Welcome to the Quantum Matter Theory Group at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (IoP, AS), the most prominent research institution in Taiwan. Follow us on twitter @hbar_FanClub !
2026/06/10 Yung-Yeh and Sean's article on higher-winding phases is now posted on arXiv; see the link to the preprint. We thank Prof. Ken Shiozaki for the collaboration.
2026/06/05 Our review article on coupled-wire descriptions in twisted nanostructures has been published in Mod. Phys. Lett. B; see the link to the article. Congratulations to Anna!
2026/06/01 We delivered a seminar on helical liquids at Kyushu Institute of Technology. We thank Prof. Nobuyuki Okuma for hosting and the audience for the interesting discussions!
2026/05/26 We delivered a talk on topological superconductivity in imperfect helical liquids at the Compound Semiconductor Week in Kumamoto. We thank the audience for the interesting discussions!
2026/05/18 Alan joins us as an intern student. We welcome our new member!
2026/04/27 Ali joins us as a postdoctoral researcher. We welcome our new member!
2026/04/24 We thank Prof. Ken Shiozaki for visiting us and for sharing so many insightful ideas!
2026/04/17 We delivered a seminar on domain wall networks at National Cheng Kung University. We thank Prof. Seamus Clarke for hosting and the audience for the interesting discussions!
2026/04/16 Subhadeep joins us as a visiting student. We welcome our new member!
2026/03/17 We delivered a seminar on effects of imperfections, phonons, and interactions on topological phase transitions in proximitized helical liquids at National Tsing Hua University. We thank Prof. Po-Yao Chang for hosting and the audience for the interesting discussions!
2026/03/05 We delivered a talk on phonon- and interaction-induced topological phase transitions in superconductivity-proximitized helical liquids at the 70th Commemorative Fullerenes-Nanotubes-Graphene General Symposium. We thank the audience for the interesting discussions!
2026/02/17 Our article on non-Hermitian topological superconductors has been published in Phys. Rev. Research; see the link to the article. Congratulations to Kazuma and the coauthors! We thank Prof. Nobuyuki Okuma and Prof. Hsien-Chung Kao for the nice collaboration.
2026/02/12 Kazuma's article on quasiperiodicity-induced non-Hermitian skin effect is now posted on arXiv. The preprint can be found at this link.
2026/01/29 Our review article on coupled-wire description is now posted on arXiv. The preprint can be found at this link.
2026/01/20 Our group is now a host group for the UChicago-Taiwan Student Exchange (UCTS) Fellowship; see https://uctsfellowship.org/pi/chen-hsuan-hsu/. We look forward to new students to join us!
2026/01/05 Our team supervisor, Dr. Chen-Hsuan Hsu, received the NCTS Young Theorist Award from National Center for Theoretical Sciences (NCTS), Taiwan; see the link to the announcement. We thank the supports from our IoP and AS colleagues, and our international collaborators!
2025/12/31 Yu-Peng's article on self similarity in non-Hermitian quasiperiodic systems has been published in Phys. Rev. Research; see the link to the article. We thank Prof. Ryo Okugawa for the nice collaboration. Congratulations to the team members!
2025/12/08 Our Perspective article has been published in J. Phys. Mater.; the article can be found at this link. We thank Daniel and Jelena for the collaboration!
2025/12/03 Anna received the 2025 Wu Chien-Shiung Scholarship (吳健雄獎學金) from the Physical Society of Taiwan. Congratulations on her achievement!
2025/09/22 Yung-Yeh and Kazuma's work on spin helix in twisted bilayer graphene has been published in Phys. Rev. Research. The article can be found at this link. Congratulations!
2024/11/14 Our research on double helical liquids is introduced by NSTC《自然科學簡訊》. The article can be found at this link.
2024/10/10 Our article on double helical liquids has been selectively featured by the publisher on their Twitter and Facebook pages.
The Twitter post can be found at this link. The Facebook post can be found at this link and also at the bottom of this webpage.
2024/10/01 Our article titled "Interaction- and phonon-induced topological phase transitions in double helical liquids" has been featured on the cover of the latest issue of Nanoscale Horizons. The cover can be downloaded here. 2024/04/23 Hao-Chien's article "Electrically tunable correlated domain wall network in twisted bilayer graphene" has been published in 2D Materials. Congratulations!
The published version can be found at this link.
2023/09/21 Our article "General scatterings and electronic states in the quantum-wire network of moiré systems" is published in Phys. Rev. B as a Letter.
The article can be found at this link.
2022/10/16 We have open positions for postdocs, assistants, and students.
More details can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/qmtheory/job-openings.
2022/09/26 The webpage of the quantum matter theory group at IoP, AS launched.