Tunable topological states in electron-doped HTT-Pt

Xiaoming Zhang, Zhenhai Wang, Mingwen Zhao, and Feng Liu
Phys. Rev. B 93, 165401 – Published 1 April 2016

Abstract

Modulating topologically nontrivial states in trivial materials is of both scientific and technological interest. Using first-principles calculations, we propose a demonstration of electron-doping- (or gate-voltage-) induced multiple quantum states; namely, quantum spin Hall (QSH) and quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) states, in a single material of the organometallic framework (HTT-Pt) synthesized from triphenylene hexathiol molecules (HTT) and PtCl2. At a low doping level, the trivial HTT-Pt converts to a QSH insulator protected by time-reversal symmetry (TRS). When the electronic doping concentration is further increased, TRS will be broken, making the HTT-Pt a QAH insulator. The band gaps of these topologically nontrivial states can be as large as 42.5 meV, suggesting robustness at high temperatures. The possibility of switching between the QSH and QAH states offers an intriguing platform for a different device paradigm by interfacing between QSH and QAH states.

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  • Received 30 November 2015
  • Revised 30 January 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.165401

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Xiaoming Zhang1,2, Zhenhai Wang3, Mingwen Zhao1,*, and Feng Liu2,4

  • 1School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
  • 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
  • 3Peter Grünberg Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210003, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, China

  • *Corresponding author: zmw@sdu.edu.cn

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Vol. 93, Iss. 16 — 15 April 2016

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