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 …

Strain Engineering of Low‐Dimensional Materials for Emerging Quantum Phenomena and Functionalities

JM Kim, MF Haque, EY Hsieh, SM Nahid… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent discoveries of exotic physical phenomena, such as unconventional
superconductivity in magic‐angle twisted bilayer graphene, dissipationless Dirac fermions in …

Non-Abelian band topology in noninteracting metals

QS Wu, AA Soluyanov, T Bzdušek - Science, 2019 - science.org
The topology of line nodes Band structure degeneracies in topological materials can take
the form of lines or even chains of interconnected loops. Wu et al. study theoretically these …

Visualization of the strain-induced topological phase transition in a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor TaSe3

C Lin, M Ochi, R Noguchi, K Kuroda, M Sakoda… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Control of the phase transition from topological to normal insulators can allow for an on/off
switching of spin current. While topological phase transitions have been realized by …

Observation and control of the weak topological insulator state in ZrTe5

P Zhang, R Noguchi, K Kuroda, C Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator hosts topological states at the one-dimensional (1D)
edge, along which backscattering by nonmagnetic impurities is strictly prohibited. Its 3D …

Rational Manipulation of Epitaxial Strains Enabled Valence Band Convergence and High Thermoelectric Performances in Mg3Sb2 Films

S Xie, W Liu, X Wan, J Lyu, F Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Strain engineering is demonstrated to effectively regulate the functionality of materials, such
as thermoelectric, ferroelectric, and photovoltaic properties. As the straightforward approach …

Direct observation of a uniaxial stress-driven Lifshitz transition in Sr2RuO4

V Sunko, E Abarca Morales, I Marković… - npj Quantum …, 2019 - nature.com
Pressure represents a clean tuning parameter for traversing the complex phase diagrams of
interacting electron systems, and as such has proved of key importance in the study of …

Hierarchy of Lifshitz Transitions in the Surface Electronic Structure of under Uniaxial Compression

E Abarca Morales, GR Siemann, A Zivanovic… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We report the evolution of the electronic structure at the surface of the layered perovskite Sr
2 RuO 4 under large in-plane uniaxial compression, leading to anisotropic B 1 g strains of ϵ …

Uniaxial strain tuning of charge modulation and singularity in a kagome superconductor

C Lin, A Consiglio, OK Forslund, J Küspert… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Tunable quantum materials hold great potential for applications. Of special interest are
materials in which small lattice strain induces giant electronic responses. The kagome …

Momentum dependence of the nematic order parameter in iron-based superconductors

H Pfau, SD Chen, M Yi, M Hashimoto, CR Rotundu… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
The momentum dependence of the nematic order parameter is an important ingredient in
the microscopic description of iron-based high-temperature superconductors. While recent …