Explore the fascinating intersection where quantum materials meet the complexity of everyday environments in the Cond-Mat — Mes-Hall section. This field investigates how tiny particles behave when caught between the orderly world of single atoms and the chaotic nature of bulk matter, revealing the hidden rules that govern electricity, magnetism, and heat in novel substances.

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Below are the most recent papers in this dynamic area of condensed matter physics, ready for you to explore.

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Interplay of Cl Substitution and He+^{+} Irradiation in CrSBr1x_{1-x}Clx_{x}

This study demonstrates that combining chlorine substitution and helium ion irradiation in the two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor CrSBr induces local symmetry breaking and defect-related scattering, which collectively reconstruct the anisotropic Raman spectra while preserving robust resonance-enhanced electron-phonon coupling.

Satyam Sahu, Adeel Bukhari, Arijit Kayal, Valerie Černá, Bing Wu, Aljoscha Söll, Gregor Hlawacek, Zdeněk Sofer, Martin K (…)2026-06-01
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Surface lone-pair polarization probed by quantum-geometric transport in tellurium

This paper demonstrates that quantum-geometric transport in trigonal tellurium serves as a sensitive probe for surface lone-pair polarization, revealing how this microscopic dipolar component shifts Bloch wavepackets to generate measurable rectified voltages that can guide the engineering of polarization-driven electronic devices.

Nathanael N. Batista, Wendel S. Paz, Manuel Suárez-Rodríguez, Pierpaolo Fontana, Victor Velasco, Marcus V. O. Moutinho (…)2026-06-01
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Valley-polarized Orbital and Spin Magnetism Induced by Femtosecond Optical Pulses in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors

This paper theoretically demonstrates that circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses can generate and distinctly control valley-polarized spin and orbital magnetism in two-dimensional semiconductors, revealing that orbital dynamics driven by direct electric field coupling are faster and more sensitive to dephasing than the gradually developing spin response mediated by spin-orbit coupling.

M. S. Mrudul, Peter M. Oppeneer2026-06-01
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Optimisation and Precision Tuning of Localised Surface Plasmon Resonance in AuFON Systems

This paper optimizes and characterizes Au-film on nanosphere (AuFON) plasmonic systems through experiments and simulations to identify how nanostructure dimensions and incident radiation conditions influence localised surface plasmon resonance, thereby enhancing signal amplification for molecular detection applications.

Luis Alfonso Guerra Hernández, Osmar Gil Salas, Jorge Enrique Rueda Parada, Alejandro Fainstein, Andrés Alejandro Reynos (…)2026-06-01
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Nonperturbative renormalization of Haldane pseudopotentials from the exact two-electron spectrum

This paper establishes a nonperturbative framework for defining renormalized Haldane pseudopotentials directly from the exact two-electron spectrum, revealing significant dynamical corrections arising from Landau-level mixing that substantially modify effective interactions in strongly correlated quantum Hall systems beyond the reach of conventional perturbative approaches.

G. -Q. Hai, M. T. Matsubara, L. Cândido, B. G. A. Brito2026-06-01