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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 reports microwave spectroscopy of Er in CaWO that establishes the critical role of the nuclear electric quadrupole moment in modeling hyperfine splitting and identifies zero first-order Zeeman transitions, thereby validating CaWO as a promising host for long-lifetime quantum memories.
This study combines ab-initio calculations and resonant x-ray elastic scattering on single-crystal thin-film EuZnSb to reveal a spatially separated magnetic structure where surface ferromagnetic layers host a Weyl semimetal state while the underlying antiferromagnetic bulk acts as a topological crystalline insulator.
This study identifies MoOCl2 as the first naturally occurring hyperbolic van der Waals material, demonstrating that its highly anisotropic electron gas drives unique Fano line shapes in angle-resolved polarized Raman spectra, thereby establishing it as a model system for investigating tunable electron-phonon coupling in hyperbolic materials.
This paper introduces a stochastic cluster expansion framework that enables near-DMRG accuracy for total correlation energies in large condensed-phase systems by combining exactly treated subspaces with randomly sampled environment orbitals, thereby eliminating the need for prior active space selection and facilitating high-accuracy studies of chemical processes in complex environments.
This study demonstrates that vanadium doping (up to 10 at.%) effectively enhances the photoelectrochemical performance of phase-pure -TaON by narrowing its bandgap, improving carrier mobility, and optimizing band edge positions for water splitting, while higher doping concentrations induce detrimental secondary phases that degrade performance.
This study demonstrates that room-temperature RF sputtering with high power density, followed by moderate annealing, successfully produces stoichiometric, phase-pure NdNiCuO thin films with bulk-like electrical properties suitable for solid oxide fuel cell cathodes.
This study demonstrates a sustainable, metal-free symmetric supercapacitor utilizing cotton textile waste-derived hydrogels modified with ammonium thiocyanate and chitosan-based carbon electrodes, which achieve enhanced ionic conductivity, stable cycling performance, and eco-friendly energy storage capabilities.
This paper presents a fault-tolerant quantum algorithmic framework for simulating phase-contrast transmission electron microscopy image formation, which leverages quantum Fourier transforms to efficiently model wave propagation and specimen interactions while offering quantum advantages for specific Fourier-space queries and global statistics despite the measurement overhead required for full image reconstruction.
This review highlights the pivotal role of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and its variants in experimentally validating the symmetry-driven, momentum-dependent spin splitting of altermagnets across various candidate materials, while outlining future directions for advancing both the field and the spectroscopic techniques.
This study demonstrates that single-crystalline copper thin films can exhibit ballistic transport in nanoscale devices below 85 K, offering a scalable solution for low-loss signal transmission and high-quality interconnects in semiconductor technology.