Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Xu-Chuan Wu, Shen Xu, Jian-Feng Zhang, Huan Ma, Kai Liu, Tian-Long Xia, Shan-Cai Wang
Summary: This paper investigates the magnetoresistance origin of single crystal CaAl4 with C2/m structure at low temperature, revealing unsaturated magnetoresistance of around 3000% at 2.5 K and 14 T as the fingerprints of XMR materials. The study uses a combination of ARPES and first-principles calculations to elaborate on the multiband features and anisotropic Fermi surfaces, explaining the discrepancies in the isotropic two-band model. Despite a structural phase transition from I4/mmm to C2/m, the subtle impact on the electronic structure is revealed through ARPES measurements, highlighting CaAl4 as a new reference material for exploring the XMR phenomena.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Firoza Kabir, M. Mofazzel Hosen, Xiaxin Ding, Christopher Lane, Gyanendra Dhakal, Yangyang Liu, Klauss Dimitri, Christopher Sims, Sabin Regmi, Anup Pradhan Sakhya, Luis Persaud, John E. Beetar, Yong Liu, Michael Chini, Arjun K. Pathak, Jian-Xin Zhu, Krzysztof Gofryk, Madhab Neupane
Summary: This study investigates the electronic properties of gadolinium (Gd)-doped Sb2Te3 and reveals that it is a spin-orbit-induced bulk band-gap material with a single topological surface state. The results offer a new platform for studying the interactions between dilute magnetism and topology in magnetic doped topological materials.
FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tiancong Zhu, Alexander J. Bishop, Tong Zhou, Menglin Zhu, Dante J. O'Hara, Alexander A. Baker, Shuyu Cheng, Robert C. Walko, Jacob J. Repicky, Tao Liu, Jay A. Gupta, Chris M. Jozwiak, Eli Rotenberg, Jinwoo Hwang, Igor Zutic, Roland K. Kawakami
Summary: This study successfully synthesized vdW MnBi2Se4 crystals using nonequilibrium molecular beam epitaxy, revealing its easy-plane anisotropy and gapless surface state, making it a new material that remains a topological insulator above the magnetic-ordering temperature.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
E. Rongione, L. Baringthon, D. She, G. Patriarche, R. Lebrun, A. Lemaitre, M. Morassi, N. Reyren, M. Micica, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, F. Bertran, S. Dhillon, P. Le Fevre, H. Jaffres, J. -m. George
Summary: By combining spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with time-resolved THz emission spectroscopy, it is demonstrated that spin-charge conversion mainly arises from the surface state in ultrathin films of Bi1-xSbx. The robustness of the surface state and the significant conversion efficiency in epitaxial Bi1-xSbx thin films bring new perspectives for ultra-low power magnetic random-access memories and broadband THz generation.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Zhengwang Cheng, Zhilong Hu, Shaojian Li, Xinguo Ma, Zhifeng Liu, Mei Wang, Jing He, Wei Zou, Fangsen Li, Zhiqiang Mao, Minghu Pan
Summary: The study investigates the band structure of the "square-net" topological material ZrGeS, revealing its unique electronic properties suitable for exploring Dirac-fermions related physics and applications of topological devising.
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shu Hsuan Su, Pei-Yu Chuang, Hsin-Yu Chen, Shih-Chang Weng, Wei-Chuan Chen, Ku-Ding Tsuei, Chao-Kuei Lee, Shih-Hsun Yu, Mitch M-C Chou, Li-Wei Tu, Horng-Tay Jeng, Chien-Ming Tu, Chih-Wei Luo, Cheng-Maw Cheng, Tay-Rong Chang, Jung-Chun Andrew Huang
Summary: The study demonstrates the topological proximity effect between antimonene and Sb2Te3, indicating the 2D material antimonene possesses a 2D topological state and forms Dirac fermions at the interface of a 2D normal insulator and a 3D topological insulator. By hydrogen etching Sb2Te3, the position of the Dirac point and shape of the Dirac surface state can be tuned, providing a new approach to create QSH systems in 2D-material TI heterostructures.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Woojoo Lee, Yuanxi Wang, Wei Qin, Hyunsue Kim, Mengke Liu, T. Nathan Nunley, Bin Fang, Rinu Maniyara, Chengye Dong, Joshua A. Robinson, Vincent H. Crespi, Xiaoqin Li, Allan H. MacDonald, Chih-Kang Shih
Summary: Recent research has shown that monolayer Ag confined between bilayer graphene and SiC is a large band gap two-dimensional semiconductor. This conclusion was revealed through the use of time-resolved and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Julian Maklar, Raul Stuehler, Maciej Dendzik, Tommaso Pincelli, Shuo Dong, Samuel Beaulieu, Alexander Neef, Gang Li, Martin Wolf, Ralph Ernstorfer, Ralph Claessen, Laurenz Rettig
