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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 introduces the Magnetic Structure Network (MSN), an E(3) equivariant graph neural network trained on experimental data that utilizes a novel primitive modulated structure representation to accurately predict both collinear and non-collinear magnetic structures directly from atomic coordinates, overcoming limitations of traditional first-principles methods.
This paper establishes the theoretical and experimental relationship between reactive magnetron sputtering parameters and the properties of ultrathin NbN films on various substrates, ultimately identifying specific film characteristics (a critical temperature near 9 K and sheet resistance of 400 /sq) as optimal for fabricating ultrahigh-performance superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors.
This study reports the successful growth of highly textured (Fe,Ni)5GeTe2 thin films via pulsed laser deposition, which exhibit robust ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature of ~498 K, clear anomalous Hall effects, and tunable spin-dependent transport properties.
This study demonstrates that the lead factor (neutron flux) significantly influences the magnetic properties of irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels, as evidenced by variations in DC magnetometry, AC susceptibility, and Barkhausen noise measurements, thereby enabling more accurate extrapolation of accelerated irradiation tests to real operational conditions.
This study identifies metallic CrSb as a high-temperature altermagnet exhibiting coherent, chiral spin-split magnons with exceptionally high group velocities, establishing it as a promising platform for room-temperature spintronic applications.
Using density-functional theory and cluster expansion, this study establishes that while Na-ion intercalation becomes thermodynamically favorable at interlayer spacings above 4.21 Å, Li-ion capacity is maximized at approximately 3.75 Å, thereby providing fundamental design principles for optimizing carbon anodes for both battery chemistries.
This study demonstrates that coordination-driven chemical strategies, specifically ligand substitution and frontier molecular orbital engineering, can effectively tune lattice symmetry to induce robust altermagnetic spin splitting and charge-to-spin conversion in two-dimensional Cr-based metal-organic frameworks for next-generation spintronics.
This study employs statistical theory and Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that inter-defect interactions and non-uniform impurity distributions significantly govern defect thermodynamics, oxidation behavior, and hole conductivity in acceptor-doped ABO3 perovskites, with oxygen vacancy-impurity interactions proving more influential than inter-vacancy correlations.
This paper theoretically demonstrates that ultrafast, deterministic nonthermal magnetization switching in near-compensated rare earth iron garnets can be achieved via femtosecond optical pulses through the inverse Faraday effect, offering a promising pathway for optomagnonic logic and memory devices.
This paper analytically demonstrates that minimizing the dimensions of a repetitive-pulse magnet coil optimizes its efficiency, enabling higher repetition rates and more intense magnetic fields by revealing a complex interplay between geometric parameters and performance metrics like energy loss and pulse duration.