Three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) are characterized by their nontrivial surface states, in which electrons have their spin locked at a right angle to their momentum under …
Inspired by the success of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been at the forefront of advanced (opto-) nanoelectronics and energy-related fields owing to their exotic …
Antimonene, a new semiconductor with fundamental bandgap and desirable stability, has been experimentally realized recently. However, epitaxial growth of wafer‐scale single …
Constructing two-dimensional (2D) artificial superlattices based on single-atom and few- atom nanoclusters is of great interest for exploring exotic physics. Here we report the …
Quantum spin Hall (QSH) systems hold promises of low-power-consuming spintronic devices, yet their practical applications are extremely impeded by the small energy gaps …
ZF Wang, B Liu, W Zhu - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The hourglass fermion, as an exotic quasiparticle protected by nonsymmorphic symmetry, has excited great research interest recently. However, its bulk counterpart in two …
B He, G Tian, J Gou, B Liu, K Shen, Q Tian, Z Yu… - Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Atomically thin Bismuth (Bi) films are predicated to be candidates for high temperature quantum spin hall materials. Here, we reported the structural evolutions and the …
P Zhang, C Ma, S Sheng, H Liu, J Gao, Z Liu… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Antimonene is a promising two-dimensional material predicted to host intriguing properties. Recent works have claimed the successful preparation of β-antimonene on noble metal …
We report a study of the atomic and electronic structures of the ordered Ag 2 Ge surface alloy containing ⅓ monolayer of Ge. Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), scanning …