Artificial intelligence: A powerful paradigm for scientific research
Artificial intelligence (AI) coupled with promising machine learning (ML) techniques well
known from computer science is broadly affecting many aspects of various fields including …
known from computer science is broadly affecting many aspects of various fields including …
Topological quantum materials for energy conversion and storage
Topological quantum materials (TQMs) have symmetry-protected band structures with useful
electronic properties that have applications in information, sensing, energy and other …
electronic properties that have applications in information, sensing, energy and other …
Topological nodal line phonons: Recent advances in materials realization
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 …
and has attracted much attention in many different fields. Like electrons, phonons can also …
Direct observation of topological phonons in graphene
Phonons, as the most fundamental emergent bosons in condensed matter systems, play an
essential role in the thermal, mechanical, and electronic properties of crystalline materials …
essential role in the thermal, mechanical, and electronic properties of crystalline materials …
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 …
thermoelectric materials and the gapless topological phonon modes can result in a high …
Charge-two Weyl phonons with type-III dispersion
In recent years, charge-two Weyl point phonons (WPPs) have attracted increasing attention.
Charge-two WPPs not only provide a new platform for realizing phonon-based …
Charge-two WPPs not only provide a new platform for realizing phonon-based …
Recipe for single-pair-Weyl-points phonons carrying the same chiral charges
Recently, Wang et al.[Phys. Rev. B 106, 195129 (2022) 2469-9950 10.1103/PhysRevB.
106.195129] challenged a widely held belief in the field of Weyl physics, demonstrating that …
106.195129] challenged a widely held belief in the field of Weyl physics, demonstrating that …
Topological phonons in Cs-Te binary systems
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 …
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 …
(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 …
points because they have a bosonic nature and hard-to-break time-reversal symmetry. It …