The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new frontier in condensed matter
physics: topological materials with an electronic band structure belonging to a different …

Topological insulators demonstrate tremendous potential in fields of electronics and
magnetism for their unique boundary states that are topologically protected against …

Owing to the excellent potential for fundamental research and technical applications in
optoelectronic devices and catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), transition …

p-Type PbTe is an outstanding high temperature thermoelectric material with zT of 2 at high
temperatures due to its complex band structure which leads to high valley degeneracy. Lead …

Characterized by bulk Dirac or Weyl cones and surface Fermi-arc states, topological
semimetals have sparked enormous research interest in recent years. The nanostructures …

Anisotropic materials are of considerable interest because of their unique combination of
polarization-or direction-dependent electrical, optical, and thermoelectric properties. Low …

This work demonstrates a controlled van der Waals growth of two-dimensional SnTe
nanoplates on mica substrates and their applications in flexible near-infrared …

Heterostructures constructed from topological insulator materials have aroused great
research interests because of their various and unusual features and functions. Growth of …

Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) are predicted to be a promising candidate material
for ultra‐broadband photodetectors ranging from ultraviolet (UV) to terahertz (THz) due to its …

Two-dimensional (2D) topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) were recently predicted in thin
films of the SnTe class of IV–VI semiconductors, which can host metallic edge states …