nLab Eugene Mele

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Selected writings

Observation that graphene appears as a topological insulator when its spin-orbit coupling is resolved, due to a quantum spin Hall effect:

• Charles Kane, Eugene Mele, Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 226801 (2005) (arXiv:cond-mat/0411737, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.226801)

Characterization of the resulting topological phase of matter via introduction fo the Kane-Mele invariant:

• Charles Kane, Eugene Mele, $Z_2$ Topological Order and the Quantum Spin Hall Effect, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 146802 (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.146802)

Further on topological insulators:

• Liang Fu, Charles Kane, Eugene Mele, Topological Insulators in Three Dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 106803 $[$doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.106803$]$

On topological semi-metals:

• N. P. Armitage, Eugene Mele, Ashvin Vishwanath, Weyl and Dirac semimetals in three-dimensional solids, Rev. Mod. Phys. 90 015001 (2018) $[$doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.90.015001$]$

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