Topological and Quantum Materials for Energy and Information: Spectroscopy and Computation Approaches
A special issue of Condensed Matter (ISSN 2410-3896). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1774
Special Issue Editors
2. Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute, Northeastern University, Burlington, MA 01803, USA
Interests: topological materials & 2D materials; strongly correlated systems; topological batteries; novel photoemission; josephson junctions modeling; quantum computing; algorithms and architectures; machine learning and AI applications
Interests: theoretical physics; density functional theory; computational materials science; X-ray spectroscopy; positron spectroscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to welcome your contribution to the Special Issue, titled “Topological and Quantum Materials for Energy and Information: Spectroscopy and Computation Approaches”. Future technologies such as quantum computing, electric vehicles, and autonomous robotics depend critically on breakthroughs in energy storage and quantum information systems. Addressing these challenges requires the development of quantum and topological materials precisely controlling charge, spin, and ionic motion. There is rapidly emerging progress in the synergistic integration of spectroscopy and predictive computation, revealing band topology, excitations, defects, and buried interfaces that govern transport, stability, and coherence limits.
This Special Issue welcomes studies that combine or advance spectroscopic and computational techniques to deepen the understanding and design of topological and quantum materials for next generation energy and information technologies. Suitable submissions include, but are not limited to, computational investigations employing first principles, many body, or machine learning approaches, and experimental studies using techniques such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), resonant inelastic X ray scattering (RIXS), Compton scattering, positron-annihilation spectroscopy, transport, and advanced microscopy. Target systems include, but are not limited to, electrodes and solid electrolytes, qubit systems, superconductors and Josephson devices, topological semimetals, and insulators, Kagome and other layered compounds, and two dimensional heterostructures. Priority themes include quantitative links among spectral functions, momentum densities, and quantum geometry that control oxygen redox, interfacial stability, dendrite initiation, ion mobility, and unconventional transport, as well as the materials origins of coherence and decoherence in qubits and quantum circuits.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and to collating a collection that advances discovery, validation, and design across energy and the frontiers of energy and quantum information science.
Dr. Wei-Chi Chiu
Prof. Dr. Bernardo Barbiellini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- quantum materials
- topological materials
- quantum information and qubits
- superconductivity and Josephson devices
- solid electrolytes and solid-state batteries
- layered compounds and Kagome systems
- two dimensional heterostructures
- density functional theory and many body methods
- machine learning for materials
- spectroscopy
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