Spontaneous Formation of a Superconductor–Topological Insulator–Normal Metal Layered Heterostructure

Yu Qi Wang; Xu Wu; Ye Liang Wang; Yan Shao; Tao Lei; Jia Ou Wang; Shi Yu Zhu; Haiming Guo; Ling Xiao Zhao; Gen Fu Chen; Simin Nie; Hong Ming Weng; Kurash Ibrahim; Xi Dai; Zhong Fang; Hong Jun Gao

doi:10.1002/adma.201600575

Spontaneous Formation of a Superconductor–Topological Insulator–Normal Metal Layered Heterostructure

Yu Qi Wang
, Xu Wu
, Ye Liang Wang^*
, Yan Shao
, Tao Lei
, Jia Ou Wang
, Shi Yu Zhu
, Haiming Guo
, Ling Xiao Zhao
, Gen Fu Chen
, Simin Nie
, Hong Ming Weng
, Kurash Ibrahim
, Xi Dai
, Zhong Fang
, Hong Jun Gao

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Researchers report fabricating a superconductor-topological insulator-normal metal heterostructure with a layered configuration of HfTe₃/HfTe₅/Hf for the first time. By optimizing the experimental process, they find that this heterostructure can indeed form spontaneously. The atomic structure of the heterostructure has been determined by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements directly reveal a bandgap as large as 60 meV in HfTe₅ film and a superconducting spectrum in HfTe₃/HfTe₅.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5013-5017
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	28
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600575
Publication status	Published - Jul 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HfTe
HfTe
epitaxial growth
layered heterostructures
superconductivity

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Wang, Y. Q., Wu, X., Wang, Y. L., Shao, Y., Lei, T., Wang, J. O., Zhu, S. Y., Guo, H., Zhao, L. X., Chen, G. F., Nie, S., Weng, H. M., Ibrahim, K., Dai, X., Fang, Z., & Gao, H. J. (2016). Spontaneous Formation of a Superconductor–Topological Insulator–Normal Metal Layered Heterostructure. Advanced Materials, 28(25), 5013-5017. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600575

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