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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 benchmarks various techniques for extracting atomic environments from large-scale simulations for Density Functional Theory calculations, demonstrating that a simple "deletions" method outperforms alternative approaches across diverse material systems.
Using temperature-dependent THz time-domain spectroscopy, the study reveals a hybridization between Yb-ion crystal-field excitations and Yb-Fe exchange modes in GdYbBiFeO that drives an anomalous redshift of the exchange mode near the magnetization compensation temperature, highlighting the critical role of crystal-field-mediated exchange coupling in shaping low-energy spin dynamics for future THz spintronic applications.
By combining linear and two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy on paraelectric SrTiO with a microscopic model, this study demonstrates that while local-field effects drive the hybrid character of soft optical phonon modes, spontaneous macroscopic polarization is the deterministic factor required to initiate non-perturbative lattice dynamics and soft-mode nonlinearities.
This paper presents and validates an anisotropic interlayer force field for group-VI transition metal dichalcogenides that accurately reproduces density functional theory benchmarks and enables efficient large-scale simulations of diverse homogeneous and heterogeneous TMD interfaces.
This computational study using GEANT4 simulations demonstrates that fiber bundles composed of Kuraray Y11-200(M) fibers doped with 10 wt.% LiO are effective for detecting thermal and epithermal neutrons by capturing secondary alpha-triton pairs generated via neutron capture and converting them into detectable optical photons.
This study reports the in situ synthesis of TaAs2 nanowires encapsulated in SiO2, which exhibit giant magnetoresistance and coherent quantum surface transport signatures consistent with multiple intertwined topological phases, offering a promising platform for spintronics and nanoscale quantum technologies.
This paper establishes a velocity gauge theoretical framework for computing nonlinear optical responses in Floquet-driven quantum systems, demonstrating its equivalence to the length gauge while revealing unique phenomena like photon-assisted transitions and Floquet-induced photocurrents with applications in ultrafast spectroscopy and optoelectronics.
This study demonstrates that ultrathin SrIrO3/SrRuO3 heterostructures exhibit an emergent insulator-to-metal transition driven by interface-induced magnetic reconstruction, where a staggered Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction stabilizes ferromagnetism to generate novel electronic properties unattainable in the individual antiferromagnetic insulating layers.
This paper demonstrates that a helical Shiba chain proximitized by a -wave altermagnet enables a field-free superconducting diode effect and hosts a tunable topological Fulde-Ferrell state with Majorana zero modes, achieved through intrinsic time-reversal and inversion symmetry breaking without external magnetic fields.
Using holographic methods, this study demonstrates that non-linear effects in Weyl semimetals generally accelerate the decay of long-lived current oscillations driven by 't Hooft anomalies, yet these symmetry-breaking states can still achieve arbitrarily long lifetimes at sufficiently low temperatures.