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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 epitaxial NiCo2O4 thin films exhibit an intrinsic, robust two-step ultrafast demagnetization behavior characterized by a picosecond demagnetization component and a subsequent recovery, establishing rare-earth-free oxide ferrimagnets as promising platforms for investigating mult-sublattice spin dynamics.
The paper introduces SWORD, a novel symmetry-aware and Wyckoff-based string representation that standardizes and uniquely identifies both ordered and disordered crystal structures, thereby enabling efficient deduplication, novelty assessment, and curation of large-scale materials databases like the ICSD.
This paper introduces a unified eight-parameter framework demonstrating that grain boundary plane distributions are inherently ambiguous for inferring formation mechanisms, as observed anisotropy can stem from either macroscopic alignment or intrinsic crystallographic selection, necessitating the combined analysis of texture, grain boundary normal distributions, and grain boundary character distributions to accurately identify the dominant formation process.
This paper surveys the current state, capabilities, and challenges of data-driven materials informatics across nanoscale, mesoscale, and continuum length scales, emphasizing critical issues such as data quality, uncertainty, and cross-scale consistency while outlining the path toward reliable multiscale integration.
This paper presents muscle-inspired magnetic actuators (MMAs) fabricated via laser powder bed fusion of a TPU/Nd2Fe14B composite, which enable precise control over stiffness and magnetization to achieve versatile, fatigue-resistant soft robotic functions including lifting, crawling, and grasping.
This study reveals that ferroelectric polarization in two-dimensional higher-order topological insulators TlS and SnS serves as a tunable mechanism to engineer and reversibly switch orbital Hall conductivity, thereby establishing a new pathway for controllable orbitronics through the coupling of ferroelectricity and band topology.
This study systematically evaluates the impact of dispersion corrections on ab initio simulations of Group-I and Group-II molten fluorides, revealing that while semi-empirical models significantly improve density predictions and are crucial for high-charge-density cations like BeF, their influence on diffusion coefficients is minimal when density is held constant.
The paper introduces ToFiE, an open-source, topology-aware workflow that overcomes the limitations of current intensity-based segmentation methods to accurately reconstruct the 3D connectivity of dense and heterogeneous biological fiber networks from microscopy images.
This study introduces an uncertainty-aware deep learning framework using Mixture Density Networks to predict phase fractions in refractory multi-principal element alloys, identifies a minimal feature set for robust predictions, and employs an active learning strategy to guide the discovery of novel alloys with unseen elements.
This paper introduces "alterelectrics," a new class of materials based on electric polarization that mimics the symmetry-driven properties of altermagnets, including quadrupolar piezoelectricity, hyperbolic wave dispersion, and anisotropic surface transport, thereby disentangling intrinsic magnetic effects from those dictated purely by crystal symmetry.