Bismuth (Bi), as a nontoxic and inexpensive diamagnetic heavy metal, has recently been
utilized for the preparation of a variety of nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires …

The first-principles band theory paradigm has been a key player not only in the process of
discovering new classes of topologically interesting materials, but also for identifying salient …

Quantum spin Hall materials hold the promise of revolutionary devices with dissipationless
spin currents but have required cryogenic temperatures owing to small energy gaps. Here …

The first synthesis of MnO@ Mn3O4 nanoparticles embedded in an N‐doped porous carbon
framework (MnO@ Mn3O4/NPCF) through pyrolysis of mixed‐valent Mn8 clusters is …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) topological materials, including quantum spin/anomalous
Hall insulators, have attracted intense research efforts owing to their promise for applications …

Topological phases with insulating bulk and gapless surface or edge modes have attracted
intensive attention because of their fundamental physics implications and potential …

Conspectus Metal–organic and covalent–organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) have been
extensively studied for fundamental interests and their promising applications, taking …

We propose a universal practical approach to realize magnetic second-order topological
insulator (SOTI) materials, based on properly breaking the time reversal symmetry in …

The Dirac half-metallicity (H. Ishizuka et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 2012, 109, 237207, Li et al.
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter Mater. Phys., 2015, 92, 201403 (R)) with a gap in one spin …

MXenes are a large family of two-dimensional (2D) early transition metal carbides that have
shown great potential for a host of applications ranging from electrodes in supercapacitors …