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Topological Band Engineering of Graphene Nanoribbons

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 نشر من قبل Daniel Rizzo
 تاريخ النشر 2018
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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Topological insulators (TIs) are an emerging class of materials that host highly robust in-gap surface/interface states while maintaining an insulating bulk. While most notable scientific advancements in this field have been focused on TIs and related topological crystalline insulators in 2D and 3D, more recent theoretical work has predicted the existence of 1D symmetry-protected topological phases in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). The topological phase of these laterally-confined, semiconducting strips of graphene is determined by their width, edge shape, and the terminating unit cell, and is characterized by a Z2 invariant (similar to 1D solitonic systems). Interfaces between topologically distinct GNRs characterized by different Z2 are predicted to support half-filled in-gap localized electronic states which can, in principle, be utilized as a tool for material engineering. Here we present the rational design and experimental realization of a topologically-engineered GNR superlattice that hosts a 1D array of such states, thus generating otherwise inaccessible electronic structure. This strategy also enables new end states to be engineered directly into the termini of the 1D GNR superlattice. Atomically-precise topological GNR superlattices were synthesized from molecular precursors on a Au(111) surface under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions and characterized by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). Our experimental results and first-principles calculations reveal that the frontier band structure of these GNR superlattices is defined purely by the coupling between adjacent topological interface states. This novel manifestation of 1D topological phases presents an entirely new route to band engineering in 1D materials based on precise control of their electronic topology, and is a promising platform for future studies of 1D quantum spin physics.



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