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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 demonstrates the room-temperature growth of mono- and few-layer MoS on SiO substrates via pulsed laser deposition and utilizes multiwavelength Raman spectroscopy to characterize film thickness and defect density while providing experimental evidence of symmetry-dependent exciton-phonon coupling in the resulting material.
This paper introduces graphene nanohelicoids as geometric analogues of nanoribbons on helicoidal surfaces, revealing through tight-binding models that their nonsymmorphic symmetry induces unique anti-chiral properties and width-dependent periodic transitions between semiconducting and metallic regimes accompanied by alternating topological Zak phases.
This paper reports the high-precision analog-digital quantum simulation of a 97-qubit 2D XY spin-1/2 magnet, successfully extracting temperature-dependent magnon spectra and lifetimes while characterizing nonlinear scattering mechanisms that exceed the predictive capabilities of classical matrix-product state methods.
This study establishes hexagonal NiS as a compensated 3d altermagnetic semimetal where intertwined topology, magnetism, and lattice dynamics drive a giant, nonsaturating magnetoresistance and a large, anisotropic anomalous Hall response despite zero net magnetization.
This study demonstrates that twisting bilayer PtTe induces a non-monotonic, re-entrant electronic phase transition between gapless and gapped regimes, driven by the redistribution of interlayer hybridization and the confinement of low-energy states within AA-like moiré regions.
This paper demonstrates that thermal light, traditionally considered incoherent, can be spatially engineered via metasurfaces to generate robust optical Skyrmions that remain immune to time-averaged decoherence, thereby enabling the creation of topological structures from ubiquitous everyday light sources.
This paper introduces a microstructure-conditioned hypernetwork surrogate model that enables efficient multiscale optimization of mycelium composites, achieving a 42% reduction in peak stress for functionally graded structures while demonstrating a practical pathway to engineer microstructures directly via manufacturing variables.
This paper introduces a latent space framework using convolutional autoencoders and unsupervised clustering on 4D-STEM diffraction data to map the complex recrystallization trajectories of ion-irradiated GaAs, revealing distinct temperature-dependent regimes and previously undetected structural precursors that govern the transition from disorder to order.
This paper demonstrates that the partial-structure R1 (pR1) is a useful tool for assembling small-molecule crystal structures by showing that the process can begin with orienting heavy-atom-containing fragments, that attaching new fragments requires only orientation optimization, and that light-atom fragments must be positioned using residual reflection intensities after subtracting the heavy-atom model.
This study employs density functional theory with the mBJ+U method to demonstrate that substituting 50% of Ni with Mn in Cu2NiXY4 (X=Sn, Ge, Si; Y=S, Se) kesterite chalcogenides preserves their tetragonal structure while effectively narrowing their bandgaps through orbital hybridization, thereby offering a viable strategy for tuning electronic properties in optoelectronic applications.