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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.
By combining machine learning interatomic potentials with hybrid density functional theory, this study identifies that in-gap states in amorphous GeSbTe primarily arise from structural defects like wrong bonds and specific coordination anomalies, which are depleted during glass aging to explain the mechanism of resistance drift in phase change memory devices.
This study demonstrates that hydrostatic pressure, applied via a cryogenic dual-gated diamond-anvil platform, continuously enhances moiré potentials in twisted bilayer WSe2 to stabilize Stoner ferromagnetism and strengthen Chern insulating states, while also driving a topological phase transition from a Chern insulator to a Mott insulator through a pressure-induced valence-band switching mechanism.
This study reports the experimental observation of two consecutive electric-field-driven topological phase transitions in MoTe2/WSe2 moire heterobilayers, where the system evolves from a geometrically frustrated Mott insulator to a ferromagnetic quantum anomalous Hall state and finally to an antiferromagnetic valley-coherent insulator, demonstrating a tunable platform for correlation-topology intertwined physics.
This study employs a comprehensive 3D finite-element optical-electrical simulation to identify CeO2 and P3HT as optimal charge transport layers for Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite solar cells, achieving a theoretical power conversion efficiency of 31.76% and demonstrating 3D physics-based device engineering as a key strategy for overcoming efficiency bottlenecks in lead-free photovoltaics.
This study utilizes terahertz scattering-type near-field optical microscopy to directly measure and quantify the nonlocal nanoscale conductivity of graphene, demonstrating that nonlocal effects significantly influence charge transport even at practical device dimensions and establishing a critical foundation for designing future ultracompact photonic and electronic systems.
This study employs advanced DFT+DMFT methodologies with high numerical precision to successfully model and quantify the electron-electron scattering contributions to low-temperature resistivity in high-conductivity cubic perovskite metals, offering a predictive tool for understanding correlation-driven transport phenomena.
This paper proposes a quantitative model suggesting that Ultra High Dose Rate radiation induces the formation of an electron-hole liquid in biological tissues, which suppresses the generation of damaging reactive species through recombination barriers, thereby explaining the observed tissue-sparing effect.
This study demonstrates the atomic-scale engineering of epitaxial CrVO superlattice thin films with alternating CrO and VO layers, successfully stabilizing the ilmenite phase and validating its functional properties through experimental characterization and density functional theory calculations.
This study employs first-principles calculations to comprehensively map the structural, electronic, and topological landscape of tellurium across its dimensional hierarchy, revealing a rich variety of topological phases ranging from bulk Weyl semimetals and one-dimensional helical systems to two-dimensional quantum spin Hall insulators and incipient topological metals.
This paper presents an exact formulation for the total energy beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, identifies and computes the electron-phonon contribution to total energy (appearing at fourth order in a mass expansion) as distinct from zero-point renormalization of eigenvalues, and demonstrates its small but non-negligible impact on the stability of diamond polymorphs.