Higher-order topological insulators

Frank Schindler; Ashley M. Cook; Maia G. Vergniory; Zhijun Wang; S. Parkin; B. Andrei Bernevig; Titus Neupert

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat0346

Abstract

A new class of materials that are insulating in the bulk and on surfaces but have conducting hinge channels is studied.

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Order (exchange)Topological insulatorComputer scienceTopology (electrical circuits)PhysicsMathematicsBusinessCombinatoricsCondensed matter physics

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 4
Issue: 6
Pages: eaat0346-eaat0346
Citations: 1504
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                                    Frank Schindler, 
                                
                                    Ashley M. Cook, 
                                
                                    Maia G. Vergniory
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Higher-order topological insulators. 
                            Science Advances
                            , 4
                            (6)
                            , eaat0346-eaat0346.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat0346
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat0346
PMID: 29869644
PMCID: PMC5983919
arXiv: 1708.03636

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