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Nodal-line metals and semimetals, as interesting topological states of matter, have been mostly studied in nonmagnetic materials. Here, based on first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis, we predict that fully spin-polarized Weyl…

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We propose a realization of the Weyl semimetal phase that is invariant under time reversal and occurs due to broken inversion symmetry. We consider both a simple superlattice model and a more realistic tight-binding model describing an…

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We review recent theoretical and experimental developments in magnetic Weyl semimetals, focusing on the electromagnetic responses emerging from the interplay of their electronic band topology and magnetism. We begin by introducing the…

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We propose the creation of a two-dimensional topological semimetal in a semiconductor artificial lattice with triangular symmetry. An in-plane magnetic field drives a quantum phase transition between the topological insulating and…

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The Weyl semimetals [1-6] are three-dimensional (3D) gapless topological phases with Weyl cones in the bulk band, and host massless quasiparticles known as Weyl fermions which were theorized by Hermann Weyl in the last twenties [7]. The…

Weyl points, synthetic magnetic monopoles in the 3D momentum space, are the key features of topological Weyl semimetals. The observation of Weyl points in ultracold atomic gases usually relies on the realization of high-dimensional…

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Symmetry-protected topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) have primarily been characterized by their gapless boundary states. However, in time-reversal- ($\mathcal{T}$-) invariant (helical) 3D TCI$\unicode{x2014}$termed higher-order TCIs…

Topological semimetals are gapless states of matter which have robust and unique electromagnetic responses and surface states. In this paper, we consider semimetals which have point like Fermi surfaces in various spatial dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Srinidhi T. Ramamurthy , Taylor L. Hughes

Dirac semimetal (DSM) hosts four-fold degenerate isolated band-crossing points with linear dispersion, around which the quasiparticles resemble the relativistic Dirac Fermions. It can be described by a 4 * 4 massless Dirac Hamiltonian which…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-12-06 Cong Chen , Zefeng Su , Xiaoming Zhang , Ziyu Chen , Xian-Lei Sheng

The study of topological quantum materials for enhanced thermoelectric energy conversion has received significant attention recently. Topological materials (including topological insulators and Dirac/Weyl/nodal-line semi-metals) with unique…

We predict the tetragonal Mn2PC monolayer to be a room-temperature ferromagnetic half-metal with a Curie temperature of 554 K. The spin-up channel hosts type-II Weyl-like crossings at the Fermi level with highly anisotropic band dispersion,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-12 Wei Ma , Yu-Ting Wang , Wen-Bo Sun , Zhiheng Lv , Shuai Shi , Jian-Hong Rong , Tie-Lei Song , Zhi-Feng Liu

Electronic tunability in crystals with weakly-bound layers can be achieved through layer stacking order. One such example is MoTe$_2$, where the low-temperature orthorhombic T$_d$ phase is topological and host to Weyl quasiparticles. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-17 John A. Schneeloch , Chunruo Duan , Xiaoping Wang , Jun Liu , Junjie Yang , Despina Louca

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

A search for new topological quantum systems is challenging due to the requirement of non{trivial band connectivity that leads to protected surface states of electrons. A progress in this field was primarily due to a realization of band…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-13 Yongping Du , Er-jun Kan , Hu Xu , Sergey Y. Savrasov , Xiangang Wan

Topological insulators and topological semimetals are both new classes of quantum materials, which are characterized by surface states induced by the topology of the bulk band structure. Topological Dirac or Weyl semimetals show linear…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-21 Binghai Yan , Claudia Felser

We present a new switching mechanism that utilizes the proximity coupling between the surface spin texture of a Weyl semimetal and a superconductor, in a Weyl semimetal/superconductor/Weyl semimetal trilayer heterostructure. We show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-20 Narayan Mohanta , A. Taraphder , Elbio Dagotto , Satoshi Okamoto

Weyl semimetal (WSM) is an exotic topological state in condensed matter physics. In this paper, based on a two-band cubic lattice model, we studied WSMs with a pair of tunable Weyl nodes. It is pointed out that there exist three types of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-05 Xiao Kong , Ying Liang , Su-Peng Kou

For first-order topological semimetals, non-Hermitian perturbations can drive the Weyl nodes into Weyl exceptional rings having multiple topological structures and no Hermitian counterparts. Recently, it was discovered that higher-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Tao Liu , James Jun He , Zhongmin Yang , Franco Nori

Recently discussed topological materials Weyl-semimetals (WSs) combine both: high electron mobility comparable with graphene and unique topological protection of Dirac points. We present novel results related to electromagnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 Nikolay M. Chtchelkatchev , Oleg L. Berman , Roman Ya. Kezerashvili , Yurii E. Lozovik

Moir\'e semiconductors offer flat bands where Coulomb interactions and band topology intertwine, while interlayer coupling plays a central role in forming the moir\'e potential. However, limited interlayer coupling strength and the lack of…