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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 demonstrates that embedding a two-dimensional -wave altermagnet in a driven optical cavity induces a tunable, steady-state coherent magnetization and distinct polariton signatures through selective sublattice coupling, offering a new pathway for cavity-controlled spintronic applications.
This paper proposes alternative relativistic corrections to the linear augmented plane wave (LAPW) method—specifically new basis functions, potential matrix corrections, and refined spin-orbit coupling calculations—which significantly improve the accuracy of predicted lattice constants and elastic moduli for actinides and reveal that uranium dioxide (UO2) is a semimetal with a small band gap.
This study utilizes an artificial intelligence-guided electron microscopy workflow to successfully map the three-dimensional topology and clustering of atomic vacancies in TiCT MXene, providing a generalizable framework for rational defect engineering in two-dimensional materials.
This paper introduces PyAPX, a Python toolkit designed to accelerate materials discovery by performing Bayesian searches for stable atomic configurations using novel encoding methods that outperform traditional one-hot encoding, as demonstrated in the h-BCN system.
This study reveals that while the body-centered tetragonal phase is thermodynamically stable for small zinc oxide nanoparticles, the atom-by-atom deposition process drives a phase transition to the more stable wurtzite structure through a specific ion redistribution that compensates for emerging polar facets.
This paper establishes a comprehensive group-theory framework for assigning symmetry labels and total crystal angular momentum to excitonic states, enabling the derivation of selection rules, conservation laws, and enhanced computational efficiency for the Bethe-Salpeter equation, as demonstrated through applications to LiF, monolayer MoSe2, and bulk hBN.
This paper presents an experimentally validated, end-to-end computational framework that combines domain separation, machine-learning potentials, and in silico synthesis to enable quantitative operando atomistic modeling of complex amorphous metallosilicates, successfully reproducing key experimental observables and facilitating the analysis of catalytic processes.
This paper demonstrates a gate-tunable analog memcapacitor based on the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface that overcomes the fabrication and stability limitations of existing devices by utilizing charge localization in a lateral floating gate to achieve controllable capacitance hysteresis for power-efficient neuromorphic applications.
Using time-resolved multi-terahertz spectroscopy, this study reveals that photoexcitation in SnSe induces a non-thermal, ultrafast nucleation of higher-symmetry semi-metallic domains within 200 fs, leading to phase heterogeneity, charge localization, and a suppression of long-range transport at intermediate pump fluences.
This study demonstrates that substituting the A-site cation in carbide antiperovskites from Ca to Sr significantly modulates carrier lifetimes and relaxation dynamics, with CaCSe exhibiting an 18-fold longer lifetime than SrCSe due to enhanced lattice fluctuations that suppress nonradiative recombination.