There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics
of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals …

Introduction of controllable deformations into periodic materials that lead to disclinations in
their structure opens novel routes for construction of higher-order topological insulators …

Floquet topological physics, an area exploring periodically driven systems and leveraging
degrees of freedoms in the temporal dimension, has opened new avenues in photonics by …