Summary: In this study, the electron dynamics of the two-dimensional quantum spin Hall (QSH) candidate bismuthene were investigated using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Shorter lifetimes of photocarriers in bismuthene compared to conventional semiconductors were observed, which can be attributed to the presence of topological in-gap states. This study marks a critical step toward optical control of QSH functionalities.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yunlong Li, Chaozhi Huang, Guohua Wang, Jiayuan Hu, Shaofeng Duan, Chenhang Xu, Qi Lu, Qiang Jing, Wentao Zhang, Dong Qian
Summary: The study compared experimental results with first-principles calculations for GeBi2Te4, SnBi2Te4, and Sn0.571Bi2.286Se4, confirming their topological insulator properties. The experimental observations indicated larger energy gaps in the bulk states compared to theoretical calculations.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Takumi Sato, Katsuaki Sugawara, Takemi Kato, Yuki Nakata, Seigo Souma, Kunihiko Yamauchi, Tamio Oguchi, Takashi Takahashi, Takafumi Sato
Summary: By fabricating TI/TI heterostructures, a method free from introducing crystal impurities through chemical substitution can be implemented, and the evolution of band structures can be observed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, thus manipulating Dirac fermions in TIs.
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Hemmida, N. Winterhalter-Stocker, D. Ehlers, H-A Krug Von Nidda, M. Yao, J. Bannies, E. D. L. Rienks, R. Kurleto, C. Felser, B. Buechner, J. Fink, S. Gorol, T. Foerster, S. Arsenijevic, V Fritsch, P. Gegenwart
Summary: Experimental study on the magnetic superconductor EuRbFe4As4 shows that Eu2+ planes realize a two-dimensional XY magnet and that Eu2+ magnetic moments are decoupled from superconducting FeAs layers.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Zilu Wang, Haoyu Dong, Weichang Zhou, Zhihai Cheng, Shancai Wang
Summary: We report high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies on the electronic structure of Ti-doped 1T-Ti x Ta1-x S2 with different doping levels. A flat band originating from the formation of the star of David super-cell is observed in the x = 5% sample at low temperature. With increasing Ti doping levels, the flat band disappears in the x = 8% sample due to extra hole carriers. The localized flat band and correlation effect in 1T-TMDCs can be tuned by changing the filling factor through doping electron or hole carriers.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Aiji Liang, Cheng Chen, Huijun Zheng, Wei Xia, Kui Huang, Liyang Wei, Haifeng Yang, Yujie Chen, Xin Zhang, Xuguang Xu, Meixiao Wang, Yanfeng Guo, Lexian Yang, Zhongkai Liu, Yulin Chen
Summary: This study demonstrates the control of topological surface state in an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator through surface modification. By using experimental methods, researchers found the hybridization of topological surface state and discovered an efficient method to remove the hybridization. This study provides new possibilities for the topological behavior in magnetic topological quantum materials.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hongrun Zhang, Zhijian Shi, Zhicheng Jiang, Ming Yang, Jingwei Zhang, Ziyuan Meng, Tonghua Hu, Fucai Liu, Long Cheng, Yong Xie, Jincheng Zhuang, Haifeng Feng, Weichang Hao, Dawei Shen, Yi Du
Summary: This study reports the appearance of flat bands (FBs) in 2D geometrically frustrated systems caused by quantum destructive interference (QDI), providing experimental evidence of the complete electronic QDI induced FB contributed by the 2D breathing-kagome layers of Nb atoms in Nb3TeCl7 (NTC). It also establishes the tunable roles of the on-site energy over Nb sites on bandwidth, energy position, and topology of FBs in NTC, demonstrating the potential to manipulate FB characteristics in 4d transition-metal-based breathing-kagome materials.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
A. Estyunin, E. F. Schwier, S. Kumar, K. Shimada, K. Kokh, O. E. Tereshchenko, A. M. Shikin
Summary: Contemporary studies of magnetic topological insulators require accurate measurements to investigate Dirac point gaps. In this study, the effect of band energy shift due to sample contamination and irradiation on electronic structure measurement using ARPES method is examined. The results show that the shifted topological surface state remains stable and can be used to store information, but it becomes significantly broadened and its intensity drops under irradiation.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yaping Qi, Mohammad A. Sadi, Dan Hu, Ming Zheng, Zhenping Wu, Yucheng Jiang, Yong P. Chen
