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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.
The study identifies Eu3In2As4 as a minimal topological magnet where giant exchange coupling and soft magnetic response enable vectorial control of its band structure, allowing magnetic fields to systematically tune the material through distinct topological phases, including a unique single-pair Weyl semimetal state.
Using machine learning-based molecular dynamics simulations, this study reveals that incorporating moderate amounts of P2S5 into B2S3-based glassy electrolytes optimizes both ionic conductivity and mechanical ductility by depolymerizing the rigid boron framework to create percolative diffusion pathways while enabling energy dissipation through flexible P-S-P configurations, whereas excessive P2S5 hinders performance by re-polymerizing the network.
This study demonstrates that structural disorder in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF) glasses significantly enhances and isotropizes room-temperature lithium-ion diffusion by lowering activation energies and enabling continuous, homogeneous transport, thereby positioning ZIF glasses as promising candidates for high-performance solid-state battery electrolytes.
This paper demonstrates that engineering the internal morphology of PEDOT:PSS:PEI films via pH-induced aqueous phase separation creates a porous network that overcomes the gain-speed trade-off in organic electrochemical transistors, enabling high transconductance and fast response times at ultralow voltages even in thick channels.
Using a 256-qubit Rydberg atom array to simulate the 2D transverse-field Ising model, researchers discovered unexpected relaxation regimes, including a prethermal phase and a slowdown crossover where classical methods fail, thereby demonstrating the platform's potential for scientific discovery in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics.
This study challenges the concept of stress-induced overaging in polymer glasses by demonstrating that PMMA samples aged under stress exhibit higher yield stress yet faster segmental dynamics compared to quiescently aged samples, indicating that yield stress is not a simple function of structural relaxation time.
This study demonstrates that binary physical vapor deposition glasses of organic semiconductors TPD and m-MTDATA achieve exceptional thermodynamic and kinetic stability comparable to ultrastable single-component glasses when deposited at substrate temperatures between 0.78 and 0.90 times the glass transition temperature, confirming that the surface equilibration mechanism governs the stability of co-deposited mixtures.
This study reveals that in layered electride LaCl, the coupling between anionic electrons and the atomic lattice activates direct hopping channels that reconstruct the electronic structure and transform the lattice topology from a bipartite dice-lattice to a tripartite network, demonstrating a new mechanism for tuning electronic properties in electrides.
Using a photobleaching technique, this study reveals that melt-stretched poly(methyl methacrylate) glasses exhibit more prominent strain-hardening and approximately 15% faster segmental dynamics than non-stretched counterparts, while both systems show significant acceleration of segmental motion in the deep strain-hardening regime consistent with prior simulations.
This study demonstrates through first-principles calculations that negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers in the AB configuration of hexagonal diamond (lonsdaleite) exhibit a finite transverse zero-field splitting that enhances Hahn-echo coherence times by approximately fourfold compared to cubic diamond, establishing them as promising candidates for quantum applications.