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.

Controllable highly oriented skyrmion track array in Fe3GaTe2

This paper demonstrates the controllable generation and precise regulation of large-area, highly oriented skyrmion track arrays in ferromagnetic Fe3GaTe2 through vector magnetic field manipulation, offering a promising strategy for advancing next-generation spintronic and information technologies.

Yunhao Wang, Shiyu Zhu, Chensong Hua, Guojing Hu, Linxuan Li, Senhao Lv, Jianfeng Guo, Jiawei Hu, Runnong Zhou, Zizhao Gong, Chengmin Shen, Zhihai Cheng, Jinan Shi, Wu Zhou, Haitao Yang, Weichao Yu, J (…)2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Poor man's Majorana bound states in quantum dot based Kitaev chain coupled to a photonic cavity

This paper demonstrates that embedding a quantum dot-based Kitaev chain in a photonic cavity allows for the engineering of "poor man's" Majorana bound states by using the cavity's photon state to screen particle interactions and reach the necessary sweet spot conditions, while also revealing that a large photon population suppresses hopping and creates a degenerate spectrum.

Francesco Buonemani, Alvaro Gómez-León, Marco Schirò, Olesia Dmytruk2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Heat flux deflection induced by hydrodynamic electron transport in a homogeneous Corbino disk under magnetic field

This study demonstrates that in a homogeneous 2D Corbino disk under a magnetic field, hydrodynamic electron transport induces a deflection of heat flux into the tangential direction, a phenomenon driven by momentum-conserving scattering and capable of reversing heat flow direction under specific electric or thermal gradients.

Chuang Zhang, Meng Lian, Hong Liang, Xiaokang Li, Zhaoli Guo, JingTao Lü2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometry at the ν=2/5\nu=2/5 fractional quantum Hall edge

This paper proposes a Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometer for the ν=2/5\nu=2/5 fractional quantum Hall edge that relies on two-particle interference to reveal fractional charge and scaling dimensions, with anyonic statistical phases canceling in the large-device limit but potentially re-emerging at thermal scales.

Ryotaro Sano, Fumihiro Murabayashi, Daigo Ichikawa, Thibaut Jonckheere, Jérôme Rech, Thierry Martin, Masayuki Hashisaka, Takeo Kato2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Simulation of quantum annealing on a semiconducting cQED device for Multiple Hypothesis Tracking (MHT) benchmark

This paper evaluates the potential of semiconducting spin cQED quantum processors to perform real-time Multiple Hypothesis Tracking via quantum annealing, demonstrating that with estimated runtimes of approximately 50 ms, the technology is promising for applications like radar tracking despite the inclusion of coherent and incoherent errors in the simulation.

Quentin Schaeverbeke, Viktor Radovic, Jean-Marc Divanon, Bing Hong Teh2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

New frontiers in quantum science and technology using van der Waals Josephson junctions

This review synthesizes the rapid advancements in van der Waals Josephson junctions, highlighting how their unique material diversity, symmetry control, and integration with twistronics and topology are redefining superconducting quantum technology while outlining a roadmap to overcome scalability challenges for real-world applications.

Joydip Sarkar, Ayshi Mukherjee, Amit Basu, Ritajit Kundu, Arijit Kundu, Mandar M. Deshmukh2026-04-17🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Strain Induced Modulation of Local Transport of 2D Materials at the Nanoscale

This paper utilizes conductive atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to demonstrate how nanoscale surface topography-induced strain in few-layer transition-metal-dichalcogenides modulates local conductivity by altering effective mass and surface charge density, thereby reducing the Schottky barrier height and enabling new opportunities for strain-based electronic and photonic devices.

Rishi Maiti, Md Abid Shahriar Rahman Saadi, Rubab Amin, Ongun Ozcelik, Berkin Uluutku, Chandraman Patil, Can Suer, Santiago Solares, Volker J. Sorger2026-04-16🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall