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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 paper demonstrates that field-free deterministic switching of perpendicular ferromagnets can be achieved in noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetals, such as PrAlGe, by leveraging higher-order harmonics of spin-orbit torque to create new stable magnetization states, even in the presence of in-plane mirror symmetries.
This paper demonstrates that ferroelectric hafnia/zirconia resistive weights, fabricated with CMOS-compatible nanolaminates and scaled to under 100 m, enable energy-efficient 20 ns programming pulses (3 pJ) with an update rule where the final conductance is determined solely by the pulse amplitude, independent of the initial state.
This study uses density functional theory to demonstrate that normal stress significantly alters the stacking fault energies of six face-centered cubic metals, revealing that many classical and machine-learning interatomic potentials fail to accurately capture these stress-dependent trends.
This study combines digital in-line holography and ultra-high-speed pyrometry with a kinetic-transport modeling framework to characterize and predict the solid-phase oxidation and melting time scales of single micron-sized iron particles, revealing distinct oxygen-concentration dependencies across different phase transition stages to advance metal-fuel combustion design.
This paper reports the successful fabrication and comprehensive temperature-dependent characterization of MOCVD-grown quasi-vertical AlN Schottky barrier diodes on bulk AlN substrates, demonstrating high current densities, stable rectification up to 300°C, and identifying Poole-Frenkel emission and an interfacial AlNxOy layer as key factors governing their carrier transport and leakage mechanisms.
This paper presents a Zr concentration-dependent sub-lattice phase-field model that successfully explains the ferroelectric-to-antiferroelectric transition in Hf1-xZrxO2 by capturing the competition between orthorhombic and tetragonal phases and revealing how intermediate Zr concentrations lead to mixed-phase states and gradual polarization switching due to local electric field variations.
This study utilizes density functional theory to reveal that the robust ferromagnetic insulating state in strained LaCoO₃ films arises from a unique ordered array of high-spin and low-spin Co³⁺ ions, where ferromagnetic superexchange interactions mediated by low-spin ions overcome competing antiferromagnetic forces to stabilize the ground state.
This study investigates the stability and electronic properties of alkali-triel-pnictide clathrates (ATPn) through high-throughput density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations, revealing that guest ionization potential and spin-orbit coupling are critical for stability while noting that targeted synthesis of these phases remains unsuccessful.
H-NESSi is an open-source software package that enables efficient, long-time simulations of strongly correlated quantum systems out of equilibrium by combining high-order time-stepping with hierarchical low-rank compression techniques to overcome the prohibitive computational scaling of conventional Kadanoff-Baym equation solvers.
This paper demonstrates that the low-symmetry van der Waals semiconductor CrPS exhibits pronounced room-temperature optical and optoelectronic anisotropy, including strong linear dichroism and polarization-sensitive photocurrents driven by Cr d-orbital transitions, establishing it as a promising platform for narrow-band polarized photodetectors and 2D spintronic devices.