Theorie Kolloquium | July 14, 16:30

How to find topological states of matter

Andrei Bernevig

The previous 11 years have seen several breakthroughs in our understanding of topological states of matter. New Insulators and semimetals, exhibiting new properties imposed by a variety of symmetries (the most well known of which is time reversal) have been theoretically predicted and experimentally discovered. These materials are described by topological indices, a set of "serial numbers" that characterize the state of matter. In this talk, I will review the progress made in these years with a focus on the prediction of new topological indices and on material discovery. I will then show a surprising link between chemistry bonding and topological states of matter which leads to the prediction of many new classes of materials as topological.


Princeton University
Seminar Room 0.03, ETP
Contact: Simon Trebst