Samarium hexaboride (SmB6) is an example of a Kondo insulator, in which strong electron
correlations cause a band gap to open. SmB6 hosts both a bulk insulating state and a …

4f electron-based topological Kondo insulators have long been researched for their potential
to conduct electric current via protected surface states, while simultaneously exhibiting …

Among of rare-earth (RE) hexaborides only two compounds SmB 6 and YbB 6 are
discussed in literature to be members of a new class of 3D topological insulators. However …

Most of the experimental results presented in this book would not have been possible to
obtain without high-quality single-crystalline samples. The history of chemical synthesis and …

The predicted interplay between Kondo physics and nontrivial topology in SmB 6 has
stimulated many experimental reports, some of which are in apparent contradiction. The …

Kondo insulators have recently aroused great interest because they are promising materials
that host a topological insulator state caused by the strong electron interactions. Moreover …

We investigate the roles of disorder on low-temperature transport in Sm B 6 crystals grown
by both the Al flux and floating zone methods. We used the inverted resistance method with …

Samarium hexaboride crystallizes in a simple cubic structure (space group# 221, Pm3̄m),
but its properties are far from being straightforward. Initially classified as a Kondo insulator …

This Foreward briefly surveys the recent burst of research on the mixed valent insulator
SmB6 in the context of two questions,(1) is SmB6 in fact the first example of a strongly …

Compounds within the hexaboride class of materials exhibit a wide variety of interesting
physical phenomena, including polaron formation and quadrupolar order. In particular …