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.

🔬 materials science

Probing orbital currents through inverse orbital Hall and Rashba effects

This paper experimentally demonstrates that orbital-to-charge conversion via the inverse orbital Hall and Rashba effects dominates over spin-related mechanisms in metallic and semiconductor heterostructures, revealing significant signal enhancements in oxidized copper and distinct orbital diffusion behaviors in titanium and germanium to advance the field of orbitronics.

E. Santos, J. L. Costa, R. L. Rodriguez-Suarez, J. B. S. Mendes, A. Azevedo2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Cubic magnetic anisotropy in BB20 magnets: Interplay of anisotropy and magnetic order in Fe1x_{1-x}Cox_{x}Si

This study systematically quantifies the cubic magnetocrystalline anisotropy in MnSi and Fe1x_{1-x}Cox_{x}Si single crystals, revealing that specific low cobalt concentrations in Fe1x_{1-x}Cox_{x}Si generate sufficient anisotropy to controllably stabilize a low-temperature skyrmion lattice, thereby identifying it as the first chiral metallic system where such a phase is induced by cubic anisotropy.

G. Gödecke, A. O. Leonov, J. Grefe, S. Süllow, D. Menzel2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Hysteretic Excitation in Non-collinear Antiferromagnetic Spin-Torque Oscillators: A Terminal Velocity Motion Perspective

This paper establishes a unified Poisson Bracket framework for non-collinear antiferromagnetic spin-torque oscillators that utilizes a Terminal Velocity Motion perspective to analytically resolve rapid transient dynamics and hysteretic excitation, while identifying a "Rigid-Body Breaking" mechanism to explain sub-critical current mismatches.

Hao-Hsuan Chen, Ching-Ming Lee2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Investigating spin and orbital effects via spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance

This study experimentally investigates spin and orbital torque phenomena in various normal metal/ferromagnet bilayers using spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance, successfully extracting torque components and providing compelling evidence for orbital torque driven by the orbital Hall effect, including the demonstration of an out-of-plane torque attributed to interfacial mechanisms.

J. L. Costa, E. Santos, A. Y. M. Tani, J. B. S. Mendes, A. Azevedo2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Numerical analysis of the thermal relaxation of the dense gas between two parallel plates: the free energy monotonicity for the Enskog equation

This paper numerically investigates the thermal relaxation of dense gas between parallel plates using two versions of the Enskog equation, revealing that the non-equilibrium free energy decreases monotonically over time only when employing a recently proposed modified Enskog factor, unlike the original formulation.

Shigeru Takata, Soma Sakata, Aoto Takahashi, Masanari Hattori2026-03-26
🔬 mesoscale physics

Fourth-order and six-order nonlinear spin current diode in hh-wave and jj-wave odd-parity magnets

This paper proposes a dimensional extension method to construct and predict three-dimensional hh-wave and jj-wave odd-parity magnets, demonstrating that their unique fourth- and sixth-order nonlinear spin currents, which exhibit unidirectional flow independent of the electric field, serve as definitive experimental signatures for identifying these magnetic phases.

Motohiko Ezawa2026-03-26