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Quantum materials at the crossroads of strong correlation and topology

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Quantum materials show emergent electronic properties and related functions that are profoundly described by quantum mechanics beyond the semi-classical picture of electrons. Here, key developments and progress in the last two decades are surveyed and future challenges outlined.

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Fig. 1: The spin textures in k-space and real space with integer topological charges, Chern number and skyrmion number.

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