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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 provides a concise overview of strategies to enhance the thermoelectric efficiency of SnTe in the mid-temperature range by discussing synthesis methods, band structure engineering to improve the power factor, and nanostructuring to reduce thermal conductivity.
This study reports the successful synthesis of high-quality single-crystalline SnSe nanosheets via a NaCl-assisted chemical vapor deposition method, which exhibit both ferroelectricity and weak ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature of approximately 120 K, establishing a controllable route for investigating their multiferroic properties.
This paper proposes a new isotropic hyperelastic material model that ensures positive-definite strain energy and thermodynamic consistency while enabling arbitrary Poisson's ratios (excluding -1) through a non-linear stress-strain response that cannot be linearized.
This paper introduces a multi-fidelity contextual bandit strategy combined with a three-tier DFT validation funnel to efficiently screen oxide semiconductor dopants, successfully identifying optimal Cu-containing co-doped ZnO systems for visible-light applications while reducing computational costs by 81% and revealing that dopant performance is governed by just two latent chemical dimensions.
This paper introduces the continuous Motif Symmetry-Breaking Index (MSBI) to quantify -symmetry breaking in altermagnets, enabling a DFT-free, machine-learning-driven design framework that identifies new materials with giant spin splitting, such as square-planar FeS, by optimizing symmetry, packing, and covalency descriptors.
This study proposes a fully coupled chemo-mechanical phase-field framework demonstrating that mineral dissolution in acidic environments enlarges the fracture process zone and blunts crack tips, thereby inducing a transition from brittle to ductile failure modes governed by the competing timescales of chemical degradation and mechanical deformation.
This paper proposes a theoretical framework to quantify the dynamical chirality of lattice vibrations by introducing momentum-resolved and bulk measures, which are validated through first-principles calculations to characterize phonon handedness and distinguish chiral crystal enantiomers.
This study demonstrates that solid-state high-harmonic generation in the superatomic semiconductor Re6Se8Cl2 is profoundly sensitive to thermal lattice fluctuations, which suppress coherent harmonic emission through electronic dephasing and phase dispersion, thereby establishing a new method for probing ultrafast lattice dynamics.
This review critically analyzes the reemergence of selenium solar cells, which have surpassed 10% efficiency, by examining their material properties, carrier dynamics, and processing strategies to address persistent voltage deficits and outline a roadmap for future high-efficiency development.
Using density functional theory and molecular dynamics, this study reveals that hydrogen-neon mixtures undergo phase separation at significantly lower pressures than hydrogen-helium mixtures, exhibit pronounced molecular stabilization at extreme planetary conditions, and show drastically reduced electrical conductivity, establishing neon as a valuable experimental surrogate for probing phase separation in giant planet interiors.