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.

Gist.Science brings these cutting-edge discoveries to you directly from arXiv, the leading repository for physics preprints. We process every new submission in this category as soon as it appears, offering both straightforward, plain-language explanations and deep technical summaries to help researchers and curious minds alike grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in dense equations.

Below are the most recent papers in this dynamic area of condensed matter physics, ready for you to explore.

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Controlling Spin-Mixing Conductance in KTaO3_{3} 2DEGs by Varying Argon-Ion Irradiation Time

This study demonstrates that the spin-mixing conductance in Ar+^+-irradiated KTaO3_{3} 2DEGs can be significantly enhanced by increasing the irradiation time, a result attributed to the higher concentration of oxygen vacancies that boost 2DEG conductance and facilitate efficient spin-to-charge conversion for oxide spintronics.

Yasar K. Arafath, Vaishali Yadav, Nidhi Kandwal, P. N. Santhosh, Pranaba Kishore Muduli, Prasanta Kumar Muduli2026-03-06
⚛️ quantum physics

Orbitally resolved single-photon emission from an individual atomic vacancy center in a semiconductor

This paper demonstrates the generation of orbitally resolved single-photon emission from individual atomic vacancy centers in a semiconductor by utilizing a scanning tunneling microscope to achieve sub-nanometer spatial resolution and electrical addressability, thereby advancing the development of solid-state spin-photon interfaces.

Gagandeep Singh, Xiaodan Lyu, Bi Qi Chong, Ryan Li Yen Tang, Rejaul SK, Yande Que, Ranjith Shivajirao, Thasneem Aliyar (…)2026-03-06
⚛️ quantum physics

Coherent Biexciton Transport in the Presence of Exciton-Exciton Annihilation in Molecular Aggregates

This paper presents a theoretical framework demonstrating that the transport and fluorescence dynamics of biexcitons in molecular aggregates are critically governed by the initial state's coherence and momentum composition, revealing distinct transport behaviors for standing versus traveling waves and significant differences between J and H aggregates driven by band structure-dependent interference.

Rajesh Dutta, Chern Chuang2026-03-06
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Thermodynamic Phase Transitions in Finite Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Chains: Metastability and Heat Capacity Anomalies

This study investigates the thermodynamic properties of finite Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chains, revealing a distinct metastable phase marked by heat capacity anomalies that emerges from hopping asymmetry and finite-size effects, thereby uncovering a rich bulk phase structure separate from topological boundary-driven transitions.

Carlos Magno da Conceição, Julio César Pérez-Pedraza, Alfredo Raya, Cristian Villavicencio2026-03-06
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Large-Area Deterministic Stamping of 2D Materials on Arbitrarily Patterned Surfaces

This paper presents a versatile, low-density polyethylene-based transfer method that enables the deterministic, large-area stamping of high-quality 2D materials and heterostructures onto both flat and arbitrarily patterned substrates, facilitating the scalable fabrication of tunable optoelectronic devices.

Bernardo S. Dias, Reynolds Dziobek-Garrett, Gabriella Mentasti, Abhishek Gupta, Alexander Lambertz, Esther Alarcon-Llado (…)2026-03-06
🔬 mesoscale physics

Spectroscopic evidence of disorder-induced quantum phase transitions in monolayer Fe(Te,Se) superconductor

This study demonstrates that controllably introducing disorder via iron cluster deposition in monolayer Fe(Te,Se) drives a superconductor-insulator transition, revealing a disorder-induced quantum phase transition characterized by the evolution from superconducting to insulating U-shaped gaps attributed to localization-enhanced Cooper pair correlations.

Guanyang He, Ziqiao Wang, Longxin Pan, Yuxuan Lei, Fa Wang, Yi Liu, Nandini Trivedi, Jian Wang2026-03-06
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Systematic study of superconductivity in few-layer TdT_d-MoTe2_2

This paper presents a systematic study of few-layer TdT_d-MoTe2_2 that correlates superconducting properties with material parameters and band structure, revealing that highly hole-doped bilayer samples exhibit conventional phonon-mediated s(++)s_{(++)}-wave pairing.

Taro Wakamura, Masayuki Hashisaka, Yusuke Nomura, Matthieu Bard, Shota Okazaki, Takao Sasagawa, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji (…)2026-03-06