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Controlling topology with strain

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Large uniaxial strain drives a sequence of topological phase transitions in the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor TaSe3, paving the way for the reversible control of surface spin currents.

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Fig. 1: Uniaxial strain tuning of a topological phase transition.

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