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 proposes a device architecture using a piezoelectric-driven strain-switched ferrimagnet/topological insulator stack to continuously modulate surface currents, enabling applications such as transconductance amplifiers and neuromorphic synapses.
This paper proposes a "self-pinning" mechanism for grain boundary stabilization, where solute-rich clusters spontaneously form from a moving grain boundary's segregation atmosphere due to strong solute-solute attraction, providing an intrinsic way to suppress grain growth by coupling thermodynamic energy reduction with kinetic pinning.
This paper demonstrates that low-loss electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) provides unique, high-resolution insights into the plasmonic excitations of twisted 2D gold nanocrystal superlattices, revealing symmetry-breaking effects and out-of-plane polarization modes that are inaccessible to conventional optical spectroscopy.
This paper demonstrates that magnonic Fabry-Pérot resonators using YIG films and CoFeB nanostripes exhibit low-power nonlinear spin-wave dynamics, enabling frequency-selective transmission and neuron-like activation for neuromorphic computing applications.
This paper uses first-principles density-functional theory to demonstrate that isotropic strain can tune the magneto-optical properties of the neutral silicon-vacancy center in diamond, showing that compression stabilizes the emitter by suppressing Jahn–Teller effects while tension enhances vibronic instabilities.
This paper uses *ab initio* computations to demonstrate that the van der Waals antiferromagnet UOTe exhibits layer-dependent topological phases, specifically acting as a Chern insulator in even-layered films and an axion insulator in odd-layered films, offering a high-temperature platform for correlated topological spintronics.
Using a rigorous two-scale convergence framework, this paper demonstrates that while the choice of a periodic unit cell in a crystal affects the individual values of bulk polarization and surface charge density, these variations compensate for one another to ensure that the resulting electric field and energy remain physically consistent and independent of the unit cell choice.
This paper reports the first experimental realization of the half-Heusler alloy CoVGe, which exhibits a very low magnetic moment, potential half-metallic behavior, and unconventional non-saturating linear magnetoresistance.
This paper reports the first successful growth of high-quality, free-standing InAsSb nanoflags, demonstrating superior Landé g-factors and high mobility alongside surface Fermi level pinning that facilitates coupling to superconductors for quantum applications.
The paper introduces the Materials Knowledge Navigation Agent (MKNA), a language-driven system that autonomously translates natural-language scientific intent into executable research actions, enabling it to extract design heuristics from literature and discover novel, stable materials through data-grounded hypothesis formation.