The physics of quantum materials

B Keimer, JE Moore - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The physical description of all materials is rooted in quantum mechanics, which describes
how atoms bond and electrons interact at a fundamental level. Although these quantum …

Classification of topological quantum matter with symmetries

CK Chiu, JCY Teo, AP Schnyder, S Ryu - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Topological materials have become the focus of intense research in recent years, since they
exhibit fundamentally new physical phenomena with potential applications for novel devices …

Nearly ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductivity

S Ran, C Eckberg, QP Ding, Y Furukawa, T Metz… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Spin-triplet superconductors potentially host topological excitations that are of interest for
quantum information processing. We report the discovery of spin-triplet superconductivity in …

Topological superconductors: a review

M Sato, Y Ando - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review elaborates pedagogically on the fundamental concept, basic theory, expected
properties, and materials realizations of topological superconductors. The relation between …

Topological crystalline insulators and topological superconductors: From concepts to materials

Y Ando, L Fu - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2015 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss recent progress in the explorations of topological materials
beyond topological insulators; specifically, we focus on topological crystalline insulators and …

Majorana fermions and topology in superconductors

M Sato, S Fujimoto - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016 - journals.jps.jp
Topological superconductors are novel classes of quantum condensed phases,
characterized by topologically nontrivial structures of Cooper pairing states. On the surfaces …

Chiral superconductors

C Kallin, J Berlinsky - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Chiral superconductivity is a striking quantum phenomenon in which an unconventional
superconductor spontaneously develops an angular momentum and lowers its free energy …

Spin-rotation symmetry breaking in the superconducting state of CuxBi2Se3

K Matano, M Kriener, K Segawa, Y Ando, G Zheng - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is an important concept for understanding physics ranging
from the elementary particles to states of matter. For example, the superconducting state …

Reduction of the 17O Knight Shift in the Superconducting State and the Heat-up Effect by NMR Pulses on Sr2RuO4

K Ishida, M Manago, K Kinjo, Y Maeno - Journal of the Physical …, 2020 - journals.jps.jp
Quite recently, a pronounced drop of 17O NMR Knight shift in the superconducting (SC)
state of an unstrained Sr2RuO4 was reported by Pustogow and Luo et al. They revealed …

Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering

S Mühlbauer, D Honecker, ÉA Périgo, F Bergner… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is one of the most important techniques for
microstructure determination, being utilized in a wide range of scientific disciplines, such as …