Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Huang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262673 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Research (Washington, D.C.) 20200523
We develop a unified view of topological phase transitions (TPTs) in solids by revising the classical band theory with the inclusion of topology. Reevaluating the band evolution from an "atomic crystal" (a normal insulator (NI)) to a solid crystal, such as a semiconductor, we demonstrate that there exists ubiquitously an intermediate phase of topological insulator (TI), whose critical transition point displays a linear scaling between electron hopping potential and average bond length, underline ...[more]