RT Journal Article
T1 Two-dimensional orbital-obstructed insulators with higher-order band topology
A1 Arroyo Gascón, Olga
A1 Bravo, Sergio
A1 Pacheco, Mónica
A1 Chico Gómez, Leonor María
AB Obstructed atomic phases, with their realizations in systems of diverse dimensionality, have recently arisen as one of the topological states with greatest potential to show higher-order phenomena. In this work we report a special type of obstruction, known as orbital-mediated atomic obstruction, in monolayers of materials with crystalline symmetry described by the space group P3m1. By means of a minimal tight-binding model and first-principles calculations, we show that this obstructed phase is related to the mismatch of the charge centers coming from the atomic limit with respect to the centers that are obtained from a reciprocal space description. Although we find atomic limits that correspond with occupied atomic sites, orbital-mediated atomic obstruction requires the presence of orbitals that have no support in real space. In order to demonstrate the nontrivial character of the obstruction, we confirm the presence of a filling anomaly for finite geometries that is directly associated with the bulk configuration, and discuss the role of the boundary states and their underlying mechanism. Several material examples are presented to illustrate the ubiquity of these nontrivial responses and, in turn, to discuss the differences related to the particular ground-state configuration. In addition, we perform a survey of materials and elaborate a list of candidate systems which will host this obstructed phase in monolayer form.
PB American Physical Society
SN 2469-9950
YR 2025
FD 2025-08-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/126431
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/126431
LA eng
NO O. Arroyo-Gascón, S. Bravo, M. Pacheco, and L. Chico, Two-dimensional orbital-obstructed insulators with higher-order band topology, Phys. Rev. B 112, 075114 (2025).
NO ©2025 American Physical Society.1211913
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
NO European Commission
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 31 dic 2025