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.
Using in situ cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, this study reveals that heterogeneous ice formation involves a surface-constrained, symmetry-breaking recrystallization process where cubic-ice embryos transition into hexagonal-ice dendrites via dynamic stacking-disordered layers to minimize free energy.
This study proposes a GaSe-VPSe3-GaSe sandwiched heterostructure where sliding ferroelectricity induces and switches altermagnetism through interfacial covalent bonding, enabling a low-energy barrier magnetoelectric transition between altermagnetic and antiferromagnetic states for advanced spintronic applications.
This study employs machine learning potentials and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the deformation mechanisms and compressive response of NbTaTiZr refractory multi-principal element alloys, revealing significant anisotropy in yield strength and twinning behavior across crystal orientations, a strain-rate-dependent transition from dislocation slip to structural disordering, and the compositional influence of Nb/Ta versus Ti/Zr on mechanical performance.
This paper introduces a novel method to unfold both band structures and Bloch states in disordered crystalline systems, enabling the analysis of wavefunction-level properties like Berry curvature redistribution in defective graphene.
This paper establishes a Landau theory for non-collinear achiral altermagnets and demonstrates that the Mott insulator NiS exhibits such phases with unique spin textures and multifunctional properties, offering a robust platform for spintronics applications.
This Roadmap synthesizes perspectives from leading experts to chart the current progress, critical challenges, and future pathways for 2D material valleytronics, covering established phenomena like valley excitons and Hall effects while exploring emerging frontiers such as lightwave control and spin-valley qubits.
This paper introduces a time-frequency hybrid coherent Raman spectroscopy technique that overcomes the challenge of metal non-resonant background interference through pulse engineering, enabling sensitive, label-free detection of Ångström-scale molecular layers on flat metal surfaces without relying on plasmonic or electronic enhancement.
This study utilizes NMR, Raman spectroscopy, and synchrotron XRD to demonstrate that the orthorhombically distorted ferrimagnet Ni4Nb2O9, despite sharing a local structural environment with its trigonal analogue Mn4Nb2O9, exhibits distinct average symmetry and undergoes pressure-induced lattice instabilities and phonon softening that drive a sequence of isostructural transitions culminating in a symmetry-lowering transformation to a monoclinic phase around 13 GPa.
This study evaluates 25 large language models on materials science tasks, revealing that while fine-tuning enhances symbolic consistency, numerical predictions remain unreliable due to inference variability and an "LLM head bottleneck" that favors embedding extraction over text output, alongside significant performance fluctuations in GPT models over time that challenge scientific reproducibility.
This paper presents an exact analytical framework for separating center-of-mass and relative motions in anisotropic two-dimensional magnetoexcitons, revealing new anisotropy-dependent couplings and providing precise, non-perturbative solutions for magnetoexciton properties in materials like monolayer black phosphorus and titanium trisulfide without relying on stationary-center-of-mass approximations.