Fig. 1: Unit design for topological and ordinary states.
From: Selectable diffusion direction with topologically protected edge modes

a Schematic of the honeycomb-shaped unit cell. Each of the nearest neighboring sites (black) is connected by the beams with the effective diffusivity D1 (blue). The neighboring unit cells are connected by the beams with the effective diffusivity D2 (red). D1 and D2 are effective diffusivities obtained by normalizing thermal diffusivities (λc−1ρ−1) with L−2. λ, c, and ρ are thermal conductivity, thermal capacity, and density, respectively. L = 15 mm and w = 2 mm are the length and width of the beams. d = 20 mm is the diameter of the disc-shaped site. a1 and a2 are unit vectors. b–d Spectra of the eigenvalues for the infinite periodic honeycomb lattice with (b) r > 1 (D1 = 0.765, D2 = 0.518, (c) r = 1 (D1 = D2 = 0.68), and (d) r < 1 (D1 = 0.6, D2 = 0.85). r is the ratio of D1 and D2. Each of the doubly degenerated modes in (b) and (d) are labeled as i–iv and i'–iv'. e, f Site temperature corresponding to the eigenfunctions in the unit cell at modes (e) i–iv and (f) i'–iv'.