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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 review examines how spatial and temporal beam shaping techniques enhance pulsed laser ablation in liquids to achieve superior control over nanoparticle size, morphology, and productivity, thereby advancing the method's potential for industrial-scale synthesis of high-purity colloids.
This study utilizes scanning tunneling microscopy and numerical calculations to reveal the coexistence of short-ranged charge stripe (smectic) order and superconductivity in the Si square-net semimetal NaAlSi, attributing the intertwined phases to kinetic energy suppression on specific p-orbital hole pockets of the Fermi surface.
This study demonstrates a reversible, structurally driven topological phase transition in the distorted square net material GdPS, where in situ potassium dosing induces subtle sub-surface distortions that tune the electronic structure from a trivial insulator to a gapless Dirac state and finally to a two-dimensional topological insulator.
This study demonstrates that biaxial tensile strain in SrFeO₃ thin films controls helimagnetic order through defect-driven chemical expansion, where lattice dilation promotes oxygen vacancies to modify Fe-O hybridization and enhance superexchange, thereby offering a new pathway for engineering complex magnetic textures in oxide thin films.
This study utilizes first-principles calculations to refute the hypothesis that the anomalous 175 cm Raman mode in MnTe arises from symmetry-lowered phonon leakage, instead proposing it is a hole self-doping-enabled plasmon.
This first-principles multiscale computational study demonstrates that a ferrocene-functionalized covalent organic framework (MSUCOF-4-FeCp) significantly exceeds U.S. Department of Energy hydrogen storage targets with 18.0 wt% gravimetric and 72.6 g H2/L volumetric capacities at 298 K and 700 bar, offering a cost-effective alternative to precious metal-based materials.
This paper presents a novel kinetic phase-field model that utilizes a geometric conservation law and nonlocal curvature-based criteria to control interface coalescence, enabling the simulation of diffusion bonding processes where solid-solid interfaces can be preserved distinct under specific thermodynamic conditions.
This study demonstrates that atomically precise sculpting of bilayer hexagonal boron nitride nanoribbons can be achieved by leveraging crystallographic orientation to guide cutting directions and employing a sequential milling strategy that minimizes beam tail effects, thereby establishing a predictive framework for top-down nanofabrication.
This study systematically evaluates core-hole treatments for molecular XANES under periodic boundary conditions, demonstrating that while the full core-hole approach suffers from significant finite-size effects requiring complex corrections, the excited core-hole method and a proposed Fermi-level-based correction offer efficient, accurate, and stable alternatives for reproducing experimental chemical shifts across various molecular systems.
By combining low-energy photoemission spectroscopy with density functional theory calculations, this study elucidates the electronic band structure and hot electron dynamics of NaKSb, determining key parameters such as the band gap and spin-orbit splitting to advance the development of robust spin-polarized electron sources.