Experimental perspective on three-dimensional topological semimetals
Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …
Weyl, Dirac and high-fold chiral fermions in topological quantum matter
Quantum materials hosting Weyl fermions have opened a new era of research in condensed
matter physics. First proposed in 1929 in the context of particle physics, Weyl fermions have …
matter physics. First proposed in 1929 in the context of particle physics, Weyl fermions have …
WannierTools: An open-source software package for novel topological materials
We present an open-source software package WannierTools, a tool for investigation of novel
topological materials. This code works in the tight-binding framework, which can be …
topological materials. This code works in the tight-binding framework, which can be …
Triple point topological metals
Topologically protected fermionic quasiparticles appear in metals, where band
degeneracies occur at the Fermi level, dictated by the band structure topology. While in …
degeneracies occur at the Fermi level, dictated by the band structure topology. While in …
Z2Pack: Numerical implementation of hybrid Wannier centers for identifying topological materials
The intense theoretical and experimental interest in topological insulators and semimetals
has established band structure topology as a fundamental material property. Consequently …
has established band structure topology as a fundamental material property. Consequently …
Observation of three-component fermions in the topological semimetal molybdenum phosphide
In quantum field theory, Lorentz invariance leads to three types of fermion—Dirac, Weyl and
Majorana. Although the existence of Weyl and Majorana fermions as elementary particles in …
Majorana. Although the existence of Weyl and Majorana fermions as elementary particles in …
Scalable designs for quasiparticle-poisoning-protected topological quantum computation with Majorana zero modes
We present designs for scalable quantum computers composed of qubits encoded in
aggregates of four or more Majorana zero modes, realized at the ends of topological …
aggregates of four or more Majorana zero modes, realized at the ends of topological …
Topological semimetals predicted from first-principles calculations
We have given a summary on our theoretical predictions of three kinds of topological
semimetals (TSMs), namely, Dirac semimetal (DSM), Weyl semimetal (WSM) and node-line …
semimetals (TSMs), namely, Dirac semimetal (DSM), Weyl semimetal (WSM) and node-line …
Topological semimetals with triply degenerate nodal points in -phase tantalum nitride
Using first-principles calculation and symmetry analysis, we propose that θ-TaN is a
topological semimetal having a new type of point nodes, ie, triply degenerate nodal points …
topological semimetal having a new type of point nodes, ie, triply degenerate nodal points …
Chemical principles of topological semimetals
Initiated by the discovery of topological insulators, topologically non-trivial materials have
attracted immense interest in the physics community in the past decade. One of the latest …
attracted immense interest in the physics community in the past decade. One of the latest …