One-dimensional surface hinge states characteristic of HOTIs. Researchers have shown how to detect HOTIs without observing such hinge states. (Courtesy: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
A newly-discovered “surface signature” of materials known as higher-order topological insulators
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