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.

Moiré-induced symmetry breaking of charge order in van der Waals heterostructures

This study demonstrates that stacking misfit layered chalcogenides with 1H-TaS2_2 induces anisotropic symmetry breaking in the charge-density wave state through a nonlinear coupling with the uniaxial moiré potential, while leaving the material's s-wave superconductivity largely unaffected.

Sandra Sajan, Laura Pätzold, Tarushi Agarwal, Clara Pfister, Haojie Guo, Sisheng Duan, P. V. Sruthibhai, Mariana Rossi, Maria N. Gastiasoro, Sara Barja, Ravi P. Singh, Tim Wehling, Miguel M. Ugeda2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Efficiently gate-tunable ferromagnetism in ferromagnetic semiconductor-Dirac semimetal p-n heterojunctions

This study demonstrates that a gate-tunable p-n heterojunction between the Dirac semimetal Cd3_3As2_2 and the ferromagnetic semiconductor In1x_{1-x}Mnx_xAs enables efficient control of the Curie temperature via modest electric fields, revealing a novel interplay between topology and magnetism that extends beyond conventional hole-mediated mechanisms.

Emma Steinebronn, Saurav Islam, Abhinava Chatterjee, Bimal Neupane, Alex Grutter, Christopher Jensen, Julie A. Borchers, Timothy Charlton, Wilson J. Yanez-Parreno, Juan Chamorro, Tanya Berry, Supriya (…)2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Influence of Hopping Integrals and Spin-Orbit Coupling on Quantum Oscillations in Kagome Lattices

Motivated by recent experiments on CsTi3_3Bi5_5 and RbTi3_3Bi5_5, this study demonstrates that the next-nearest-neighbor hopping integral (t2t_2) acts as a critical control parameter by modulating the hybridization gap to either suppress or enable magnetic breakdown, thereby determining whether the intrinsic nontrivial Berry phase of the kagome lattice is observable in quantum oscillations.

Xinlong Du, Yuying Liu, Chao Wang, Juntao Song2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Nonlinear magnetoelastic wave dynamics and field tunable soliton excitations in hexagonal multiferroic media

This paper presents a theoretical framework demonstrating that hexagonal multiferroic media support electrically tunable nonlinear magnetoelastic solitons and breathers, where strong magnon-phonon hybridization leads to coherent, bounded dynamics rather than chaos, enabling precise control over soliton properties via external electric fields.

Saumen Acharjee, Kallol Kavas Hazarika, Rajneesh Kakoti2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Riemannian geometric classification and emergent phenomena of magnetic textures

This paper proposes a refined classification of magnetic textures using differential geometry by introducing geodesic and torsional scalar spin chiralities to fully characterize noncoplanar states, and demonstrates that the geodesic scalar spin chirality induces novel emergent band asymmetry and nonreciprocal responses as a purely orbital quantum geometric effect.

Koki Shinada, Naoto Nagaosa2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Tight-Binding Device Modeling of 2-D Topological Insulator Field-Effect Transistors With Gate-Induced Phase Transition

This paper presents a tight-binding and nonequilibrium Green's function-based device simulator for 2-D topological insulator field-effect transistors, demonstrating how channel length affects performance and elucidating nontraditional switching mechanisms driven by gate-induced topological phase transitions.

Yungyeong Park, Yosep Park, Hyeonseok Choi, Subeen Lim, Dongwook Kim, Yeonghun Lee2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Absolute negative mobility in a one-dimensional overdamped system driven by active fluctuations

This paper demonstrates that absolute negative mobility, a paradoxical phenomenon where a system moves opposite to an applied force, can occur in a minimal one-dimensional overdamped system driven by active Poisson shot noise within a symmetric periodic potential, offering new insights into biological transport and microscopic separation strategies.

K. Białas, P. Hänggi, J. Spiechowicz2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Long-Lived Interlayer Excitons and Type-II Band Alignment in Janus MoTe2/CrSBr van der Waals Heterostructures

This study employs first-principles calculations to demonstrate that the MoTe2/CrSBr van der Waals heterostructure features a stable type-II band alignment and a built-in electric field that collectively enable the formation of interlayer excitons with significantly extended lifetimes (18–45 ps), positioning it as a promising platform for next-generation optoelectronic applications.

Mohammad Ali Mohebpour, Peter C Sherrell, Catherine Stampfl, Carmine Autieri, Meysam Bagheri Tagani2026-03-09🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall