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The observation of quantized anomalous Hall conductance in the forced ferromagnetic state of MnBi2Te4 thin flakes has attracted much attentions. However, strong magnetic field is needed to fully polarize the magnetic moments due to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-01 M. Z. Shi , B. Lei , C. S. Zhu , D. H. Ma , J. H. Cui , Z. L. Sun , J. J. Ying , X. H. Chen

Exploring intrinsic magnetic topological insulators (TIs) for next-generation spintronic devices is still challenging in recent years. Here, we present a theoretical investigation on the electronic, magnetic and topological properties of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-26 Jiale Chen , Pengfei Li , Jun Hu

The metastable layered compound MnBi2Te4 is the first experimentally realized intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator, predicted to host the quantum anomalous Hall effect at high temperatures upon exfoliation to atomically thin…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-12-04 Jinliang Ning , Yanglin Zhu , Jamin Kidd , Yingdong Guan , Yu Wang , Zhiqiang Mao , Jianwei Sun

Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators offer low disorder and large magnetic bandgaps for robust magnetic topological phases operating at higher temperatures. By controlling the layer thickness, emergent phenomena such as the Quantum…

Breaking time reversal symmetry in a topological insulator may lead to quantum anomalous Hall effect and axion insulator phase. MnBi4Te7 is a recently discovered antiferromagnetic topological insulator with TN ~12.5 K, which is constituted…

The recent discovered intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 have been met with unusual success in hosting emergent phenomena such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect and the axion insulator states. However, the surface-bulk…

Recently, the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) has been theoretically proposed in compensated antiferromagnetic systems by using the magnetic topological insulator model [see arXiv:2404.13305 (2024)]. However, the related and systematic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-08 Zeyu Li , Yulei Han , Zhenhua Qiao

The interplay of non-trivial band topology and magnetism gives rise to a series of exotic quantum phenomena, such as the emergent quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and topological magnetoelectric effect. Many of these quantum phenomena…

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…

Topological insulators lacking time-reversal symmetry can exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect. Odd-layer thick MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ is a promising platform due to its intrinsic magnetic nature, however, quantization is rarely observed in…

Magnetic topological insulators can host chiral 1D edge channels at zero magnetic field, when a magnetic gap opens at the Dirac point in the band structure of 2D topological surface states, leading to the quantum anomalous Hall effect in…

The MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ material family has emerged as a key platform for exploring magnetic topological phases, most notably exemplified by the experimental realization of the axion insulator state. While spin dynamics are known to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Yiliang Fan , Rongxiang Zhu , Tongshuai Zhu , Jianzhou Zhao , Huaiqiang Wang , Haijun Zhang

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) has been experimentally realized in magnetically-doped topological insulators or intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ by applying an external magnetic field. However, either the low…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-22 Shifei Qi , Ruiling Gao , Maozhi Chang , Yulei Han , Zhenhua Qiao

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 quantum materials (TQMs) provide a fertile ground for the emergence of fascinating topological magneto-electric effects. Recently, the discovery of intrinsic antiferromagnetic (AFM) topological insulator MnBi2Te4 that…

Here we report the reserved anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the 5-septuple-layer van der Waals device of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. By employing the top/bottom gate, a negative AHE loop gradually decreases to zero…

As a sister compound and isostructural of MnBi2Te4, the high quality MnSb2Te4 single crystals are grown via solid-state reaction where prolonged annealing and narrow temperature window play critical roles on account of its thermal…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-04-05 Hao Li , Yaoxin Li , Yu-Kun Lian , Weiwei Xie , Ling Chen , Jinsong Zhang , Yang Wu , Shoushan Fan

The intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 provides an ideal platform for exploring exotic topological quantum phenomena. Recently, the Chern insulator and axion insulator phases have been realized in few-layer MnBi2Te4…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-03 Chang Liu , Yongchao Wang , Ming Yang , Jiahao Mao , Hao Li , Yaoxin Li , Jiaheng Li , Haipeng Zhu , Junfeng Wang , Liang Li , Yang Wu , Yong Xu , Jinsong Zhang , Yayu Wang

The layered magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ is a promising platform to realize the quantum anomalous Hall effect because its layers possess intrinsic ferromagnetism. However, it is not well understood why the high-spin $d^5$…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-05-27 Jing Li , J. Y. Ni , X. Y. Li , H. -J. Koo , M. -H. Whangbo , J. S. Feng , H. J. Xiang

We report on low-temperature electron transport properties of MnSb2Te4, a candidate of ferrimagnetic Weyl semimetal. Long -range magnetic order is manifested as a nearly square-shaped hysteresis loop in the anomalous Hall resistance, as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-14 Gang Shi , Mingjie Zhang , Dayu Yan , Honglei Feng , Meng Yang , Youguo Shi , Yongqing Li