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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.
By employing interpretable machine learning models on first-principles molecular descriptors, this study reveals that human odor perception lacks a universal physicochemical determinant, instead relying on heterogeneous, odor-specific patterns of feature importance that reflect unique structure-odor relationships for each scent.
This study demonstrates that depositing few-layer CrSBr on a gold thin film induces a ferromagnetic ground state through electron transfer and substrate engineering, as confirmed by spin-polarized low energy electron microscopy and supported by density functional theory calculations.
This study utilizes scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy to correlate the structural polymorphs and oxygen stoichiometry of epitaxial LaNiO thin films with their superconducting properties, establishing a framework for stabilizing superconductivity in bilayer nickelates through precise ozone-driven structural and oxidation tuning.
This study demonstrates that silicon $DX$ centers induce significant self-compensation in ultrawide-bandgap nitrides like AlN by stabilizing a negative charge state, which severely limits free electron concentrations and renders them largely independent of doping levels, although higher carrier densities may be achievable in AlGaN alloys or cubic boron nitride where the $DX$ level is closer to the conduction band.
This study demonstrates that electrostatic interactions between fluorinated phenyl ligands, rather than other factors, are the primary driver for selecting specific structural motifs in silver selenide-based metal-organic chalcogenides, establishing a design principle for controlling crystal structures through targeted ligand packing.
This paper presents a GPU-accelerated ultrasonic goniometry method that utilizes a plane-wave model, optimal zeroth-order bounds, and a wave-fitting approach to efficiently characterize the general anisotropic elasticity of materials without requiring precise sample alignment.
This paper introduces an enhanced non-contact steady-state temperature differential radiometry (SSTDR) platform that successfully measures the thermal conductivity and spectral emittance of molybdenum up to 3000 K with 7.9–11% uncertainty, effectively addressing critical data gaps for ultrahigh-temperature applications.
This first-principles study investigates how sodium intercalation into layered potassium birnessite alters its structural stability, ion diffusion barriers, vibrational modes, and electronic properties, revealing that the process induces significant lattice distortions and transforms the material into a tunable bipolar magnetic semiconductor with potential applications in energy storage and spintronics.
This review surveys the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) synthesis of non-conventional nanowires (such as oxides, carbides, and chalcogenides) by comparing them to established group IV and III-V systems, analyzing the mechanistic factors hindering deterministic control, and outlining challenges and opportunities across precursor delivery, seed formation, and growth stages to guide future advancements in one-dimensional nanomaterials.
This study demonstrates that electrostatic hole doping via ferroelectric polarization in SrRuO3 can deliberately engineer exchange frustration, driving the material from a ferromagnetic state into regimes hosting diverse topological spin textures such as skyrmions, merons, and bimerons.