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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 demonstrates that epitaxially grown MnPt thin films exhibit a thickness-dependent ferromagnetic transition and a dominant intrinsic anomalous Hall effect driven by Berry curvature, which is enhanced by strain effects, thereby establishing strain as an effective method for tuning the electronic band topology in this topological semimetal family.
This paper demonstrates that ultrathin indium native oxide (InOx) films, fabricated via low-temperature ambient-air liquid-metal printing, serve as high-mobility semiconducting channels in field-effect transistors, achieving a conductivity mobility of 125 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ and excellent device performance when integrated with atomic-layer-deposited gate dielectrics.
This paper reports a reversal of the expected directional Andreev-reflection signatures in SrRuO, where pronounced in-gap bound states appear on out-of-plane surfaces rather than in-plane edges, a phenomenon attributed to inter-orbital pairing that offers new constraints on the material's superconducting order parameter.
This paper combines density-functional theory and the bond-valence model to demonstrate that oxygen vacancy migration barriers in rutile-type 3d transition-metal dioxides can be efficiently estimated by quantifying the covalent and ionic contributions to chemical bonding.
This study demonstrates through first-principles simulations that selectively exciting infrared-active phonon modes in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO via nonlinear phononics can tune the anion height toward its ideal value, suggesting a viable pathway for light-induced structural control to enhance superconductivity.
This study reveals that laser-driven shock compression of FeO induces an anomalous 7–10% isostructural volume collapse around 60 GPa due to a high-spin to low-spin electronic transition, a phenomenon absent in static compression experiments despite the material retaining its rocksalt structure up to the melting point at 191 GPa.
Using machine-learning-based molecular dynamics simulations, this study reveals that the nanoscale friction of MX2 monolayers on metal substrates deviates from Amontons' law due to a non-monotonic load dependence arising from the interplay of multiple sliding modes, with specific substrate-monolayer combinations like Au/MoSe2 significantly reducing friction by suppressing lateral slip.
Using vectorial spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, this study provides microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity in monolayer NiI2 by identifying a canted spin-spiral state and topological meron/antimeron pairs at domain walls, which are explained by a realistic spin model incorporating Kitaev interactions and establish a platform for electric-field control of topological textures.
This paper introduces a self-consistent, non-empirical Hessian-level meta-generalized gradient approximation functional (-PBE) that utilizes full density second derivatives to distinguish between atomic and bonding limits, demonstrating accurate chemisorption and molecular properties while highlighting remaining challenges in predicting bulk lattice constants.
This perspective paper reviews recent theoretical, numerical, and experimental advances demonstrating that topological defects, traditionally used to explain crystalline properties, also provide a fundamental framework for understanding the mechanical response and complex dynamics of amorphous solids, while highlighting key open questions and future research directions.