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Topological Materials and Phenomena

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yihang Zeng
Purdue University West Lafayette
2
Sonka Reimers
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
3
Fan Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4
Giulia Semeghini
Harvard University
5
Valentin Crépel
Flatiron Health (United States)
6
Alberto Bordin
QuTech
7
Guojing Tang
Sun Yat-sen University
8
Anyuan Gao
Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
9
S. M. Rafi‐Ul‐Islam
National University of Singapore
10
Aidan P. Reddy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papers

1
Direct observation of altermagnetic band splitting in CrSb thin films
Nature Communications|2024
362 cit.
2
Publication in Physical Review Letters (2024) [44 citations, W4403486215]
Physical Review Letters|2024
44 cit.
3
Interplay between topology and correlations in the second moiré band of twisted bilayer MoTe2
Nature Physics|2025
44 cit.
4
Chiral limit and origin of topological flat bands in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers
Communications Physics|2024
40 cit.
5
Broadband and fabrication-tolerant 3-dB couplers with topological valley edge modes
Light Science & Applications|2024
40 cit.
6
Twisted topology of non-Hermitian systems induced by long-range coupling
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2024
24 cit.
7
Chiral surface and hinge states in higher-order Weyl semimetallic circuits
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2024
17 cit.
8
From knots to exceptional points: Emergence of topological features in non-Hermitian systems with long-range coupling
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2024
14 cit.
9
Spinon Pairing Induced by Chiral In-Plane Exchange and the Stabilization of Odd-Spin Chern Number Spin Liquid in Twisted <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>MoTe</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math>
Physical Review Letters|2024
14 cit.
10
Efficient Prediction of Superlattice and Anomalous Miniband Topology from Quantum Geometry
Physical Review X|2025
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Alexey A. Soluyanov
St Petersburg University
2
Kun Zuo
Hebei North University
3
Robert-Jan Slager
University of Manchester
4
Jennifer Cano
Flatiron Health (United States)
5
Flore K. Kunst
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
6
Jelena Klinovaja
University of Basel
7
Elena Hassinger
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
8
Cui‐Zu Chang
Pennsylvania State University
9
Qihang Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology
10
Yang Cao
Microsoft (United States)

Papers

1
<i>Colloquium</i>: Quantum anomalous Hall effect
Reviews of Modern Physics|2023
479 cit.
2
Spin-Group Symmetry in Magnetic Materials with Negligible Spin-Orbit Coupling
Physical Review X|2022
215 cit.
3
Enumeration and Representation Theory of Spin Space Groups
Physical Review X|2024
152 cit.
4
Ferroelectric Switchable Altermagnetism
Physical Review Letters|2025
145 cit.
5
Altermagnetic Routes to Majorana Modes in Zero Net Magnetization
Physical Review Letters|2024
141 cit.
6
Superconducting diode effect due to magnetochiral anisotropy in topological insulators and Rashba nanowires
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2022
97 cit.
7
Topological and Stacked Flat Bands in Bilayer Graphene with a Superlattice Potential
Physical Review Letters|2023
85 cit.
8
Commensal microbe-derived SCFA alleviates atrial fibrillation via GPR43/NLRP3 signaling
International Journal of Biological Sciences|2022
83 cit.
9
Unconventional magnons in collinear magnets dictated by spin space groups
Nature|2025
80 cit.
10
Pressure-enhanced fractional Chern insulators along a magic line in moiré transition metal dichalcogenides
Physical Review Research|2023
74 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
C. L. Kane
California University of Pennsylvania
2
A. K. Geǐm
University of Manchester
3
M. Zahid Hasan
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
S. Das Sarma
University of Maryland, College Park
5
E. J. Melé
California University of Pennsylvania
6
B. Andrei Bernevig
Princeton University
7
Qian Niu
University of Science and Technology of China
8
Philip Kim
Harvard University
9
A. H. MacDonald
The University of Texas at Austin
10
Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papers

1
The rise of graphene
Nature Materials|2007
39.5k cit.
2
The electronic properties of graphene
Reviews of Modern Physics|2009
24.6k cit.
3
<i>Colloquium</i>: Topological insulators
Reviews of Modern Physics|2010
19.9k cit.
4
Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers
Physical Review Letters|2006
14.9k cit.
5
Graphene: Status and Prospects
Science|2009
13.9k cit.
6
Experimental observation of the quantum Hall effect and Berry's phase in graphene
Nature|2005
13.4k cit.
7
Two-dimensional atomic crystals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
11.6k cit.
8
Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications
Reviews of Modern Physics|2004
11.2k cit.
9
Fine Structure Constant Defines Visual Transparency of Graphene
Science|2008
9k cit.
10
Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices
Nature|2018
8.3k cit.

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