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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 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.
This study utilizes hyperspectral mapping and advanced spectral analysis to reveal that the complex photoluminescence of a twisted MoSe2/WSe2 moiré superlattice is organized by a hierarchical inhomogeneity, where micron-scale contiguous domains coexist with unresolved local spectral manifolds.
This paper develops and validates an effective theoretical framework for the quantum phases of a dipolar planar rotor chain by combining time-independent perturbation theory and a small-angle quadratic approximation, while demonstrating the necessity of quartic potential terms for the ordered phase and benchmarking these analytical results against numerical methods like Exact Diagonalization and Density Matrix Renormalization Group.
This paper critically reviews the debated atomistic origins of single photon emitters in transition metal dichalcogenides, proposes a standardized characterization methodology to improve reporting, and outlines the necessary advancements for their successful integration into quantum technologies.
This paper presents a medium-throughput first-principles workflow to evaluate transport and optical responses in approximately 150 altermagnetic compounds, revealing how magnetic symmetry and spin-orbit coupling govern phenomena like the anomalous Hall effect and bulk photovoltaic effect to guide the identification of functional materials.
This paper argues that complex numbers are indispensable for modeling the continuous time evolution of quantum gates, demonstrating that real-valued quantum mechanics fails to reproduce the necessary dynamics and entanglement due to group-theoretic constraints and the inherent complexity of standard gate representations.
This paper demonstrates that polycrystalline -FeSi thin films exhibit robust intrinsic topological transport, including an intrinsic anomalous Hall effect and chiral anomaly signatures characteristic of Weyl semimetals, despite significant disorder and grain boundaries.
This study employs first-principles calculations to comprehensively analyze the electronic structure, Raman-active phonon modes, Gruneisen parameters, and phonon lifetimes of hexagonal silicon and germanium allotropes, aiming to elucidate anharmonic effects and provide strategies for optimizing these materials for advanced thermoelectric, photovoltaic, and optoelectronic applications.