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.

At Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv to make these complex discoveries accessible to everyone. Our team generates both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries for each paper, ensuring that researchers, students, and curious minds alike can grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in dense jargon.

Below are the latest papers in condensed matter and materials science, organized by their most recent publication dates.

19 GHz Single-Ended-to-Balanced Modified Ladder-Lattice Filters Realized Using Periodically Polarized AlScN BAW Resonators

This paper presents two 19 GHz single-ended-to-balanced modified ladder-lattice filters realized with periodically polarized AlScN BAW resonators that eliminate the need for external baluns while achieving low insertion loss, high out-of-band rejection, and competitive performance for wireless communication applications.

Merrilyn M. A. Fiagbenu, Shun Yao, Siddhant Sahoo, Mojtaba Hodjat-Shamami, Daeho Kim, Craig Moe, Pinal Patel, Ramakrishna Vetury, Roy H. Olsson III2026-06-02🔬 physics.app-ph

Beyond Text and Tables: Vision-Language Model Integration in ComProScanner for Extracting Materials Data from Scientific Figures with High Accuracy

This paper presents an enhanced version of the ComProScanner framework that integrates vision-language models to automatically extract composition-property data from scientific figures, achieving high accuracy and cost-effectiveness while establishing the first fully automated, multimodal pipeline for mining materials data from text, tables, and images.

Aritra Roy, Enrico Grisan, Chiara Gattinoni, John Buckeridge2026-06-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Advances in electrical contacts to single crystals of emerging materials for transport measurements

This review highlights recent technological advancements in fabricating high-quality, lithographically defined multi-terminal electrical contacts on emerging single crystals, providing a practical guide to overcome challenges posed by their irregular geometries and structural characteristics for reliable transport measurements.

Huandong Chen, Abhay. N. Pasupathy, Jayakanth Ravichandran2026-06-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Synthesis of single-layered fluorographdiyne nanosheets via selective on-surface 2D covalent polymerization

This paper reports the successful synthesis of single-layered fluorographdiyne nanosheets up to 60×60 nm² on an Au(111) surface via a selective on-surface 2D covalent polymerization method that combines cobalt catalysis and coronene templating to overcome previous challenges in achieving large, defect-free domains.

Chen-Hui Shu, Yi Zheng, Tao Lin, Li-Xia Kang, Zhang Qu, Zhi-Yu Wang, Ying Wang, Zheng-Yang Huang, Qian Liu, Hang Xu, Chong Chen, Yangfan Wu, Longteng Xiao, Mengxi Liu, Xiaohui Qiu, Pei-Nian Liu, Deng- (…)2026-06-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Impact of Disorder Dynamics and Multi-Domain Kinetics on the Sliding Ferroelectricity of CVD-Grown 3R-WSe2 Bilayers

This study utilizes a graphene-based field-effect transistor to demonstrate that growth-induced structural disorder and multi-domain kinetics critically govern the polarization switching behavior of CVD-grown 3R-stacked WSe2 bilayers, offering key insights for optimizing van der Waals ferroelectric devices.

Sourav Paul, Prasenjit Ghosh, Krishna Prasad Maity, Vineet Pandey, Abhijith M. B., Premananda Chatterjee, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Nicholas R. Glavin, Ajit K. Roy, Atindra Nath Pal, Vidya Ko (…)2026-06-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

How Can Machine Learning Accelerate CALPHAD Free Energy Modeling?

This paper demonstrates that a hybrid machine learning approach, which embeds physically informed elemental descriptors into the Redlich-Kister framework, effectively overcomes the data limitations of traditional CALPHAD modeling to enable robust, zero-shot prediction of thermodynamic interaction parameters for unknown or data-scarce alloy systems.

Chen Shen, Muhammad Waqas Qureshi, Mark Asta, Izabela Szlufarska, Dane Morgan2026-06-02🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci