Transport properties of topological insulators: Band bending, bulk metal-to-insulator transition, and weak anti-localization

M Brahlek, N Koirala, N Bansal, S Oh - Solid State Communications, 2015 - Elsevier
We reanalyze some of the critical transport experiments and provide a coherent
understanding of the current generation of topological insulators (TIs). Currently TI transport …

Emergence of Decoupled Surface Transport Channels in Bulk Insulating Thin Films

M Brahlek, N Koirala, M Salehi, N Bansal, S Oh - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
In ideal topological insulator (TI) films the bulk state, which is supposed to be insulating,
should not provide any electric coupling between the two metallic surfaces. However …

Topological transport and atomic tunnelling–clustering dynamics for aged Cu-doped Bi2Te3 crystals

T Chen, Q Chen, K Schouteden, W Huang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Enhancing the transport contribution of surface states in topological insulators is vital if they
are to be incorporated into practical devices. Such efforts have been limited by the defect …

van der Waals Epitaxial Growth of Atomically Thin Bi2Se3 and Thickness-Dependent Topological Phase Transition

S Xu, Y Han, X Chen, Z Wu, L Wang, T Han, W Ye… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) atomic-layered heterostructures stacked by van der Waals
interactions recently introduced new research fields, which revealed novel phenomena and …

[HTML][HTML] Growth of high-quality Bi2Se3 topological insulators using (Bi1-xInx) 2Se3 buffer layers

Y Wang, TP Ginley, S Law - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this article, the authors first report on the optimum growth parameters for (Bi 1-x In x) 2 Se
3 alloys of arbitrary composition using molecular beam epitaxy. It is found that smooth …

Dirac plasmons and beyond: the past, present, and future of plasmonics in 3D topological insulators

T Ginley, Y Wang, Z Wang, S Law - MRS Communications, 2018 - cambridge.org
We review progress studying unique plasmonics in topological insulators (TIs). First, we
describe exfoliation and deposition synthesis approaches. TI materials have substantially …

Gate-tunable coherent transport in Se-capped Bi2Se3 grown on amorphous SiO2/Si

YH Liu, CW Chong, JL Jheng, SY Huang… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A topological insulator (TI) is an exotic material that has a bulk insulating gap and metallic
surface states with unique spin-momentum locking characteristics. Despite its various …

Gate‐Tunable Transport Properties of In Situ Capped Bi2Te3 Topological Insulator Thin Films

P Ngabonziza, MP Stehno, H Myoren… - Advanced electronic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Combining of the ability to prepare high‐quality, intrinsic Bi2Te3 topological insulator thin
films of low carrier density with in situ protective capping, a pronounced, gate‐tunable …

Comparison of Sn-doped and nonstoichiometric vertical-Bridgman-grown crystals of the topological insulator Bi2Te2Se

SK Kushwaha, QD Gibson, J Xiong… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A comparative study of the properties of topological insulator Bi 2 Te 2 Se (BTS) crystals
grown by the vertical Bridgeman method is described. Two defect mechanisms that create …

Unraveling the Dirac fermion dynamics of the bulk-insulating topological system

E Papalazarou, L Khalil, M Caputo, L Perfetti… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
Using femtosecond time-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we explore the
out-of-equilibrium dynamics of surface fermions in the topological system Bi 2 Te 2 Se. We …