Atom-specific spin mapping and buried topological states in a homologous series of topological insulators

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eremeev, Sergey V ^a,b,c   Landolt, Gabriel ^d,e   Menshchikova, Tatiana V ^b,c   Slomski, Bartosz ^d,e   Koroteev, Yury M ^a,b,c   Aliev, Ziya S ^f   Babanly, Mahammad B ^f   Henk, Jürgen ^g   Ernst, Arthur ^g   Patthey, Luc ^e   Eich, Andreas ^h   Khajetoorians, Alexander Ako ^h   Hagemeister, Julian ^h   Pietzsch, Oswald ^h   Wiebe, Jens ^h   Wiesendanger, Roland ^h   Echenique, Pedro M ^c,i,j   Tsirkin, Stepan S ^b,c   Amiraslanov, Imamaddin R ^k   Dil, J Hugo ^d,e   Chulkov, Evgueni V ^c,i,j   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF STRENGTH PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^j CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^k INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INSULATOR ELEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR;

EID: 84856689925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1638     Document Type: Article

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