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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 study utilizes density-functional theory and Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that while grain boundaries in bcc iron induce local antiferromagnetic coupling and are modulated by phosphorus segregation, realistic boundary densities only minimally reduce the material's global Curie temperature due to the dominance of bulk-like regions.
This paper introduces a holonomy-based geometric diagnostic that quantifies global strain compatibility in birefringence-derived director fields of stress-induced ferroelectric SrTiO, revealing cooling-induced reorganizations of electromechanical response that are undetectable by conventional local-gradient metrics.
By combining deep potential molecular dynamics with high-fidelity electronic-structure data, this study resolves decades of uncertainty to precisely locate aluminum's liquid-vapor critical point at approximately 6531–6576 K, 0.637 g/cm³, and 1.6 kbar, establishing a transferable framework for predicting critical phenomena in metals under extreme conditions.
ReadMOF introduces a novel, structure-free machine learning framework that leverages pretrained language models to convert systematic MOF nomenclature into semantic embeddings, enabling accurate property prediction and chemical reasoning without relying on atomic coordinates or connectivity graphs.
This study demonstrates that first-principles calculations reveal a Janus MoSSe/silk van der Waals heterostructure, whose strain-tunable interfacial electrostatics and enhanced polarization significantly amplify triboelectric charge density and output, establishing it as a promising candidate for high-performance nanogenerators.
This paper proposes a general design strategy for two-dimensional multiferroic altermagnets based on the spin-antiferroelectric concept, predicts monolayer as a promising candidate with giant intrinsic spin splitting, and demonstrates its potential for electrically switchable spintronic applications.
This study utilizes first-principles density functional theory calculations to demonstrate that the Li|Li3OCl interface exhibits stable structural and electronic characteristics with unfavorable lithium insertion, suggesting that Li3OCl is a promising solid electrolyte for solid-state lithium batteries.
This study demonstrates that during cryogenic rolling and subsequent annealing of high-purity aluminum, recrystallization boundary migration is driven by the anisotropy of local residual strain patterns rather than shear-coupled motion, as the stress state in recrystallizing grains passively responds to constraints and dislocation characteristics in the surrounding deformed matrix.
This study resolves the debate over RuO2's magnetic nature by demonstrating that while the bulk is non-magnetic, the fully oxygen-terminated surface exhibits a spontaneous ferrimagnetic order that explains observed magnetic signals and distinguishes them from altermagnetism.
This study demonstrates that introducing chalcogen cluster vacancies into trigonal () monolayers induces a structural reconstruction into an inverse Lieb lattice, which realizes two-dimensional d-wave altermagnetism characterized by momentum-dependent spin splitting and zero net magnetization.