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cond-mat.mes-hall2026

A Chiral Superlattice Route to Spin-Split Topological Antiferromagnetism

Thao Dinh, Mengke Liu, Jian-Xiang Qiu +48

The interplay between chirality and magnetism is a profound topic, spanning particle physics, condensed matter, chemistry and origin of life. In this paper, we study this interplay…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Imaging Gate-Tunable Single-Layer Molecular Kagome Lattices

Ziyi Wang, Rafal Zuzak, Weichen Tang +11

Kagome lattices provide a simple geometry for engineering electronic states that exhibit novel quantum behavior. In conventional kagome materials, however, the relevant states are…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Graphene double quantum dot as a solid-state two-level system in the THz range

Alexis Wietzke, Solen Coeymans, Benjamin Hue +12

Matter-based two-level quantum systems are fundamental building blocks of quantum technologies, underpinning applications in quantum computing, simulation, communication, and sensi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Displacement-Field-Induced Ionization of Defect States in High-Quality hBN

Ilia Begichev, Daria Belotcerkovtceva, Iakov Reznikov +10

Encapsulation of two-dimensional (2D) materials with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used to fabricate ultraclean van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures for optoelectronic an…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Ambipolar metal-insulator transition in bilayer MoSe2

Ha-Leem Kim, Hyungbin Lim, Terry Wu +7

When Coulomb interactions dominate kinetic energy, dilute two-dimensional carriers form a Wigner solid. Both its melting and disorder-driven localization can drive density-tuned me…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Symmetry Engineering Enables Deterministic Ensemble Polarization Control in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Aqiq Ishraq, Eric Herrmann, Pragya Agnihotri +15

Optical polarization is a key degree of freedom in quantum photonic and sensing technologies, enabling efficient light--matter coupling and directional emission. However, in defect…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Autonomous Quantum Transport Measurements of 2D Semiconductors by an AI Agent

Brandon Bauer, Matthew Whalen, Kenji Watanabe +4

Artificial-intelligence (AI) agents are beginning to enter experimental laboratories, automating experiments and accelerating scientific discovery. Herein, we introduce an AI-drive…

quant-ph2026

An All-van-der-Waals Qubit

Sein Park, Sameia Zaman, Junghyun Kim +19

Advances in solid-state physics, materials science, and device engineering have accelerated the development of superconducting qubits. Among emerging platforms, van der Waals (vdW)…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

A substrate booster for P-type 2D ferromagnetic semiconductor

Hai Wang, Woye Pei, Ridong Cong +14

Spin transistors with its both charge and spin properties tuned via electrostatic gating are believed capable for widespread use, which however have proven challenging due to the e…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Layer-Hybridized Wigner Crystals in MoSe2/WS2 Moiré Superlattice

Tianyi Ouyang, Yuze Meng, Li Yan +11

Transition metal dichalcogenide moiré heterobilayers with type-II band alignment provide a versatile platform for layer-polarized generalized Wigner crystals, in which strong Coulo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Superconducting cavity probes sliding ferroelectricity in small-angle twisted WSe

Krishnendu Maji, Supriya Mandal, Sriram H. +8

Ferroelectricity is a property of materials that exhibit spontaneous charge polarization. Ferroelectricity in 2D materials is interesting because of their applications in memory de…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Layer-parity-defined surface polarization in NbCl for excitonic modulation at van der Waals interfaces

Xinyue Huang, Hansheng Xu, Yuchen Gao +10

The intrinsic symmetry breaking in the breathing kagome lattice of layered NbCl provides a unique mechanism for realizing electrically polar surfaces. In each monolayer, th…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Ferroelectric-tunable quantum nonlinearity of chiral Bloch electrons in a moiré system

Zitian Pan, Jundong Zhu, Yu Hong +7

Sliding ferroelectricity in van der Waals materials shows great potential for designing robust memory devices. However, its thermodynamic behaviors and the coupling with certain qu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026★ 1 cited

Ferroelectric hysteresis in singly aligned graphene-hBN moiré superlattices

Bao Q. Tu, Tanweer Ahmed, Garen Avedissian +7

Ferroelectric materials have the unique ability to maintain an electric polarization which can be reversed under an external applied electric field. This property makes them valuab…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Multiple Superconducting Phases in Rhombohedral Heptalayer Graphene

Chuanqi Zheng, Chushan Li, Chenyu Zhang +14

Crystalline rhombohedral multilayer graphene (RMG) has emerged as an ideal platform for studying unconventional superconductivity. Here, we report the observation of superconductiv…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Correlation-Driven Ballistic Exciton Expansion in a Moiré Bose-Fermi Mixture

Shibin Deng, Jonas M. Peterson, Maximilian Hauer +8

Moiré superlattices of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host strongly interacting Bose-Fermi mixtures in which bosonic excitons coexist with correlated electron lattices. Us…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Tunable high-Chern-number Chern insulators in rhombohedral tetralayer graphene/hBN moiré superlattices

Chuanqi Zheng, Chushan Li, Ke Huang +17

Moiré superlattices based on rhombohedral multilayer graphene have emerged as a highly tunable platform for engineering correlated topological phases. Here, we systematically inves…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Electric-field-tuned consecutive topological phase transitions between distinct correlated insulators in moire MoTe2/WSe2 heterobilayer

Xumin Chang, Zui Tao, Bowen Shen +10

Consecutive topological phase transitions (TPTs) between strongly correlated electronic phases that differ simultaneously in symmetry breaking and topological order are of fundamen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Hydrostatic Pressure-enhanced correlated magnetism and Chern insulator in moir'e WSe2

Pengfei Jiao, Chenghao Qian, Ning Mao +24

Moiré semiconductors offer flat bands where Coulomb interactions and band topology intertwine, while interlayer coupling plays a central role in forming the moiré potential. Howeve…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026★ 1 cited

Exciton-polaron Umklapp scattering in Wigner crystals

Erfu Liu, Matthew Wilson, Jenny Hu +9

Strong Coulomb interactions in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors give rise to tightly bound excitons, exciton polarons, and correlated electronic phases such as Wigner crystals (…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Zero-phonon line emission of single photon emitters in helium-ion treated MoS

Katja Barthelmi, Tomer Amit, Mirco Troue +13

We explore the zero-phonon line of single photon emitters in helium-ion treated monolayer MoS, which are currently understood in terms of single sulfur-site vacancies. By compa…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Layer-engineered quantum anomalous Hall effect in twisted rhombohedral graphene

Zhangyuan Chen, Naitian Liu, Jiannan Hua +13

Realizing programmable topological states in quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulators requires the ability to design and dynamically tune their topological invariant, the Chern numb…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Moire-Engineered Ferroelectric Transistors for Nearly Trap-free, Low-Power and Non-Volatile 2D Electronics

Arup Singha, Shaili Sett, Kenji Watanabe +3

Long-range moire patterns in twisted WSe2 enable a built-in, moire-length-scale ferroelectric polarization that can be directly harnessed in electronic devices. Such a built-in fer…

quant-ph2025

Coherent and compact van der Waals transmon qubits

Jesse Balgley, Jinho Park, Xuanjing Chu +9

State-of-the-art superconducting qubits rely on a limited set of thin-film materials. Expanding their materials palette can improve performance, extend operating regimes, and intro…