Topological metal behavior in GeBi2Te4 single crystals
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The metallic character of the GeBi2Te4 single crystals is probed using a combination of structural and physical properties measurements, together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The structural study shows distorted Ge coordination polyhedra, mainly of the Ge octahedra. This has a major impact on the band structure, resulting in bulk metallic behavior of GeBi2Te4, as indicated by DFT calculations. Such calculations place GeBi2Te4 in a class of a few known nontrivial topological metals, and explains why an observed Dirac point lies below the Fermi energy at about −0.12 eV. A topological picture of GeBi2Te4 is confirmed by the observation of surface state modulations by scanning tunneling microscopy.
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Marcinkova, A., Wang, J.K., Slavonic, C., et al.. "Topological metal behavior in GeBi2Te4 single crystals." Physical Review B, 88, (2013) American Physical Society: 165128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.165128.