Summary: Strain engineering is a promising method to manipulate the properties of 2D materials, such as electrical, electrochemical, magnetic, and optical properties, with the goal of achieving high-performance 2D-material-based devices. This review summarizes recent experimental and theoretical advancements in the field of strain engineering for 2D materials. It highlights novel methods to induce strain and discusses the tunable electrical and optical/optoelectronic properties of 2D materials achieved through strain engineering, including the less-explored strain tuning of superconducting, magnetic, and electrochemical properties. Furthermore, the review presents future perspectives on the potential applications of strain engineering in functional devices.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yufeng Luo, Zhenhan Fang, Shaorong Duan, Hengcai Wu, Haitao Liu, Yuxing Zhao, Ke Wang, Qunqing Li, Shoushan Fan, Zijian Zheng, Wenhui Duan, Yuegang Zhang, Jiaping Wang
Summary: The slow electrochemical reduction and chemical disproportionation of lithium disulfide (Li2S2) during the discharging process limit the reversible capacity of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, as they lead to further polysulfide dissolution and lithium sulfide generation without capacity contribution.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shaohua Zhou, Changhua Bao, Benshu Fan, Hui Zhou, Qixuan Gao, Haoyuan Zhong, Tianyun Lin, Hang Liu, Pu Yu, Peizhe Tang, Sheng Meng, Wenhui Duan, Shuyun Zhou
Summary: Time-periodic light field has been used to manipulate quantum states in solid-state materials, cold atoms, and photonic systems. This is achieved through interaction with photon-dressed Floquet states in the strong-coupling limit, known as Floquet engineering. In this study, experimental evidence of momentum-resolved Floquet band engineering in a model semiconductor, black phosphorus, is reported using time and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements. Strong band renormalization and light-induced dynamical gap opening are observed near the band edges under near-resonance pumping, along with the emergence of Floquet sidebands. The band renormalization shows a selection rule favoring pump polarization along the armchair direction, indicating pseudospin selectivity for Floquet band engineering enforced by lattice symmetry. This work demonstrates pseudospin-selective Floquet band engineering in black phosphorus and provides important guiding principles for Floquet engineering of semiconductors.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ke Zhang, Guo Chen, Shaohua Zhou, Zi Yuan, Xu Gu, Duanliang Zhou, Yuan Wang, Xinyu Gao, Yucheng Ma, Runzhe Xu, Zaiqiao Bai, Peng Liu, Lexian Yang, Shuyun Zhou, Shoushan Fan, Kaili Jiang
Summary: In this article, the concepts of optical blackbody and electron blackbody are introduced, which have significant implications for the study of quantum mechanics. Vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays are used as an example of electron blackbodies, which can achieve ideal electron absorption and emission at different temperatures. This concept can also be extended to blackbodies for extreme ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray photons, as well as neutrons, protons, and other elementary particles.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Ming Tang, Junwei Huang, Feng Qin, Kun Zhai, Toshiya Ideue, Zeya Li, Fanhao Meng, Anmin Nie, Linglu Wu, Xiangyu Bi, Caorong Zhang, Ling Zhou, Peng Chen, Caiyu Qiu, Peizhe Tang, Haijun Zhang, Xiangang Wan, Lin Wang, Zhongyuan Liu, Yongjun Tian, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Hongtao Yuan
Summary: Controlling the magnetic anisotropy of ferromagnetic materials is crucial for the development of magnetic switching devices and spintronic applications. This study demonstrates the gate-tunable modulation of magnetic anisotropy in the van der Waals ferromagnet Fe5GeTe2, allowing for continuous rotation of the magnetic easy axis from an out-of-plane to an in-plane orientation. The results show that the modulation of anisotropy can be achieved via a spin-flop pathway and the range of modulation is significant, from 2.11 to -0.38 MJ m(-3). Additionally, temperature can also be used to tune the anisotropy.
