Encyclopedia of emergent particles in three-dimensional crystals

ZM Yu, Z Zhang, GB Liu, W Wu, XP Li, RW Zhang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in exploring emergent particles in
condensed matter systems. Novel particles, emerged as excitations around exotic band …

Exotic topological phonon modes in semiconductors: Symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations for representative examples

G Ding, C **e, J Gong, J Wang, J Bai, W Wang, D Li… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Nowadays, it is recognized that semiconductors are prospective candidates for promising
thermoelectric materials and the gapless topological phonon modes can result in a high …

Single pair of type-III Weyl points half-metals: as an example

G Ding, J Wang, ZM Yu, Z Zhang, W Wang… - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
The realization of Weyl systems with the minimum nonzero number of Weyl points (WPs)
and full spin polarization remains challenging in topology physics and spintronic. In this …

Charge-two Weyl phonons with type-III dispersion

G Ding, F Zhou, Z Zhang, ZM Yu, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In recent years, charge-two Weyl point phonons (WPPs) have attracted increasing attention.
Charge-two WPPs not only provide a new platform for realizing phonon-based …

Sixfold degenerate nodal-point phonons: Symmetry analysis and materials realization

C **e, Y Liu, Z Zhang, F Zhou, T Yang, M Kuang… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Multifold degenerate fermions in electronic structures of topological materials give rise to
many interesting physics properties. Among them, three-, six-, and eightfold degenerate …

DFT-Based Mechanistic Exploration and Application in Photocatalytic Heterojunctions

X Zhao, S **ao, B Yao, Y Chen… - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Density functional theory (DFT) is one of the most widely used methods in the field of
computational materials and has become an important research method for photocatalytic …

Single pair of multi-Weyl points in nonmagnetic crystals

X Wang, F Zhou, Z Zhang, W Wu, ZM Yu, SA Yang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Topological semimetal states having the minimal number, ie, only a single pair, of Weyl
points are desirable for the study of effects associated with chiral topological charges. So far …

Hybrid-type nodal ring phonons and coexistence of higher-order quadratic nodal line phonons in an AgZr alloy

F Zhou, Z Zhang, H Chen, M Kuang, T Yang, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Nodal line states in electronic systems can be classified based on the order of dispersion
around a band degeneracy (ie, linear, quadratic, or cubic) and the various slopes of crossing …

Systematic investigation of emergent particles in type-III magnetic space groups

GB Liu, Z Zhang, ZM Yu, SA Yang, Y Yao - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In three-dimensional (3D) crystals, emergent particles arise when two or multiple bands
contact and form degeneracy (band crossing) in the Brillouin zone. Recently a complete …

Maximally charged single-pair multi-Weyl point phonons in -type

Y Yang, C **e, Y Cui, X Wang, W Wu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The realization of multi-Weyl systems with the minimum nonzero number of Weyl points and
the maximum charge number remains challenging in topology physics. In this work, based …