Monolayer antimony (antimonene) is an emerging 2D material that has recently attracted
considerable attention due to its intriguing structure and fascinating electronic properties as …

Topological insulators are bulk insulators with metallic and fully spin-polarized surface
states displaying Dirac-like band dispersion. Due to spin-momentum locking, these …

The puzzling question about the floating of the topological surface state on top of a thick Pb
layer has now possibly been answered. A photoemission study of the interface made by Pb …

Monatomic antimony thin films have recently attracted attention for applications in phase
change memory, nanophotonics, and two-dimensional materials. Although some promising …

Structural moiré superstructures arising from two competing lattices may lead to unexpected
electronic behavior. Sb is predicted to show thickness-dependent topological properties …

Antimonene has two different allotropes, namely, orthorhombic α-Sb and rhombohedral β-
Sb. Both phases exhibit unique electronic properties and have been prepared on various …

The presence of inherently strong spin–orbit coupling in bismuth, its unique layer-dependent
band topology and high carrier mobility make it an interesting system for both fundamental …

Antimonene is a promising two-dimensional (2D) material that is calculated to have a
significant fundamental bandgap usable for advanced applications such as field-effect …

Epitaxial thin-film heterostructures offer a versatile platform for realizing topological surface
states (TSSs) that may be emergent and/or tunable by tailoring the atomic layering in the …

Topological phase transitions have been actively investigated to understand the
fundamental properties and to develop applications for spintronics. In this study, we focused …