Topological insulators and superconductors

XL Qi, SC Zhang - Reviews of modern physics, 2011 - APS
Topological insulators are new states of quantum matter which cannot be adiabatically
connected to conventional insulators and semiconductors. They are characterized by a full …

Opportunities in chemistry and materials science for topological insulators and their nanostructures

D Kong, Y Cui - Nature Chemistry, 2011 - nature.com
Electrical charges on the boundaries of topological insulators favour forward motion over
back-scattering at impurities, producing low-dissipation, metallic states that exist up to room …

Weyl semimetal in a topological insulator multilayer

AA Burkov, L Balents - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
We propose a simple realization of the three-dimensional (3D) Weyl semimetal phase,
utilizing a multilayer structure, composed of identical thin films of a magnetically doped 3D …

Equivalent expression of topological invariant for band insulators using the non-Abelian Berry connection

R Yu, XL Qi, A Bernevig, Z Fang, X Dai - Physical Review B, 2011 - APS
We introduce an expression for the Z 2 topological invariant of band insulators using the non-
Abelian Berry connection. Our expression can identify the topological nature of a general …

Raman Spectroscopy of Few-Quintuple Layer Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Nanoplatelets

J Zhang, Z Peng, A Soni, Y Zhao, Y Xiong, B Peng… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report on Raman spectroscopy of few quintuple layer topological insulator bismuth
selenide (Bi2Se3) nanoplatelets (NPs), synthesized by a polyol method. The as-grown NPs …

Impurity Effect on Weak Antilocalization in the Topological Insulator

HT He, G Wang, T Zhang, IK Sou, GKL Wong… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We study the weak antilocalization (WAL) effect in topological insulator Bi 2 Te 3 thin films at
low temperatures. The two-dimensional WAL effect associated with surface carriers is …

Manipulating surface states in topological insulator nanoribbons

F Xiu, L He, Y Wang, L Cheng, LT Chang… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Topological insulators display unique properties, such as the quantum spin Hall effect,
because time-reversal symmetry allows charges and spins to propagate along the edge or …

Ambipolar field effect in the ternary topological insulator (BixSb1–x)2Te3 by composition tuning

D Kong, Y Chen, JJ Cha, Q Zhang, JG Analytis… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Topological insulators exhibit a bulk energy gap and spin-polarized surface states that lead
to unique electronic properties,,,,,,,,, with potential applications in spintronics and quantum …

Rapid Surface Oxidation as a Source of Surface Degradation Factor for Bi2Se3

D Kong, JJ Cha, K Lai, H Peng, JG Analytis, S Meister… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) is a topological insulator with metallic surface states (SS)
residing in a large bulk bandgap. In experiments, synthesized Bi2Se3 is often heavily n-type …

Electrically tunable surface-to-bulk coherent coupling in topological insulator thin films

H Steinberg, JB Laloë, V Fatemi, JS Moodera… - Physical Review B, 2011 - APS
We study coherent electronic transport in charge-density-tunable microdevices patterned
from thin films of the topological insulator (TI) Bi 2 Se 3. The devices exhibit pronounced …