3499 papers
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.
At Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv to make these complex discoveries accessible to everyone. Our team generates both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries for each paper, ensuring that researchers, students, and curious minds alike can grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in dense jargon.
Below are the latest papers in condensed matter and materials science, organized by their most recent publication dates.
This paper derives exact analytical expressions for pore-surface and surface-surface correlation functions within the general class of dead-leave models, demonstrating their validity for arbitrary grain shapes and dimensions while highlighting distinct structural differences compared to numerically reconstructed Debye random media.
This study reports the crystal structure of a new helical InSeI polymorph and utilizes polarized Raman spectroscopy to map its lattice dynamics and chain orientation, revealing that despite its helical structure, the material lacks chiral phonons.
This work demonstrates that back-end-of-line compatible, indium-free thin-film transistors featuring sub-10 nm tungsten-doped tin oxide channels deposited via low-temperature atomic layer deposition achieve superior performance and stability, particularly after post-fabrication oxygen annealing, making them a promising platform for monolithic 3D integration.
This paper demonstrates that two-dimensional altermagnets, exemplified by CrSO, enable the ultrafast control of spin and valley degrees of freedom via linearly polarized femtosecond laser pulses, facilitating nearly 100% spin-polarized valley currents and a novel "ghost Hall" effect where spin and charge currents become orthogonal without traditional Hall physics.
This study demonstrates that applying x-y strain to monolayer graphene induces topological curvature that energetically stabilizes the system, modifies its electronic structure to create promising features for thermoelectrics, and reduces lattice thermal conductivity by enhancing phonon scattering through the transition of flexural acoustic modes from quadratic to linear dispersion.
This study investigates the impact of ruthenium (Ru) co-alloying on Ni/Al reactive multilayers, revealing that Ru enhances reaction rates while inducing a composition-dependent fcc-to-hcp phase transition, with insights further supported by molecular dynamics simulations.
This paper presents the first 3D in situ observations of dislocation pile-ups and cross-slip mechanisms within a bulk aluminum sample during tensile deformation, revealing how these microscopic interactions drive strain hardening and intermittent behavior to inform advanced mechanical modeling.
This study demonstrates that doping neopentyl glycol with 1 mol% pentaerythritol reduces thermal hysteresis and supercooling in barocaloric molecular crystals by increasing microstructural disorder and nucleation events, as revealed through combined infrared thermography and polarised light microscopy.
This paper demonstrates the experimental control and hysteretic switching between regular and self-induced Floquet magnons in magnetic vortex state tunnel junctions by manipulating the vortex core orbit with an external magnetic field, revealing a mechanism where Floquet-mediated feedback creates multiple stable gyration radii.
This paper reports the discovery and theoretical verification of a giant longitudinal domain-wall Hall magnetoresistance in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2, which arises from an electric field distribution induced by the transverse giant anomalous Hall effect and offers potential for advanced multi-resistance-state modulation.