Topological Insulators on Condensed Matter🍩 + AI🤖 Journal Club🎓https://OkongOyangO.github.io/OkongOyangO.JournalClub/tags/topological-insulators/Recent content in Topological Insulators on Condensed Matter🍩 + AI🤖 Journal Club🎓Hugoenyzj5306@psu.edu (Yiyang Jiang)yzj5306@psu.edu (Yiyang Jiang)Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400Topological Insulators and the Bulk–Boundary Correspondencehttps://OkongOyangO.github.io/OkongOyangO.JournalClub/posts/2026-06-topological-insulators-bulk-boundary-correspondence/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400yzj5306@psu.edu (Yiyang Jiang)https://OkongOyangO.github.io/OkongOyangO.JournalClub/posts/2026-06-topological-insulators-bulk-boundary-correspondence/<table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Presenter</strong></td> <td>Yiyang Jiang</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Date</strong></td> <td>June 30, 2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Venue</strong></td> <td>Topology Seminar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Notes</strong></td> <td>Typeset &amp; handwritten versions below</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>These notes build the <strong>bulk–boundary correspondence</strong> of topological band insulators from the ground up — from the modern theory of polarization to the protected edge spectrum and the wider topological zoo. Both the typeset write-up and the original handwritten notes are attached below.</p>Experimental Realization of Topological Insulatorhttps://OkongOyangO.github.io/OkongOyangO.JournalClub/posts/2026-06-experimental-realization-of-topological-insulator/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:00:00 -0400yzj5306@psu.edu (Yiyang Jiang)https://OkongOyangO.github.io/OkongOyangO.JournalClub/posts/2026-06-experimental-realization-of-topological-insulator/<table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Presenter</strong></td> <td>Pu Xiao</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Date</strong></td> <td>June 23, 2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Topic</strong></td> <td>Experimental Realization of Topological Insulator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Notes</strong></td> <td>Slides &amp; PDF below</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>A survey of how topological insulators are actually made and measured: from the band-inversion picture and the 2D/3D material platforms that realize it, to the experimental probes — ARPES, molecular beam epitaxy, and STM/STS — that reveal and characterize the protected surface states.</p>