Topological nodal line phonons: Recent advances in materials realization

X Wang, T Yang, Z Cheng, G Surucu, J Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The topological phenomenon has been extensively studied in condensed matter physics
and has attracted much attention in many different fields. Like electrons, phonons can also …

Emerging theory and phenomena in thermal conduction: A selective review

J Chen, J He, D Pan, X Wang, N Yang, J Zhu… - Science China Physics …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, emerging phonon phenomena have been discovered and rapidly developed,
which have become an active hot research topic. In this review article, we present state-of …

Exotic topological phonon modes in semiconductors: Symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations for representative examples

G Ding, C Xie, J Gong, J Wang, J Bai, W Wang, D Li… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Nowadays, it is recognized that semiconductors are prospective candidates for promising
thermoelectric materials and the gapless topological phonon modes can result in a high …

Topological phonons in Cs-Te binary systems

Y Yang, J Wang, Y Liu, Y Cui, G Ding, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
In this paper, we used symmetry analyses and first-principles calculations to discover seven
Cs-Te binary systems that have different crystal structures and can host symmetry-enforced …

Two-nodal surface phonons in solid-state materials

C Xie, H Yuan, Y Liu, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
This year, researchers have been on the lookout for real materials with one-nodal, two-nodal
(two-NS), and three-nodal surface phonons. However, materials with two-NS phonons have …

Dirac phonons in two-dimensional materials

J Gong, J Wang, H Yuan, Z Zhang, W Wang, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Phonons are an ideal platform for realizing stable spinless two-dimensional (2D) Dirac
points because they have a bosonic nature and hard-to-break time-reversal symmetry. It …

Ideal nodal-net, nodal-chain, and nodal-cage phonons in some realistic materials

G Ding, T Sun, X Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The topological interpretation of phonons provides a new platform for new concepts in
phonon physics. While reports on topological electronic excitations are plenty, the number of …

Magnetic Weyl and quadratic nodal lines in inverse-Heusler-based fully compensated ferrimagnetic half-metals

C Xie, H Yuan, Z Zhang, X Wang - Physical Review Materials, 2022 - APS
Heusler alloys, a class of easily prepared, highly ordered intermetallic compounds, were first
reported in 1903. Since then, Heusler alloys have presented various physical phenomena in …

Dirac point phonons at high-symmetry points: Towards materials realization

Y Feng, C Xie, H Chen, Y Liu, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Dirac point semimetals and related Fermi arc surface states are extremely important in
topological electronic systems. In 2021, Chen et al.[Phy. Rev. Lett. 126, 185301 (2021) …

Complete list of valley linear Weyl point phonons in two dimensions

M Zhong, H Liu, J Wang, C Xie, H Yuan, Z Zhang… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The discovery of topological quantum states in two-dimensional (2D) systems is one of the
most promising advancements in condensed matter physics. Linear Weyl point (LWP) …