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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 paper presents a unified statistical theory of heat conduction in nonuniform media by deriving a causal spatiotemporal kernel via the Zwanzig projection-operator formalism, which microscopically encodes memory, nonlocality, and heterogeneity to seamlessly bridge classical diffusion, hydrodynamic, and quasi-ballistic transport regimes while recovering conventional coefficients as coarse-grained limits.
This study experimentally demonstrates the mutual coupling of polar, chiral, and ferro-rotational orders in the insulator NiTeO using multimodal optics and Ginzburg-Landau theory, revealing how these intertwined orders govern domain formation and dictate the emergence of mixed Néel- and Bloch-type domain walls.
This paper proposes a theoretical framework demonstrating that ferroelectric polarization switching in 2D multiferroics, exemplified by monolayer , enables nonvolatile, reversible electric control of magnon transport and Hall effects by modulating spin exchanges and reversing Berry curvature.
This study elucidates the fundamental mechanisms behind the ultrahigh electrical conductivity of copper-graphene composites, demonstrating that a 17.1% conductivity enhancement is achievable only through the synergistic optimization of graphene continuity and the specific surface area of the copper matrix.
This study uses Bethe-Salpeter calculations to demonstrate that while pristine hexagonal diamond Ge exhibits extremely long excitonic radiative lifetimes inconsistent with reported strong room-temperature photoluminescence, alloying with Si or applying uniaxial strain can significantly reduce these lifetimes, though the ideal crystal alone cannot explain the experimental observations.
This study establishes a precise stoichiometry-structure-magnetism correlation in , revealing that a well-ordered Fe superlattice at maximizes antiferromagnetic coupling () while deviations from this optimal ordering induce a complex sequence of magnetic phase transitions from paramagnetism to spin-glass and back.
Using finite-temperature density functional theory, this study demonstrates that electronic entropy is a primary driver of solid-solid phase transitions among seventeen elemental metals, revealing systematic trends in structural stability under strong electronic excitation.
This paper presents a unified anisotropic Lagrangian formulation for dynamic stress response kernels of dislocations and cracks using the Stroh formalism, deriving their space-time and Fourier representations in terms of the prelogarithmic Lagrangian factor and its derivative to enable causality-compliant numerical simulations across all motion regimes.
This study utilizes X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to non-destructively evaluate 17 metal capping layers for their ability to prevent niobium oxidation and surface contamination during fabrication processes, ultimately identifying resilient candidates that improve the performance of superconducting resonators.
This study investigates the corrosion mechanisms of T91 steel in static lead-bismuth eutectic under high-temperature oxidizing conditions, revealing that grain boundary attack driven by chromium and oxygen diffusion can be mitigated by a stable oxide scale, while unexpectedly forming a unique iron-enriched body-centered cubic surface layer.