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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 while the atomic lattice of nine-atom-wide armchair graphene nanoribbon transistors remains largely intact after gamma irradiation, their electrical performance significantly degrades due to Anderson localization, highlighting their potential as sensitive, chip-integrated radiation monitors for extreme environments.
This paper proposes a mechanism to achieve ferromagnetic ferroelectricity by activating orbital degrees of freedom, where antiferro orbital ordering simultaneously induces ferromagnetic coupling and breaks inversion symmetry, identifying the van der Waals compound VI as a promising candidate for this state.
This paper introduces a class of two-dimensional insulating altermagnets called Dirac quadrupole altermagnets and demonstrates, through microscopic models, that their orbital piezomagnetic polarizability possesses a topological contribution arising from the strain-induced modification of Dirac points.
This paper proposes a thermo-mechanically coupled phase-field fracture model that incorporates the elastocaloric effect to simulate the cracking behavior of shape memory alloys, revealing how martensitic transformation and associated thermal strains influence fracture resistance and offering a potential strategy for enhancing elastocaloric devices.
This paper theoretically derives and validates transparent, quantitative inequalities that serve as necessary and sufficient criteria for identifying and predicting materials exhibiting Axis-Dependent Conduction Polarity (ADCP), a phenomenon where electrical transport is p-type along one crystallographic direction and n-type along the perpendicular direction.
The study reveals that the disordered cubic lattice material - exhibits a unique disorder-driven dynamical state characterized by persistent fast spin dynamics and short-range correlations down to 0.1 K, arising from the interplay of quantum fluctuations, site dilution, and proximity to the percolation threshold, which distinguishes it from both classical spin glasses and geometrically frustrated quantum spin liquids.
This study demonstrates that electrochemical topotactic deintercalation of lead from the centrosymmetric parent compound AuPbP induces a cooperative structural rearrangement to form the rare polar metal AuPbP, which exhibits noncentrosymmetric superconductivity below 1.52 K with a gap structure suggestive of mixed singlet-triplet pairing.
This study demonstrates that Mn interdiffusion in MnTe/(Bi,Sb)₂Te₃ heterostructures spontaneously forms Mn(Bi,Sb)₂Te₄ septuple layers that mediate a robust, high-temperature (exceeding 200 K) proximity-induced magnetic order, enabling field-free spin-orbit torque switching at low critical current densities for advanced spintronic applications.