Research paperTheoreticalElectron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic WavesZi-Qian Zhou, Zhi-Fan Zhang, Cong Xiao, Hua Jiang et al.arXiv·2026·arXiv:2603.24102AbstractSurface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and MX₂ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.Read more
Research paperTheoreticalElectron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic WavesZi-Qian Zhou, Zhi-Fan Zhang, Cong Xiao, Hua Jiang et al.arXiv·2026·arXiv:2603.24102AbstractSurface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and MX₂ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.Read more
Research paperTheoreticalElectron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic WavesZi-Qian Zhou, Zhi-Fan Zhang, Cong Xiao, Hua Jiang et al.arXiv·2026·arXiv:2603.24102AbstractSurface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and MX₂ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.Read more
Research paperTheoreticalElectron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic WavesZi-Qian Zhou, Zhi-Fan Zhang, Cong Xiao, Hua Jiang et al.arXiv·2026·arXiv:2603.24102AbstractSurface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and MX₂ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.Read more
