表面原子操纵与物性调控研究进展

利用扫描隧道显微镜可以在单原子层次上对材料进行操纵,改变其结构与特性,实现原子级结构与物性的精准调控.近年来,扫描隧道显微镜原子操纵技术被广泛用于新型低维材料的精准构筑与物性调控.本文主要介绍应用原子操纵技术对低维材料物性调控的最新研究进展,总结了4种主要探针操纵模式:1)探针局域电场模式; 2)调节探针-样品垂直间距模式; 3)无损形态调控模式; 4)可控裁剪刻蚀模式.通过这些探针操纵模式引入局域的电场、磁场、应力场等,实现在单原子层次上对低维材料的电荷密度波、近藤效应、非弹性隧穿效应、马约拉纳束缚态等新奇物性进行精准地调控.     

Exploring Majorana zero modes in iron-based superconductors

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are Majorana-fermion-like quasiparticles existing in crystals or hybrid platforms with topologically non-trivial electronic structures. They obey non-Abelian braiding statistics and are considered promising to realize topological quantum computing. Discovery of MZM in the vortices of the iron-based superconductors (IBSs) has recently fueled the Majorana research in a way which not only removes the material barrier requiring construction of complicated hybrid artificial structures, but also enables observation of pure MZMs under higher temperatures. So far, MZMs have been observed in iron-based superconductors including FeTe_0.55Se_0.45, (Li_0.84Fe_0.16)OHFeSe, CaKFe₄As₄, and LiFeAs. In this topical review, we present an overview of the recent STM studies on the MZMs in IBSs. We start with the observation of MZMs in the vortices in FeTe_0.55Se_0.45 and discuss the pros and cons of FeTe_0.55Se_0.45 compared with other platforms. We then review the following up discovery of MZMs in vortices of CaKFe₄As₄, impurity-assisted vortices of LiFeAs, and quantum anomalous vortices in FeTe_0.55Se_0.45, illustrating the pathway of the developments of MZM research in IBSs. Finally, we give perspective on future experimental works in this field.