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.

Competing magnetic states in a non-coplanar Kagome magnet

This paper reports the discovery of an intrinsic non-coplanar spin configuration in cubic-phase Mn3Ge\text{Mn}_3\text{Ge} that persists up to 400 K and induces an unconventional anomalous Hall effect characterized by a magnetic-field-induced sign reversal.

Xiaodong Hu, Amar Fakhredine, Roger Guzman, Martin Frentrup, Jinan Shi, Giulio I. Lampronti, Sami El-Khatib, Waichuen Tse, Laura Gorzawski, Angelo Di Bernardo, Nadia Stelmashenko, Wu Zhou, Mehmet Egil (…)2026-02-11🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Origin of Moiré Potentials in WS2_2/WSe2_2 Heterobilayers: Contributions from Lattice Reconstruction and Interlayer Charge Transfer

This paper demonstrates that the moiré potentials in WS2/WSe2\text{WS}_2/\text{WSe}_2 heterobilayers originate from a combination of lattice reconstruction (inducing local strain and piezopotentials) and interlayer charge transfer (inducing built-in electric fields), which together determine the localization of charge carriers in both R-type and H-type moiré patterns.

Youwen Wang, Nanya Gao, Qingjun Tong2026-02-11🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Direct Visualization of Room-temperature Stair-stepped Quantum Spin Hall States in Bi4Br4

Using microwave impedance microscopy, this study demonstrates that α-Bi4Br4\alpha\text{-Bi}_4\text{Br}_4 nanowires exhibit robust, room-temperature quantum spin Hall states through a "stair-stepped" stacking configuration that enables scalable and decoupled edge conduction.

Zhiqiang Hu, Yuqi Zhang, Yuyang Wang, Kebin Xiao, Xiang Li, Zhiwei Wang, Huaixin Yang, Yugui Yao, Qi-Kun Xue, Wei Li2026-02-11🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Multiple Layer-Selective Polar Charge Density Waves in EuTe4{\rm{EuTe}}_{4}

Using first-principles calculations and Monte Carlo simulations, this study reveals that the giant thermal hysteresis and non-volatile state switching in EuTe4\text{EuTe}_4 originate from a layer-selective polar charge density wave (CDW) state characterized by multiple coexisting configurations and entropy-driven phase transitions.

Wen-Han Dong, Wenhui Duan, Yong Xu, Peizhe Tang2026-02-11🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Refined DFT recipe and renormalisation of band-edge parameters for electrons in monolayer MoS2_2 informed by the measured spin-orbit splitting

By employing a refined DFT+U+V framework to account for orbital mixing, the authors successfully reconciled a significant discrepancy between measured and theoretical conduction band spin-orbit splitting in monolayer MoS2\text{MoS}_2, while simultaneously improving the accuracy of valence-band splitting and the quasiparticle band gap.

Igor Rozhansky, Michele Masseroni, Ricardo Pisoni, Suad Alshammari, Xue Li, Thomas Ihn, Klaus Ensslin, James McHugh, Vladimir Fal'ko2026-02-11🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall