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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 combines cryogenic non-contact atomic force microscopy and density functional theory to reveal how water adsorption on the wollastonite (100) surface transitions from lattice-following patterns to complex coexisting structures and finally to water clusters as coverage increases, driven by the competition between water-surface and water-water interactions.
This study demonstrates that applying an external magnetic field to Ni-Fe oxyhydroxides relaxes the intrinsic scaling relationships of oxygen evolution reaction intermediates by modulating spin-lattice coupling, thereby enabling adaptive adsorption and reducing overpotential through structural flexibility at the interface.
This study utilizes X-ray topography and reticulography to characterize dislocation arrays and domain boundaries in (011)-oriented vertical Bridgman -GaO substrates, revealing their specific crystallographic orientations and providing critical insights into defect formation relevant to epitaxial growth and device performance.
This study experimentally establishes CrRhAs as a strongly correlated kagome metal featuring a noncollinear antiferromagnetic structure with a propagation vector of (1/3, 1/3, 1/2) and anomalous multiband transport properties, revealing a ferromagnetic second-nearest-neighbor coupling that contradicts prior theoretical predictions.
This study introduces a facet-resolved adsorption energy distribution framework utilizing machine-learned force fields to analyze 1.4 million adsorption sites across diverse alloy surfaces, thereby identifying specific compositions and orientations that optimize both activity and methanol selectivity for CO hydrogenation.
This study demonstrates that the scalable RAINBOW spectral-splitting architecture, which utilizes ternary-blended subcells to optimize bandgaps and minimize fabrication challenges, can boost organic photovoltaic efficiency from 12.9% in single-junction devices to 17.3% in three-junction configurations, confirming its viability for high-performance, manufacturable solar cells.
Using the dynamical vertex approximation, this study demonstrates that while the conventional Emery model captures qualitative features of cuprate superconductivity, incorporating long-range hopping parameters beyond the standard three is essential for achieving a quantitatively accurate phase diagram and a proper d-wave order parameter.
Using Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and related techniques, this study identifies 90 nm-wide ferroelectric domains with alternating polarization in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite thin-films, which correlate with local variations in charge carrier extraction and confirm the material's piezoelectric nature.
This study characterizes the room-temperature non-collinear kagome ferromagnet MgMn6Sn6 through neutron diffraction and transport measurements, revealing its complex magnetic structure, large intrinsic and anisotropic extrinsic anomalous Hall effects, and strong electron correlations, thereby establishing it as a promising platform for investigating the interplay between topology, magnetism, and correlations.
Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations reveal that layered ordering of bromine and iodine anions in CsPbBrI perovskites induces strongly anisotropic defect diffusion, where migration is facile along the layers but suppressed across them due to directional lattice strain and specific bonding configurations.