0545685 - ÚFCH JH 2022 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Paz, W. S. - Menezes, M. G. - Batista, N. N. - Sanchez-Santolino, G. - Velický, Matěj - Varela, M. - Capaz, R. B. - Palacios, J. J.
Franckeite as an Exfoliable Naturally Occurring Topological Insulator.
Nano Letters. Roč. 21, č. 18 (2021), s. 7781-7788. ISSN 1530-6984. E-ISSN 1530-6992
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61388955
Klíčová slova: 2D material * first-principles calculations * franckeite * natural superlattice * topological insulator * transmission electron microscopy
Obor OECD: Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)
Impakt faktor: 12.262, rok: 2021 ; AIS: 3.104, rok: 2021
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02742

Franckeite is a natural superlattice composed of two alternating layers of different composition which has shown potential for optoelectronic applications. In part, the interest in franckeite lies in its layered nature which makes it easy to exfoliate into very thin heterostructures. Not surprisingly, its chemical composition and lattice structure are so complex that franckeite has escaped screening protocols and high-throughput searches of materials with nontrivial topological properties. On the basis of density functional theory calculations, we predict a quantum phase transition originating from stoichiometric changes in one of franckeite composing layers (the quasihexagonal one). While for a large concentration of Sb, franckeite is a sequence of type-II semiconductor heterojunctions, for a large concentration of Sn, these turn into type-III, much alike InAs/GaSb artificial heterojunctions, and franckeite becomes a strong topological insulator. Transmission electron microscopy observations confirm that such a phase transition may actually occur in nature.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322358