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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.
By employing DFT calculations and symmetry analysis on CrSb and related models, this study reveals that reducing six-fold to two-fold rotational symmetry via vacancy engineering, doping, or strain induces band-specific fragmented nodal curves and enables tunable anomalous Hall conductivity, thereby expanding the potential of altermagnets for future quantum devices.
This study demonstrates that applying an external magnetic field near the hard axis of an epitaxial iron film induces thresholdless nonlinear magnetization dynamics, including anharmonicity and harmonic generation, by exploiting the asymmetry in the magnetic energy potential to advance the design of controlled magnonic devices.
This paper demonstrates that structural relaxation in twisted bilayer BiSb creates a tunable moiré topological phase featuring coexisting trivial and nontrivial domains with protected gapless edge states that can be reversibly reconfigured by an out-of-plane electric field.
This paper benchmarks perturbative quantum master equation and mixed quantum-classical methods against fully quantum dynamics for hot exciton cooling in CdSe nanocrystals, revealing that while the former captures ultrafast diabatic mixing, the mapping approach to surface hopping (MASH) provides the most consistent agreement across all relaxation regimes.
This study resolves the long-standing mystery of flow thickening in polymer solutions by demonstrating that, in ordered porous media, the phenomenon is quantitatively governed by polymer extension at stagnation points, a mechanism distinct from the unsteady flow fluctuations dominant in disordered media.
This study employs a combined DFT and kMC approach to demonstrate that vacancies significantly reduce hydrogen mobility and increase activation energy in BCC Fe and Cr, with a more pronounced trapping effect observed in Cr due to stronger hydrogen-vacancy interactions.
This study investigates the nonlinear photoacoustic response of indium phosphide nanocrystals on silicon nanotip arrays, revealing that high-fluence laser excitation induces strain-driven nonlinear elasticity and frequency mixing, which are modeled by an extended Hooke's law and linked to oxidation effects, thereby advancing the understanding of mechanical limits and optomechanical control in semiconductor nanostructures.
This study establishes a global magnetic phase diagram for NiAs-type compounds using classical modeling and DFT calculations to identify new -wave altermagnetic and -wave odd-parity magnetic states, revealing that interlayer coupling drives a unique mixed-parity state in CrSe and CrTeSe and offering strategies to engineer unconventional magnets via doping or strain.
This study demonstrates that a system-specific MACE potential trained on spin-polarized DFT data for disordered Fe-Ni structures significantly outperforms existing foundation models in predicting structural, elastic, and finite-temperature properties, though it still struggles to accurately capture magnetic collapse effects governing the bcc-to-hcp phase transition.
This paper demonstrates that coherently driven circular or elliptical phonons, which carry finite phonon angular momentum, can selectively engineer and tune topological magnon phases in materials like monolayer CrI by inducing chiral interactions that open gaps at Dirac points, whereas linearly polarized phonons leave the spectrum unchanged.