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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Topological magnetotransport in modified-Haldane systems

This theoretical study utilizes the modified-Haldane model to analyze the tunable topological magnetotransport and magneto-optical properties of 2D materials like buckled silicene and transition metal dichalcogenides, revealing how electrically driven phase transitions and spin-valley coupling manifest in characteristic Landau level signatures and absorption spectra.

A. Uzair, Muzamil Shah, Imtiaz Khan, Kashif Sabeeh2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Andreev-enhanced conductance quantization and gate-tunable induced superconducting gap in germanium

This study demonstrates that germanium/silicon-germanium quantum well heterostructures host high-mobility two-dimensional hole gases capable of exhibiting ballistic conductance quantization with Andreev-enhanced steps and a gate-tunable induced superconducting gap, confirming their viability as a platform for hybrid superconductor-semiconductor quantum devices.

Elyjah Kiyooka, Chotivut Tangchingchai, Gonzalo Troncoso Fernandez-Bada, Boris Brun-Barriere, Simon Zihlmann, Romain Maurand, Francois Lefloch, Vivien Schmitt, Jean-Michel Hartmann, Manuel Houzet, Sil (…)2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Impact of gate voltage on switching field of perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with a synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer

This study combines micromagnetic simulations and experiments to demonstrate that voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) dominates the switching field in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with synthetic antiferromagnetic free layers, particularly in high resistance-area devices, while establishing a unified framework for optimizing the performance and scalability of SOT-MRAM technologies by quantifying the distinct roles of VCMA, spin-transfer torque, and Joule heating.

K. Fan (IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Electrical Engineering, ESAT-INSYS Division, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium), S. V. Beek (IMEC, Leuven, Belgium), G. Talmelli (IMEC, Leuve (…)2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

The effect of staggered nonlinearity on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

This paper investigates the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with staggered nonlinearity, revealing through both semi-analytical and numerical methods that strong nonlinearity induces topological phase transitions and unique spectral features, such as nonlinear Zak phase discontinuities and robust edge states, which highlight the complex interplay between topology and nonlinearity in lattice systems.

Ahmed Alharthy, RW Bomantara2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Simultaneous operation of an 18-qubit modular array in germanium

This paper demonstrates the simultaneous initialization, control, and readout of an 18-qubit modular array in germanium with high-fidelity single-qubit gates and entangling operations, establishing a scalable architecture for utility-scale semiconductor quantum processors.

J. J. Dijkema, X. Zhang, A. Bardakas, D. Bouman, A. Cuzzocrea, D. van Driel, D. Girardi, L. E. A. Stehouwer, G. Scappucci, A. M. J. Zwerver, N. W. Hendrickx2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

FerBo: a noise resilient qubit hybridizing Andreev and fluxonium states

The paper proposes "FerBo," a novel superconducting qubit that achieves robustness against both relaxation and dephasing by hybridizing fermionic Andreev levels with a bosonic LC circuit mode while leveraging phase-space wavefunction delocalization similar to fluxonium.

J. J. Caceres, D. Sanz Marco, J. Ortuzar, E. Flurin, C. Urbina, H. Pothier, M. F. Goffman, F. J. Matute-Cañadas, A. Levy Yeyati2026-04-02🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall