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 …

Charge-two Weyl phonons with type-III dispersion

G Ding, F Zhou, Z Zhang, ZM Yu, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
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 …

Recipe for single-pair-Weyl-points phonons carrying the same chiral charges

G Ding, C Xie, J Bai, Z Cheng, X Wang, W Wu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
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 …

Spin-group symmetry in magnetic materials with negligible spin-orbit coupling

P Liu, J Li, J Han, X Wan, Q Liu - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Symmetry formulated by group theory plays an essential role with respect to the laws of
nature, from fundamental particles to condensed-matter systems. Here, by combining …

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 …

Charge-four Weyl phonons

QB Liu, Z Wang, HH Fu - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
By using ab initio calculations and symmetry analysis, we define a class of Weyl phonons:
charge-four Weyl phonons (CFWPs) characterized by Chern number±4 in their acoustic …

Single pair of multi-Weyl points in nonmagnetic crystals

X Wang, F Zhou, Z Zhang, W Wu, ZM Yu, SA Yang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Topological semimetal states having the minimal number, ie, only a single pair, of Weyl
points are desirable for the study of effects associated with chiral topological charges. So far …

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 …