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Dirac fermions at ap–njunction can exhibit a wide variety of unusual properties. Here, the authors investigate the dynamics of such fermions in a graphene junction using shot noise measurements and demonstrate the crucial role of junction length.

The realization of the anomalous Hall effect in high-mobility two dimensional electron systems has so far remained elusive. Here, the authors observe its emergence in MgZnO/ZnO heterostructures and attribute it to skew scattering of electrons by localized paramagnetic centres.

The fractional quantum Hall effect occurs when electrons move in Landau levels. In this study, using a theoretical flat-band lattice model, the fractional quantum Hall effect is observed in the presence of repulsive interactions when the band is one third full and in the absence of Landau levels.

A study of the high-field Hall coefficient in thallium- and bismuth-based single-layer cuprates demonstrates a smooth evolution of this quantity from p to 1 + p over a wide doping range.

Three-dimensional topological insulators are materials that are nonmagnetic insulators in the bulk but exhibit metallic surface states. Yoshimi et al, now identify a signature of such two-dimensional states, the quantum Hall effect, in bismuth-based chalcogenide topological insulators.

The quantum Hall effect takes place in a two-dimensional electron gas under a strong magnetic field and involves current flow along the edges of the sample. In the fractional regime, counter-propagating modes that carry energy but not charge — the so-called neutral modes — have been predicted but never observed. These authors report the first direct observation of these elusive modes.

Previous work has shown that helical domain walls can form between states of different spin-polarization during a ferromagnetic spin transition in the fractional quantum Hall regime. Here, the authors study the transport through a single helical domain wall and find strong deviations from a simplified theory of weakly interacting edge channels.

The transport properties of materials with topologically non-trivial band structures may be manipulated by an applied magnetic field or by magnetic doping. Here, the authors demonstrate quantum Hall states for temperatures up to 2 K in thin film bilayers comprising pristine and Cr-doped topological insulators.

Quantized magnetoelectric coupling, which induces exotic magneto-optical phenomena, awaits to be evidenced in topological insulators. Here, Okada et al. demonstrate Faraday and Kerr rotations of magnetic topological insulator surfaces in quantum anomalous Hall states by terahertz magneto-optics, indicating topological magnetoelectric effect.

Spin-Hall nano-oscillators are attractive for spintronics due to their high efficiency and simple layout. Here, the authors demonstrate synchronization of these oscillators to external microwave signals, opening up new possibilities for spintronic applications.

Edge current quantization in the integer quantum Hall effect is understood to arise due to noninteracting electrons circulating an incompressible insulating bulk. Here, the authors evidence compressible metal-like bulk behaviour in GaAs/AlGaAs Hall bars consistent with electronic interactions.

The effect of disorder in conventional two-dimensional electron systems is usually described in terms of individual electrons interacting with an underlying disorder potential. Scanning single-electron transistor measurements of graphene in a strong magnetic field indicate that in this system, coulombic interactions between electrons must also be taken into account.

Fractional quantum Hall states in 2D electron gases arise due to strong electron-electron interactions, which makes a general theoretical understanding difficult. Fu et al. present data showing the ν = 5/3 quantum Hall state has a 3/2 plateau in the diagonal resistance that has not been captured by existing models.

A large spin–orbit torque, generated in a conductive topological insulator (TI) Bi_0.9Sb_0.1 is further employed to effectively switch the magnetization of MnGa in a BiSb/MnGa bilayer Hall-bar device at room temperature.

Metamaterials enable the control and manipulation of light on subwavelength scales, allowing numerous optical device applications. Here, the authors show the selective excitation of spatially confined modes in an anisotropic hyperbolic metamaterial, based on the photonic spin Hall effect.

The authors demonstrate quantum Hall effect in semiconducting layered oxide Bi₂O₂Se. Its unique low mass among the oxides of 0.14 m_e and pronounced layered structure makes Bi₂O₂Se highly susceptible to the quantum confinement effects.

Hall resistance quantization measurements in the quantum anomalous Hall effect regime on a device based on the magnetic topological insulator V-doped (Bi,Sb)₂Te₃ show that the system can provide a zero external magnetic field quantum standard of resistance.

An anomalous Hall spin current in a ferromagnetic conductor generates a giant spin–orbit torque with unique angular symmetry. This discovery enables a spin torque nano-oscillator with potential applications in neuromorphic signal processing.

The nature of the fractional quantum Hall state when the lowest Landau level is half-filled remains controversial. Now, the observation of a topological phase transition at related filling fractions suggests that the half-filled state is non-Abelian.

Electron hopping in geometrically frustrated lattices can result in a rich variety of unusual behaviours. Now, the orbital arrangement in a van der Waals metal with a non-frustrated, primitive lattice is found to show similar effects.

