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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 demonstrates that high-pressure compression can selectively transform the hexagonal phase of a ReNbTiZrHf high-entropy alloy into a metastable, Re-enriched body-centered cubic polymorph, resulting in a unique dual-BCC microstructure with enhanced stiffness that is inaccessible through conventional thermal processing.
This study investigates the grain growth kinetics and densification behavior of single-phase (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C1-{\delta} high-entropy carbide ceramics during spark plasma sintering, revealing that elevated temperatures promote chemical homogenization and grain coarsening with an apparent activation energy of approximately 620 kJ mol-1, consistent with diffusion-controlled mechanisms.
This paper demonstrates a method for achieving local control and lateral nanofocusing of hyperbolic phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride by utilizing a sinusoidally corrugated gold substrate to smoothly vary the polariton wavelength through continuous gap modulation.
This review explores textiles as a unique regime of condensed matter by examining the symmetry, topology, and mechanics of woven and knitted materials, ranging from twisted yarn structures to their characterization as knots and links in a thickened torus.
This paper demonstrates that neural network classifiers trained on diverse force fields and descriptors can accurately and agnostically identify Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF) polymorphs during molecular dynamics simulations, thereby enabling the detailed mechanistic study of phase transitions like ZIF-4-cp to ZIF-4-cp-II.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that isolated and clustered asymmetric antibimerons in ultrathin ferromagnetic films support topology-constrained collective spin-wave modes that split into N-fold multiplets in clusters, establishing them as a tunable platform for programmable spin-wave nano-oscillators.
First-principles calculations reveal that silver niobate's true thermodynamic ground state is a previously overlooked, chiral rhombohedral ferroelectric phase with symmetry, which exhibits significant natural optical activity and may explain the ongoing controversy regarding its low-temperature structure due to kinetic limitations hindering its experimental observation.
This study utilizes a high-throughput combinatorial approach to map the phase equilibria of the Al-Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta refractory alloy system, identifying BCC, B2, and secondary phases while highlighting systematic deviations between experimental results and CALPHAD predictions.
This study combines experimental characterization and first-principles calculations to identify the most favorable half-Heusler structure of synthesized TiCoSb alloy and evaluate its thermoelectric properties.
This first-principles study demonstrates that Ti-doping of MgB2H8 significantly improves its hydrogen storage performance by reducing desorption enthalpy and diffusion barriers while maintaining structural stability, thereby balancing thermodynamics and kinetics for practical solid-state applications.