• 文献标题:   Stabilizing Topological Phases in Graphene via Random Adsorption
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIANG H, QIAO ZH, LIU HW, SHI JR, NIU Q
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   79
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.116803
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We study the possibility of realizing topological phases in graphene with randomly distributed adsorbates. When graphene is subjected to periodically distributed adatoms, the enhanced spin-orbit couplings can result in various topological phases. However, at certain adatom coverages, the intervalley scattering renders the system a trivial insulator. By employing a finite-size scaling approach and Landauer-Buttiker formula, we show that the randomization of adatom distribution greatly weakens the intervalley scattering, but plays a negligible role in spin-orbit couplings. Consequently, such a randomization turns graphene from a trivial insulator into a topological state.