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.

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Plasmon-driven exciton formation in a non-equilibrium Fermi liquid

Using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on EuCd2_2As2_2, the study demonstrates that under high optical photo-doping, bulk plasmons can drive non-equilibrium energy transfer from bulk to surface states to stabilize a long-lived Mahan exciton, revealing a regime where collective modes mediate rather than merely dissipate correlated electronic states.

Rishi Acharya, Eli Gerber, Nina Bielinski, Hannah E. Aguirre, Younsik Kim, Camille Bernal-Choban, Gaurav Tenkila, Suhas (…)2026-03-12
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A unifying framework for sum rules and bounds on optical, thermoelectric and thermal transport from quantum geometry

This paper introduces a unified geometric framework based on a generalized time-dependent quantum geometric tensor to derive compact expressions, sum rules, and fundamental bounds for optical, thermoelectric, and thermal transport in clean band insulators, revealing that geometry-driven effects persist even in topologically trivial systems.

M. Nabil Y. Lhachemi, Jennifer Cano2026-03-12
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Deep learning statistical defect models on magnetic material dynamic and static properties

This paper proposes a statistical model integrating deep learning techniques, including convolutional and physics-informed neural networks, to predict the dynamic and static properties of magnetic materials with defects, thereby facilitating the discovery of new materials and the determination of minimal defect thresholds for desired magnetic states.

C. Eagan, M. Copus, E. Iacocca2026-03-12
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Do single-shot projective readouts necessarily estimate the T1T_1 lifetime ?

This paper identifies extrinsic population dynamics as the fundamental cause of discrepancies between theoretical and experimental T1T_1 lifetime estimates in multilevel systems, proposing a revised readout protocol and an integrated theory that successfully explains recent spin-valley measurements in bilayer graphene.

Aparajita Modak, Sundeep Kapila, Bent Weber, Klaus Ensslin, Guido Burkard, Bhaskaran Muralidharan2026-03-12
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Engineering Magnetic Anisotropy in Permalloy Films via Atomic Force Nanolithography

This paper demonstrates that atomic force nanolithography can precisely engineer tunable in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in permalloy films by creating nanoscale groove arrays, enabling controlled domain manipulation for applications in magnonic elements and anisotropic magnetoresistance sensors.

Abhishek Naik, Cyril Delforge, Nicolas Lejeune, Daniel Stoffels, Joris Van de Vondel, Kristiaan Temst, Alejandro V. Silh (…)2026-03-12
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Tuning correlated states of twisted mono-bilayer graphene with proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling

This study employs self-consistent Hartree-Fock calculations to demonstrate that proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling from a transition-metal dichalcogenide layer critically tunes the spin nature and symmetry-breaking patterns of correlated ground states in twisted mono-bilayer graphene, driving transitions between various magnetic orders and inducing chiral non-coplanar states depending on the specific type and combination of Rashba and Ising coupling.

Jeyong Park, Mingdi Luo, Louk Rademaker, Jurgen Smet, Mathias S. Scheurer, Laura Classen2026-03-12
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Microscopic screening theory for excitons in two-dimensional materials: A bridge between effective models and ab initio descriptions

This paper presents a computationally efficient microscopic screening theory for excitons in two-dimensional materials that bridges the gap between effective models and first-principles methods by employing an atomistic description with quantum-screened interactions to accurately estimate binding energies and address discrepancies in existing literature.

P. Ninhos, A. J. Uría-Álvarez, C. Tserkezis, N. A. Mortensen, J. J. Palacios2026-03-12