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  Tunable multifunctional topological insulators in ternary Heusler compounds

Chadov, S., Qi, X., Kübler, J., Fecher, G. H., Felser, C., & Zhang, S. C. (2010). Tunable multifunctional topological insulators in ternary Heusler compounds. Nature Materials, 9(7), 541-545. doi:10.1038/NMAT2770.

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Chadov, Stanislav1, Autor
Qi, Xiaoliang1, Autor
Kübler, Jürgen1, Autor
Fecher, Gerhard H.1, Autor
Felser, Claudia2, Autor           
Zhang, Shou Cheng1, Autor
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 Zusammenfassung: Recently the quantum spin Hall effect was theoretically predicted and experimentally realized in quantum wells based on the binary semiconductor HgTe (refs 1-3). The quantum spin Hall state and topological insulators are new states of quantum matter interesting for both fundamental condensed-matter physics and material science(1-11). Many Heusler compounds with C1(b) structure are ternary semiconductors that are structurally and electronically related to the binary semiconductors. The diversity of Heusler materials opens wide possibilities for tuning the bandgap and setting the desired band inversion by choosing compounds with appropriate hybridization strength (by the lattice parameter) and magnitude of spin-orbit coupling (by the atomic charge). Based on first-principle calculations we demonstrate that around 50 Heusler compounds show band inversion similar to that of HgTe. The topological state in these zero-gap semiconductors can be created by applying strain or by designing an appropriate quantum-well structure, similar to the case of HgTe. Many of these ternary zero-gap semiconductors (LnAuPb, LnPdBi, LnPtSb and LnPtBi) contain the rare-earth element Ln, which can realize additional properties ranging from superconductivity (for example LaPtBi; ref. 12) to magnetism (for example GdPtBi; ref. 13) and heavy fermion behaviour (for example YbPtBi; ref. 14). These properties can open new research directions in realizing the quantized anomalous Hall effect and topological superconductors.

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 Datum: 2010-07-01
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DOI: 10.1038/NMAT2770
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Titel: Nature Materials
  Andere : Nat. Mater.
Genre der Quelle: Zeitschrift
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Ort, Verlag, Ausgabe: London, UK : Nature Pub. Group
Seiten: - Band / Heft: 9 (7) Artikelnummer: - Start- / Endseite: 541 - 545 Identifikator: ISSN: 1476-1122
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111054835734000