Tailoring Kinetics on a Topological Insulator Surface by Defect-Induced Strain: Pb Mobility on Bi2Te3

Wen-Kai Huang, Kai-Wen Zhang, Chao-Long Yang +5

Heteroepitaxial structures based on Bi${}_2$Te${}_3$-type topological insulators (TIs) exhibit exotic quantum phenomena. For optimal characterization of these phenomena, it is desi…