{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7"],"submitter":["Kim KC"],"pubmed_abstract":["Interfaces, such as grain boundaries in a solid material, are excellent regions to explore novel properties that emerge as the result of local symmetry-breaking. For instance, at the interface of a layered-chalcogenide material, the potential reconfiguration of the atoms at the boundaries can lead to a significant modification of the electronic properties because of their complex atomic bonding structure. Here, we report the experimental observation of an electron source at 60° twin boundaries in Bi2Te3, a representative layered-chalcogenide material. First-principles calculations reveal that the modification of the interatomic distance at the 60° twin boundary to accommodate structural misfits can alter the electronic structure of Bi2Te3. The change in the electronic structure generates o"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["12449"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4990697"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Free-electron creation at the 60° twin boundary in Bi2Te3."],"pmcid":["PMC4990697"],"pubmed_authors":["Won SO","Kim DI","Choi WY","Kim HJ","Lee J","Hyun DB","Kim BK","Kim JS","Kwon B","Baek SH","Chang HJ","Koo HC","Choi JH","Kim KC","Kim SK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Free-electron creation at the 60° twin boundary in Bi2Te3.","description":"Interfaces, such as grain boundaries in a solid material, are excellent regions to explore novel properties that emerge as the result of local symmetry-breaking. For instance, at the interface of a layered-chalcogenide material, the potential reconfiguration of the atoms at the boundaries can lead to a significant modification of the electronic properties because of their complex atomic bonding structure. Here, we report the experimental observation of an electron source at 60° twin boundaries in Bi2Te3, a representative layered-chalcogenide material. First-principles calculations reveal that the modification of the interatomic distance at the 60° twin boundary to accommodate structural misfits can alter the electronic structure of Bi2Te3. The change in the electronic structure generates o","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Aug","modification":"2025-04-22T15:59:04.712Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:21:00Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4990697","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27527268"],"doi":["10.1038/ncomms12449"]}}