Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize Lecture: Topological insulators and superconductors

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Abstract

In this talk I shall briefly review the basic concepts of topological insulators and superconductors, and recall the history of the discovery of the first topological insulator in nature, the HgTe material. I will then describe some striking physical properties of topological insulators and their possible applications. \\[4pt] X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, Phys. Today 63, 33 (2010). \newline X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 1057 (2011).

*Work supported by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, Darpa, ARO and the Keck Foundation

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Authors

  • Shou-Cheng Zhang

    • Department of Physics, Stanford University
    • Stanford University
    • Department of Physics, McCullough Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4045