🔬 Category

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

2898 papers

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.

🔬 materials science

Synergistic effects of ferromagnetic elements and LAGP solid electrolyte in suppressing and trapping polysulfide shuttle transfers in lithium-sulfur batteries

This study demonstrates that modifying polyethylene separators with a synergistic combination of LAGP solid electrolyte and cobalt coatings effectively suppresses the polysulfide shuttle effect and enhances cycling stability in lithium-sulfur batteries, whereas nickel-based modifications showed inferior performance due to stability issues.

Giovanni Ceccio, Jiri. Vacík, Mykhailo Drozdenko, Romana Mikšová, Josef Novak, Eva Štěpanovská, Mayur Khan2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

Microscopic Origin of Piezomagnetism in Mn3_3Sn: A Dual Real- and kk-Space Picture

This study employs a comprehensive first-principles approach to elucidate the microscopic origins of piezomagnetism in Mn3_3Sn by revealing how strain-induced magnetic moment rotations and pseudo-degeneracy lifting of specific Fermi surfaces collectively drive the emergence of net magnetization through a dual real- and momentum-space perspective.

Soichiro Kikuchi, Yuki Yanagi, Thi Ngoc Huyen Vu, Michi-To Suzuki2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

Simulation of the carbon dioxide hydrate-water interfacial energy

This study utilizes advanced molecular simulations with reliable water and carbon dioxide models to accurately predict the interfacial free energy of carbon dioxide hydrates at coexistence conditions, providing a computational alternative to experimental measurements and demonstrating the feasibility of determining hydrate free energies from a molecular perspective.

Jesús Algabaa Esteban Acuña, José Manuel Míguez, Bruno Mendiboure, Iván M. Zerón, Felipe J. Blas2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

AI-enhanced discovery and accelerated synthesis of metal phosphosulfides

This paper presents an integrated workflow combining density functional theory, multi-fidelity machine learning, and high-throughput combinatorial synthesis to successfully discover and rapidly synthesize previously unknown metal phosphosulfides, demonstrating that accelerated materials development is viable even for challenging inorganic systems.

Javier Sanz Rodrigo, Nicholas A. Kryger-Nelson, Lena A. Mittmann, Eugène Bertin, Ivano E. Castelli, Andrea Crovetto2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

Control of helix orientation in chiral magnets via lateral confinement

This paper demonstrates that the orientation of helimagnetic order in chiral magnets like FeGe can be precisely controlled through lateral geometrical confinement, where open boundaries induce a chiral surface twist that acts as an effective anisotropy to dictate the helix propagation vector.

Maurice Colling, Mariia Stepanova, Mario Hentschel, Somasree Bhattacharjee, Erik Lysne, Kasper Hunnestad, Naoya Kanazawa (…)2026-01-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Strong Spin-Lattice Interaction in Layered Antiferromagnetic CrCl3_\textrm{3}

This study utilizes polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy and complementary optical measurements to unambiguously assign all Raman-active modes in CrCl3_3 and demonstrates that strong spin-lattice coupling drives pronounced structural and magnetic transitions across its antiferromagnetic, intermediate, and paramagnetic phases.

Łucja Kipczak, Tomasz Woźniak, Chinmay K. Mohanty, Igor Antoniazzi, Jakub Iwański, Przemysław Oliwa, Jan Pawłowski, Mega (…)2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

Connecting bond switching to fracture toughness of calcium aluminosilicate glasses

This study investigates calcium aluminosilicate glasses and reveals that local coordination changes, specifically aluminum bond switching, exhibit a positive correlation with fracture toughness, highlighting the necessity of considering diverse structural aspects to fully understand the material's mechanical properties.

Sidsel Mulvad Johansen, Tao Du, Johan F. S. Christensen, Anders K. R. Christensen, Xuan Ge, Theany To, Lars R. Jensen, M (…)2026-01-26
🔬 materials science

Band-gap reduction and band alignments of dilute bismide III--V alloys

Using hybrid functional calculations, this study predicts that adding small concentrations of bismuth to III-V arsenides and antimonides significantly reduces the band gap by simultaneously raising the valence-band maximum and lowering the conduction-band minimum, while also inducing unique electronic phenomena like band-gap inversion and spin-orbit splitting exceeding the band gap.

Abdul Saboor, Shoaib Khalid, Anderson Janotti2026-01-23
⚛️ nuclear theory

Non-hermitian Green's function theory with NN-body interactions: the coupled-cluster similarity transformation

This paper develops a non-hermitian Green's function theory for coupled-cluster methods by establishing a biorthogonal quantum framework, deriving diagrammatic expansions for the coupled-cluster self-energy and Bethe-Salpeter kernel, and introducing a new CC-G0W0G_0W_0 approximation that bridges Green's function and coupled-cluster theories.

Christopher J. N. Coveney, David P. Tew2026-01-23
🔬 materials science

Multi-Orbital Charge Transfer into Nonplanar Cycloarenes Revealed with CO-Functionalized Tips

This study combines CO-functionalized tip STM simulations with orbital tomography to reveal multi-orbital charge transfer from the Cu(110) surface into nonplanar kekulene and isokekulene molecules, validating a robust method for characterizing complex adsorbed systems with low yields.

Anja Haags, Alexander Reichmann, Zilin Ruan, Qitang Fan, Larissa Egger, Hans Kirschner, Tim Naumann, Simon Werner, Olaf (…)2026-01-23