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Topological insulators are novel macroscopic quantum-mechanical phase of matter, which hold promise for realizing some of the most exotic particles in physics as well as application towards spintronics and quantum computation. In all the…

The recent discovery of topological insulators has revived interest in the topological properties of insulating band structures. In this work, we extend the topological classification of insulating band structures to include certain point…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-03-15 Liang Fu

We analyze continuous partial differential models of topological insulators in the form of systems of Dirac equations. We describe the bulk and interface topological properties of the materials by means of indices of Fredholm operators…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-12-02 Guillaume Bal

The recent discovery of topological insulator (TI) offers new opportunities for the development of thermoelectrics, because many TIs (like Bi$_2$Te$_3$) are excellent thermoelectric (TE) materials. In this review, we will first describe the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-26 Yong Xu

The surfaces of three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) characterized by a spin-helical Dirac fermion provide a fertile ground for realizing exotic phenomena as well as having potential for wide-ranging applications. To realize most…

Topological insulators are newly discovered materials with the defining property that any boundary cut into such crystal supports spectrum which is immune to the Anderson localization. The present paper summarizes our efforts on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Emil Prodan

Topological materials discovery has evolved at a rapid pace over the past 15 years following the identification of the first nonmagnetic topological insulators (TIs), topological crystalline insulators (TCIs), and 3D topological semimetals…

Topology is a fundamental aspect of quantum physics, and it has led to key breakthroughs and results in various fields of quantum materials. In condensed matters, this has culminated in the recent discovery of symmetry-protected topological…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-24 Baokai Wang , Yi-Chun Hung , Xiaoting Zhou , Tzen Ong , Hsin Lin

Topological insulators represent a new state of matter where the topological nature of the bulk bands dictates the existence of a surface state with unique properties. These materials are predicted to host exotic states such as Majorana…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-29 Yoshinori Okada , Wenwen Zhou , Chetan. Dhital , D. Walkup , Ying Ran , Z. Wang , Stephen D. Wilson , V. Madhavan

Three-dimensional topological insulators support gapless Dirac fermion surface states whose rich topological properties result from the interplay of symmetries and dimensionality. Their topological properties have been extensively studied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-15 Lakshmi Pullasseri , Daniel Shaffer , Luiz H. Santos

Topological insulators are a broad class of unconventional materials that are insulating in the interior but conduct along the edges. This edge transport is topologically protected and dissipationless. Until recently, all existing…

Spin-orbit coupled materials have attracted revived prominent research interest as of late, especially due their direct connection with topological notions. Arguably, a hallmark of this pursuit is formed by the concept of the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-29 Robert-Jan Slager

Topological insulators (TI) realize a novel state of quantum matter that are distinguished by topological invariants of bulk band structure rather than spontaneously broken symmetries. A number of exotic quantum phenomena have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-26 H. Lin , L. A. Wray , Y. Xia , S. Jia , R. J. Cava , A. Bansil , M. Z. Hasan

Topological insulators (TIs) represent a novel quantum state of matter, characterized by edge or surface-states, showing up on the topological character of the bulk wave functions. Allowing electrons to move along their surface, but not…

Quantum oscillations can be used to determine properties of the Fermi surface of metals by varying the magnitude and orientation of an external magnetic field. Topological insulator surface states are an unusual mix of normal and Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-11 Anthony R. Wright , Ross H. McKenzie

Topological insulators are a recently discovered class of materials with fascinating properties: While the inside of the solid is insulating, fundamental symmetry considerations require the surfaces to be metallic. The metallic surface…

Topological insulators (TIs) are novel materials that manifest spin-polarized Dirac states on their surfaces or at interfaces made with conventional matter. We have measured the electron kinetics of bulk doped TI Bi$_2$Se$_3$ with angle…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-06-07 L. A. Wray , M. Neupane , S. -Y. Xu , Y. -Q. Xia , A. V. Fedorov , H. Lin , S. Basak , A. Bansil , Y. S. Hor , R. J. Cava , M. Z. Hasan

Quantum material phases such as the Anderson insulator, diffusive metal, and Weyl/Dirac semimetal as well as topological insulators show specific wave functions both in real and Fourier spaces. These features are well captured by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Tomohiro Mano , Tomi Ohtsuki

Topological insulators are states of matter distinguished by the presence of symmetry protected metallic boundary states. These edge modes have been characterised in terms of transport and spectroscopic measurements, but a thermodynamic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Anton Quelle , Emilio Cobanera , Cristiane Morais Smith

Time reversal (T) invariant topological insulator is widely recognized as one of the fundamental discoveries in condensed matter physics, for which the most fascinating hallmark is perhaps a spin based topological protection, the total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-17 Xue-Feng Zhu , Yu-Gui Peng , Xiang-Yuan Yu , Han Jia , Ming Bao , Ya-Xi Shen , De-Gang Zhao