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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 provides experimental evidence that thermally excited capillary waves, rather than fabrication defects, are the fundamental source of surface roughness and scattering losses in whispering-gallery-mode microsphere resonators, thereby redefining the limits for achieving ultra-high quality factors in short-wavelength photonic applications.
This paper demonstrates all-optical control of many-body exciton interactions in monolayer WSe phototransistors by utilizing valley-selective excitation to induce helicity-dependent exciton renormalization and nonlinear photoresponse, thereby establishing the valley degree of freedom as a tunable parameter for valleytronic applications.
This paper presents a consistently parameterized electrochemical-thermal-degradation model using PyBaMM to predict the capacity fade, state-of-health, and remaining useful life of NMC lithium-ion cells under 81 distinct calendar and cyclic ageing conditions, thereby providing mechanistic insights into the competing effects of solid-electrolyte interphase growth, lithium plating, and active material loss.
This study utilizes hybrid-density-functional theory to demonstrate that naturally occurring, donor-like Ge-on-Al antisite defects in the Weyl semimetal LaAlGe induce significant electron doping and scattering, thereby obscuring its intrinsic Weyl physics and transport properties.
This study demonstrates a scalable method for tuning the optoelectronic properties of WSe films by selenizing VO/WO bilayers to achieve controlled vanadium doping, which significantly enhances hole conduction and induces an insulator-to-metal transition.
This study demonstrates that nonlinear transport measurements can detect sub-picometer lattice distortions and hidden symmetry breaking in CaRuO below 48 K, revealing a transition to an altermagnetic phase that remains undetectable by conventional diffraction techniques.
First-principles-based atomistic simulations reveal that ultrathin freestanding ferroelectric oxide layers host a diverse range of controllable topological polar textures, including liquid-like domains, helix-waves, and chiral bubbles, establishing them as promising platforms for future ferroic devices.
This study presents a first-order linearization framework that successfully isolates and quantifies mechanical and structural anisotropy in granular materials using macroscopic laboratory data, revealing that while mechanically induced anisotropy is consistently stronger, both components intensify with increasing deviatoric stress.
This paper benchmarks lossless compression methods for 4D-STEM data, demonstrating that while algorithms like blosc_zstd offer superior speed and comparable ratios to gzip-9, the ultimate solution for sustainable high-throughput workflows lies in shifting from storing dense raw measurements to adopting inference-sufficient representations.
This study employs advanced first-principles calculations to characterize aluminum antimonide (AlSb) in both cubic and hexagonal phases, revealing their quasi-direct bandgap nature, strong optoelectronic response, and complementary thermoelectric advantages driven by carrier mobility and reduced thermal conductivity, while emphasizing the critical role of accurately modeling Sb d-electron effects for reliable property prediction.