Emergent flat band electronic structure in a VSe2/Bi2Se3 heterostructure

Turgut Yilmaz; Xiao Tong; Zhongwei Dai; Jerzy T. Sadowski; Eike F. Schwier; Kenya Shimada; Sooyeon Hwang; Kim Kisslinger; Konstantine Kaznatcheev; Elio Vescovo; Boris Sinkovic

doi:10.1038/s43246-020-00115-w

Communications Materials (Jan 2021)

Emergent flat band electronic structure in a VSe2/Bi2Se3 heterostructure

Turgut Yilmaz,
Xiao Tong,
Zhongwei Dai,
Jerzy T. Sadowski,
Eike F. Schwier,
Kenya Shimada,
Sooyeon Hwang,
Kim Kisslinger,
Konstantine Kaznatcheev,
Elio Vescovo,
Boris Sinkovic

Affiliations

Turgut Yilmaz: National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Lab
Xiao Tong: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab
Zhongwei Dai: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab
Jerzy T. Sadowski: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab
Eike F. Schwier: Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University
Kenya Shimada: Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University
Sooyeon Hwang: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab
Kim Kisslinger: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab
Konstantine Kaznatcheev: National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Lab
Elio Vescovo: National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Lab
Boris Sinkovic: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00115-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Dispersionless flat bands are often required to observe unusual quantum states of matter. Here, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) reveals a flat band electronic structure in a VSe2/Bi2Se3 heterostructure, and exhibits complex circular dichroism.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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