Quantum spin Hall effect protected by spin U (1) quasisymmetry

L Liu, Y Liu, J Li, H Wu, Q Liu - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulators, with their unique helical edge states where
counterpropagating edge channels possess opposite spins, have attracted broad interest …

Atomically thin obstructed atomic insulators with robust edge modes and quantized spin Hall effect

R Verma, SM Huang, B Singh - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Symmetry-protected edge states serve as direct evidence of nontrivial electronic topology in
atomically thin materials. Finding these states in experimentally realizable single-phase …

Time-reversal symmetry breaking fractional quantum spin Hall insulator in moir\'e MoTe2

K Kang, Y Qiu, B Shen, K Lee, Z **a, Y Zeng… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, which support flat Chern
bands with enhanced interaction effects, realize a platform for fractional Chern insulators …

Engineering Majorana Kramers Pairs In Synthetic High Spin Chern Insulators

YC Hung, CH Hsu, A Bansil - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.08632, 2024 - arxiv.org
High spin-Chern-number topological phases provide a promising low-dimensional platform
for realizing double-helical edge states. In this letter, we show how these edge states can …

Two-dimensional weak topological insulator with gapless edge states in monolayer

X Zou, B Li, Y Dai, B Huang, C Niu - Physical Review B, 2025 - APS
Topological insulators (TIs) as the focus of recent interests have reshaped our
understanding of physics and materials, however, the two-dimensional (2D) weak TIs (WTIs) …