Topological materials hosting metallic edges characterized by integer-quantized
conductivity in an insulating bulk have revolutionized our understanding of transport in …

Nematic quantum fluids with wave functions that break the underlying crystalline symmetry
can form in interacting electronic systems. We examined the quantum Hall states that arise …

The helicity of three‐dimensional (3D) topological insulator surface states has drawn
significant attention in spintronics owing to spin‐momentum locking where the carriers' spin …

Topological insulator spin-polarized surface states are attractive for spintronic applications,
in particular for spin-charge current interconversion, where extremely high conversion …

Three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs) with large spin Hall conductivity have
emerged as potential candidates for spintronic applications. Here, we report spin to charge …

Harnessing electron spin is crucial in developing energy-saving and high-speed devices for
the next generation. In this scheme, visualizing spin-polarized electronic states aids in …

The passivation of thin Bi (1 1 1) films with hydrogen and oxide capping layers is
investigated from first principles. Considering termination-related changes of the crystal …

Moiré superlattices consisting of two-dimensional materials have attracted immense
attention because of emergent phenomena such as flat band-induced Mott insulating states …

The topological order of single-crystal Bi and its surface states on the (111) surface are
studied in detail based on empirical tight-binding (TB) calculations. New TB parameters are …

Motivated by the recent observations of possible p-wave superconductivity in a bismuth-
nickel (Bi/Ni) bilayer, we explore theoretically the possibilities of realizing p-wave …