🔬 Category

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

4173 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

Universal Quantum Suppression in Frustrated Ising Magnets across the Quasi-1D to 2D Crossover via Quantum Annealing

Using a D-Wave Advantage2 quantum annealer to overcome the sign problem in frustrated transverse-field Ising models, this study reveals a universal quantum suppression of ferromagnetic stability that remains constant across quasi-1D geometries before stepping down at a crossover scale to a 2D limit, thereby validating a predictive crossover law and confirming direct ferromagnet-to-paramagnet transitions.

Kumar Ghosh2026-03-26
🔬 applied physics

Automatic LbL-LPE Spin-Coating Strategy for the Fabrication of Highly Oriented Mixed-Linker MOF Thin Films for Orientation-Dependent Applications

This paper establishes an automated, high-throughput spin-assisted layer-by-layer liquid-phase epitaxy (LbL-LPE) protocol for the reproducible fabrication of highly oriented mixed-linker MOF thin films, validated through comprehensive correlative characterization to enable orientation-dependent applications.

Eleonora Afanasenko, Benedetta Marmiroli, Behnaz Abbasgholi-NA, Barbara Sartori, Giovanni Birarda, Chiaramaria Stani, Ma (…)2026-03-26
🔬 materials science

Aluminum solidification and nanopolycrystal deformation via a Graph Neural Network Potential and Million-Atom Simulations

This paper presents a highly accurate and scalable Graph Neural Network potential for aluminum, developed through a sequential-refinement workflow, which enables million-atom simulations to reveal how stacking-fault energetics and diffusion critically influence solidification microstructures and mechanical properties, outperforming both classical and general-purpose machine learning potentials.

Ian Störmer, Julija Zavadlav2026-03-26
🔬 materials science

Plasmonic Mediated Atomically Engineered 2D Aluminium Quasicrystals for Dopamine Biosensing

This paper presents a rapid, label-free, and sensitive dopamine biosensing method using plasmonic-mediated, atomically engineered 2D aluminum quasicrystals (Al70Co10Fe5Ni10Cu5) via spatial self-phase-modulation, with experimental results validated by DFT simulations and compared favorably against other optical techniques for potential large-scale medical diagnostics.

Saswata Goswami, Guilherme S. L. Fabris, Diganta Mondal, Raphael B. de Oliveira, Anyesha Chakraborty, Thakur Prasad Yada (…)2026-03-26
🔬 materials science

Revealing Charge Transfer in Defect-Engineered 4Hb_\mathrm{b}-TaS2_2

This study employs large-scale first-principles calculations to systematically characterize over 90 defects in defect-engineered 4Hb_b-TaS2_2, revealing their microscopic nature and impact on interlayer charge transfer to establish a foundational resource for future research on this material's exotic quantum phases.

Siavash Karbasizadeh, Wooin Yang, Wonhee Ko, Haidong Zhou, An-Ping Li, Tom Berlijn, Sai Mu2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Kinetics-Driven Selective Stoichiometric Shift and Structural Asymmetry in Bi4Te3Bi_4Te_3 Nanostructures for Hybrid Quantum Architectures

This paper establishes a reproducible molecular beam epitaxy process for growing high-quality Bi4Te3Bi_4Te_3 thin films and nanostructures, revealing a novel kinetic-driven "selective stoichiometric shift" and intrinsic structural asymmetry that provide fundamental insights for integrating topological materials into hybrid quantum architectures.

Abdur Rehman Jalil, Helen Valencia, Christoph Ringkamp, Abbas Espiari, Michael Schleenvoigt, Peter Schüffelgen, Gregor M (…)2026-03-26
🔬 materials science

Raman resonances mediated by excitonic polarons in BiVO4_4

This study utilizes resonant Raman spectroscopy to identify and characterize excitonic polarons in bismuth vanadate (BiVO4_4) by detecting a distinct low-energy resonance at 1.94 eV arising from strong exciton-phonon coupling, thereby establishing the technique as a powerful tool for probing such quasiparticles in oxide materials.

Georgy Gordeev, Christina Hill, Angelina Gudima, Stephanie Reich, Mael Guennou2026-03-25
🔬 materials science

Second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids and associated cylindrical flows

This paper introduces a mathematically well-posed second-gradient framework for incompressible viscous fluids with pressure-dependent viscosity that ensures ellipticity of the governing pressure equation, and demonstrates that explicit solutions for steady cylindrical flows converge to classical Navier-Stokes results as characteristic length scales vanish.

C. Balitactac, C. Rodriguez2026-03-25