Topological phononic metamaterials

W Zhu, W Deng, Y Liu, J Lu, HX Wang… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated
in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical …

Topological Phonons and Thermoelectric Conversion in Crystalline Materials

ZK Ding, YJ Zeng, W Liu, LM Tang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Topological phononics, a fascinating frontier in condensed matter physics, holds great
promise for advancing energy‐related applications. Topologically nontrivial phonons …

Real higher-order Weyl photonic crystal

Y Pan, C Cui, Q Chen, F Chen, L Zhang, Y Ren… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Higher-order Weyl semimetals are a family of recently predicted topological phases
simultaneously showcasing unconventional properties derived from Weyl points, such as …

Higher-order Klein bottle topological insulator in three-dimensional acoustic crystals

YL Tao, M Yan, M Peng, Q Wei, Z Cui, SA Yang… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Topological phases of matter are classified based on symmetries, with nonsymmorphic
symmetries like glide reflections and screw rotations being of particular importance in the …

Observation of Higher-Order Nodal-Line Semimetal in Phononic Crystals

Q Ma, Z Pu, L Ye, J Lu, X Huang, M Ke, H He… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Higher-order topological insulators and semimetals, which generalize the conventional bulk-
boundary correspondence, have attracted extensive research interest. Among them, higher …

Demonstration of Acoustic Higher-Order Topological Stiefel-Whitney Semimetal

X Xiang, YG Peng, F Gao, X Wu, P Wu, Z Chen, X Ni… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The higher-order topological phases have attracted intense attention in the past years,
which reveals various intriguing topological properties. Meanwhile, the enrichment of group …

Acoustic Klein bottle insulator

Z Pu, H He, W Deng, X Huang, L Ye, J Lu, M Ke, Z Liu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Internal and crystalline symmetries play critical roles in the classification of topological
materials. Recently, the crystalline symmetries are found to allow projective representations …

Engineering second-order topological insulators via coupling two first-order topological insulators

L Liu, J An, Y Ren, YT Zhang, Z Qiao, Q Niu - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We theoretically investigate the engineering of two-dimensional second-order topological
insulators with corner states by coupling two first-order topological insulators. We find that …

Higher-order topological states in dual-band valley sonic crystals

J Li, CX Deng, K Zhang, Q Lu, H Yang - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
As a quantum state of frequency extrema in the momentum space of acoustic systems, sonic
valley pseudospin provides a new degree of freedom for controlling acoustic waves. Higher …

Unconventional Dirac-Weyl semimetal with ultralong surface arc in phononic crystals

P Wu, F Gao, X Xiang, C Zheng, YG Peng, XF Zhu - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The fascinating properties of unconventional Dirac and Weyl nodes in crystalline systems,
carrying a topological charge of±2, have captured the attention of researchers. Here …