title: Spontaneous Formation of a Superconductor-Topological Insulator-Normal Metal Layered Heterostructure.
abstract: 2D materials with heterolayered structures beyond graphene are explored. A theoretically predicted superconductor-topological insulator-normal metal heterolayered structure is realized experimentally. The generated hybrid structure HfTe3 /HfTe5 /Hf has potential applications in both quantum-spin Hall effect-based and Majorana-based devices.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yu-Qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ye-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jia-Ou
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shi-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Haiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ling-Xiao
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Gen-Fu
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Simin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Kurash
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gao
keywords: HfTe3; HfTe5; epitaxial growth; layered heterostructures; superconductivity