Resilient Growth of a Highly Crystalline Topological Insulator–Superconductor Heterostructure Enabled by an Ex Situ Nitride Film

R **e, M Ge, S **ao, J Zhang, J Bi, X Yuan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Highly crystalline and easily feasible topological insulator–superconductor (TI-SC)
heterostructures are crucial for the development of practical topological qubit devices. The …

Engineering Carrier Density and Effective Mass of Plasmonic TiN Films by Tailoring Nitrogen Vacancies

S Zhang, TY Sun, Z Wang, R Zhang, Y Lin, S **ao… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The introduction of nitrogen vacancies has been shown to be an effective way to tune the
plasmonic properties of refractory titanium nitrides. However, its underlying mechanism …

High resistance of superconducting TiN thin films against environmental attacks

Z Guo, M Ge, YQ Zhou, J Bi, Q Zhang, J Zhang… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Superconductors, an essential class of functional materials, hold a vital position in both
fundamental science and practical applications. However, most superconductors, including …