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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Higher odd-order nonlinear Hall effect in magnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1-xSbx)2Te4

This study reports the experimental observation of higher odd-order (third-, fifth-, and seventh-order) nonlinear Hall effects in magnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1-xSbx)2Te4 thin flakes, attributing the phenomenon to Berry curvature multipoles and demonstrating its dependence on the Néel temperature and charge neutral point.

Xiubing Li, Zheng Dai, Shuai Zhang, Heng Zhang, Congcong Li, Boyuan Wei, Fengyi Guo, Chunfeng Li, Fucong Fei, Minhao Zhang, Xuefeng Wang, Huaiqiang Wang, Fengqi Song2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Collective Excitations and Stability of Nonequilibrium Polariton Supersolids

This paper investigates the collective excitation spectra and stability of nonequilibrium polariton supersolids, demonstrating that spontaneously broken symmetries give rise to gapless Nambu-Goldstone modes and that attractive interactions mediated by the excitonic reservoir are essential for stabilizing the phase in semiconductor metasurfaces.

A. Grudinina, J. Cao, A. Kavokin, N. Voronova, A. Nalitov2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Design optimization of flux concentrators for magnetic tunnel junctions-based sensors

This paper presents a design optimization scheme for magnetic tunnel junction-based sensors that balances flux concentrator gain and magnetic noise through finite element simulations and analytical modeling, ultimately achieving a three-orders-of-magnitude performance improvement over single-junction designs.

Thomas Brun, Javier Rial, Lucia Risoli, Johanna Fischer, Philippe Sabon, Guillaume Jannet, Matthieu Kretzschmar, Helene Bea, Claire Baraduc2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Symplectic symmetry of quadratic-band-touching Hamiltonians in two dimensions

This paper identifies the internal low-energy symmetry of two-dimensional quadratic-band-touching Hamiltonians as the unitary symplectic group $USp(2N)$, constructs the corresponding rotationally invariant interacting theory, and demonstrates that for lattice systems like honeycomb, this symmetry reduces to the unitary group U(N)U(N) through the intersection of symplectic and orthogonal symmetries.

Igor F. Herbut, Samson C. H. Ling2026-04-24🔢 math-ph

Magnetic-flux tunable electronic transport through domain walls in a three-dimensional second-order topological insulator

This paper demonstrates that applying a magnetic field to a three-dimensional second-order topological insulator nanowire with a magnetic domain wall induces a tunable Aharonov-Bohm oscillation in electronic conductance, mediated by chiral hinge states and a π\pi-spin rotation, thereby offering a novel method for controlling and detecting these topological states.

Zhe Hou, Ai-Min Guo2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Emergence of a non-bulk hexagonal Fe2_2S2_2 single layer via phase transformation

This paper reports the successful synthesis and characterization of a previously unknown, non-bulk hexagonal Fe2_2S2_2 single layer with a β\beta-CuI structure, which is stabilized on a graphene/Ir(111) substrate through the thermal transformation of mackinawite and confirmed by combined experimental microscopy and first-principles calculations.

Affan Safeer, Wejdan Beida, Felix Oberbauer, Nicolae Atodiresei, Gustav Bihlmayer, Max Wolfertz, Chiara Schlichte, Wouter Jolie, Stefan Blügel, Jeison Fischer, Thomas Michely2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci