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most citedHybrid-order topology in unconventional magnets of Eu-based Zintl compounds with surface-dependent quantum geometry

10 citations · 49 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Discovery of New Zintl Films and Nanowires Grown by Topotaxy Conversion of III-V Semiconductors

Man Suk Song, Lothar Houben, Jean Souza +8

Zintl phases draw broad interest for their diverse structural, magnetic, thermoelectric, topological and optical properties. Recently, Zintl EuInAs and EuInAs$_…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Interface-Confined Superconductivity with Thickness-Independent Superfluid Stiffness in (Pb,Sn)Te/FeTe Bilayers

Zi-Jie Yan, Hongtao Rong, Yiyuan Luo +12

Interface-induced superconductivity in FeTe-based heterostructures provides a promising route toward topological superconductivity, yet the roles of the neighboring layers topology…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Residual orbital magnetization governs the anomalous Hall effect in altermagnets

Yufei Zhao, Yiyang Jiang, Kamal Das +2

In altermagnets that exhibit anomalous Hall effect, the small remanent magnetization exists but has been treated as too small to be relevant to the Hall response. In this work, we…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Evaluating the Structural Basis for Polar Altermagnet Candidate Ca(Ru,Ti)O

Akash Saha, Yihuang Xiong, Vladimir A. Stoica +15

The interplay between polar and altermagnetic orders remains largely unexplored in the broader landscape of correlated electron systems. Density functional theory (DFT) within the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Designing Strong and Broadband Nonreciprocal Thermal Radiation in Magnetic Topological Materials

Yiyang Jiang, Yufei Zhao, Linxiao Zhu +1

Breaking reciprocity in thermal radiation opens opportunities for energy harvesting, sensing, and thermal management. Traditional nonreciprocal radiative semiconductor devices need…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026★ 1 cited

Imaging Surface Magnetization in Altermagnetic MnTe Films

Ling-Jie Zhou, Senlei Li, Zi-Jie Yan +15

Altermagnets with pronounced spin-splitting band structure, unconventional magnetic and crystal symmetries, and exotic magneto-transport properties have received immense interest i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Millimeter-Scale, Atomically Controlled 2D Topological Insulators Revealed by Multimodal Spectroscopy

Woojoo Lee, Qiang Gao, Yufei Zhao +20

Quantum spin Hall insulators, or synonymously known as 2D topological insulators, are crucial 2D systems hosting topologically protected edge states. The working temperature of thi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026★ 1 cited

Surface-State-Driven Anomalous Hall Effect in Altermagnetic MnTe Films

Ling-Jie Zhou, Zi-Jie Yan, Hongtao Rong +15

Altermagnets have recently emerged as a new class of magnetic materials that combine compensated magnetic order with spin-split electronic band structures. In this work, we employ…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

QMBench: A Research Level Benchmark for Quantum Materials Research

Yanzhen Wang, Yiyang Jiang, Diana Golovanova +10

We introduce QMBench, a comprehensive benchmark designed to evaluate the capability of large language model agents in quantum materials research. This specialized benchmark assesse…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 2 cited

Probing Hidden Symmetry and Altermagnetism with Sub-Picometer Sensitivity via Nonlinear Transport

Subin Mali, Yufei Zhao, Yu Wang +8

X-ray and neutron diffraction are foundational tools for determining crystal structures, but their resolution limits can lead to misassignments, especially in materials with subtle…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 10 cited

Altermagnetic band splitting in 10 nm epitaxial CrSb thin films

Sandra Santhosh, Paul Corbae, Wilson J. Yanez-Parreno +14

Altermagnets are a newly identified family of collinear antiferromagnets with momentum-dependent spin-split band structure of non-relativistic origin, derived from spin-group symme…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 8 cited

Surface-Dominated Quantum Metric-Induced Nonlinear Transport in the Layered Antiferromagnet CrSBr

Kamal Das, Yufei Zhao, Binghai Yan

The van der Waals (vdW) antiferromagnet CrSBr has recently garnered significant attention due to its air stability, high magnetic transition temperature, and semiconducting propert…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 4 cited

Nonlinear Transport Signatures of Hidden Symmetry Breaking in a Weyl Altermagnet

Yufei Zhao, Zhiqiang Mao, Binghai Yan

Phase transitions in solids are often accompanied by structural changes, but subtle lattice distortions can remain hidden from conventional crystallographic probes, hindering the i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Discovery of transient topological crystalline order in optically driven SnSe

Masataka Mogi, Dongsung Choi, Kyoung Hun Oh +13

Ultrafast optical excitation provides a powerful route for accessing emergent quantum phases far from equilibrium, enabling transient light-induced phenomena such as magnetism, fer…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Room temperature quantum metric effect in TbMn6Sn6

Weiyao Zhao, Kaijian Xing, Yufei Zhao +10

Quantum geometry, including Berry curvature and the quantum metric, of the electronic Bloch bands has been studied via nonlinear responses in topological materials. Naturally, thes…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

Enantiomer-Selective Magnetoresistance in Chiral Gold Nanocrystals by Magnetic Control of Surface Potentials

Fengxia Wu, Ying Wang, Yufei Zhao +6

Chiral nanomaterials offer intriguing possibilities for novel electronic and chemical applications. Here, we report the discovery of an enantiomer-selective magnetoresistance effec…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 9 cited

Topotaxial Mutual-Exchange Growth of Magnetic Zintl EuInAs Nanowires with Axion Insulator Classification

Man Suk Song, Lothar Houben, Yufei Zhao +9

Nanomaterials bring to expression unique electronic properties that promote advanced functionality and technologies. Albeit, nanoscale growth presents paramount challenges for synt…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 10 cited

Hybrid-order topology in unconventional magnets of Eu-based Zintl compounds with surface-dependent quantum geometry

Yufei Zhao, Yiyang Jiang, Hyeonhu Bae +4

The exploration of magnetic topological insulators is instrumental in exploring axion electrodynamics and intriguing transport phenomena, such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect.…