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Electronic Structure of Pb Adsorbed Surfaces of Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulators. / Klimovskikh, Ilya I.; Estyunin, Dmitry A.; Makarova, Tatyana P. et al.
In: The journal of physical chemistry letters, Vol. 13, No. 29, 28.07.2022, p. 6628-6634.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic Structure of Pb Adsorbed Surfaces of Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulators
AU - Klimovskikh, Ilya I.
AU - Estyunin, Dmitry A.
AU - Makarova, Tatyana P.
AU - Tereshchenko, Oleg E.
AU - Kokh, Konstantin A.
AU - Shikin, Alexander M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2022/7/28
Y1 - 2022/7/28
N2 - Recently discovered intrinsic magnetic topological insulators (IMTIs) constitute a unique class of quantum materials that combine magnetism and nontrivial topology. One of the most promising applications of these materials is Majorana fermion creation; Majorana fermions are expected to arise when a superconductor is in contact with the surface of an IMTI. Here we study the adsorption of Pb ultrathin films on top of IMTIs of various stoichiometries. By means of XPS we figure out the formation of the Pb wetting layer coupled to the surface atoms for low coverages and overlayer growth on top upon further deposition. Investigation of the adsorbed surfaces by means of ARPES shows the Dirac cone survival, its shift in a binding energy, and the Pb electronic states appearance. The obtained results allow the Pb/IMTI interfaces to be constructed for the understanding of the proximity effect and provide an important step toward quantum device engineering based on IMTIs.
AB - Recently discovered intrinsic magnetic topological insulators (IMTIs) constitute a unique class of quantum materials that combine magnetism and nontrivial topology. One of the most promising applications of these materials is Majorana fermion creation; Majorana fermions are expected to arise when a superconductor is in contact with the surface of an IMTI. Here we study the adsorption of Pb ultrathin films on top of IMTIs of various stoichiometries. By means of XPS we figure out the formation of the Pb wetting layer coupled to the surface atoms for low coverages and overlayer growth on top upon further deposition. Investigation of the adsorbed surfaces by means of ARPES shows the Dirac cone survival, its shift in a binding energy, and the Pb electronic states appearance. The obtained results allow the Pb/IMTI interfaces to be constructed for the understanding of the proximity effect and provide an important step toward quantum device engineering based on IMTIs.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01245
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01245
M3 - Article
C2 - 35834754
AN - SCOPUS:85135373284
VL - 13
SP - 6628
EP - 6634
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
SN - 1948-7185
IS - 29
ER -
ID: 36789745