Advanced Materials

Theoretical description and identification of advanced functional materials via development and application of new methodologies

Q4 Advanced Materials

This line involves research into condensed matter theory and it focuses on the development of new methodologies that could improve the identification and description of different systems with advanced technologically interesting properties. It includes research activity on topological materials, graphene and other low-dimensional layered systems, quantum transport, and superconductivity, among other topics.

Specific topics

  • Topological materials and topological quantum chemistry.
  • Superconductivity and hybrid superconducting junctions.
  • Vibrational properties of solids in the strongly anharmonic limit.

Related publications

  1. Scientific article 1 Nontrivial Doping Evolution of Electronic Properties in Ising-Superconducting Alloys
    W. Wan, D. Wickramaratne, P. Dreher, R. Harsh, I. I. Mazin, and M. M. Ugeda
    Adv. Mater. 34, 26 (2022).
  2. Scientific article 2 Observation of Superconducting Collective Modes from Competing Pairing Instabilities in Single-Layer NbSe2
    W. Wan, P. Dreher, D. Munoz-Segovia, R. Harsh, H. Guo, A. J. Martinez-Galera, F. Guinea, F. de Juan, and M. M. Ugeda
    Adv. Mater. 34, 41 (2022).
  3. Scientific article 3 Catalogue of flat-band stoichiometric materials
    N. Regnault, Y. Xu, M. -R. Li, D. -S. Ma, M. Jovanovic, A. Yazdani, S. S. P. Parkin, C. Felser, L. M. Schoop, N. P. Ong, R. J. Cava, L. Elcoro, Z. -D. Song, and B. A. Bernevig
    Nature 603, 824 (2022).
  4. Scientific article 4 Vectorial Bulk-Boundary Correspondence for 3D Photonic Chern Insulators
    C. Devescovi, M. Garcia-Diez, B. Bradlyn, J. L. Manes, M. G. Vergniory, and A. Garcia-Etxarri
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, (2022).
  5. Scientific article 5 Switchable chiral transport in charge-ordered kagome metal CsV3Sb5
    C. Guo, C. Putzke, S. Konyzheva, X. Huang, M. Gutierrez-Amigo, I. Errea, D. Chen, M. G. Vergniory, C. Felser, M. H. Fischer, T. Neupert, and P. J. W. Moll
    Nature 611, 461+ (2022).
  6. Scientific article 6 All topological bands of all nonmagnetic stoichiometric materials
    M. G. Vergniory, B. J. Wieder, L. Elcoro, S. S. P. Parkin, C. Felser, B. A. Bernevig, and N. Regnault
    Science 376, 816+ (2022).
  7. Scientific article 7 Cubic 3D Chern photonic insulators with orientable large Chern vectors
    C. Devescovi, M. Garcia-Diez, I. Robredo, M. Blanco de Paz, J. Lasa-Alonso, B. Bradlyn, J. L. Manes, M. G. Vergniory, and A. Garcia-Etxarri
    Nat. Commun. 12, 1 (2021).
  8. Scientific article 8 Quantum crystal structure in the 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanumhydride
    I. Errea, F. Belli, L. Monacelli, A. Sanna, T. Koretsune, T. Tadano, R. Bianco, M. Calandra, R. Arita, F. Mauri, and J. A. Flores-Livas
    Nature 578, 66+ (2020).
  9. Scientific article 9 Prediction and observation of an antiferromagnetic topological insulator
    M. M. Otrokov, I. I. Klimovskikh, H. Bentmann, D. Estyunin, A. Zeugner, Z. S. Aliev, S. Gass, A. U. B. Wolter, A. V. Koroleva, A. M. Shikin, M. Blanco-Rey, M. Hoffmann, I. P. Rusinov, A. Y. Vyazovskaya, S. V. Eremeev, Y. M. Koroteev, V. M. Kuznetsov, F. Freyse, J. Sanchez-Barriga, I. R. Amiraslanov, et al.
    Nature 576, 416+ (2019).
  10. Scientific article 10 Bottom-up synthesis of multifunctional nanoporous graphene
    C. Moreno, M. Vilas-Varela, B. Kretz, A. Garcia-Lekue, M. V. Costache, M. Paradinas, M. Panighel, G. Ceballos, S. O. Valenzuela, D. Pena, and A. Mugarza
    Science 360, 199 (2018).