Topological quantum materials from the viewpoint of chemistry

N Kumar, SN Guin, K Manna, C Shekhar… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Topology, a mathematical concept, has recently become a popular and truly
transdisciplinary topic encompassing condensed matter physics, solid state chemistry, and …

Detection of electron-phonon coupling in two-dimensional materials by light scattering

JM Lai, YR **e, J Zhang - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Electron-phonon coupling affects the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials
significantly, leading to a series of novel phenomena. Inelastic light scattering provides a …

Electron–Phonon and Spin–Lattice Coupling in Atomically Thin Layers of MnBi2Te4

J Choe, D Lujan, M Rodriguez-Vega, Z Ye… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
MnBi2Te4 represents a new class of magnetic topological insulators in which novel
quantum phases emerge at temperatures higher than those found in magnetically doped …

Evidence for Dominant Phonon-Electron Scattering in Weyl Semimetal

GB Osterhoudt, Y Wang, CAC Garcia, VM Plisson… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
Topological semimetals have revealed a wide array of novel transport phenomena,
including electron hydrodynamics, quantum field theoretic anomalies, and extreme …

Non-trivial quantum geometry and the strength of electron–phonon coupling

J Yu, CJ Ciccarino, R Bianco, I Errea, P Narang… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Electron–phonon coupling is crucial for the existence of various phases of matter, in
particular superconductivity and density waves. Here, we devise a theory that incorporates …

Microdisk array based Weyl semimetal nanofilm terahertz detector

Q Song, Z Zhou, G Zhu, H Liang, M Zhang, B Zhang… - …, 2022 - degruyter.com
High-performance terahertz wave detectors at room temperature are still urgently required
for a wide range of applications. The available technologies, however, are plagued by low …

Unconventional resistivity scaling in topological semimetal CoSi

SW Lien, I Garate, U Bajpai, CY Huang, CH Hsu… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Nontrivial band topologies in semimetals lead to robust surface states that can contribute
dominantly to the total conduction. This may result in reduced resistivity with decreasing …

Photovoltaic effect by soft phonon excitation

Y Okamura, T Morimoto, N Ogawa… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Photodetection is an indispensable function of optoelectronic devices in modern
communication and sensing systems. Contrary to the near-infrared/visible regions, the fast …

Realization of epitaxial NbP and TaP Weyl semimetal thin films

A Bedoya-Pinto, AK Pandeya, D Liu, H Deniz… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Weyl semimetals (WSMs) exhibit an electronic structure governed by linear band
dispersions and degenerate (Weyl) points that lead to exotic physical phenomena. While …

Infinite berry curvature of Weyl Fermi arcs

D Wawrzik, JS You, JI Facio, J Van Den Brink… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We show that Weyl Fermi arcs are generically accompanied by a divergence of the surface
Berry curvature scaling as 1/k 2, where k is the distance to a hot line in the surface Brillouin …