New Candidates for Topological Insulators : Pb-based chalcogenide series

Details New Candidates for Topological Insulators : Pb-based chalcogenide series New Candidates for Topological Insulators : Pb-based chalcogenide series

2010-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/1007.5480v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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Here, we theoretically predict that the series of Pb-based layered chalcogenides, Pb$_n$Bi$_2$Se$_{n+3}$ and Pb$_n$Sb$_2$Te$_{n+3}$, are possible new candidates for topological insulators. As $n$ increases, the phase transition from a topological insulator to a band insulator is found to occur between $n=2$ and 3 for both series. Significantly, among the new topological insulators, we found a bulk band gap of 0.40eV in PbBi$_2$Se$_4$ which is one of the largest gap topological insulators, and that Pb$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_5$ is located in the immediate vicinity of the topological phase boundary, making its topological phase easily tunable by changing external parameters such as lattice constants. Due to the three-dimensional Dirac cone at the phase boundary, massless Dirac fermions also may be easily accessible in Pb$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_5$.

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