Hybrid perovskites exhibit long carrier diffusion lengths and lifetimes. Here, Chen et al. show experimentally that carrier recombination in perovskites is far from Langevin and closer to the best direct-bandgap semiconductors, which can be explained by the dipolar polaronic nature of charge carriers.

Whether paternal pre-conceptual SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm RNA content, or effects offspring phenotypes, has not been previously investigated. Here authors report changes in sperm noncoding RNAs in SARS-CoV-2 infected sires and increased anxiety-like behaviors in offspring.

Previous studies of skyrmions in thin film architectures have shown widely-varying magnitudes of the topological Hall effect. Here, Raju et al. show that this variation follows a power-law behaviour driven by chiral spin fluctuations at the phase transition between isolated and lattice skyrmions.

What makes the phonons in cuprates become chiral, as measured by their thermal Hall effect, is an unresolved question. Here, the authors rule out two extrinsic mechanisms and argue that chirality comes from a coupling of acoustic phonons to the intrinsic excitations of the CuO₂ planes.

Through inelastic light scattering chiral spin-2 long-wavelength magnetorotons are observed, revealing chiral graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall states and aiding in understanding the quantum metric impacts in topological correlated systems.

There is a long-standing experimental effort to observe field-induced correlated states in three-dimensional materials. Here, the authors observe an unconventional Hall response in the quantum limit of the bulk semimetal HfTe₅ with a plateau-like feature in the Hall conductivity.

Previous work has proposed that the anomalous and topological Hall effects, associated with Weyl nodes, should have a signature in optical conductivity. Here, using THz optical spectroscopy, the authors assign these two effects to optical conductivity resonances, arising near band anti-crossings, in thin films of MnGe.

The spontaneous topological Hall effect, combining non-coplanar antiferromagnetic order with finite scalar spin chirality in the absence of a magnetic field, is now experimentally demonstrated for the triangular lattice compounds CoTa₃S₆ and CoNb₃S₆.

Valley dependent spin polarization called spin-valley locking appears in absence of magnetism but it is limited to rare examples of transition metal dichalcogenides. Here, the authors report evidence of spin-valley locking and stacked quantum Hall effect in a bulk Dirac semimetal BaMnSb₂.

The spin Hall effect plays a central role in generating and manipulating spin currents, but its magnitude is ultimately fixed by spin–orbit coupling effects. It is now shown that the spin-Hall-effect angle can be tuned electrically in GaAs.

It was suggested that the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect in graphene originates from the coupling between counter propagating edge modes. Here, by using scanning gate microscopy, the authors propose a microscopic mechanism of this coupling due to antidots present at graphene edges.

The evolution of the quantum Hall state from bulk spectrum to edge state remains obscure. Here, Patlatiuk and Scheller et al. observe magnetic compression against a hard edge followed by motion into the bulk and depopulation of the integer quantum Hall edge states, in agreement with the bulk-to-edge correspondence.

Antiferromagnets promise great potential for spintronic applications due to their spin excitations at terahertz frequencies, however, read out of the spin state is hindered by the small response to external fields. Here the authors demonstrate all optical readout of the spin state of antiferromagnetic Mn3Sn at THz frequency.

Huang et al. study fractional quantum Hall (fQH) states in high-quality GaAs/AlGaAs samples. They report evidence for a fQH state at filling factor ν = 9/11, which they associate with the formation of six-flux composite fermions.

The integration of a TMDC monolayer into a high-Q microcavity enables the observation of optical valley Hall effect.

The manipulation of domain walls in magnetic materials is attracting interest because of its potential use in memory devices. Chibaet al. demonstrate that the velocity of domain walls in perpendicularly magnetized films can be changed by more than an order of magnitude by applying an electric field.

In strong magnetic fields, clean two-dimensional electron systems support fractional Hall states that exhibit isotropically vanishing longitudinal resistance. At low field these states disappear and an anisotropic stripe phase emerges. And in between, contrary to expectation, these states can coexist.

Propagating spin waves known as magnons are expected to carry a dipole moment in the quantum Hall regime. Now, this moment has been detected, demonstrating that the degrees of freedom of spin and charge are entangled in quantum Hall magnons.

Zero Hall effect is found in the quantum limit of KHgSb. This observation is attributed to counter-propagating double quantum spin Hall states.

Owing to electron localization, two-dimensional materials are not expected to be metallic at low temperatures, but a field-induced quantum metal phase emerges in NbSe₂, whose behaviour is consistent with the Bose-metal model.

Menu manipulation is a promising strategy to increase environmental and health benefits of food choices. Drawing on data from a UK university residence, this study illustrates such potential.

Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experiments across multiple continents suggest that these learned calls provoke an innate response even among allopatric species.