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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 employs advanced DFT+DMFT methodologies with high numerical precision to successfully model and quantify the electron-electron scattering contributions to low-temperature resistivity in high-conductivity cubic perovskite metals, offering a predictive tool for understanding correlation-driven transport phenomena.
This paper proposes a quantitative model suggesting that Ultra High Dose Rate radiation induces the formation of an electron-hole liquid in biological tissues, which suppresses the generation of damaging reactive species through recombination barriers, thereby explaining the observed tissue-sparing effect.
This study demonstrates the atomic-scale engineering of epitaxial CrVO superlattice thin films with alternating CrO and VO layers, successfully stabilizing the ilmenite phase and validating its functional properties through experimental characterization and density functional theory calculations.
This study employs first-principles calculations to comprehensively map the structural, electronic, and topological landscape of tellurium across its dimensional hierarchy, revealing a rich variety of topological phases ranging from bulk Weyl semimetals and one-dimensional helical systems to two-dimensional quantum spin Hall insulators and incipient topological metals.
This paper presents an exact formulation for the total energy beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, identifies and computes the electron-phonon contribution to total energy (appearing at fourth order in a mass expansion) as distinct from zero-point renormalization of eigenvalues, and demonstrates its small but non-negligible impact on the stability of diamond polymorphs.
This paper presents a general semi-analytical numerical method to investigate wave energy absorption by floating and submerged piezoelectric bimorph plates, revealing that submerged configurations with clamped boundary conditions achieve greater energy efficiency than floating or simply supported alternatives.
This study reveals that plastic work partitioning in extruded AZ31B magnesium alloy is deformation-mechanism-dependent, with slip-dominated flow dissipating approximately 50% of energy as heat while twinning-dominated deformation initially stores most work, thereby driving rapid strain hardening and early localization.
This paper reports microwave spectroscopy of Er in CaWO that establishes the critical role of the nuclear electric quadrupole moment in modeling hyperfine splitting and identifies zero first-order Zeeman transitions, thereby validating CaWO as a promising host for long-lifetime quantum memories.
This study combines ab-initio calculations and resonant x-ray elastic scattering on single-crystal thin-film EuZnSb to reveal a spatially separated magnetic structure where surface ferromagnetic layers host a Weyl semimetal state while the underlying antiferromagnetic bulk acts as a topological crystalline insulator.
This study identifies MoOCl2 as the first naturally occurring hyperbolic van der Waals material, demonstrating that its highly anisotropic electron gas drives unique Fano line shapes in angle-resolved polarized Raman spectra, thereby establishing it as a model system for investigating tunable electron-phonon coupling in hyperbolic materials.