Experimental perspective on three-dimensional topological semimetals

BQ Lv, T Qian, H Ding - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …

Nodal lines in momentum space: topological invariants and recent realizations in photonic and other systems

H Park, W Gao, X Zhang, SS Oh - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Topological insulators constitute one of the most intriguing phenomena in modern
condensed matter theory. The unique and exotic properties of topological states of matter …

Observation of chiral zero mode in inhomogeneous three-dimensional Weyl metamaterials

H Jia, R Zhang, W Gao, Q Guo, B Yang, J Hu, Y Bi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Owing to the chirality of Weyl nodes, the Weyl systems can support one-way chiral zero
modes under a strong magnetic field, which leads to nonconservation of chiral currents—the …

The discovery of dynamic chiral anomaly in a Weyl semimetal NbAs

X Yuan, C Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Yan, T Lyu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The experimental discovery of Weyl semimetals offers unprecedented opportunities to study
Weyl physics in condensed matters. Unique electromagnetic response of Weyl semimetals …

Finite phenine nanotubes with periodic vacancy defects

Z Sun, K Ikemoto, TM Fukunaga, T Koretsune, R Arita… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Discrete graphitic carbon compounds serve as tunable models for the properties of
extended macromolecular structures such as nanotubes. Here, we report synthesis and …

Antichirality emergent in type-II Weyl phononic crystals

M Yan, X Huang, J Wu, W Deng, J Lu, Z Liu - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Chiral anomaly as the hallmark feature lies in the heart of the researches for Weyl
semimetal. It is rooted in the zeroth Landau level of the system with an applied magnetic …

Cycling Fermi arc electrons with Weyl orbits

C Zhang, Y Zhang, HZ Lu, XC **e, F **u - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The Weyl orbit refers to a new type of cyclotron orbit recently proposed in Weyl semimetals.
This is a surface–bulk hybrid orbit that can be modulated by thickness and external fields …

Triple hourglass Weyl phonons

G Liu, Z Chen, P Wu, H Xu - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Unconventional Weyl phonons with higher topological charges in crystalline solids have
attracted increasing attention. By symmetry analysis and a low-energy k· p effective …

Topological Lifshitz transition and one-dimensional Weyl mode in HfTe5

W Wu, Z Shi, Y Du, Y Wang, F Qin, X Meng, B Liu… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Landau band crossings typically stem from the intra-band evolution of electronic states in
magnetic fields and enhance the interaction effect in their vicinity. Here in the extreme …

Berry-dipole semimetals

ZY Zhuang, C Zhang, XJ Wang, Z Yan - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We introduce “Berry-dipole semimetals”, whose band degeneracies are characterized by
quantized Berry dipoles. Through a two-band model constructed by a Hopf map, we reveal …