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Topological phase diagram of IV-VI semiconductors

2014/15/B/ST3/03833

Keywords:

topological insulators IV-VI semiconductors spintronics magnetic semiconductors

Descriptors:

  • ST3_5: Physical properties of semiconductors and insulators
  • ST3_7: Spintronics
  • ST3_10: Nanophysics: nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics, etc.

Panel:

ST3 - Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution :

Instytut Fizyki PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Tomasz Story 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 16

Call: OPUS 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 283 680 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-07-20

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-04-19

Project duration:: 45 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputerowy klaster obliczeniowy (40 000 PLN)
  2. Stanowisko pompowe turbomolekularne (70 000 PLN)
  3. Detektor promieniowania podczerwonego (45 000 PLN)
  4. Siatki dyfrakcyjne dla zakresu podczerwieni (15 000 PLN)
  5. Napylarka próżniowa dla metali (125 000 PLN)
  6. Woltomierz selektywny fazoczuly (lock-in) (35 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (15)
  1. Alloy broadening of the transition to the nontrivial topological phase of Pb1-xSnxTe
    Authors:
    A. Łusakowski, P. Bogusławski, T. Story
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2018, tom: 98, strony: 125203-1-9), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.98.125203 - link to the publication
  2. Low-temperature neutron diffraction in the (Pb,Cd)Te solid solution containng 2.2% of Cd
    Authors:
    R. Kuna, X. Fabreges, S. Petit, R. Minikayev, J. Korczak, A. Szczerbakow, W. Szuszkiewicz
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A (rok: 2018, tom: 134, strony: 944-946), Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.134944 - link to the publication
  3. Robust spin-polarized midgap states at step edges of topological crystalline insulators
    Authors:
    P. Sessi, D. Di Sante, A. Szczerbakow, F. Glott, S. Wilfert, H. Schmidt, T. Bathon, P. Dziawa, M. Greiter, T. Neupert, G. Sangiovanni, T. Story, R. Thomale, M. Bode
    Academic press:
    Science (rok: 2016, tom: 354, strony: 1269-1273), Wydawca: American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.aah6233 - link to the publication
  4. Defect-free SnTe topological crystalline insulator nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy on graphene
    Authors:
    J. Sadowski, P. Dziawa, A. Kaleta, B. Kurowska, A. Reszka, T. Story, S. Kret
    Academic press:
    Nanoscale (rok: 2018, tom: 10, strony: 20772-20778), Wydawca: The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c8nr06096g - link to the publication
  5. Giant Rashba splitting in Pb1-xSnxTe (111) topological crystalline insulator films controlled by Bi doping in the bulk
    Authors:
    V.V. Volobuev, P.S. Mandal, M. Galicka, O. Caha, J. Sanchez-Barriga, D. Di Sante, A. Varykhalov, A. Khiar, S. Picozzi, G. Bauer, P. Kacman, R. Buczko, O. Rader, G. Springholz
    Academic press:
    Advanced Materials (rok: 2017, tom: 29, strony: 1604185(9)), Wydawca: Wiley-VCH Verlag
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/adma.201604185 - link to the publication
  6. Surface oxidation of SnTe topological crystalline insulator
    Authors:
    N. Berchenko, R. Vitchev, M. Trzyna, R. Wojnarowska-Nowak, A. Szczerbakow, A. Badyla, J. Cebulski, T. Story
    Academic press:
    Applied Surface Science (rok: 2018, tom: 452, strony: 134-140), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.asusc.2018.04.246 - link to the publication
  7. Topological states on uneven (Pb,Sn)Se (001) surfaces
    Authors:
    R. Rechciński, R. Buczko
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2018, tom: 98, strony: 245302-1-13), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.98.245302 - link to the publication
  8. Experimental search for the origin of zero-energy modes in topological materials
    Authors:
    G.P. Mazur, K. Dybko, A. Szczerbakow, A. Kazakov, M. Zgirski, E. Łusakowska, S. Kret, J. Korczak, T. Story, M. Sawicki, T. Dietl
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2019, tom: 100, strony: 041408(R) 1-6), Wydawca: Americal Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.100.041408 - link to the publication
  9. Fragility of the Dirac cone splitting in topological crystalline insulator heterostructures
    Authors:
    C.M. Polley, R. Buczko, A. Forsman, P. Dziawa, A. Szczerbakow, R. Rechciński, B.J. Kowalski, T. Story, M. Trzyna, M. Bianchi, A. Grubisic, P. Hoffman, O. Tjernberg, T. Balasubramanian
    Academic press:
    ACS Nano (rok: 2018, tom: 12, strony: 617 - 626), Wydawca: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsnano.7b07502 - link to the publication
  10. Electron-phonon coupling and resonant-like optical observation of a band inversion in topological crystalline insulator Pb1-xSnxSe
    Authors:
    M. Wozny, W. Szuszkiewicz, M. Dyksik, M. Motyka, A. Szczerbakow, W. Bardyszewski,T. Story, J. Cebulski
    Academic press:
    Phys. Rev. B (rok: 2020, tom: brak, strony: 45303), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Submitted
  11. Probing spatial extent of topological surface states by weak antilocalization experiments
    Authors:
    K. Dybko, G.P. Mazur, W. Wołkanowicz, M. Szot, P. Dziawa, J.Z. Domagala, M. Wiater, T. Wojtowicz, G. Grabecki, T. Story
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Submitted
  12. Experimental evidence for topological surface states wrapping around a bulk SnTe crytsla
    Authors:
    K. Dybko, M. Szot, A. Szczerbakow, M.U. Gutowska, T. Zajarniuk, J.Z. Domagala, A. Szewczyk, T. Story, W. Zawadzki
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2017, tom: 96, strony: 205129-1-5), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.96.205129 - link to the publication
  13. Landau levels od double-Weyl nodes in a simple lattice model
    Authors:
    R. Rechciński, J. Tworzydło
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A (rok: 2016, tom: 130, strony: 1179-1182), Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.130.1179 - link to the publication
  14. Microhardness and the Young modulus of thin, MBE-grown (Sn,Mn)Te layers containing up to 8% of Mn
    Authors:
    S. Adamiak, M. Zięba, R. Minikayev, A. Reszka, B. Taliashvili, W. Szuszkiewicz
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A (rok: 2017, tom: 132, strony: 347-350), Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.132.347 - link to the publication
  15. XPS study of Te-protected surface of Sn1-xMnxTe topological crystalline insulator
    Authors:
    I.N. Demchenko, Y. Syryanyy, M. Zięba, R. Minikayev, E. Łusakowska, M. Wiater, P. Konstantynov, T. Wojtowicz, T. Story
    Academic press:
    Acta Physica Polonica A (rok: 2018, tom: 134, strony: 937-940), Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12693/APhysPolA.134.937 - link to the publication