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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 molecular dynamics simulations with dynamic charge transfer to reveal that switching in Ta/HfO/Pt memristors is governed by the field-driven formation of hybrid filaments composed of both Ta cations and oxygen vacancies, demonstrating how initial defect configurations dictate filament morphology and offering a robust framework to reduce device variability.
This perspective article explores how integrating artificial intelligence with advanced design principles, such as cooperative adsorption and multivariate strategies, can accelerate the discovery and optimization of sustainable metal-organic frameworks for efficient atmospheric water harvesting in arid conditions.
This study reveals that multilayer magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 exhibits dominant seventh-order nonlinear electronic transport linked to its magnetic phases, with quantum metric multipoles and nonlinear Drude conductivities identified as the underlying microscopic origins.
This study demonstrates that two-magnon scattering, rather than spin pumping alone, dominates the thickness-dependent Gilbert damping in YIG/V bilayers, necessitating a revised model to extract an accurate, thickness-independent effective spin-mixing conductance of .
This paper presents and validates the Landau-Lifshitz-Bernoulli (LLBe) model, a multi-scale finite-temperature micromagnetic framework that seamlessly bridges atomic and macroscopic scales to accurately predict bulk magnetic properties from below to above the Curie temperature, as demonstrated by its application to heat-assisted magnetic recording.
This first-principles study demonstrates that substituting MoS monolayers with group-5 transition metals (V, Nb, Ta) induces metallicity and magnetic moments, with V-doping uniquely achieving a multifunctional platform combining half-metallicity, significant valley polarization, and enhanced piezoelectricity for next-generation spintronic and valleytronic applications.
This study employs density functional theory to demonstrate that spin-orbit coupling significantly alters the structural and electronic properties of planar pentagonal p-MS (M = Si, Ge, Pb) materials, stabilizing the Ge and Pb variants while inducing a metal-to-semiconductor transition in p-PbS with a 0.475 eV band gap, thereby suggesting its potential for gas-sensing applications.
This study investigates the optical cooling of nuclear spins in a CdTe/CdZnTe quantum well, identifying an optimal external magnetic field linked to the kinetic local field () and experimentally determining its value to be G, which aligns with theoretical predictions based on indirect spin-spin interactions and estimated hyperfine constants.
This study demonstrates that spatial magnetic inhomogeneities, specifically ferromagnetic domains and domain walls in a 75 nm-thick Fe0.5Pt0.5 film, produce macroscopically measurable conductivity modulations that significantly contribute to low-field magnetoresistance, particularly at low temperatures where their impact can exceed that of anisotropic terms.
This study establishes the honeycomb rare-earth chalcohalide NdOF as a model system where field-tunable reconstruction of crystalline electric field doublets drives a continuous evolution of the ground state from dipolar to dipolar-multipolar character, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and magnetization measurements.