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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.
The paper introduces "Fermi Sets," a universal and interpretable neural architecture that approximates fermionic wavefunctions using a provably small number of antisymmetric basis functions multiplied by symmetric factors, achieving superior accuracy over diffusion Monte Carlo benchmarks for metallic solid hydrogen while maintaining minimal computational overhead.
By employing machine learning force fields and self-consistent phonon theory to account for anharmonic effects, this study redefines the metastability of hafnia's ferroelectric phase and identifies temperature- and pressure-dependent parent phases, overturning previous harmonic predictions.
This paper introduces a scalable, unsupervised clustering framework that efficiently segments and compresses 4D-STEM and 5D-STEM data by identifying crystallographically distinct domains through local diffraction-pattern similarity, thereby enabling rapid and accurate structural mapping as demonstrated on in situ gold nanoparticle growth.
This study employs density-functional-theory calculations to reveal that hole doping induces perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in V monolayers through first-order spin-orbit coupling on degenerate valence states, establishing a transferable design strategy for engineering high-performance 2D spintronic materials.
This paper reports the successful fabrication and characterization of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass clamp cell that offers superior neutron transmission and a clean background profile compared to conventional CuBe cells, thereby significantly enhancing high-pressure inelastic neutron scattering measurements.
This study demonstrates that the biocompatibility of vancomycin-loaded magnesium-calcium silicate microspheres (bredigite, akermanite, and diopside) is primarily determined by the carrier's bioresorption kinetics rather than the drug release rate, with diopside microspheres exhibiting the highest cell viability.
This study demonstrates that encapsulating vancomycin-loaded bredigite (Ca7MgSi4O16) scaffolds in PLGA coatings effectively mitigates the material's rapid bioresorption and burst drug release, thereby buffering pH levels and significantly enhancing cell viability for dual-functional bone tissue regeneration and local antibiotic delivery.
This paper proposes a physics-informed graph attention network that integrates thermodynamic constraints with element-aware graph representations to achieve accurate, robust, and generalizable multi-label phase diagram predictions for complex Ag-Bi-Cu-Sn alloys, significantly outperforming traditional methods in speed and consistency.
This paper introduces a novel ultrafast spectroscopy platform capable of simultaneous high pressure (up to 40 GPa) and high magnetic field (up to 7 T) to investigate the trilayer nickelate , revealing that while pressure suppresses charge-density-wave order and induces incipient superconducting correlations, the lack of magnetic field dependence suggests any resulting superconducting state is non-bulk and inhomogeneous rather than a true bulk phase.
This paper demonstrates the first excitation of the thorium-229 nuclear transition using a continuous-wave laser in absorption mode, a breakthrough that enables fast signal acquisition for solid-state nuclear clocks and reveals a highly symmetric crystal center with minimal electric field gradients.