Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices

ZK Lin, Q Wang, Y Liu, H Xue, B Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics
of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals …

The superconducting diode effect

M Nadeem, MS Fuhrer, X Wang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
A superconducting diode enables supercurrent to flow in only one direction, providing new
functionalities for superconducting circuits. In recent years, there has been experimental …

Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware

NP De Leon, KM Itoh, D Kim, KK Mehta, TE Northup… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The past two decades have seen intense efforts aimed at building quantum
computing hardware with the potential to solve problems that are intractable on classical …

A comprehensive review on Bi2Te3‐based thin films: Thermoelectrics and beyond

X Tang, Z Li, W Liu, Q Zhang… - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based materials are not only the most important and widely used room temperature
thermoelectric (TE) materials but are also canonical examples of topological insulators in …

Three-Dimensional Charge Density Wave and Surface-Dependent Vortex-Core States in a Kagome Superconductor

Z Liang, X Hou, F Zhang, W Ma, P Wu, Z Zhang, F Yu… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The transition-metal-based kagome metals provide a versatile platform for correlated
topological phases hosting various electronic instabilities. While superconductivity is rare in …

Angle-resolved photoemission studies of quantum materials

JA Sobota, Y He, ZX Shen - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
The physics of quantum materials is dictated by many-body interactions and mathematical
concepts such as symmetry and topology that have transformed our understanding of matter …

Moiré heterostructures as a condensed-matter quantum simulator

DM Kennes, M Claassen, L **an, A Georges, AJ Millis… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Twisted van der Waals heterostructures have latterly received prominent attention for their
many remarkable experimental properties and the promise that they hold for realizing …

Bandgap engineering of two-dimensional semiconductor materials

A Chaves, JG Azadani, H Alsalman… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2020 - nature.com
Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol

M Aghaee, A Akkala, Z Alam, R Ali, A Alcaraz Ramirez… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present measurements and simulations of semiconductor-superconductor
heterostructure devices that are consistent with the observation of topological …

Unconventional superconductivity in chiral molecule–TaS2 hybrid superlattices

Z Wan, G Qiu, H Ren, Q Qian, Y Li, D Xu, J Zhou… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Chiral superconductors, a unique class of unconventional superconductors in which the
complex superconducting order parameter winds clockwise or anticlockwise in the …