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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 HERB, a unified thermomechanically consistent framework driven by the Rice-Beltz concept that integrates hydrogen transport, dislocation emission, and void growth to reconcile multiple hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms (HEDE, HELP, NVC, and HESIV) within a single multiscale model.
This paper reports the successful growth of high-quality CrSb single crystals via the self-flux method and characterizes their superior thermodynamic and transport properties, including a high residual resistivity ratio, significant positive magnetoresistance, and specific heat features indicative of weak electronic correlations and altermagnetic order, thereby establishing CrSb as a promising candidate for room-temperature magnonic and spintronic applications.
This study utilizes time-of-flight photoemission electron spectroscopy to demonstrate that anisotropic conductivity in distinct diamond- and triangular-shaped sectors of rubrene microcrystals enables dual-wavelength control of charge accumulation, allowing for the creation of spatially and temporally manipulable built-in charge landscapes.
This study demonstrates that a Pechini sol-gel synthesis method with cationic molecular mixing can efficiently produce high-quality Li-doped Bi-2223 superconductors, achieving a maximum critical temperature of 111.4 K at 5 mol% Li doping while revealing unique layer-by-layer crystalline growth and flux creep mechanisms.
This study employs density functional theory to demonstrate that the electrochemical performance and structural stability of Al-ion battery cathodes based on VCT and TiCT MXenes are critically governed by their stacking configurations and surface terminations, with O-terminated octahedral stacking offering superior stability and high capacity despite reduced ion mobility compared to prismatic arrangements.
This paper presents an open-source universal machine learning interatomic potential covering 97 elements, including minor actinides, by integrating a newly constructed heavy element dataset with existing resources to enable advanced materials design for nuclear applications.
This paper presents a method to derive the exact elastic continuum model for any discrete spring network based solely on its geometry and topology, enabling the prediction of mechanical properties—including non-affine displacements and auxetic behavior—without the need for computationally expensive simulations.
This study establishes BiBr as a second-order topological insulator by experimentally demonstrating the existence of phase-coherent, micrometer-long 1D ballistic hinge modes through the observation of Aharonov-Bohm interference, weak antilocalization, and universal conductance fluctuations.
By systematically varying the resistivity of beta-Tungsten in Py/W bilayers and applying a geometry-correction protocol to harmonic Hall measurements, researchers demonstrated that the Slonczewski-like spin-orbit torque efficiency depends on bulk resistivity while the field-like component remains resistivity-independent, confirming its interfacial origin.
This paper theoretically predicts and experimentally confirms the existence of metastable resonant states with an intrinsic lifetime of approximately 20 fs within the open quantum well of cesiated p-doped GaN surfaces using near-band gap photoemission spectroscopy.