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Extremely large non-saturating magnetoresistance has recently been reported for a large number of both topologically trivial and non-trivial materials. Different mechanisms have been proposed to explain the observed magnetotransport…

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Topological insulators with their topological protected surface states are highly promising quantum materials. In this article the micro-flakes of single-crystalline topological insulators Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 are explored through physical…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-23 Prince Sharma , Yogesh Kumar , V. P. S. Awana , Mahesh Kumar

Topological insulators (TIs) constitute a new class of materials with unique properties resulting from the relativistic-like character and topological protection of their surface states. Theory predicts these to exhibit a rich variety of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-14 Hadar Steinberg , Dillon R. Gardner , Young S. Lee , Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

Topological quasiparticles, such as merons and bimerons, are characterized by non-trivial textures that exhibit remarkably robust transport against deformation, offering significant potential for information processing. While these…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-10 Huaijin Ma , Te Liu , Jiachen Sheng , Kaiyan Cao , Jinpeng Yang , Jian Wang

Breaking time-reversal symmetry in three-dimensional topological insulator thin films can lead to different topological quantum phases, such as the Chern insulator (CI) phase, and the axion insulator (AI) phase. Using first-principles…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-05-18 N. Pournaghavi , M. F. Islam , Rajibul Islam , Carmine Autieri , Tomasz Dietl , C. M. Canali

We investigate anomalous electrical transport properties of a Ni-TiO2 hybrid system displaying a unique nanostructured morphology. The system undergoes an insulator to metal transition below 150 K with a low temperature metallic phase that…

Nonlinear mechanical metamaterials can exhibit emergent transport phenomena that mimic topological protection without relying on linear band topology. Here, we realize a bifurcation-induced nonreciprocal lattice that supports robust…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-05 Brahim Lemkalli , Qingxiang Ji , Jingyi Zhang , Richard Craster , Johan Christensen , Muamer Kadic

The last several years have witnessed the rapid developments in the study and understanding of topological insulators. In this review, after a brief summary of the history of topological insulators, we focus on the recent progress made in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-04 Yi Liu , Zheng Ma , Yanfei Zhao , Meenakshi Singh , Jian Wang

The interplay between topology and magnetism is essential for realizing novel topological states including the axion insulator, the magnetic Weyl semimetal, etc. An intrinsically ferromagnetic topological material with only the topological…

The nonlinear transport regime is manifested in the nonlinear current-voltage characteristic of the system. An example of such a nonlinear regime is a setup in which current is injected into the sample and the measured voltage drop is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Dmitry V. Chichinadze

First-principles calculations are performed to study the electronic structures and topological phases of magnetic layered materials MnBi2Te4, MnBi2Se4 and MnSb2Te4 under different film thicknesses, strains and spin-orbit coupling (SOC)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 Ping Li , Jiangying Yu , Ying Wang , Weidong Luo

In a magnetic topological insulator, nontrivial band topology conspires with magnetic order to produce exotic states of matter that are best exemplified by quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulators and axion insulators. Up till now, such…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-18 Yujun Deng , Yijun Yu , Meng Zhu Shi , Jing Wang , Xian Hui Chen , Yuanbo Zhang

We investigate the structure and electronic spectra properties of two-dimensional amorphous bismuthene structures and show that these systems are topological insulators. We employ realistic modeling of amorphous geometries together with…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-01 Bruno Focassio , Gabriel R. Schleder , Marcio Costa , Adalberto Fazzio , Caio Lewenkopf

Through a thorough magneto-transport study of antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 (MBT) thick films, a positive linear magnetoresistance (LMR) with a two-dimensional (2D) character is found in high perpendicular magnetic fields…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-04 X. Lei , L. Zhou , Z. Y. Hao , X. Z. Ma , C. Ma , Y. Q. Wang , P. B. Chen , B. C. Ye , L. Wang , F. Ye , J. N. Wang , J. W. Mei , H. T. He

The antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 (MBT) exhibits an ideal platform to study exotic topological phenomena and magnetic properties. The transport signatures of magnetic phase transitions in the MBT family materials have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-13 Shuwan Liu , Su Kong Chong , Dongwook Kim , Amit Vashist , Rohit Kumar , Seng Huat Lee , Kang L. Wang , Zhiqiang Mao , Feng Liu , Vikram V. Deshpande

The surface of a three dimensional topological insulator (TI) hosts surface states whose properties are determined by a Dirac-like equation. The electronic system on the surface of TI nanowires with polygonal cross-sectional shape adopts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Hallmann Oskar Gestsson , Andrei Manolescu , Jens H. Bardarson , Sigurdur I. Erlingsson

Magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) host topologically protected edge states, but the role that these edge states play in electronic transport remains unclear. Using scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 G. M. Ferguson , Run Xiao , Anthony R. Richardella , Austin Kaczmarek , Nitin Samarth , Katja C. Nowack

Combining the ability to prepare high-quality, intrinsic Bi$_2$Te$_3$ topological insulator thin films of low carrier density with in-situ protective capping, we demonstrate a pronounced, gate-tunable change in transport properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-04 Prosper Ngabonziza , Martin P. Stehno , Hiroaki Myoren , Viola A. Neumann , Gertjan Koster , Alexander Brinkman

The Kondo insulator compound SmB6 has emerged as a strong candidate for the realization of a topologically nontrivial state in a strongly correlated system, a topological Kondo insulator, which can be a novel platform for investigating the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-07-03 Jehyun Kim , Chaun Jang , Xiangfeng Wang , Johnpierre Paglione , Seokmin Hong , Dohun Kim

Recently it was shown that the topological properties of $2D$ and $3D$ topological insulators are captured by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ chiral anomaly in the boundary field theory. It remained, however, unclear whether the anomaly survives…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-03-05 Maciej Koch-Janusz , Zohar Ringel