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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Understanding Topological Insulators in Real Space.

Angel Martín Pendás, Francisco Muñoz, Carlos Cardenas, Julia Contreras-García

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Angel Martín PendásDepartamento Química Física y Analítica, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4471-4000
Francisco MuñozDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, 9170124 Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4324-8650
Carlos CardenasDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, 9170124 Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-0648-6502
Julia Contreras-GarcíaLaboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, 4 Pl Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.

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Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología AFB180001Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica 190102Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica ACT192023Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica FB0807ECOS-CONICYT ECOS170045European Union FEDERFICyT FC-GRUPIN-IDI/2018/000177Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico 1181121Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico 1191353Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PGC2018-095953-B-I00NLHPC ECM-02
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Abstract

A real space understanding of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model of polyacetylene is introduced thanks to delocalization indices defined within the quantum theory of atoms in molecules. This approach enables to go beyond the analysis of electron localization usually enabled by topological insulator indices-such as IPR-enabling to differentiate between trivial and topological insulator phases. The approach is based on analyzing the electron delocalization between second neighbors, thus highlighting the relevance of the sublattices induced by chiral symmetry. Moreover, the second neighbor delocalization index, δi,i+2, also enables to identify the presence of chirality and when it is broken by doping or by eliminating atom pairs (as in the case of odd number of atoms chains). Hints to identify bulk behavior thanks to δ1,3 are also provided. Overall, we present a very simple, orbital invariant visualization tool that should help the analysis of chirality (independently of the crystallinity of the system) as well as spreading the concepts of topological behavior thanks to its relationship with well-known chemical concepts.

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chemical bondelectron densitytopological insulators

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PMID34067586
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