Topological quantum materials from the viewpoint of chemistry

N Kumar, SN Guin, K Manna, C Shekhar… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Topology, a mathematical concept, has recently become a popular and truly
transdisciplinary topic encompassing condensed matter physics, solid state chemistry, and …

Sixfold degenerate nodal-point phonons: Symmetry analysis and materials realization

C Xie, Y Liu, Z Zhang, F Zhou, T Yang, M Kuang… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Multifold degenerate fermions in electronic structures of topological materials give rise to
many interesting physics properties. Among them, three-, six-, and eightfold degenerate …

Topological nodal-point phononic systems

T Yang, J Wang, XP Li, X Wang, Z Cheng, W Wang… - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Topological phonons in materials are associated with specific atomic lattice vibrations
around the terahertz frequency ranges, offering a rich platform for studying various boson …

Phononic nodal points with quadratic dispersion and multifold degeneracy in the cubic compound

T Yang, C Xie, H Chen, X Wang, G Zhang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Topological states with quadratic dispersion and multiple-fold band degeneracy have not
only fundamentally updated our knowledge of the phases of matter but also become a major …

Phononic higher-order nodal point in two dimensions

WW Yu, Y Liu, W Meng, H Liu, J Gao, X Zhang, G Liu - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Fermionic quasiparticles in solids have attracted tremendous attention in the last decades.
The conceptual framework of quasiparticles has recently been extended to bosonic systems …

Sixfold excitations in electrides

S Nie, BA Bernevig, Z Wang - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Due to the lack of full rotational symmetry in condensed matter physics, solids exhibit new
excitations beyond Dirac and Weyl fermions, of which the sixfold excitations have attracted …

Realization of practical eightfold fermions and fourfold van Hove singularity in TaCo2Te2

H Rong, Z Huang, X Zhang, S Kumar, F Zhang… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Space groups describing the symmetry of lattice structure allow the emergence of
fermionic quasiparticles with various degeneracy in the band structure. Theoretical efforts …

Excitation of maximal degeneracy and higher-order topology in phononic crystals

H He, Z Pu, Q Ma, Z Dong, L Ye, M Ke, Z Liu - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
Since the discovery of the Weyl fermion in the material Ta As, searching for new types of
(quasi) particles in the universe of condensed matter and materials, beyond those captured …

Multifold topological semimetals

I Robredo, NBM Schröter, C Felser, J Cano… - Europhysics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of topological semimetals with multifold band crossings has opened up a new
and exciting frontier in the field of topological physics. These materials exhibit large Chern …

Sixfold, fourfold, and threefold excitations in the rare-earth metal carbide

L Jin, Y Liu, X Zhang, X Dai, G Liu - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Unconventional fermions, such as threefold, fourfold, sixfold, and eightfold fermions have
attracted intense attention in recent years. However, the concrete materials hosting …