Nature Communications (Jan 2021)
Observation and control of the weak topological insulator state in ZrTe5
- Peng Zhang,
- Ryo Noguchi,
- Kenta Kuroda,
- Chun Lin,
- Kaishu Kawaguchi,
- Koichiro Yaji,
- Ayumi Harasawa,
- Mikk Lippmaa,
- Simin Nie,
- Hongming Weng,
- V. Kandyba,
- A. Giampietri,
- A. Barinov,
- Qiang Li,
- G. D. Gu,
- Shik Shin,
- Takeshi Kondo
Affiliations
- Peng Zhang
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Ryo Noguchi
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Kenta Kuroda
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Chun Lin
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Kaishu Kawaguchi
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Koichiro Yaji
- Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science
- Ayumi Harasawa
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Mikk Lippmaa
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Simin Nie
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- Hongming Weng
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- V. Kandyba
- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste
- A. Giampietri
- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste
- A. Barinov
- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste
- Qiang Li
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
- G. D. Gu
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Shik Shin
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- Takeshi Kondo
- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20564-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Topological side surface, characterization of a weak topological insulator (WTI), has rarely been investigated. Here, Zhang et al. visualize a quasi-one dimensional, spin-momentum locked band on the side surface of the WTI candidate ZrTe5, and manipulate the bulk band gap by strain.