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6 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Spin- and Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Quantum Spin Hall Insulator Bismuthene and its Precursor Phase

Niclas Tilgner, Andres David Peña Unigarro, Susanne Wolff +6

Recent studies have revealed that a confined bismuth layer at the graphene/SiC interface can be reversibly switched between a topologically trivial precursor phase and the quantum…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Confinement Epitaxy of Large-Area Two-Dimensional Sn at the Graphene/SiC Interface

Zamin Mamiyev, Niclas Tilgner, Narmina O. Balayeva +3

Confinement epitaxy beneath graphene stabilizes exotic material phases by restricting vertical growth and altering lateral diffusion, conditions unattainable on bare substrates. Ho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Si Intercalation Beneath Epitaxial Graphene: Modulating Mott States at the SiC(0001) Interface

Niclas Tilgner, Zamin Mamiyev, Susanne Wolff +4

Intercalation has proven to be a powerful tool for tailoring the electronic properties of freestanding graphene layers as well as for stabilizing the intercalated material in a two…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Solving the Phase Problem of Diffraction: X-ray Standing Waves Imaging on Bismuthene/SiC(0001)

Niclas Tilgner, Susanne Wolff, Serguei Soubatch +6

The phase retrieval problem is a fundamental shortcoming of all diffraction-based methods, arising from the inability to measure the phase of scattered waves. The (normal incidence…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Growth dynamics of graphene buffer layer formation on ultra-smooth SiC(0001) surfaces

Julia Guse, Stefan Wundrack, Marius Eckert +14

In this study the growth process of epitaxial graphene on SiC was investigated systematically. The transition from the initial buffer layer growth to the formation of the first mon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Reversible Switching of the Environment-Protected Quantum Spin Hall Insulator Bismuthene at the Graphene/SiC Interface

Niclas Tilgner, Susanne Wolff, Serguei Soubatch +8

Quantum Spin Hall Insulators (QSHI) have been extensively studied both theoretically and experimentally because they exhibit robust helical edge states driven by spin-orbit couplin…