Competing symmetries and disorder in topological materials (A06)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 258499086

Understanding the stability of edge and surface states of topological materials under breaking of different symmetries or in the presence of disorder is at the heart of this proposal. We will theoretically study new triangular lattice based topological insulators as well as higher-order topological insulators where time-reversal symmetry and crystalline symmetries compete.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1170: Topological and Correlated Electronics at Surfaces and Interfaces ("ToCoTronics")
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Ewelina M. Hankiewicz