🔬 Category

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

2858 papers

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.

🔬 materials science

Modeling the Slow Arrhenius Process (SAP) in Polymers

This paper extends the two-state, two-timescale (TS2) theory to provide a unified, parameter-free framework that quantitatively describes both the structural α\alpha-relaxation and the recently observed slow Arrhenius process (SAP) in amorphous polymers by modeling the SAP as the high-temperature limit of cluster-scale relaxation, while also predicting its eventual transition to Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann-Hesse dynamics at lower temperatures.

Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Oleg V. Gendelman, Simone Napolitano, Riccardo Casalini, Alessio Zaccone2026-03-10
🔬 materials science

Heavy-Fermion Behavior and a Tunable Density Wave in a Novel Vanadium-based Mosaic Lattice

The study reports the discovery of Cs3V9V9Te13, a novel intermetallic compound featuring a unique vanadium mosaic lattice that exhibits heavy-fermion behavior and a tunable density-wave transition, which can be suppressed via chemical pressure to reveal a quantum-disordered semiconducting state.

Yusen Xiao, Zhibin Qiu, Qingchen Duan, Zhaoyi Li, Hengxin Tan, Shu Guo, Ruidan Zhong2026-03-10
🔬 materials science

Bidirectional Learning of Relationships between Atomic Environments and Electronic Band Dispersion in Semiconductor Heterostructures

This paper introduces a bidirectional learning framework that links local atomic environments to electronic band dispersion in semiconductor heterostructures using atomically resolved spectral functions, enabling both the prediction of electronic bands from atomic structures and the inference of atomic descriptors from spectroscopic data.

Artem K Pimachev, Sanghamitra Neogi2026-03-09
🔬 materials science

Tunable chiral and nematic states in the triple-Q antiferromagnet Co1/3_{1/3}TaS2_2

By employing magnetic circular and linear dichroism, this study characterizes the tunable coexistence and distinct emergence of spin chirality and nematicity in the triple-Q antiferromagnet Co1/3_{1/3}TaS2_2, revealing a rich phase diagram of complex magnetic states driven by four-spin interactions and weak anisotropy.

Erik Kirstein, Pyeongjae Park, Woonghee Cho, Cristian D. Batista, Je-Geun Park, Scott A. Crooker2026-03-09
🔬 materials science

Evaluation of Structural Properties and Defect Energetics in Alx_xGa1−x_{1-x}N Alloys

This study employs a validated machine learning interatomic potential to investigate the structural and defect energetics of Alx_xGa1−x_{1-x}N alloys, revealing that nitrogen defect properties are highly sensitive to local chemical environments while cation vacancy migration remains relatively insensitive to alloy composition.

Farshid Reza, Beihan Chen, Miaomiao Jin2026-03-09
🔬 materials science

Mode selectivity in electron promoted vibrational relaxation of chemisorbed hydrogen on molybdenum and tungsten surfaces

This study calculates the vibrational linewidths of chemisorbed hydrogen on molybdenum and tungsten surfaces using first-order time-dependent perturbation theory, revealing strong coverage dependence and mode-selective electron-phonon coupling that aligns with experiments for Fano-shaped peaks but underestimates Lorentzian peaks, suggesting that adsorbate-adsorbate interactions become significant energy dissipation channels at high coverages.

Nils Hertl, Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer2026-03-09
🔬 materials science

Spin-wave emission with current-controlled frequency by a PMA-based spin-Hall oscillator

This paper demonstrates a high-efficiency spin-Hall oscillator based on a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy gallium-substituted yttrium-iron-garnet (Ga:YIG) that achieves current-controlled spin-wave emission with an extended bandwidth, offering a promising platform for neuromorphic computing applications.

Moritz Bechberger, David Breitbach, Abbas Koujok, Björn Heinz, Carsten Dubs, Abbass Hamadeh, Philipp Pirro2026-03-09
🔬 materials science

MolCrystalFlow: Molecular Crystal Structure Prediction via Flow Matching

MolCrystalFlow is a novel flow-based generative model that predicts molecular crystal structures by disentangling intramolecular complexity from intermolecular packing through rigid body embeddings and Riemannian manifold representations, thereby outperforming existing methods and enabling data-driven discovery of periodic molecular crystals.

Cheng Zeng, Harry W. Sullivan, Thomas Egg, Maya M. Martirossyan, Philipp Höllmer, Jirui Jin, Richard G. Hennig, Adrian R (…)2026-03-09