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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 provides the first atomic-scale evidence of spin-lattice locking in the 2D d-wave altermagnet RbV2Se2O by utilizing spin-polarized quasiparticle interference mapping to reveal a unified picture of quadruple spin-texture locking involving spin-lattice, spin-momentum, spin-scattering, and a newly identified spin-stripe locking mechanism driven by a spin-density-wave moiré pattern.
This study demonstrates that a plasmonic AuPd/TiO2 photocatalyst enables the selective oxidative coupling of methane and nitrous oxide into valuable C2 and C3 hydrocarbons under ambient conditions by utilizing visible light to lower C-C coupling barriers and suppress overoxidation.
This paper demonstrates that moiré superlattices can not only stabilize but also actively steer the internal orientation of alterelectric quadrupolar order through registry-dependent control, thereby enabling programmable anisotropic electronic functionality.
This study combines high-pressure high-temperature X-ray diffraction experiments with DFT+DMFT calculations to demonstrate that pressurization lowers the Curie temperature and enhances magnetoelastic coupling in ferromagnetic dhcp-FeH, establishing a methodology for identifying magnetic transitions and offering new insights into itinerant-electron magnetism.
This study demonstrates that ultra-short-pulse laser beam scanning effectively enhances the electrical conductivity and oxygen sensing capabilities of Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (SALD)-grown ZnO thin films on soda-lime glass, achieving a resistivity reduction of three orders of magnitude through optimized laser parameters while preserving structural integrity.
This paper introduces the semi-classical geometric tensor (SCGT) as a new geometrical framework that quantifies the intrinsic quantum obstruction between quantum and classical distinguishability by proving a matrix inequality that sharpens the standard bound between quantum and classical Fisher information matrices.
This study reports the discovery of robust dissipationless transport and fractional conductance plateaus in hexagonal boron nitride/graphene/PbI2 heterostructures, attributing these phenomena to Chern junctions formed between moiré-modulated and conventional quantum Hall states driven by proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling.
This paper demonstrates that a low in-plane magnetic field can reversibly switch between degenerate antiferromagnetic domains in the fully compensated material CeNiAsO, inducing a giant and nonvolatile resistivity anisotropy of approximately 35% across multiple magnetic phases.
This study investigates how femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) at the edges of micromachined ITO circuits affect electrical conductivity, revealing that LIPSS orientation significantly increases resistance with green laser processing while UV processing causes pronounced thickness reduction at the boundaries.
This study demonstrates that synchrotron-radiation X-ray topography under six-beam diffraction conditions, leveraging the super-Borrmann effect to penetrate thick ammonothermal GaN substrates, enables the quantitative determination of dislocation Burgers vectors and the observation of kinematical-to-dynamical diffraction transitions for nondestructive defect analysis.