Thermal transport for probing quantum materials
© Materials Research Society 2020. In probing quantum materials, thermal transport is less appreciated than electrical transport. This article aims to show the pivotal role that thermal transport may play in understanding quantum materials-longitudinal thermal transport reflects itinerant quasiparti...
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2021
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| author | Li, Mingda Chen, Gang |
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| description | © Materials Research Society 2020. In probing quantum materials, thermal transport is less appreciated than electrical transport. This article aims to show the pivotal role that thermal transport may play in understanding quantum materials-longitudinal thermal transport reflects itinerant quasiparticles, even in an electrical insulating phase, while transverse thermal transport such as the thermal Hall and Nernst effects is tightly linked to nontrivial topology. We discuss three examples-quantum spin liquids wherein thermal transport identifies its existence, superconductors wherein thermal transport reveals the superconducting gap structure, and topological Weyl semimetals where the anomalous Nernst effect is a consequence of nontrivial Berry curvature. We conclude with an outlook on the unique insights thermal transport may offer to probe a much broader category of quantum phenomena. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1353312023-03-01T21:00:37Z Thermal transport for probing quantum materials Li, Mingda Chen, Gang Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering © Materials Research Society 2020. In probing quantum materials, thermal transport is less appreciated than electrical transport. This article aims to show the pivotal role that thermal transport may play in understanding quantum materials-longitudinal thermal transport reflects itinerant quasiparticles, even in an electrical insulating phase, while transverse thermal transport such as the thermal Hall and Nernst effects is tightly linked to nontrivial topology. We discuss three examples-quantum spin liquids wherein thermal transport identifies its existence, superconductors wherein thermal transport reveals the superconducting gap structure, and topological Weyl semimetals where the anomalous Nernst effect is a consequence of nontrivial Berry curvature. We conclude with an outlook on the unique insights thermal transport may offer to probe a much broader category of quantum phenomena. 2021-10-27T20:23:00Z 2021-10-27T20:23:00Z 2020 2020-07-07T18:19:50Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135331 en 10.1557/mrs.2020.124 MRS Bulletin Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Cambridge University Press (CUP) arXiv |
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| title | Thermal transport for probing quantum materials |
| title_full | Thermal transport for probing quantum materials |
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