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@article{Zhou:2026:10.1103/yg53-t56x,
author = {Zhou, Y and Chaduteau, A and Schindler, F},
doi = {10.1103/yg53-t56x},
journal = {Physical Review B},
title = {Topological dislocation response in elementary semiconductors},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/yg53-t56x},
volume = {114},
year = {2026}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We study elementary semiconductors and insulators that are symmetric under spatial inversion: silicon, diamond, germanium, and black phosphorene. These materials are ideal candidates for realizing obstructed atomic insulators, which differ from trivial atomic insulators by a quantized spatial shift of their electronic Wannier centers with respect to the atomic lattice. We use symmetry indicator invariants that allow the prediction of nontrivial responses to crystal dislocations with an integer Burgers vector in these materials, and generally, in all inversion-symmetric obstructed atomic insulators. Unlike weak topological insulators where the response only depends on the Burgers vector, the dislocation response of three-dimensional (3D) inversion-symmetric obstructed atomic insulators can also be affected by the line vector of the dislocation. In such insulators, we find that edge dislocations generically exhibit a nontrivial response, while in all 3D obstructed atomic insulators, screw dislocations always display a trivial response. With the aid of numerical simulations of realistic tight-binding models, we confirm the presence of midgap polarization bands localized along dislocations in silicon, diamond, and germanium.
AU - Zhou,Y
AU - Chaduteau,A
AU - Schindler,F
DO - 10.1103/yg53-t56x
PY - 2026///
SN - 2469-9950
TI - Topological dislocation response in elementary semiconductors
T2 - Physical Review B
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/yg53-t56x
UR - https://doi.org/10.1103/yg53-t56x
VL - 114
ER -
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