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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 uses first-principles calculations to discover and characterize stable, anisotropic, and semiconducting (X = S, Se) and Janus monolayers, demonstrating their potential for tunable optoelectronics and efficient photocatalytic water splitting.
This paper demonstrates heterogeneous optically detected spin-acoustic resonance (HODSAR) by using surface acoustic waves to achieve coherent, zero-field spin manipulation of pentacene triplet states in a molecular thin-film integrated on a lithium niobate resonator at room temperature.
By employing an ultrafast flash annealing process to rapidly crystallize PbZrO3 films, the researchers developed wafer-scale relaxor antiferroelectrics that achieve high energy storage density (63.5 J/cm³) and exceptional thermal stability up to 250 °C.
This paper demonstrates that while absorption can be analytically modeled and significantly improves the refinement accuracy of high- materials like , it remains negligible for the routine dynamical structure refinement of low- materials.
This paper evaluates existing chirality measures for periodic solids and proposes a superior method based on the helicity pseudoscalar to quantify handedness by analyzing the eigenvector connecting high-symmetry non-chiral and low-symmetry chiral phases.
This paper proposes and theoretically validates a strategy for engineering robust one-dimensional quantum interconnects in solid-state materials by patterning spin qubits at dislocations, demonstrating that nitrogen-vacancy centers near these defects retain favorable optical properties while exhibiting significantly improved coherence.
This paper proposes a nonlocal orientation field phase-field model that incorporates misorientation- and inclination-dependent grain boundary anisotropy using a single orientation field, thereby enabling precise tuning of grain boundary energy while simplifying the fitting procedure and accurately reproducing key microstructural behaviors like linear grain growth and triple junction equilibrium.
This paper establishes quantitative design rules based on electronegativity-corrected tolerance factors and cation radii to predict and stabilize face-sharing hexagonal perovskites, revealing that sulfides offer greater compositional flexibility than oxides for creating novel quasi-one-dimensional materials.
This paper presents a theoretical model demonstrating that the rigidity of encapsulation interfaces significantly influences lattice relaxation in twisted bilayers, specifically raising the critical twist angle for the transition between weak and strong relaxation regimes and enabling better alignment with experimental data.
The paper introduces exaPD, a highly parallelizable workflow that integrates LAMMPS-based molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations with a Parsl-managed global controller to efficiently calculate free energies for constructing multi-element phase diagrams via CALPHAD modeling.