Topological defects are quasiparticles whose topological nature provides some stability against perturbations. Skyrmions, domain walls, dislocations in crystals, vortices in superconductors and ...

In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a ...

Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

Image Credit: ogwen/Shutterstock.com Vacancies, topological defects, or grain boundaries significantly impact the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. For instance, point defects in hBN ...

But a MZM exists in a vortex, a tornado-like swirl of electrons in the topological defects of a superconducting material. Research to date has insisted that such vortices can only be generated by ...

The quantum origin of topological defects and their interaction with quanta is a crucial issue for the understanding of symmetry breaking phase transitions and structure formation in a wide range of ...

This speed boost is obtained leveraging an efficient cluster generation based on bubbles centered on defects, and avoiding the computational overhead associated with cluster growth and merging phases, ...

layered topological insulators, metallic mono-chalcogenides, borocarbonitrides and phosphorene. This book provides a review of research in the field of these materials, including investigation into ...