirical phase distributions.
This study demonstrates that a chiral spin crossover polymer exhibits thermally switchable circular dichroism linked to Fe 3d electronic reorganization and displays charge transport dominated by ionic migration rather than electronic carriers.