Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS

Controlling topology with strain

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Materials

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Large uniaxial strain drives a sequence of topological phase transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor TaSe3, paving the way for the reversible control of surface spin currents.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Uniaxial strain tuning of a topological phase transition.

References

  1. Moore, J. E. Nature 464, 194–198 (2010).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Xu, S.-Y. et al. Science 332, 560–564 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Lin, C. et al. Nat. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01004-4 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Steppke, A. et al. Science 335, eaaf9398 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Flötotto, D. et al. Nano Lett. 18, 5628–5632 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Riccò, S. et al. Nat. Commun. 9, 4535 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Sunko, V. et al. npj Quantum Mater. 4, 46 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Chen, C. et al. Matter 3, 2055–2065 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Hyun, J. et al. Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05917 (2020).

  10. Clark, O. J. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 156401 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Phil D. C. King

Authors
  1. Phil D. C. King
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Phil D. C. King.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

King, P.D.C. Controlling topology with strain. Nat. Mater. 20, 1046–1047 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01043-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01043-x

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation