Topological insulator phases in polycrystalline Bi2Te3 thin films
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Abstract
Polycrystalline thin films of Bi2Te3, a well-known topological insulator (TI), grown by RF sputtering shows metallic-like transport for a wide range of temperatures, T = 50 K to T = 225 K. For T > 225 K, the sample shows activated transport.. The metallic-like behavior at low temperatures can be understood within a model of overlapping surface states of the TI nanocrystallites in the film, suggesting that TI thin films of polycrystalline nature may also stabilize topologically protected states.
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OpenAlex topics: Topological Materials and Phenomena · Graphene research and applications · Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
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Department of Physics, Central University of Kerala , Kasaragod, Kerala 671316, India
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