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SUBMITTER: Xu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5296772 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Yishuai Y Chiu Janet J Miao Lin L He Haowei H Alpichshev Zhanybek Z Kapitulnik A A Biswas Rudro R RR Wray L Andrew LA
Nature communications 20170203
Three-dimensional topological insulators are bulk insulators with Z<sub>2</sub> topological electronic order that gives rise to conducting light-like surface states. These surface electrons are exceptionally resistant to localization by non-magnetic disorder, and have been adopted as the basis for a wide range of proposals to achieve new quasiparticle species and device functionality. Recent studies have yielded a surprise by showing that in spite of resisting localization, topological insulator ...[more]