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103. Au and Ag on the Bi2Se3(0001) Surface: Experimental Electronic and Physical PropertiesSandra Gardonio, Mattia Fanetti, Katja Ferfolja, Matjaž Valant, published scientific conference contribution abstract Abstract: Binary bismuth chalcogenides, Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3, have been extensively studied as reference topological
insulators (TIs). These materials are bulk insulators with topological surface states (TSS) crossing the
Fermi level. In contrast to conventional surface states of metals, the TSS are extremely robust
against local modifications at the surface, such as adsorbed adatoms, localized defects or changes in the surface termination. This aspect makes the TIs attractive for applications in spintronics, plasmonics, quantum computing and catalysis.
A theoretical model of charge transport by the TI surface states predicts that the TSS survive, provided that bonding at the metal/TI interface is weak. Ab-initio calculations have been done to understand the electronic properties of Au, Ni, Pt, Pd and graphene layers in a contact with Bi2Se3. These calculations showed that for Au and graphene the spin-momentum locking of TSS is maintained at the interface. In another theoretical study, Ag and Au thin layers on Bi2Se3 have been predicted to show a large Rashba splitting and a high spin polarization of the Ag quantum wells, providing a great potential for development of the spintronic devices. Finally, the calculations have foreseen that the presence of the robust TSS affects the adsorption properties of metals (Au bi-layer and clusters of Au, Ag, Cu, Pt, and Pd) supported on TI, in some cases resulting in the enhancement of the catalytic processes.
Despite the fundamental importance of the metal/TI interfaces and a number of theoretical studies
predicting exotic interfacial phenomena, the experimental knowledge about the metals on the TI surfaces is surprisingly limited, especially concerning combined study of morphology, growth mode, electronic and chemical properties.
In order to exploit the predicted physical properties of such systems, it is especially important to extend the study above the diluted coverage regime and to understand what is the growth morphology of the metal on the TI surface, to what extent the metal overlayer interacts with the TI substrate, how the TSS change with the presence of the metal overlayer and what is the reactivity of the system at the different stages of the overlayer growth.
Within this frame, we present a comprehensive surface sensitive study, of Au and Ag on Bi2Se3 by means of ARPES, XPS, SEM, LEED and XRD. The obtained results allow us to discuss the relation between electronic and physical properties at two of the most important model metal/TI interfaces
Keywords: topological insulator, electronic properties, synchrotron radiation
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107. v-P2O5 micro-clustering in P-doped silica studied by a first-principles Raman investigationLuigi Giacomazzi, Layla Martin-Samos, Antonino Alessi, A. Boukenter, Youcef Ouerdane, Sylvain Girard, Nicolas Richard, Matjaž Valant, Stefano de Gironcoli, 2019, original scientific article Keywords: silica, POHC, optical fibers, Raman, EPR
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110. Spremljanje, ugotavljanje in zagotavljanje kakovosti : poročilo za študijsko leto 2017/2018 : Univerza v Novi Gorici, Fakulteta za znanosti o okolju.Iztok Arčon, Blaž Belec, Marina Artico, Tea Stibilj Nemec, Nivec Štefančič, Maja Terčon, Matjaž Valant, Sabina Zelinšček, treatise, preliminary study, study Keywords: samoevalvacijsko poročilo
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