Topological phononic metamaterials

W Zhu, W Deng, Y Liu, J Lu, HX Wang… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated
in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical …

PyProcar: A Python library for electronic structure pre/post-processing

U Herath, P Tavadze, X He, E Bousquet, S Singh… - Computer Physics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The PyProcar Python package plots the band structure and the Fermi surface as a
function of site and/or s, p, d, f-projected wavefunctions obtained for each k-point in the …

Topological carbon materials: A new perspective

Y Chen, Y **e, X Yan, ML Cohen, S Zhang - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon has numerous one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and three-dimensional
(3D) allotropic structures. The study of carbon materials has long been a major focus of …

Computation and data driven discovery of topological phononic materials

J Li, J Liu, SA Baronett, M Liu, L Wang, R Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of topological quantum states marks a new chapter in both condensed matter
physics and materials sciences. By analogy to spin electronic system, topological concepts …

Symmetry-protected topological triangular Weyl complex

R Wang, BW **a, ZJ Chen, BB Zheng, YJ Zhao, H Xu - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Weyl points are often believed to appear in pairs with opposite chirality. In this work, we
show by first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis that single Weyl phonons with …

Topological phononic nodal hexahedron net and nodal links in the high-pressure phase of the semiconductor CuCl

QB Liu, HH Fu, R Wu - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
By using symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations, we propose that the simple
cubic structure of copper chloride (CuCl) in high-pressure phase can be worked as a three …

Coexistence of zero-, one-, and two-dimensional degeneracy in tetragonal phonons

J Wang, H Yuan, M Kuang, T Yang, ZM Yu, Z Zhang… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Based on the dimension of degeneracy, topological electronic systems can roughly be
divided into three parts: nodal point, line, and surface materials corresponding to zero-, one …

Topological acoustic triple point

S Park, Y Hwang, HC Choi, BJ Yang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Acoustic phonon is a classic example of triple degeneracy point in band structure. This triple
point always appears in phonon spectrum because of the Nambu–Goldstone theorem. Here …

Ideal type-II Weyl phonons in wurtzite CuI

J Liu, W Hou, E Wang, S Zhang, JT Sun, S Meng - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Weyl materials exhibiting topologically nontrivial touching points in band dispersion pave
the way to exotic transport phenomena and novel electronic devices. Here, we demonstrate …

Universal higher-order bulk-boundary correspondence of triple nodal points

PM Lenggenhager, X Liu, T Neupert, T Bzdušek - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Triple nodal points are degeneracies of energy bands in momentum space at which three
Hamiltonian eigenstates coalesce at a single eigenenergy. For spinless particles, the …