NATURE ELECTRONICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xi Wu, Chao Ruan, Peizhe Tang, Feiyu Kang, Wenhui Duan, Jia Li
Summary: The theoretically predicted gapped surface state of antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 has been experimentally observed to have a smaller or even gapless surface state, which is caused by the defects in MnBi2Te4. The study identifies antisite Mn-Bi and Bi(Mn) as dominant defects and reveals their evolution during the phase transition from MnTe/Bi2Te3 to MnBi2Te4. It is found that complete elimination of Mn(Bi) and Bi-Mn defects in MnBi2Te4 through simple annealing is almost impossible due to high migration barrier in kinetics. Moreover, increasing concentration of Mn-Bi and Bi-Mn defects in MnBi2Te4 monolayer leads to the elimination of gap in the Dirac point-related bands, explaining the experimentally unobserved large-gap surface state. The results provide insight into the theoretical understanding of the synthesized MnBi2Te4's quality and experimentally measured topological properties.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Haoyuan Zhong, Hongyun Zhang, Haoxiong Zhang, Ting Bao, Kenan Zhang, Shengnan Xu, Laipeng Luo, Awabaikeli Rousuli, Wei Yao, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Yaobo Huang, Yang Wu, Yong Xu, Wenhui Duan, Shuyun Zhou
Summary: We report the superconducting and electronic structure properties of a natural van der Waals superlattice (PbSe)(1.14)NbSe2. Anisotropic superconductivity with a higher transition temperature than monolayer NbSe2 is revealed by transport measurements. ARPES measurements reveal the two-dimensional electronic structure and charge transfer characteristics. Our study suggests that natural van der Waals superlattices can achieve intriguing properties distinct from bulk and monolayer samples.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaoyu Liu, Benshu Fan, Hannes Huebener, Umberto De Giovannini, Wenhui Duan, Angel Rubio, Peizhe Tang
Summary: In this study, the manipulation of magnetism in topological materials is demonstrated using circularly polarized light through a Floquet engineering approach. With the increase of the laser field, besides the expected topological phase transition, a magnetic phase transition from ferromagnetism to paramagnetism is observed in the magnetically doped topological insulator thin film, whose critical behavior strongly depends on the quantum quenching. Unlike the equilibrium case, the non-equilibrium Curie temperatures vary for different time scales and experimental setups, not all relying on the change of topology. Our findings deepen the understanding of the relationship between topology and magnetism in the non-equilibrium regime and extend the optoelectronic device applications to topological materials.
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Runfa Feng, Wei Wang, Changhua Bao, Zichun Zhang, Fei Wang, Hongyun Zhang, Junjie Yao, Yong Xu, Pu Yu, Shuai-Hua Ji, Chen Si, Shuyun Zhou
Summary: This study reports the selective growth of monolayer TaTe2 films with different phases and superstructures by controlling the growth temperature and post-growth annealing treatment. The different electronic structures of 1H-TaTe2 and 1T-TaTe2 films are revealed through experimental measurements and theoretical calculations. The transition from a root 19x root 19 superstructure to a new 2 x 2 superstructure is observed in the annealed 1H-TaTe2 film.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zeya Li, Feng Qin, Chin Shen Ong, Junwei Huang, Zian Xu, Peng Chen, Caiyu Qiu, Xi Zhang, Caorong Zhang, Xiuxiu Zhang, Olle Eriksson, Angel Rubio, Peizhe Tang, Hongtao Yuan
Summary: In this study, a gate-tunable exciton-to-trion transition in pressurized monolayer MoSe2 is reported. With increasing pressure, both the exciton and trion emission energies undergo large blueshifts. However, the trion binding energy remains constant, which is attributed to the spatially diffused nature of the trion wave function and the weak correlation between its constituent electron-hole pairs.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jinghan Zuo, Yan Dang, Pengbo Zhai, Bixuan Li, Lei Wang, Moxuan Wang, Zhilin Yang, Qian Chen, Xiaokang Gu, Zeyang Li, Peizhe Tang, Yongji Gong
Summary: By introducing hexagonal boron nitride nanoflakes (BNNFs) as an inorganic filler in a poly(vinylene carbonate) matrix, we successfully fabricated a well-rounded quasi-solid-state electrolyte (QSSE). BNNFs directly built fast lithium ion transport pathways on their two-dimensional surfaces, leading to improved ion transportability of the electrolyte.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fei Wang, Yang Zhang, Zhijie Wang, Haoxiong Zhang, Xi Wu, Changhua Bao, Jia Li, Pu Yu, Shuyun Zhou
Summary: In this study, the authors demonstrate a self-intercalation method driven by ionic liquid gating to obtain high-quality PdTe and NiTe single crystals from PdTe2 and NiTe2, respectively. This synthesis pathway for transition metal monochalcogenides provides new opportunities for exploring their unique properties, such as emergent superconductivity.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zeya Li, Junwei Huang, Ling Zhou, Zian Xu, Feng Qin, Peng Chen, Xiaojun Sun, Gan Liu, Chengqi Sui, Caiyu Qiu, Yangfan Lu, Huiyang Gou, Xiaoxiang Xi, Toshiya Ideue, Peizhe Tang, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Hongtao Yuan
Summary: The authors demonstrate the ability of a layered anisotropic dielectric material, SiP2, to break the rotational symmetry of 2D MoS2, resulting in linearly polarized photoluminescence emission and conductance anisotropy ratios up to 1000 in gated SiP2/MoS2 heterostructures.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)