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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 investigates the magnetic anisotropy and dynamic magnetization of ferromagnetic YbMnSn using ferromagnetic resonance and DC magnetization, revealing an expected uniaxial anisotropy along the c-axis and a growth-induced twofold anisotropy within the ab-plane that breaks the material's inherent sixfold rotational symmetry.
This paper reports the discovery of a robust, intrinsic anomalous Hall effect confined to the surface conduction states of the non-magnetic narrow-gap insulator FeSi at low temperatures, demonstrating spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking and emergent magnetic order at the surface without any bulk thermodynamic phase transition.
This study combines angular and field-dependent magnetic torque measurements with theoretical modeling to reveal complex phase transitions, including a proposed magnetic supersolid state, in the triangular lattice antiferromagnet -AgNiO, demonstrating how field rotation across phase boundaries generates distinct angular modulations in the torque signal.
This study demonstrates that applying high magnetic fields to FeSeS stabilizes an incipient spin-density wave phase within the nematic state, evidenced by resistivity upturns and quantum oscillations, revealing that weakening nematicity promotes the emergence of SDW order and the dominant superconducting pairing mechanism in iron chalcogenides.
This paper develops a representation-theoretic framework based on the Bertaut–Izyumov exchange-multiplet formalism that treats the magnetic order parameter as a continuous variable to systematically calculate time-reversal-odd tensorial properties in altermagnets and conventional antiferromagnets, thereby unifying symmetry constraints and separating spin-orbit coupling contributions without relying on distinct magnetic point groups for different orientations.
This paper introduces a new interface between the CP2K electronic structure package and the SMEAGOL non-equilibrium Green's function code, enabling current-induced force calculations and demonstrating the first successful ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations of large-scale condensed phase systems under realistic bias conditions.
This paper introduces an anisotropic screened-exchange potential within density functional theory to overcome the limitations of isotropic functionals in accurately describing the electronic properties of spatially inhomogeneous two-dimensional materials.
By combining ab-initio phonon self-energy analysis with ARPES data, this study reveals that the charge-density wave in AVSb kagome metals is driven by strong electron-phonon coupling involving electronic states far from high-symmetry points, challenging the prevailing view that CDW formation relies solely on Fermi-level nesting effects.
This study reveals that while exciton formation in the van der Waals antiferromagnet NiPS3 is independent of magnetic order, their recombination rate is governed by the long-range antiferromagnetic background via spin-flip processes, demonstrating a complex coupling between carrier, lattice, and spin degrees of freedom.
This paper presents a first-principles approach based on the KKR-Green function formalism to parametrize and calculate element-resolved electric polarization in type II multiferroics driven by non-collinear spin alignment, offering an ab-initio counterpart to the phenomenological inverse-Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-interaction model.