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This work explores the topological phase diagram of inverted-band-gap semiconductors under strain and spin-orbit coupling. Using a minimalistic Luttinger Hamiltonian model, we follow the transitions between a 3D topological insulator, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Vitaly N. Golovach , Alexander Khaetskii

A two-dimensional (2D) Weyl semimetal featuring a spin-polarized linear band dispersion and a nodal Fermi surface is a new topological phase of matter. It is a solid-state realization of Weyl fermions in an intrinsic 2D system. The…

The Weyl semimetal is a new quantum state of topological semimetal, of which topological surface states -- the Fermi arcs exist. In this paper, the Fermi arcs in Weyl semimetals are classified into two classes -- class-1 and class-2. Based…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-14 Xiao-Ming Zhao , Xiao Kong , Cui-Xian Guo , Ya-Jie Wu , Su-Peng Kou

Time-reversal invariant topological superconductors are a new state of matter which have a bulk superconducting gap and robust Majorana fermion surface states. These have not yet been realized in solid state systems. In this paper, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-07-30 Pavan Hosur , Xi Dai , Zhong Fang , Xiao-Liang Qi

Recent developments in topological semimetals open a way to realize relativistic dispersions in condensed matter systems. One recently studied type of topological feature is the "triple nodal point" where three bands become degenerate. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-17 Jinwoong Kim , Heung-Sik Kim , David Vanderbilt

The presence of a topological phase in a topological many-body system can be distinguished through the analysis of topological invariants. In the present study, the topological invariants for the strongly coupled holographic semimetals have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-27 Xiantong Chen , Xuanting Ji , Ya-Wen Sun

We propose a 3D topolectrical (TE) network that can be tuned to realize various higher-order topological gapless and chiral phases. We first study a higher-order Dirac semimetal phase that exhibits a hinge-like Fermi arc linking the Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-28 S. M. Rafi-Ul-Islam , Zhuo Bin Siu , Haydar Sahin , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

Fermi arc states are features of Weyl semimetal (WSM) surfaces which are robust due to the topological character of the bulk band structure. We demonstrate that Fermi arcs may undergo profound restructurings when surfaces of different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-01 Ganpathy Murthy , Herbert A Fertig , Efrat Shimshoni

In contrast to conventional Weyl semimetals in achiral crystals, chiral topological semimetals in chiral crystals exhibit Weyl nodes at time-reversal-invariant momenta. A Fermi surface spin texture with parallel spin-momentum locking in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-12 Yingyi Huang

Two-dimensional topological edge states, immunizing against defects and disorders, have greatly revolutionized our scientific cognition on propagation and scattering of acoustic waves. Recently, the similar states have been predicted in…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-13 Tingting Liu , Shengjie Zheng , Hongqing Dai , Dejie Yu , Baizhan Xia

Topological semimetals is a new class of condensed matter systems with nontrivial electronic structure topology. Their unusual observable properties may often be understood in terms of quantum anomalies. In particular, Weyl and Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-06 A. A. Burkov

Based on first-principles calculations and effective model analysis, we propose that the noncentrosymmetric superconductor YCoC$_2$ in normal state is a topological semimetal. In the absence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC), it can host two…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-07 Yuanfeng Xu , Yueqiang Gu , Tiantian Zhang , Chen Fang , Zhong Fang , Xianlei Sheng , Hongming Weng

We propose a theoretical scheme to realize two-dimensional higher-order Weyl semimetals using a trilayer topological insulator film coupled with a d-wave altermagnet. Our results show that the trilayer topological insulator exhibits…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Lizhou Liu , Qing-Feng Sun , Ying-Tao Zhang

Topological nodal-line semimetals exhibit double or fourfold degenerate nodal lines, which are protected by symmetries. Here, we investigate the possibility of the existence of triply degenerate nodal lines in metals. We present two types…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-05-26 Zhihai Liu , Luyang Wang , Dao-Xin Yao

Topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals have an energy spectrum that hosts Weyl nodes appearing in pairs of opposite chirality. Topological stability is ensured when the nodes are separated in momentum space and unique spectral and transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-13 Adolfo G. Grushin , Jorn W. F. Venderbos , Ashvin Vishwanath , Roni Ilan

Weyl semimetals are a new member of the topological materials family, featuring a pair of singly degenerate Weyl cones with linear dispersion around the nodes in the bulk, and Fermi arcs on the surface. Depending on whether the system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-29 Hao Zheng , M. Zahid Hasan

Topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals not only host quasiparticles analogous to the elementary fermionic particles in high-energy physics, but also have nontrivial band topology manifested by exotic Fermi arcs on the surface. Recent…

Topological materials have been a main focus of studies in the past decade due to their protected properties that can be exploited for the fabrication of new devices. Among them, Weyl semimetals are a class of topological semimetals with…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-05 Davide Grassano , Luca Binci , Nicola Marzari

We propose that the topological semimetal features can co-exist with ferromagnetic ground state in vanadium-phosphorous-oxide $\beta$-V$_2$OPO$_4$ compound from first-principles calculations. In this magnetic system with inversion symmetry,…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-08 Y. J. Jin , R. Wang , J. Z. Zhao , Z. J. Chen , Y. J. Zhao , H. Xu

Topological metals and semimetals (TMs) have recently drawn significant interest. These materials give rise to condensed matter realizations of many important concepts in high-energy physics, leading to wide-ranging protected properties in…