Colloquium: Quantum anomalous Hall effect

CZ Chang, CX Liu, AH MacDonald - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
The quantum Hall (QH) effect, quantized Hall resistance combined with zero longitudinal
resistance, is the characteristic experimental fingerprint of Chern insulators—topologically …

Electrochemistry in magnetic fields

S Luo, K Elouarzaki, ZJ Xu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing new strategies to advance the fundamental understanding of electrochemistry is
crucial to mitigating multiple contemporary technological challenges. In this regard …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering spin-orbit coupling-independent hidden spin polarization of energy bands in antiferromagnets

LD Yuan, X Zhang, CM Acosta, A Zunger - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Many textbook physical effects in crystals are enabled by some specific symmetries. In
contrast to such 'apparent effects','hidden effect X'refers to the general condition where the …

[HTML][HTML] Native point defects and their implications for the Dirac point gap at MnBi2Te4(0001)

M Garnica, MM Otrokov, PC Aguilar… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
We study the surface crystalline and electronic structures of the antiferromagnetic
topological insulator MnBi2Te4 using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) …

Resonant second-harmonic generation as a probe of quantum geometry

P Bhalla, K Das, D Culcer, A Agarwal - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Nonlinear responses are actively studied as probes of topology and band geometric
properties of solids. Here, we show that second harmonic generation serves as a probe of …

Axion optical induction of antiferromagnetic order

JX Qiu, C Tzschaschel, J Ahn, A Gao, H Li, XY Zhang… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Using circularly polarized light to control quantum matter is a highly intriguing topic in
physics, chemistry and biology. Previous studies have demonstrated helicity-dependent …

Layer-dependent interlayer antiferromagnetic spin reorientation in air-stable semiconductor CrSBr

C Ye, C Wang, Q Wu, S Liu, J Zhou, G Wang, A Soll… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic van der Waals (vdW) materials possess versatile spin configurations stabilized in
reduced dimensions. One magnetic order is the interlayer antiferromagnetism in A-type vdW …