Structural spillage: An efficient method to identify noncrystalline topological materials
Daniel Muñoz‐Segovia, Paul Corbae, Dániel Varjas, F. Hellman, Sinéad M. Griffin, Adolfo G. Grushin
Abstract
An efficient method to identify topological phases in noncrystalline materials that can be directly implemented in density functional theory calculations is proposed. Its benchmarks on amorphous 2D bismuth allotropes predict the bilayer to be topological.
Topics & Concepts
SpillageAmorphous solidTopology (electrical circuits)Materials scienceBilayerBismuthTopological defectPhase (matter)Work (physics)PhysicsCrystallographyChemistryCondensed matter physicsThermodynamicsMathematicsCombinatoricsMembraneBiochemistryMetallurgyQuantum mechanicsEngineeringWaste managementTopological and Geometric Data AnalysisTopological Materials and Phenomena