Twisted van der waals quantum materials: Fundamentals, tunability, and applications

X Sun, M Suriyage, AR Khan, M Gao, J Zhao… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Twisted van der Waals (vdW) quantum materials have emerged as a rapidly developing field
of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. These materials establish a new central research …

Quantum-metric-induced nonlinear transport in a topological antiferromagnet

N Wang, D Kaplan, Z Zhang, T Holder, N Cao, A Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The Berry curvature and quantum metric are the imaginary part and real part, respectively, of
the quantum geometric tensor, which characterizes the topology of quantum states. The …

Quantum metric nonlinear Hall effect in a topological antiferromagnetic heterostructure

A Gao, YF Liu, JX Qiu, B Ghosh, T V. Trevisan, Y Onishi… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Quantum geometry in condensed-matter physics has two components: the real part quantum
metric and the imaginary part Berry curvature. Whereas the effects of Berry curvature have …

Tunable moiré materials for probing Berry physics and topology

PC Adak, S Sinha, A Agarwal… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Berry curvature physics and quantum geometric effects have been instrumental in
advancing topological condensed matter physics in recent decades. Although Landau level …

An anisotropic van der Waals dielectric for symmetry engineering in functionalized heterointerfaces

Z Li, J Huang, L Zhou, Z Xu, F Qin, P Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Van der Waals dielectrics are fundamental materials for condensed matter physics and
advanced electronic applications. Most dielectrics host isotropic structures in crystalline or …

Intrinsic nonlinear conductivities induced by the quantum metric

K Das, S Lahiri, RB Atencia, D Culcer, A Agarwal - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Three mechanisms are known to contribute to second-order nonlinear current: Extrinsic
nonlinear Drude, Berry curvature dipole, and intrinsic Berry connection polarizability. Here …

Control over Berry Curvature Dipole with Electric Field in

XG Ye, H Liu, PF Zhu, WZ Xu, SA Yang, N Shang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Berry curvature dipole plays an important role in various nonlinear quantum phenomena.
However, the maximum symmetry allowed for nonzero Berry curvature dipole in the …

Orbital Magneto-Nonlinear Anomalous Hall Effect in Kagome Magnet

L Wang, J Zhu, H Chen, H Wang, J Liu, YX Huang… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
It has been theoretically predicted that perturbation of the Berry curvature by electromagnetic
fields gives rise to intrinsic nonlinear anomalous Hall effects that are independent of …

Spin and orbital metallic magnetism in rhombohedral trilayer graphene

C Huang, TMR Wolf, W Qin, N Wei, IV Blinov… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We provide a theoretical interpretation of the metallic broken spin-valley (flavor) symmetry
states recently discovered in hole-doped rhombohedral trilayer (ABC) graphene in large …

Nonlinear valley Hall effect

K Das, K Ghorai, D Culcer, A Agarwal - Physical review letters, 2024 - APS
The valley Hall effect arises from valley-contrasting Berry curvature and requires inversion
symmetry breaking. Here, we propose a nonlinear mechanism to generate a valley Hall …