Intrinsic magnetic topological insulator (TI) is a stoichiometric magnetic compound possessing both inherent magnetic order and topological electronic states. Such a material can provide a shortcut to various novel topological quantum effects but remains elusive experimentally so far. Here, we report the experimental realization of high-quality thin films of an intrinsic magnetic TI-MnBi2Te4-by alternate growth of a Bi2Te3 quintuple-layer and a MnTe
The orientation and adsorption site for C(60) molecules on Au(111) has been studied using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. A complex orientational ordering has been observed for molecules inside the "in-phase" (R0°) domain. A 7-molecule cluster consisting a central molecule sitting atop of a gold atom and 6 tilted surrounding molecules is identified as the structural motif. The 2√3 × 2√3-R30° phase consists of molecules bonding to a gold atomic vacancies with a preferred azimuthal orientation. The quasi-periodic R14° phase is composed of groups of similarly oriented molecules with the groups organized into a 4√3 × 4√3-R30° like super-lattice unit cell.
We report the assembly of magic number (C60)m-(Au)n complexes on the Au(111) surface. These complexes have a unique structure consisting of a single atomic layer Au island wrapped by a self-selected number (seven, ten, or twelve) of C(60) molecules. The smallest structure consisting of 7 C60 molecules and 19 Au atoms, stable up to 400 K, has a preferred orientation on the surface. We propose a globalized metal-organic coordination mechanism for the stability of the (C(60))(m)-(Au)n complexes.
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