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 …

Topological insulators give rise to exquisite electronic properties because of their spin-
momentum locked Dirac-cone-like band structure. Recently, it has been suggested that the …

Some heavy fermion materials show so-called hidden-order phases which are invisible to
many characterization techniques and whose microscopic origin remained controversial for …

The Kondo insulator SmB 6 has emerged as a primary candidate for exotic quantum phases,
due to the predicted formation of strongly correlated, low-velocity topological surface states …

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 …

We have investigated the electronic states of CeB6 and have directly calculated the
Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY) interaction on the basis of the 74-orbital effective …

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

Structural and electronic properties of the SmB6 (001) single-crystal surface prepared by Ar+
ion sputtering and controlled annealing are investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy …

Samarium hexaboride is a candidate for the topological Kondo insulator state, in which
Kondo coherence is predicted to give rise to an insulating gap spanned by topological …

In the last decade rare-earth hexaborides have been investigated for their fundamental
importance in condensed matter, and for their applications in advanced technological fields …