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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 paper establishes a decomposition of the Coulomb potential in finite crystals into bulk, boundary, and finite-size correction terms, enabling a rapidly convergent direct-summation scheme for accurately calculating Madelung constants even in very small systems.
This study demonstrates that a multi-element doping strategy (incorporating Mo, Sn, Sc, and Zr) significantly enhances the oxygen and proton transport kinetics of cobalt-free Sr2Fe2O6, resulting in a superior cathode material (SFO-ZSSM) that delivers exceptional power densities and stability for intermediate-temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells.
This paper demonstrates that Green's function zeros in Mott insulators manifest as in-gap "zeron" excitations in impurity spectroscopy, providing a practical experimental method to detect and control their topology using magnetic fields.
This study demonstrates that the choice of substrate (SrTiO3, Al2O3, or SiC) critically governs defect formation and interfacial chemistry in MoS2 thin films, thereby dictating their distinct electronic transport behaviors and highlighting the necessity of controlling film-substrate interactions for functional device engineering.
This study establishes experimentally realized 4-5-6-8 carbon nanoribbons as a topology-driven platform that simultaneously engineers robust semiconducting, mechanical, thermal, and optical properties through controlled lattice asymmetry, enabling the predictive design of multifunctional carbon materials.
This study experimentally confirms the T specific heat and T thermal conductivity scaling of magnons in the ferromagnetic insulator CdCrSe, while revealing that grain boundary scattering limits magnon transport more severely than phonon transport, resulting in a phonon-dominated thermal conductivity with an anomalous T temperature dependence.
Using in situ cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, this study reveals that heterogeneous ice formation involves a surface-constrained, symmetry-breaking recrystallization process where cubic-ice embryos transition into hexagonal-ice dendrites via dynamic stacking-disordered layers to minimize free energy.
This study proposes a GaSe-VPSe3-GaSe sandwiched heterostructure where sliding ferroelectricity induces and switches altermagnetism through interfacial covalent bonding, enabling a low-energy barrier magnetoelectric transition between altermagnetic and antiferromagnetic states for advanced spintronic applications.
This study employs machine learning potentials and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the deformation mechanisms and compressive response of NbTaTiZr refractory multi-principal element alloys, revealing significant anisotropy in yield strength and twinning behavior across crystal orientations, a strain-rate-dependent transition from dislocation slip to structural disordering, and the compositional influence of Nb/Ta versus Ti/Zr on mechanical performance.
This paper introduces a novel method to unfold both band structures and Bloch states in disordered crystalline systems, enabling the analysis of wavefunction-level properties like Berry curvature redistribution in defective graphene.