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Complex physico-chemial characterization and investigation of unique phenomena occuring at the junctions between topological insulator and metal grown in the form of multilayered heterostructures by the thermal vapor deposition technique

2016/21/B/ST5/02531

Keywords:

Topological Insulators junction thin films electronic structures surface state spintronic

Descriptors:

  • ST5_1: Structural properties of materials
  • ST5_4: Thin films

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Nauk Ścisłych i Technicznych

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Jacek Szade 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 194 091 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-02-07

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-02-06

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komora załadowcza do mikroskopu (15 621 PLN)
  2. Rozbudowa manipulatora 4 - osiowego w spektromterze fotoelektronów o obrót wokół osi pionowej (95 000 PLN)
  3. Źródło emisji par z użyciem wiązki elektronów wraz z zasilaczem i okablowaniem (65 000 PLN)
  4. Żródło emisji par wraz z potrzebnym zasilaczem i okablowaniem (75 000 PLN)
  5. Jednostka sterująca mocy do zmodernizowanego systemu epitaksji z wiązek molekularnych (MBE) wraz z oprogramowaniem (181 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. Coherent acoustic phonons generated by ultrashort terahertz pulses in nanofilms of metals and topological insulators
    Authors:
    A Levchuk, Bartosz Wilk, G Vaudel, F Labbé, B Arnaud, Katarzyna Balin, Jacek Szade, P Ruello, V Juvé
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2020, tom: 101, strony: 180102), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.101.180102 - link to the publication
  2. Hot carrier and optical phonon ultrafast dynamics in the topological insulator Bi2Te3 upon iron evaporation on the surface
    Authors:
    M. Weis, K. Balin, B. Wilk, T. Sobol, A. Ciavardini, G. Vaudel, V. Juvé, B. Arnaud, B. Ressel, M. Stupar, K. C. Prince, G. Da Ninno, P. Ruello2, J. Szad
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B , Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  3. Europium Doping Impact on the Properties of MBE Grown Bi2Te3 Thin Film
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Balin, Marcin Wojtyniak, Mateusz Weis, Maciej Zubko, Bartosz Wilk, Ruizhe Gu, Pascal Ruello, Jacek Szade
    Academic press:
    Materials (rok: 2020, tom: 13, strony: 3111), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ma13143111 - link to the publication
  4. Quantum size effect on charges and phonons ultrafast dynamics in atomically controlled nanolayers of topological insulators Bi2Te3
    Authors:
    Weis, M., Wilk, B., Vaudel, G., Balin, K., Rapacz, R., Bulou, A., Arnaud, B., Szade, J., Ruello, P
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2017, tom: 7, strony: 45300), Wydawca: Springer Nature Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-017-12920-4 - link to the publication