Yan Sun

Yan Sun


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 July 2018 in Nature Physics
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ELEnke Liu
Enke Liu
YSYan Sun
Yan Sun
NKNitesh Kumar
Nitesh Kumar
LMLukas Muechler
Lukas Muechler
ASAili Sun
Aili Sun
Claudia FelserClaudia Felser
Claudia Felser

20 September 2019 in Science
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DLD. F. Liu
D. F. Liu
ALA. J. Liang
A. J. Liang
ELE. K. Liu
E. K. Liu
QXQ. N. Xu
Q. N. Xu
YLY. W. Li
Y. W. Li
YCY. L. Chen
Y. L. Chen
Magnetic Weyl semimetals: Weyl semimetals (WSMs)—materials that host exotic quasiparticles called Weyl fermions—must break either spatial inversion or time-reversal symmetry. A number of WSMs that break inversion symmetry have been identified, but showing unambiguously that a material is a time-reversal-breaking WSM is tricky. Three groups now provide spectroscopic evidence for this latter state in magnetic materials (see the Perspective by da Silva Neto). Belopolski et al. probed the material Co 2 MnGa using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, revealing exotic drumhead surface states. Using the same technique, Liu et al. studied the material Co 3 Sn 2 S 2 , which was complemented by the scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements of Morali et al. These magnetic WSM states provide an ideal setting for exotic transport effects. Science , this issue p. 1278 , p. 1282 , p. 1286 ; see also p. 1248

20 September 2019 in Science
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NMNoam Morali
Noam Morali
RBRajib Batabyal
Rajib Batabyal
PNPranab Kumar Nag
Pranab Kumar Nag
ELEnke Liu
Enke Liu
QXQiunan Xu
Qiunan Xu
HBHaim Beidenkopf
Haim Beidenkopf
Magnetic Weyl semimetals: Weyl semimetals (WSMs)—materials that host exotic quasiparticles called Weyl fermions—must break either spatial inversion or time-reversal symmetry. A number of WSMs that break inversion symmetry have been identified, but showing unambiguously that a material is a time-reversal-breaking WSM is tricky. Three groups now provide spectroscopic evidence for this latter state in magnetic materials (see the Perspective by da Silva Neto). Belopolski et al. probed the material Co 2 MnGa using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, revealing exotic drumhead surface states. Using the same technique, Liu et al. studied the material Co 3 Sn 2 S 2 , which was complemented by the scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements of Morali et al. These magnetic WSM states provide an ideal setting for exotic transport effects. Science , this issue p. 1278 , p. 1282 , p. 1286 ; see also p. 1248

31 July 2018 in Nature Reviews Materials
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Kaustuv MannaKaustuv Manna
Kaustuv Manna
YSYan Sun
Yan Sun
LMLukas Muechler
Lukas Muechler
JKJürgen Kübler
Jürgen Kübler
CFClaudia Felser
Claudia Felser

12 April 2019 in NPG Asia Materials
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SGSatya N. Guin
Satya N. Guin
Kaustuv MannaKaustuv Manna
Kaustuv Manna
JNJonathan Noky
Jonathan Noky
SWSarah Watzman
Sarah Watzman
CFChenguang Fu
Chenguang Fu
Claudia FelserClaudia Felser
Claudia Felser
Applying a temperature gradient in a magnetic material generates a voltage that is perpendicular to both the heat flow and the magnetization. This phenomenon is the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), which was long thought to be proportional to the value of the magnetization. However, more generally, the ANE has been predicted to originate from a net Berry curvature of all bands near the Fermi level (EF). Subsequently, a large anomalous Nernst thermopower ( $${\boldsymbol{S}}_{{\boldsymbol{yx}}}^{\boldsymbol{A}}$$ S yx A ) has recently been observed in topological materials with no net magnetization but a large net Berry curvature [Ωn(k)] around EF. These experiments clearly fall outside the scope of the conventional magnetization model of the ANE, but a significant question remains. Can the value of the ANE in topological ferromagnets exceed the highest values observed in conventional ferromagnets? Here, we report a remarkably high $${\boldsymbol{S}}_{{\boldsymbol{yx}}}^{\boldsymbol{A}}$$ S yx A -value of ~6.0 µV K−1 in the ferromagnetic topological Heusler compound Co2MnGa at room temperature, which is approximately seven times larger than any anomalous Nernst thermopower value ever reported for a conventional ferromagnet. Combined electrical, thermoelectric, and first-principles calculations reveal that this high-value of the ANE arises from a large net Berry curvature near the Fermi level associated with nodal lines and Weyl points.

6 May 2019 in Nature Physics
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NSNiels B. M. Schröter
Niels B. M. Schröter
DPDing Pei
Ding Pei
MVMaia G. Vergniory
Maia G. Vergniory
YSYan Sun
Yan Sun
Kaustuv MannaKaustuv Manna
Kaustuv Manna
YCYulin Chen
Yulin Chen