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20122023
most citedProximity-induced giant spin-orbit interaction in epitaxial graphene on topological insulator

110 citations · 743 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Realizing a Superconducting Square-Lattice Bismuth Monolayer

Eunseok Oh, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Han Woong Yeom

Interplay of crystal symmetry, strong spinorbit coupling (SOC), and many-body interactions in low dimensional materials provides a fertile ground for the discovery of unconventi…

cond-mat.str-el2021

Metrology of Band Topology via Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

Sangjin Lee, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Byungmin Kang +2

Topology is a central notion in the classification of band insulators and characterization of entangled many-body quantum states. In some cases, it manifests as quantized observabl…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 68 cited

Distinguishing a Mott Insulator from a Trivial Insulator with Atomic Adsorbates

Jinwon Lee, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Han Woong Yeom

In an electronic system with various interactions intertwined, revealing the origin of its many-body ground state is challenging and a direct experimental way to verify the correla…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 15 cited

Honeycomb-Lattice Mott insulator on Tantalum Disulphide

Jinwon Lee, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Andrei Catuneanu +8

Effects of electron many-body interactions amplify in an electronic system with a narrow bandwidth opening a way to exotic physics. A narrow band in a two-dimensional (2D) honeycom…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 33 cited

Prediction of intrinsic topological superconductivity in Mn-doped GeTe monolayer from first-principles

Xiaoming Zhang, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Jiahao Mao +3

Recent discovery of topological superconductors (TSCs) has sparked enormous interest. Realization of TSC requires a delicate tuning of multiple microscopic parameters, which remain…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 1 cited

Theory of Epitaxial Growth of Borophene on Layered Electride: Thermodynamic Stability and Kinetic Pathway

Xiaojuan Ni, Huaqing Huang, Kyung-Hwan Jin +2

Based on first-principles calculations, we propose that a layered electride Mg2O can serve as an effective substrate, in place of metal substrate, to grow honeycomb borophene (h-bo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 40 cited

Weyl points created by a three-dimensional flat band

Yinong Zhou, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Huaqing Huang +2

Following the discovery of topological insulators (TIs), topological Dirac/Weyl semimetal has attracted much recent interest. A prevailing mechanism for the formation of Weyl point…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 36 cited

Observation of Topological Surface State in High Temperature Superconductor MgB2

Xiaoqing Zhou, Kyle N. Gordon, Kyung-Hwan Jin +9

The hunt for the benchmark topological superconductor (TSc) has been an extremely active research subject in condensed matter research, with quite a few candidates identified or pr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 41 cited

Alloy engineering of topological semimetal phase transition in MgTaNbN

Huaqing Huang, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Feng Liu

Dirac, triple-point and Weyl fermions represent three topological semimetal phases, characterized with a descending degree of band degeneracy, which have been realized separately i…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 38 cited

Pseudo Dirac Nodal Sphere: Unusual Electronic Structure and Material Realization

Jianfeng Wang, Yizhou Liu, Kyung-Hwan Jin +4

Topological semimetals (TSMs) in which conduction and valence bands cross at zero-dimensional (0D) Dirac nodal points (DNPs) or 1D Dirac nodal lines (DNLs), in 3D momentum space, h…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 109 cited

Black Hole Horizon in a Type-III Dirac Semimetal ZnInS

Huaqing Huang, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Feng Liu

Recently, realizing new fermions, such as type-I and type-II Dirac/Weyl fermions in condensed matter systems, has attracted considerable attention. Here we show that the transition…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 80 cited

Topological superconducting phase in high-Tc superconductor MgB2 with Dirac-nodal-line fermions

Kyung-Hwan Jin, Huaqing Huang, Jia-Wei Mei +3

Topological superconductors are an intriguing and elusive quantum phase, characterized by topologically protected gapless surface/edge states residing in a bulk superconducting gap…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Atomically Abrupt Topological p-n Junction

Sung Hwan Kim, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Byung Woo Kho +4

Topological insulators (TI's) are a new class of quantum matter with extraordinary surface electronic states, which bear great potential for spintronics and error-tolerant quantum…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 11 cited

Creation of Half-metallic f -orbital Dirac Fermion with Superlight Elements in Orbital-Designed Molecular Lattice

Bin Cui, Bing Huang, Chong Li +6

Magnetism in solids generally originates from the localized - or -orbitals that are hosted by heavy transition-metal elements. Here, we demonstrate a novel mechanism for desi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 24 cited

Bending Strain Engineering of Spin Transport in Quantum Spin Hall Systems: Topological Nano-mechanospintronics

Bing Huang, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Bin Cui +3

Quantum spin Hall (QSH) system can exhibit exotic spin transport phenomena, mediated by its topological edge states. Here a novel concept of bending strain engineering to tune the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016

Topological phase transition and quantum spin Hall edge states of antimony few layers

Sung Hwan Kim, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Joonbum Park +3

While two-dimensional topological insulators (2D TI) initiated the field of topological materials, only very few materials were discovered to date and the direct access to their qu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Proximity Effect Induced Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Graphene on Bi2Te2Se

Paengro Lee, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Si Jin Sung +10

We report that the π-electrons of graphene can be spin-polarized to create a phase with a significant spin-orbit gap at the Dirac point (DP) using a graphene-interfaced topological…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 32 cited

Topological fate of edge states of Bi single bilayer on Bi(111)

Han Woong Yeom, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Seung-Hoon Jhi

We address the topological nature of electronic states of step edges of Bi(111) films by first principles band structure calculations. We confirm that the dispersion of step edge s…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 12 cited

Transforming a Surface State of Topological Insulator by a Bi Capping Layer

Han Woong Yeom, Sung Hwan Kim, Woo Jong Shin +7

We introduce a dinstint approach to engineer a topologically protected surface state of a topological insulator. By covering the surface of a topological insulator, Bi2Te2Se, with…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 90 cited

Edge and Interfacial States in a 2D Topological Insulator:Bi(111) Bilayer on BiTeSe

Sung Hwan Kim, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Joonbum Park +4

The electronic states of a single Bi(111) bilayer and its edges, suggested as a two dimensional topological insulator, are investigated by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 3 cited

Spin-Chiral Bulk Fermi Surfaces of BiTeI Proven by Quantum Oscillations

Joonbum Park, E. Kampert, Kyung-Hwan Jin +10

We present the Fermi-surface map of the spin-chiral bulk states for the non-centrosymmetric semiconductor BiTeI using de Haas-van Alphen and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. We iden…

cond-mat.mes-hall2012★ 110 cited

Proximity-induced giant spin-orbit interaction in epitaxial graphene on topological insulator

Kyung-Hwan Jin, Seung-Hoon Jhi

Heterostructures of Dirac materials such as graphene and topological insulators provide interesting platforms to explore exotic quantum states of electrons in solids. Here we study…