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.

Gist.Science brings these cutting-edge discoveries to you directly from arXiv, the leading repository for physics preprints. We process every new submission in this category as soon as it appears, offering both straightforward, plain-language explanations and deep technical summaries to help researchers and curious minds alike grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in dense equations.

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

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Probing up-conversion electroluminescence of decoupled porphyrin molecules in a plasmonic nanocavity

This study demonstrates that individual Pd-octaethylporphyrin molecules decoupled from silver surfaces via a NaCl layer exhibit visible-wavelength up-conversion electroluminescence from their singlet state, a process mediated by a triplet relay state that stores energy between tunneling electrons.

Li-Qing Zheng, Fábio J. R. Costa, Abhishek Grewal, Ruonan Wang, Fengmin Wang, Wei Li, Anna Rosławska, Klaus Kuhnke, Klau (…)2026-05-14
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Scalable Spin Qubit Architecture with Donor-Cluster Arrays in Silicon

This paper proposes a scalable silicon quantum computing architecture based on two-dimensional arrays of phosphorus-donor clusters sharing bound electrons, which overcomes frequency crowding and placement challenges through natural hyperfine addressability and tunable exchange interactions to achieve high-fidelity, low-crosstalk operations compatible with fault-tolerant error correction.

Shihang Zhang, Guangchong Hu, Chunhui Zhang, Guanyong Wang, Tao Xin, Yu He, Peihao Huang2026-05-14
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Coupled Topological Interface States and Phonon Molecules in GaAs/AlAs Superlattices

This paper demonstrates the experimental realization and theoretical modeling of tunable topological phonon molecules and extended chains in GaAs/AlAs superlattices, where coupled interface states form hybridized modes and narrow minibands protected by the underlying band topology.

S. Sandeep, O. Colmegna, C. Xiang, E. R. Cardozo de Oliveira, K. Papatryfonos, M. Morassi, A. Lemaitre, N. D. Lanzillott (…)2026-05-14
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Highly Efficient Exciton Modulation in MoSe2_2/PdSe2_2 Heterostructures

This paper demonstrates that constructing a type-I MoSe2_2/PdSe2_2 van der Waals heterostructure enhances room-temperature A-exciton emission by approximately sixfold through interlayer electronic coupling that redirects exciton populations toward radiative channels, achieving a 6% quantum yield without chemical modification or strain.

Petr Rozhin, Emma Contin, Danae Katrisoti, Till Weickhardt, Muhammad Sufyan Ramzan, Micol Bertolotti, Nouha Loudhaief, B (…)2026-05-14