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.

Theory of In-Plane-Magnetic-Field-Dependent Excitonic Spectra in Atomically Thin Semiconductors

This paper theoretically demonstrates that in-plane magnetic fields induce hybridization between spin-bright and spin-dark excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, leading to the brightening of dark excitons and complex spectral modifications characterized by energy shifts, broadening, and amplitude variations.

Michiel Snoeken, Paul Steeger, Robert Schmidt, Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Andreas Knorr, Henry Mittenzwey2026-02-16🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Magnetotransport Spectroscopy of Strongly Rashba-Split Hole Subbands Reveals Many-Body Interactions

Magnetotransport spectroscopy of low-disorder GaAs/AlGaAs 2D hole gases reveals that many-body interactions enhance the effective masses of both Rashba-split heavy-hole subbands by a common factor of approximately 2.3, providing a cohesive framework that reconciles long-standing discrepancies between Luttinger theory, magnetotransport, and cyclotron resonance measurements.

F. Sfigakis, N. A. Cockton, M. Korkusinski, S. R. Harrigan, G. Nichols, Z. D. Merino, T. Zou, A. C. Coschizza, T. Joshi, A. Shetty, M. C. Tam, Z. R. Wasilewski, S. A. Studenikin, D. G. Austing, J. B. (…)2026-02-16🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Photogalvanic Effects in Surface States of Topological Insulators under Perpendicular Magnetic Fields

This paper theoretically investigates the tunable nonlinear magneto-optical shift conductivity in the surface states of Bi2_2Se3_3 under perpendicular magnetic fields, demonstrating that the effect arises from discrete Landau level transitions and can be effectively controlled by adjusting the chemical potential and magnetic field strength.

Haoyu Li, Kainan Chang, Wang-Kong Tse, Jin Luo Cheng2026-02-16🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Anomalous electrowetting of physicochemically heterogeneous surfaces

This study demonstrates that polystyrene micro-humps on a PDMS surface exhibit anomalous electrowetting behavior exceeding classical Lippmann-Young predictions due to physicochemical heterogeneity and contact line dynamics, leading to the introduction of a surface parameter in the equation to account for pinning and depinning effects.

Rumal Singh, Donjo George, Prashant Hitaishi, Samarendra P Singh, Sajal K Ghosh2026-02-16🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall