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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.
Researchers have identified and characterized two new metastable molecular nitrogen phases, -N and -N, near megabar pressures using diamond anvil cell experiments, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and theoretical calculations.
This paper introduces a method combining multi-harmonic nonlinear polarimetry with the Maximum Entropy Method to reconstruct full molecular orientation distributions in organic thin films without prior assumptions, thereby revealing complex features like asymmetry and bimodality that are invisible to conventional techniques and exposing limitations in current molecular dynamics simulations.
This study reveals that free surfaces induce intrinsic grain-size gradients extending deep into bulk polycrystalline nickel during annealing, a phenomenon driven by elastic relaxation altering stress fields from shear-coupled grain boundary migration rather than solely by curvature flow.
This study elucidates the distinct and synergistic roles of anisotropic crack density and anisotropic strain energy in phase-field modeling of mixed-mode fracture, demonstrating that while crack density primarily governs the fracture path and resistance, anisotropic strain energy controls the driving force and significantly influences elastic stiffness and peak load in stress-concentration geometries.
This study combines DFT+DMFT calculations with spectroscopic data to demonstrate that UCd is a highly localized 5 antiferromagnet, challenging the conventional interpretation that the absence of satellite features in photoemission spectra necessarily indicates itinerant 5 behavior.
This study combines angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations to reveal that the topological phases of atomically thin WTe2 films evolve non-monotonically with layer thickness, oscillating between topological insulating and metallic states due to interlayer coupling-induced band reconfiguration.
This paper demonstrates the application of variational quantum algorithms to compute phonon spectra and thermodynamic properties of crystalline solids, establishing a rigorous benchmark for near-term quantum devices despite current classical computational advantages.
This study demonstrates that the in-plane structural anisotropy of antiferromagnetic FePS3, driven by distorted FeS6 octahedra, fundamentally governs its magneto-optical properties by dictating the polarization behaviors of distinct electronic transitions from the bulk down to the monolayer limit.
This study reveals that linearly polarized photoluminescence in WS2/WSe2 moiré superlattices is primarily driven by strain-induced C3 symmetry breaking rather than valley selection rules, establishing strain as a critical parameter for reliable optical control of valley degrees of freedom.
This paper systematically analyzes the dependence of ferromagnetic resonance frequency, damping, and quality factor on local energy curvature in ferromagnetic nanomagnets, highlighting how the standard quality factor approximation fails near bifurcation points where the number of metastable energy minima changes.