Topological photonics in metamaterials

S Ma, B Yang, S Zhang - Photonics Insights, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Originally a pure mathematical concept, topology has been vigorously developed in various
physical systems in recent years, and underlies many interesting phenomena such as the …

Oscillations of the thermal conductivity in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3

P Czajka, T Gao, M Hirschberger, P Lampen-Kelley… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
In the class of materials called spin liquids,–, a magnetically ordered state cannot be
attained even at millikelvin temperatures because of conflicting constraints on each spin; for …

Exploiting the fraternal twin nature of thermoelectrics and topological insulators in Zintl phases as a tool for engineering new efficient thermoelectric generators

MO Ogunbunmi, S Bobev - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This review article presents a radical overview of the rich chemistry and physics of Zintl
phases as it relates to their interesting structure–property relationships. In particular, it …

Quantum oscillation from in-gap states and a non-Hermitian Landau level problem

H Shen, L Fu - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Motivated by recent experiments on Kondo insulators, we theoretically study quantum
oscillations from disorder-induced in-gap states in small-gap insulators. By solving a non …

Landau quantization and highly mobile fermions in an insulator

P Wang, G Yu, Y Jia, M Onyszczak, FA Cevallos, S Lei… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
In strongly correlated materials, quasiparticle excitations can carry fractional quantum
numbers. An intriguing possibility is the formation of fractionalized, charge-neutral fermions …

Electronic Properties of in Proximity to Graphene

S Biswas, Y Li, SM Winter, J Knolle, R Valentí - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
In the pursuit of developing routes to enhance magnetic Kitaev interactions in α-RuCl 3, as
well as probing doping effects, we investigate the electronic properties of α-RuCl 3 in …

Fermi surface in the absence of a Fermi liquid in the Kondo insulator SmB6

M Hartstein, WH Toews, YT Hsu, B Zeng, X Chen… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
The search for a Fermi surface in the absence of a conventional Fermi liquid has thus far
yielded very few potential candidates. Among promising materials are spin-frustrated Mott …

Quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator

Z Xiang, Y Kasahara, T Asaba, B Lawson, C Tinsman… - Science, 2018 - science.org
In metals, orbital motions of conduction electrons on the Fermi surface are quantized in
magnetic fields, which is manifested by quantum oscillations in electrical resistivity. This …

Mixed-valence insulators with neutral Fermi surfaces

D Chowdhury, I Sodemann, T Senthil - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Samarium hexaboride is a classic three-dimensional mixed valence system with a high-
temperature metallic phase that evolves into a paramagnetic charge insulator below 40 K. A …

Excitons in topological Kondo insulators: Theory of thermodynamic and transport anomalies in

J Knolle, NR Cooper - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Kondo insulating materials lie outside the usual dichotomy of weakly versus correlated—
band versus Mott—insulators. They are metallic at high temperatures but resemble band …