Experimental perspective on three-dimensional topological semimetals

BQ Lv, T Qian, H Ding - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
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 …

Topological semimetals from first principles

H Gao, JWF Venderbos, Y Kim… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We review recent theoretical progress in the understanding and prediction of novel
topological semimetals. Topological semimetals define a class of gapless electronic phases …

First-principles calculations for topological quantum materials

J Xiao, B Yan - Nature reviews physics, 2021 - nature.com
Discoveries of topological states and topological materials have reshaped our
understanding of physics and materials over the past 15 years. First-principles calculations …

Electrides as a new platform of topological materials

M Hirayama, S Matsuishi, H Hosono, S Murakami - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Recent discoveries of topological phases realized in electronic states in solids have
revealed an important role of topology, which ubiquitously appears in various materials in …

Ideal nodal rings of one-dimensional photonic crystals in the visible region

WM Deng, ZM Chen, MY Li, CH Guo, ZT Tian… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) artificial metacrystals host rich topological phases, such as
Weyl points, nodal rings, and 3D photonic topological insulators. These topological states …

Hourglasslike nodal net semimetal in

B Fu, X Fan, D Ma, CC Liu, Y Yao - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Based on first-principles calculations and analysis of crystal symmetries, we propose a kind
of hourglasslike nodal net (HNN) semimetal in centrosymmetric Ag 2 BiO 3 that is …

Mirror chern bands and weyl nodal loops in altermagnets

DS Antonenko, RM Fernandes… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The electronic spectra of altermagnets are a fertile ground for non-trivial topology due to the
unique interplay between time-reversal and crystalline symmetries. This is reflected in the …

Efficient hydrogen evolution reaction due to topological polarization

MC Jiang, GY Guo, M Hirayama, T Yu, T Nomoto… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Materials carrying topological surface states (TSS) provide a fascinating platform for the
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Based on systematic first-principles calculations for A 3 …

Topological phase transition in LaAs under pressure

S Khalid, FP Sabino, A Janotti - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the screened hybrid functional of
Heyd, Scuseria, and Ernzerhof (HSE06), we study the effects of hydrostatic pressure on the …

Higher-order topological crystalline insulating phase and quantized hinge charge in topological electride apatite

M Hirayama, R Takahashi, S Matsuishi, H Hosono… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
In some kind of three-dimensional higher-order topological insulators, bulk and surface
electronic states are gapped, while there appear gapless hinge states protected by spatial …