Science can be difficult to explain to the public. In fact, any subfield of science can be difficult to explain to another scientist who studies in a different area. Explaining a theoretical science ...

Topological materials are a class of materials that exhibit unique electronic properties at their boundary (surface in 3D materials; edge in 2D materials) that are robust against imperfections or ...

Purdue University doctoral student Yang Xu, lead author of a new research paper on "topological insulators," an emerging class of materials that could make possible "spintronic" devices and practical ...

Topological insulators are regarded as the key to novel 'spintronic' devices and quantum computers of the future due to their unique electronic properties. Physicists have now been able to understand ...

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US have discovered a rare ...

(Nanowerk News) A joint research team has unveiled a new topological insulator (TI), a unique state of matter that differs from conventional metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Unlike most known ...

Scientists have long dreamed of making molecular electronics, building one-dimensional strings atom by atom to create new circuits even smaller than today’s tiniest silicon structures. Shrinking ...

A topological insulator is a material with a structure that conducts electrons in a unique way. The bulk of the material is an insulator, completely preventing the flow of electrons through it.

A team of researchers from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, China, have developed a new framework for modelling strongly correlated topological insulators A material's band structure can ...

(a) Schematic of Te crystal which is formed by hexagonal arrangement of Te helix chains. (b) Single Te helix chain with boundary charge. A joint research team that included members from Tohoku ...