Researchers demonstrate and explain surface conduction in a topological insulator
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 07:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland and the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have for the first time experimentally demonstrated surface-only charge conduction in a topological insulator [1], and have theoretically explained the conduction using techniques previously applied successfully to the understanding of graphene [2].