Effects of non-coplanar spin texture and spin scalar chirality
Topological insulators
Photo-induced ultrafast spin current in a topological insulator
Could ultrashort circularly polarized light pulses be the key for next-generation spintronic devices?
How stable are topological properties in bismuth?
In a recent Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter paper, Maciej Bieniek, Tomasz Woźniak and Paweł Potasz investigate atomically thin bismuth nanostructures in the context of stability of their topological properties.
3D topological semimetals
In their recently published Letter in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical researchers from the University of Adelaide have provided a topological classification scheme for generalized Weyl semimetals. They talk to JPhys+ to tell us more about their research. This… Read More ›
Detecting the fingerprints of Majorana quasiparticles
Dr Ireneusz Weymann theoretically investigates how Majorana modes effect thermoelectric properties of a quantum dot.
JPCM’s five most-read
Find out which five JPCM articles from 2016 have received the most downloads…
Floquet topological superconductivity with ultracold atoms
Studies of the kicked Harper-Kitaev model reveal the coexistence of both Floquet
Majorana modes and quantum Hall chiral edge modes at the same sample boundary.
Exotic matter wins the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz win this year’s Nobel Prize for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
Butterfly in the Quantum World
To celebrate the release of ‘Butterfly in the Quantum World’ we spoke to Indu Satija on why the Hofstadter butterfly is so important and her experiences of writing the book.
Drawing circuits with light
A new way of creating quantum-mechanical circuits on topological insulators.
Experimental evidence for the predicted chiral anomaly
Find out about the recent discovery made by researchers at Princeton University.
JPCM topical review round-up part 6: Understanding the elusive topological superconductor
The final review in my round-up of the year so far discusses from both a theoretical and experimental point of view the search and properties of nodal topological superconductors.
JPCM board member highlights: Antonio Pires
Find out what Antonio Sergio Teixeira Pires, one of JPCM’s Board Members, thinks about two-dimensional topological insulators.
Recent Publisher’s Picks in JPhysA
Disordered topological insulators, interactions of fermionic particles and a new algebraic framework for quasi-exactly solvable models: we talk to authors about the motivations behind their recent publications in JPhysA in our latest Publisher’s Picks
Pick of the topics – JPCM’s top five
What’s hot in JPCM at the moment? This list reveals the five topics most frequently covered in our March issues.
March’s LabTalks in JPCM
Superconducting topological insulators, efficient solar cells and transcription factors acting like buoys. JPCM’s authors explain all in March’s LabTalks.
