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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 Zn-Al alloy electrodes with 10–15 wt.% aluminum content significantly enhance alkaline oxygen evolution reaction performance by optimizing thermodynamic stability and electronic structure, achieving superior catalytic activity and lower overpotentials compared to pure zinc and other transition-metal-based catalysts.
This paper reviews the emerging field of quantum-material Josephson junctions, highlighting how replacing passive barriers with magnetic, correlated, or ferroelectric materials transforms these devices into active probes of many-body physics and enables novel functionalities like nonreciprocal transport, field-free diode effects, and superconducting memory.
This study demonstrates that the non-monotonic temperature behavior of magnetization and giant anomalous Hall resistivity in thin-film Fe-Al alloys is driven by the nucleation and growth of B2-Fe0.5Al0.5 nanocrystals, which facilitate the segregation of excess iron into superparamagnetic clusters that significantly enhance these magnetic and transport properties.
This study reveals a rare Goldstone-mediated structural instability in hexagonal barium titanate, where first-principles calculations and diffraction measurements demonstrate that changes in structural topology enable rich polar topologies in bulk ferroelectric perovskites.
This study presents a data-driven framework integrating a novel machine-learning model (BEE-NET) with a multi-stage AI-accelerated workflow to efficiently screen millions of candidates, successfully identifying and experimentally confirming two new superconducting compounds.
This paper reveals that phonon spin in complex lattices arises from the collective interference of atomic vibrations rather than simple local rotations, manifesting as a rotating dipole moment that induces infrared circular dichroism, a phenomenon demonstrated through theoretical modeling and proposed for detection in quartz.
This paper introduces altermagnetic multiferroics as a promising class of materials for low-power spintronics, highlighting their unique combination of zero net magnetization, momentum-dependent spin splitting, and intrinsic strong magnetoelectric coupling derived from spin-space symmetry.
This paper demonstrates that while linear regression models can predict glassy dynamics, achieving physical interpretability requires addressing multicollinearity through dimensional reduction, which reveals the critical roles of local packing and composition fluctuations.
This paper presents first-principles calculations of the spectral properties, momentum dispersion, and broadening of bulk plasmons in 26 elemental metals, utilizing an extended multipole-Padé approximant model to characterize complex collective excitations and establish a reference framework for plasmonics research.
This study elucidates the structural evolution of TbFeD deuteride through temperature-dependent order-disorder transitions and thermal desorption, revealing a reversible shift from a monoclinic to a cubic structure and identifying various intermediate phases with cubic, monoclinic, and tetragonal superstructures that reconcile previous conflicting reports on hydride crystallography.