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.

Microscopic origin of Rashba coupling from first principles: Layer-resolved orbital asymmetry in transition metal dichalcogenides

This paper provides a first-principles microscopic explanation for Rashba spin splitting in transition metal dichalcogenides, revealing that the effect arises from a competition between internal polarization and interlayer hybridization and can be characterized by a new orbital polarization imbalance order parameter.

Miguel Morales Cócera, Marta Prada, Franz Fischer, Gabriel Bester2026-02-10🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Hyperfine interaction of electrons and holes with nuclei probed by optical orientation in MAPbI3_3 perovskite crystals

This study demonstrates that hyperfine interactions with nuclear spins are the primary drivers of electron and hole spin dynamics in MAPbI3\text{MAPbI}_3 perovskite crystals at cryogenic temperatures, as evidenced by Hanle and polarization recovery effects and the observation of significant Overhauser fields.

Mladen Kotur, Nataliia E. Kopteva, Dmitri R. Yakovlev, Bekir Turedi, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Manfred Bayer2026-02-10🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Unveiling the impact of anti-site defects in magnetic transitions of few-layer MnBi2Te4 by operando heating

This study demonstrates that anti-site defects and thermal exposure significantly impact the magnetic transitions of few-layer MnBi2Te4\text{MnBi}_2\text{Te}_4, revealing that even low-temperature heating can cause the magnetic properties of odd- and even-layer samples to converge, thereby providing a new method for assessing sample quality and engineering topological quantum phenomena.

Xinyu Chen, Jingjing Gao, Shuang Wu, Zhiwei Huang, Zhongxun Guo, Canyu Hong, Ruohan Chen, Mingyan Luo, Zhaochen Liu, Zeyuan Sun, Wei Ruan, Jing Wang, Yuanbo Zhang, Shiwei Wu2026-02-10🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Boosting high-current alkaline water electrolysis and carbon dioxide reduction with novel CuNiFe-based anodes

This paper reports the development of a scalable, low-cost CuNiFe-based anode that enables high-current density alkaline water electrolysis and enhanced CO2 reduction while significantly reducing the carbon footprint compared to traditional iridium-ruthenium oxide benchmarks.

Nusrat Rashid, Shurui Yang, Galyam Sanfo, Isabelle Ewing, Zahra Ibrahim Albu, Xinjuan Li, Tianhao Wu, Prajna Bhatt, Mathieu Prevot, Laurent Piccolo, Mahmoud Zendehdel, Robert G. Palgrave, Caterina Duc (…)2026-02-10🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall