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The magnetic van der Waals crystals (MnX2Te4)m(X2Te3)n (X = Sb, Bi) have drawn significant attention due to their rich topological properties and the tenability by external magnetic field. In this work, we report on the discovery of…
Magnetic topological insulators (TI) provide an important material platform to explore quantum phenomena such as quantized anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and Majorana modes, etc. Their successful material realization is thus essential for our…
The magnetic van der Waals crystals MnBi2Te4/(Bi2Te3)n have drawn significant attention due to their rich topological properties and the tunability by external magnetic field. Although the MnBi2Te4/(Bi2Te3)n family have been intensively…
The magnetic structures of MnBi2Te4(Bi2Te3)n can be manipulated by tuning the interlayer coupling via the number of Bi2Te3 spacer layers n, while the intralayer ferromagnetic (FM) exchange coupling is considered too robust to control. By…
Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators provide an ideal platform to achieve various exciting physical phenomena. However, this kind of materials and related research are still very rare. In this work, we reported the electronic and…
Recently, MnBi2Te4 has been discovered as the first intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator (AFM TI), and will become a promising material to discover exotic topological quantum phenomena. In this work, we have realized the…
Magnetic topological insulators, possessing both magnetic order and topological electronic structure, provides an excellent platform to research unusual physical properties. Here, we report a high-pressure study on the anomalous Hall effect…
Magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) have received a lot of attention due to the existence of various quantum phenomena such as quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) and topological magnetoelectric effect, etc. The intrinsic…
MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ and MnBi$_4$Te$_7$ are antiferromagnetic topological insulators belonging to the MnBi$_{2n}$Te$_{3n+1}$ series, where structural layering provides a natural route to tune magnetic interaction in van der Waals magnets. Despite…
Quantum states of matter combining non-trivial topology and magnetism attract a lot of attention nowadays; the special focus is on magnetic topological insulators (MTIs) featuring quantum anomalous Hall and axion insulator phases.…
The intrinsic magnetic topological material MnBi2Te4 has demonstrated great potential to investigate the interplay between topology and magnetism, which opens up new avenues for manipulating non-trivial electronic states and designing…
The recent discovery of antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological insulator (TI) MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ has triggered great research efforts on exploring novel magnetic topological physics. Based on first-principles calculations, we find that the…
The van der Waals material MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ and the related Sb-substituted compounds Mn(Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$)$_2$Te$_4$ are prominent members of the family of magnetic topological insulators, in which rare quantum mechanical states can be…
Mechanical modulation of the lattice parameter can modify the electronic structure and manipulate the magnetic coupling of a material without introducing impurities. Inspired by success in pressure-controlled magnetism, we investigate the…
Heterostructures composed of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ and its non-magnetic counterpart Bi$_2$Te$_3$ host distinct surface electronic band structures depending on the stacking order and exposed termination.…
First-principles calculations are performed to study the electronic structures and topological phases of magnetic layered materials MnBi2Te4, MnBi2Se4 and MnSb2Te4 under different film thicknesses, strains and spin-orbit coupling (SOC)…
The layered van der Waals (vdW) material MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ is an intrinsic magnetic topological insulator with various topological phases such as quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) and axion states. However, both the zero-field and…
Here, we report a new intrinsic magnetic topological insulator FeBi$_2$Te$_4$ based on first-principles calculations and it can achieve a rich topological phase under pressure modulation. Without pressure, we predict that both…
The discovery of time-reversal-invariant topological states has drawn great attention in recent decades. However, despite the potential of displaying a variety of exotic physics, the study of magnetic topological phases lags behind due to…
The intrinsic magnetic topological insulators MnBi$_2$X$_4$ (X = Se, Te) are promising candidates in realizing various novel topological states related to symmetry breaking by magnetic order. Although much progress had been made in…