Stable topological insulators achieved using high energy electron beams

Defects in solids may introduce additional charges that influence the overall charge transport behaviour. Here, Zhao et al. use swift electron beams to compensate charge defects, which effectively tune Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 from p-type to n-type while preserving their topological properties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lukas Zhao, Marcin Konczykowski, Haiming Deng, Inna Korzhovska, Milan Begliarbekov, Zhiyi Chen, Evangelos Papalazarou, Marino Marsi, Luca Perfetti, Andrzej Hruban, Agnieszka Wołoś, Lia Krusin-Elbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10957
Description
Summary:Defects in solids may introduce additional charges that influence the overall charge transport behaviour. Here, Zhao et al. use swift electron beams to compensate charge defects, which effectively tune Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3 from p-type to n-type while preserving their topological properties.
ISSN:2041-1723