🔬 Category

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

4213 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

From Mono- to Hexa-Interstitials: Computational Insights into Carbon Defects in Diamond

This study employs first-principles calculations to comprehensively characterize carbon self-interstitial defects in diamond from mono- to hexa-interstitials, revealing a strong energetic drive for aggregation into stable clusters like tetra-interstitial platelets, identifying specific electronic and vibrational signatures that distinguish inert from active defects, and proposing structural origins for the 3H and TR12 experimental centers.

Nima Ghafari Cherati, Arsalan Hashemi, Ádám Gali2026-03-16
🔬 materials science

Dependence of Radiation Induced Segregation of Cr on Sink Dimensionality and Morphology in Fe-Cr Alloys

This study utilizes kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and analytical modeling to demonstrate that while radiation-induced chromium segregation in Fe-Cr alloys exhibits a linear dependence on sink density for planar (1D, 2D, and 3D) sinks, spherical sinks display a more complex, non-linear relationship influenced by sink dimensionality and morphology.

Mohammadhossein Nahavandian, Anter El-Azab, Enrique Martinez2026-03-16
🔬 materials science

Magnetic field and pressure tuning of the heavy fermion antiferromagnet CePdIn

This study reveals that applying hydrostatic pressure to the frustrated heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CePdIn induces a non-monotonic evolution of its magnetic transition temperature and a distinct phase transition near 2.6 GPa, suggesting that enhanced Kondo hybridization drives a change in the underlying electronic structure between two different antiferromagnetic phases.

Bin Shen, Feng Du, Rui Li, Hang Su, Yasuyuki Shimura, Takahiro Onimaru, Kazunori Umeo, Xin Lu, Toshiro Takabatake, Micha (…)2026-03-16
🔬 condensed matter

Parity and time-reversal invariant Ising spin ordering

This paper introduces a new class of coplanar antiferromagnets that exhibit parity and time-reversal invariant Ising spin ordering, demonstrating that their spin-rotational symmetry breaking enables unique non-relativistic spin transport phenomena and tunable spin splittings, with sixteen candidate materials identified to validate these emergent responses.

Yue Yu, Jin Matsuda, Hikaru Watanabe, Ryotaro Arita, Daniel F. Agterberg2026-03-16
⚛️ quantum physics

Absence of Charge Offset Drift in a Transmon Qubit

The authors report that a tantalum-based transmon qubit exhibits exceptional stability with a charge offset pinned at zero for nearly three months due to a fragile, inadvertently formed parallel superconducting layer caused by incomplete etching, offering a potential route to eliminating charge-offset drift in superconducting circuits.

Adria Rospars, Hector Hutin, Yannick Seis, Cristóbal Lledó, Réouven Assouly, Romain Cazali, Rémy Dassonneville, Ambroise (…)2026-03-16
🔬 materials science

First-principles study of doping influence on twin formation in Ni-Mn-Ga nonmodulated martensite

This study employs density functional theory to demonstrate that the influence of Cu, Co, Fe, and Zn doping on twin formation energetics in non-modulated Ni-Mn-Ga martensite is strongly site-dependent, where specific substitutions lower nucleation barriers and facilitate twinning while others increase energy barriers and hinder it, thereby linking atomic-scale defect landscapes to macroscopic twin behavior and modulation stability.

Petr Šesták, Martin Heczko, Ladislav Straka, Alexei Sozinov, Martin Zelený2026-03-16
🔬 materials science

Ferroaxial magnets: time-reversal-even mirror symmetry violation from spin order

This paper introduces ferroaxial magnets as a new class of multiferroic materials that break mirror symmetry while preserving time-reversal and spatial-inversion symmetries, identifying candidate materials and proposing a third-order nonlinear Hall effect as a direct probe for their metallic state to enable applications in antiferromagnetic spintronics.

Hikaru Watanabe, Yue Yu, Jin Matsuda, Daniel F. Agterberg, Ryotaro Arita2026-03-16
🔬 applied physics

Slow spin-lattice relaxation dynamics in YbVO4 revealed by extended thermal impedance spectroscopy from AC susceptibility and AC magnetocaloric measurements

This paper introduces a unified thermal impedance spectroscopy framework that combines AC susceptibility and AC magnetocaloric measurements to accurately distinguish internal from external relaxation mechanisms, which is demonstrated by characterizing the slow spin-lattice relaxation dynamics in YbVO4 at 3 K.

Yuntian Li, Jiayi Hu, Dominic Petruzzi, Linda Ye, Mark P. Zic, Arkady Shekhter, Ian R. Fisher2026-03-16