Publication: Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy of topological insulators across an atomically thin membrane

Congratulations to Joon Young, whose results were recently published in Nature Materials! In this work, Joon Young and colleagues ingeniously grew topological insulators via molecular beam epitaxy by using graphene or hBN as as a substrate. This allowed them to perform magneto-tunneling spectroscopy on topological surface states. These results show a path forward for the fabrication of novel van der Waals heterostrucutres, promising to unveil new physics and devices.

Take a look at the News and Views highlighting this work as well.