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Epitaxial Kagome Thin Films as a Platform for Topological Flat Bands
Shuyu Cheng, M. Nrisimhamurty, Tong Zhou +10
Systems with flat bands are ideal for studying strongly correlated electronic states and related phenomena. Among them, kagome-structured metals such as CoSn have been recognized a…
Quantum Spin-Valley Hall Kink States: From Concept to Materials Design
Tong Zhou, Shuguang Cheng, Michael Schleenvoigt +4
We propose a general and tunable platform to realize high-density arrays of quantum spin-valley Hall kink (QSVHK) states with spin-valley-momentum locking based on a two-dimensiona…
Fusion of Majorana Bound States with Mini-Gate Control in Two-Dimensional Systems
Tong Zhou, Matthieu C. Dartiailh, Kasra Sardashti +4
A hallmark of topological superconductivity is the non-Abelian statistics of Majorana bound states (MBS), its chargeless zero-energy emergent quasiparticles. The resulting fraction…
Localized Excitons in NbSe-MoSe Heterostructures
Jaydeep Joshi, Tong Zhou, Sergiy Krylyuk +3
Neutral and charged excitons (trions) in atomically-thin materials offer important capabilities for photonics, from ultrafast photodetectors to highly-efficient light-emitting diod…
Magnetic Properties and Electronic Structure of Magnetic Topological Insulator MnBiSe
Tiancong Zhu, Alexander J. Bishop, Tong Zhou +12
The intrinsic magnetic topological insulators MnBiX (X = Se, Te) are promising candidates in realizing various novel topological states related to symmetry breaking by magn…
Optically Probing Tunable Band Topology in Atomic Monolayers
Gaofeng Xu, Tong Zhou, Benedikt Scharf +1
In many atomically thin materials their optical absorption is dominated by excitonic transitions. It was recently found that optical selection rules in these materials are influenc…
Phase Control of Majorana Bound States in a Topological X Junction
Tong Zhou, Matthieu C. Dartiailh, William Mayer +4
Topological superconductivity supports exotic Majorana bound states (MBS) which are chargeless zero-energy emergent quasiparticles. With their non-Abelian exchange statistics and f…
Electrical control of Majorana Bound States Using Magnetic Stripes
Narayan Mohanta, Tong Zhou, Junwen Xu +5
A hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowire on the top of a magnetic film in the stripe phase experiences a magnetic texture from the underlying fringing fields. The Zeeman inte…
Novel Chern insulators with half-metallic edge states
Yang Xue, Bao Zhao, Yan Zhu +5
The central target of spintronics research is to achieve flexible control of highly efficient and spin-polarized electronic currents. Based on first-principles calculations and k-p…
Tunable magnetic textures in spin valves: From spintronics to Majorana bound states
Tong Zhou, Narayan Mohanta, Jong E. Han +2
Spin-valve structures in which a change of magnetic configuration is responsible for magnetoresistance have enabled impressive advances in spintronics, focusing on magnetically sto…
Engineering Topological quantum dot through planar magnetization in bismuthene
Jiaojiao Zhou, Tong Zhou, Shu-guang Cheng +2
The discovery of quantum spin Hall materials with huge bulk gaps in experiment, such as bismuthene, provides a versatile platform for topological devices. We propose a topological…
Giant Spin-valley Polarization and Multiple Hall Effect in Functionalized Bi Monolayers
Tong Zhou, Jiayong Zhang, Hua Jiang +2
Valleytronic materials, characterized by local extrema (valley) in their bands, and topological insulators have separately attracted great interest recently. However, the interplay…
Strong magnetization and Chern insulators in compressed graphene/CrI van der Waals heterostructures
Jiayong Zhang, Bao Zhao, Tong Zhou +3
Graphene-based heterostructures are a promising material system for designing the topologically nontrivial Chern insulating devices. Recently, a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer ferr…
Coupling effect of topological states and Chern insulators in two-dimensional triangular lattices
Jiayong Zhang, Bao Zhao, Yang Xue +2
We investigate topological states of two-dimensional (2D) triangular lattices with multi-orbitals. Tight-binding model calculations of a 2D triangular lattice based on $\emph{p}_{x…
Quantum Spin-quantum Anomalous Hall Effect with Tunable Edge States in Sb Monolayer-based Heterostructures
Tong Zhou, Jiayong Zhang, Yang Xue +4
A novel topological insulator with tunable edge states, called quantum spin-quantum anomalous Hall (QSQAH) insulator, is predicted in a heterostructure of a hydrogenated Sb (SbH) m…
Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
Tong Zhou, Cheng Zhang, Huisheng Zhang +2
We report an investigation of temperature- and doping-dependent thermoelectric behaviors of topological semimetal Cd3As2. The electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, Seebeck…
Ising Superconductivity and Majorana Fermions in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Benjamin T. Zhou, Noah F. Q. Yuan, Hong-Liang Jiang +1
In monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), electrons in opposite valleys are subject to opposite effective Zeeman fields, which are referred to as Ising spin-orbit c…