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Topological magnetic materials of the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3)n van der Waals compounds family

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Ernst,  A.
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Eremeev, V. S., Rusinov, I. P., Koroteev, Y. M., Vyazovskaya, A. Y., Hoffmann, M., Echenique, P. M., et al. (2021). Topological magnetic materials of the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3)n van der Waals compounds family. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12(17), 4268-4277. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00875.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-B7A0-4
Abstract
Using density functional theory, we propose the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3)n family of stoichiometric van der Waals compounds that harbor multiple topologically nontrivial magnetic phases. In the ground state, the first three members of the family (n = 0, 1, 2) are 3D antiferromagnetic topological insulators, while for n ≥ 3 a special phase is formed, in which a nontrivial topological order coexists with a partial magnetic disorder in the system of the decoupled 2D ferromagnets, whose magnetizations point randomly along the third direction. Furthermore, due to a weak interlayer exchange coupling, these materials can be field-driven into the FM Weyl semimetal (n = 0) or FM axion insulator states (n ≥ 1). Finally, in two dimensions, we reveal these systems to show intrinsic quantum anomalous Hall and AFM axion insulator states, as well as quantum Hall state, achieved under external magnetic field. Our results demonstrate that MnSb2Te4 is not topologically trivial as was previously believed that opens possibilities of realization of a wealth of topologically nontrivial states in the (MnSb2Te4)·(Sb2Te3)n family.