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SUBMITTER: Chien CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463522 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chien Chih-Chun CC Velizhanin Kirill A KA Dubi Yonatan Y Ilic B Robert BR Zwolak Michael M
Physical review. B 20180101
Topological effects typically discussed in the context of quantum physics are emerging as one of the central paradigms of physics. Here, we demonstrate the role of topology in energy transport through dimerized micro- and nano-mechanical lattices in the classical regime, i.e., essentially "masses and springs". We show that the thermal conductance factorizes into topological and nontopological components. The former takes on three discrete values and arises due to the appearance of edge modes tha ...[more]