2898 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.
This paper reviews recent advances in two-dimensional magnets and their heterostructures, highlighting how their unique magnetic properties and atomically sharp interfaces enable tunable, energy-efficient spintronic devices for applications ranging from neuromorphic computing to hybrid quantum systems.
This paper demonstrates that intense, resonant terahertz pulses can achieve approximately 30% modulation of efficient second-harmonic generation in bulk -BaBO by transiently deforming the lattice to alter refractive indices and phase-matching conditions, rather than through direct modulation of nonlinear susceptibility.
This paper demonstrates that Bloch-type skyrmions can be stabilized in centrosymmetric two-dimensional magnets through the interplay of in-plane second nearest-neighbor Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and magnetic anisotropy, a mechanism validated by the specific case of Cr2Ge2Te6 monolayers.
This study quantifies the theoretical global potential of surface-based atmospheric pollutant removal using natural and mechanical airflows, revealing that integrating technologies into urban infrastructure, solar farms, and HVAC systems could remove significant amounts of CO₂, CH₄, NOₓ, and PM₂.₅ at competitive costs, thereby offering a viable pathway to advance climate and public health objectives.
This paper experimentally demonstrates that the reciprocal acoustoelectric effect in surface acoustic wave configurations is protected by the symmetric structure of the nanoscale strain tensor, revealing how reciprocity is maintained even in the absence of traditional macroscopic symmetry elements through the interplay of compression and shear waves.
This study reveals that the PbSe/PbTe monolayer heterostructure achieves ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and an exceptional thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of 5.3 at 800 K due to its unique corrugated configuration, weak interatomic interactions, and the dominant heat-carrying role of highly anharmonic optical phonons.
This paper demonstrates that bond rupture forces in single molecule force spectroscopy can be accurately predicted using a closed-form expression derived from the zero-force activation barrier and the maximal force obtained via COGEF calculations, combined with experimental temperature and loading rate.
The paper introduces TXL Fusion, a hybrid machine learning framework that combines chemical heuristics, physical descriptors, and large language model embeddings to efficiently and accurately predict topological materials, thereby accelerating their discovery and validation through density functional theory.
This paper presents a gentle, lithography-free via transfer method to construct high-quality 3D superconductor-graphene Josephson junctions with low contact resistance, enabling the observation of gate-tunable supercurrents and providing a pathway for engineering novel superconducting heterostructures on sensitive materials.
This study demonstrates that the spin-charge conversion efficiency in the altermagnet RuO can be deterministically controlled by the adjacent ferromagnet through interface-selective band hybridization, which switches the dominant mechanism between bulk inverse spin-Hall effect and interfacial inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect.