Topological states on the gold surface

Yan, Binghai; Stadtmüller, Benjamin; Haag, Norman; Jakobs, Sebastian; Seidel, Johannes; Jungkenn, Dominik; Mathias, Stefan; Cinchetti, Mirko; Aeschlimann, Martin; Felser, Claudia

doi:10.1038/ncomms10167

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Topological states on the gold surface

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Yan, Binghai
Binghai Yan, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Felser, Claudia
Claudia Felser, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Yan, B., Stadtmüller, B., Haag, N., Jakobs, S., Seidel, J., Jungkenn, D., et al. (2015). Topological states on the gold surface. Nature Communications, 6(12): 10167, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1038/ncomms10167.

Zitierlink: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0029-4353-D

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Gold surfaces host special electronic states that have been understood as a prototype of Shockley surface states. These surface states are commonly employed to benchmark the capability of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and scanning tunnelling spectroscopy. Here we show that these Shockley surface states can be reinterpreted as topologically derived surface states (TDSSs) of a topological insulator (TI), a recently discovered quantum state. Based on band structure calculations, the Z2-type invariants of gold can be well-defined to characterize a TI. Further, our ARPES measurement validates TDSSs by detecting the dispersion of unoccupied surface states. The same TDSSs are also recognized on surfaces of other well-known noble metals (for example, silver, copper, platinum and palladium), which shines a new light on these long-known surface states.