Colloquium: Quantum anomalous Hall effect

CZ Chang, CX Liu, AH MacDonald - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
The quantum Hall (QH) effect, quantized Hall resistance combined with zero longitudinal
resistance, is the characteristic experimental fingerprint of Chern insulators—topologically …

Recent advances in 2D material theory, synthesis, properties, and applications

YC Lin, R Torsi, R Younas, CL Hinkle, AF Rigosi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) material research is rapidly evolving to broaden the spectrum of
emergent 2D systems. Here, we review recent advances in the theory, synthesis …

Native point defects and their implications for the Dirac point gap at MnBi2Te4(0001)

M Garnica, MM Otrokov, PC Aguilar… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
We study the surface crystalline and electronic structures of the antiferromagnetic
topological insulator MnBi2Te4 using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) …

Electric control of a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator

J Cai, D Ovchinnikov, Z Fei, M He, T Song, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The interplay between band topology and magnetism can give rise to exotic states of matter.
For example, magnetically doped topological insulators can realize a Chern insulator that …

Lorentz violation in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

VA Kostelecký, R Lehnert, N McGinnis, M Schreck… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
We propose a correspondence between the description of emergent Lorentz symmetry in
condensed-matter systems and the established general effective field theory for Lorentz …

Distinct Magnetic Gaps between Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Orders Driven by Surface Defects in the Topological Magnet

H Tan, B Yan - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
Many experiments observed a metallic behavior at zero magnetic fields (antiferromagnetic
phase, AFM) in MnBi 2 Te 4 thin film transport, which coincides with gapless surface states …

Topological Magnetic Materials of the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3)n van der Waals Compounds Family

SV Eremeev, IP Rusinov, YM Koroteev… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Using density functional theory, we propose the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3) n family of
stoichiometric van der Waals compounds that harbor multiple topologically nontrivial …

Distinguishing surface and bulk electromagnetism via their dynamics in an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator

KD Nguyen, W Lee, J Dang, T Wu, G Berruto, C Yan… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The indirect exchange interaction between local magnetic moments via surface electrons
has been long predicted to bolster the surface ferromagnetism in magnetic topological …

Interlayer magnetophononic coupling in MnBi2Te4

H Padmanabhan, M Poore, PK Kim, NZ Koocher… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of magnetism in quantum materials creates a platform to realize spin-based
applications in spintronics, magnetic memory, and quantum information science. A key to …

Large Exchange Coupling Between Localized Spins and Topological Bands in MnBi2Te4

H Padmanabhan, VA Stoica, PK Kim… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetism in topological materials creates phases exhibiting quantized transport
phenomena with potential technological applications. The emergence of such phases relies …