Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
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Shape Memory Alloys
A class of smart metallic alloys that can be deformed when cold, but return to their original pre-deformed shape when heated above a…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsSpin Glass
A disordered magnetic state characterized by random, competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions that freeze atomic spins…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsSuperalloys
High-performance metallic alloys engineered to maintain exceptional mechanical strength, creep resistance, and oxidation resistance at high…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsSuperconductivity
A macroscopic quantum state of matter where certain materials exhibit exactly zero electrical DC resistance and complete expulsion of…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsSuperfluidity
A macroscopic quantum state of matter where a fluid flows with exactly zero viscosity and zero kinetic entropy.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsSurface Energy
The excess thermodynamic energy at the surface of a material relative to its interior bulk, caused by disrupted, incomplete atomic bonds.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsTopological Insulator
A quantum material that behaves as an electrical insulator in its 3D interior bulk but features robust conducting metallic states on its 2D…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsType I & II Superconductors
The classification of superconductors based on their magnetic field response and flux penetration characteristics.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsUnit Cell
The smallest repeating structural unit of a crystal lattice that generates the entire 3D crystal structure through simple translational…
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsValence Band
The highest range of electron energy bands in a solid that is fully occupied by bound valence electrons at absolute zero temperature.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsWork Hardening
The strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation, caused by dislocation multiplication and entanglement obstructing further slip.
Condensed Matter & Materials PhysicsYoung's Modulus
A mechanical property measuring the tensile or compressive stiffness of a solid material in its linear elastic deformation regime.