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.

🔬 mesoscale physics

Kagome edge states under lattice termination, spin-orbit coupling, and magnetic order

This paper investigates how lattice termination, spin-orbit coupling, and magnetic order collectively govern the emergence and tunability of edge states in a two-dimensional kagome lattice, revealing that while pristine edge modes are highly geometry-dependent, the introduction of spin-orbit coupling and magnetic fields can stabilize robust topological phases such as Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 insulators and Chern insulators.

Sajid Sekh, Annica M. Black-Schaffer, Andrzej Ptok2026-07-02
⚛️ quantum physics

Superconducting Spiral Inductors for RF Reflectometry: Operation at Elevated Temperatures and Magnetic Fields

This paper presents a systematic study of NbTiN spiral inductors under elevated temperatures and magnetic fields, establishing design metrics and a benchmarking framework to optimize their performance for scalable RF reflectometry in future quantum computing architectures.

Euan Parry, Murat Cubukcu, Patrick Reuvekamp, Manoj Stanley, Jonathan D. Fletcher, Alessandro Rossi2026-07-02
🔬 mesoscale physics

Modulation of anomalous Hall angle in a magnetic topological semimetal

This paper reports the successful modulation of the anomalous Hall angle in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2 up to approximately 25°, achieved by formulating the angle as a function of resistivity and anomalous Hall conductivity, which enables high-sensitivity magnetic field detection in Fe-doped nanoflake devices.

Jinying Yang, Yanxing Shang, Xingchen Liu, Yibo Wang, Xuebin Dong, Qingqi Zeng, Meng Lv, Shen Zhang, Yang Liu, Binbin Wa (…)2026-07-02
🔬 mesoscale physics

Spinterface-like mechanism of the chirality-induced spin selectivity in donor chiral-bridge acceptor complexes

This paper proposes an intramolecular spinterface-like mechanism within donor-chiral bridge-acceptor complexes, where charge-transfer currents and donor thermalization generate an effective solenoidal field that breaks spin degeneracy to quantitatively explain chirality-induced spin selectivity without requiring intrinsic spin-orbit coupling on the bridge.

Subhajit Sarkar, Oliver L. A. Monti, Yonatan Dubi2026-07-02
🔬 mesoscale physics

Facet-selective ballistic supercurrent in a weak topological insulator

This study demonstrates the first realization of facet-selective ballistic supercurrents in Josephson junctions based on the weak topological insulator ZrTe5, where superconducting quantum interferometry confirms that the supercurrent is spatially confined to specific crystallographic facets hosting gapless topological surface states.

Prasanna Rout, Ankit Khola, Lalit Pandey, Paolo Sessi, Xiaochun Huang, Ivo Cools, S. Galeski, Matthias Bode, Johan Åkerm (…)2026-07-02
🔬 applied physics

Near-Field Characterisation of Guided Modes in WS2 Nanobeams and Quasi-Bulk Crystals

This study utilizes hyperspectral cavity-enhanced imaging and scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) to characterize the wavelength-dependent modal confinement, attenuation, and dispersion of guided modes in WS2 nanobeams and quasi-bulk crystals, while establishing high-resolution bounds on the material's extinction coefficient and identifying critical measurement artifacts in nanoscale waveguides.

Zara S. Taylor, Luke M. Hallacy, Xuerong Hu, Oliver T. Williams, Simone Strohmair, Fabian Felixberger, Alexander J. Knig (…)2026-07-02
🔬 mesoscale physics

Universal logic circuit for gate-controlled superconductor-based switches operating at liquid-helium temperatures

This paper introduces a scalable, universal logic circuit based on gate-controlled supercurrent effects in superconducting nanowires that realizes a functionally complete set of logic gates and a half-adder using at most three nanowires, offering a promising building block for classical hybrid supercomputers operating at liquid-helium temperatures.

Martin Berke, Lőrinc Kupás, Tosson Elalaily, Máté Sütő, Szabolcs Csonka, Péter Makk2026-07-02