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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 investigates the structural and optical properties of rare-earth-ion-implanted beta-Ga2O3, revealing that implantation-induced disorder and defect evolution are largely independent of the specific ion species, while demonstrating that RE3+ ions are excited via the host conduction band and maintain efficient emission even in the presence of significant lattice damage.
This paper presents a highly efficient, portable hybrid MPI-GPU-OpenMP framework for the EPW code that enables scalable electron-phonon physics calculations on exascale supercomputers, achieving up to a 29-fold speedup and solving previously intractable large-scale problems like 20nm stanene nanoribbons.
This study reveals that a high-entropy antiferromagnet, (Mn1/4Fe1/4Co1/4Ni1/4)PS3, sustains long-range zigzag magnetic order below 72 K despite significant atomic disorder, where all four transition-metal elements undergo a unified phase transition but maintain distinct spin orientations due to the competition between single-ion anisotropies and exchange interactions.
This perspective reviews the current landscape of predicted versus synthesized two-dimensional materials, highlighting the gap between theory and experiment while introducing recent advancements in predicting the synthesis of non-van der Waals 2D materials beyond traditional geometrical screening.
This study demonstrates that the half-Heusler topological semimetal DyPtBi simultaneously exhibits large longitudinal and transverse magnetothermopowers at practical temperatures and magnetic fields, overcoming the conventional trade-off through an ambipolar effect driven by imperfect electron-hole compensation and band structure engineering.
This study demonstrates that high-energy electron irradiation can shift the Fermi level of the half-Heusler Weyl semimetal GdPtBi by 100 meV while preserving the negative longitudinal magnetoresistance indicative of chiral magnetic anomaly, thereby confirming the robust influence of Weyl nodes on magnetotransport properties regardless of Fermi level position.
This paper presents a low-loss programmable mode converter based on the phase-change material Sb2Se3, which leverages refractive index contrast to achieve 5-bit precision and scalable photonic tensor cores for neuromorphic computing while overcoming the high optical loss limitations of conventional GST-based devices.
This study utilizes spectroscopic imaging ellipsometry and Mueller-matrix analysis to map the full dielectric tensor of paramagnetic CrSBr thin films, revealing pronounced optical anisotropy characterized by distinct excitonic resonances along the crystallographic axes that are crucial for future spin-optoelectronic applications.
This paper demonstrates that atomic force nanolithography can precisely engineer tunable in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in permalloy films by creating nanoscale groove arrays, enabling controlled domain manipulation for applications in magnonic elements and anisotropic magnetoresistance sensors.
This paper demonstrates that by employing rapid scans, multi-stage registration, and probe aberration-compensated position correction, atomic-resolution STEM imaging and ptychography can be reliably achieved at cryogenic temperatures (as low as 20 K) to directly visualize the structural ground states of quantum materials.