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Resolving Dirac electrons with broadband high-resolution NMR

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  • Wassilios Papawassiliou

    (Stockholm University)

  • Aleksander Jaworski

    (Stockholm University)

  • Andrew J. Pell

    (Stockholm University)

  • Jae Hyuck Jang

    (Korea Basic Science Institute)

  • Yeonho Kim

    (Korea Basic Science Institute)

  • Sang-Chul Lee

    (Korea Basic Science Institute)

  • Hae Jin Kim

    (Korea Basic Science Institute)

  • Yasser Alwahedi

    (Khalifa University
    Khalifa University of Science and Technology)

  • Saeed Alhassan

    (Khalifa University)

  • Ahmed Subrati

    (Khalifa University
    Adam Mickiewicz University)

  • Michael Fardis

    (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”)

  • Marina Karagianni

    (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”)

  • Nikolaos Panopoulos

    (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”)

  • Janez Dolinšek

    (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics)

  • Georgios Papavassiliou

    (National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”)

Abstract

Detecting the metallic Dirac electronic states on the surface of Topological Insulators (TIs) is critical for the study of important surface quantum properties (SQPs), such as Majorana zero modes, where simultaneous probing of the bulk and edge electron states is required. However, there is a particular shortage of experimental methods, showing at atomic resolution how Dirac electrons extend and interact with the bulk interior of nanoscaled TI systems. Herein, by applying advanced broadband solid-state 125Te nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods on Bi2Te3 nanoplatelets, we succeeded in uncovering the hitherto invisible NMR signals with magnetic shielding that is influenced by the Dirac electrons, and we subsequently showed how the Dirac electrons spread inside the nanoplatelets. In this way, the spin and orbital magnetic susceptibilities induced by the bulk and edge electron states were simultaneously measured at atomic scale resolution, providing a pertinent experimental approach in the study of SQPs.

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  • Wassilios Papawassiliou & Aleksander Jaworski & Andrew J. Pell & Jae Hyuck Jang & Yeonho Kim & Sang-Chul Lee & Hae Jin Kim & Yasser Alwahedi & Saeed Alhassan & Ahmed Subrati & Michael Fardis & Marina , 2020. "Resolving Dirac electrons with broadband high-resolution NMR," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-14838-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14838-4
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