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@ARTICLE{DosSantos:857193,
author = {Dos Santos, Flaviano José and Bahamon, Dario A. and Muniz,
Roberto B. and McKenna, Keith and Castro, Eduardo V. and
Lischner, Johannes and Ferreira, Aires},
title = {{I}mpact of complex adatom-induced interactions on quantum
spin {H}all phases},
journal = {Physical review / B},
volume = {98},
number = {8},
issn = {2469-9950},
address = {Woodbury, NY},
publisher = {Inst.},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-06430},
pages = {081407},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Adsorbate engineering offers a seemingly simple approach to
tailor spin-orbit interactions in atomically thin materials
and thus to unlock the much sought-after topological
insulating phases in two dimensions. However, the
observation of an Anderson topological transition induced by
heavy adatoms has proved extremely challenging despite
substantial experimental efforts. Here, we present a
multiscale approach combining advanced first-principles
methods and accurate single-electron descriptions of
adatom-host interactions using graphene as a prototypical
system. Our study reveals a surprisingly complex structure
in the interactions mediated by random adatoms, including
hitherto neglected hopping processes leading to strong
valley mixing. We argue that the unexpected intervalley
scattering strongly impacts the ground state at low adatom
coverage, which would provide a compelling explanation for
the absence of a topological gap in recent experimental
reports on graphene. Our conjecture is confirmed by
real-space Chern number calculations and large-scale quantum
transport simulations in disordered samples. This resolves
an important controversy and suggests that a detectable
topological gap can be achieved by increasing the spatial
range of the induced spin-orbit interactions on graphene,
e.g., using nanoparticles.},
cin = {IAS-1 / PGI-1 / JARA-FIT / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {142 - Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena (POF3-142)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-142},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000442077800001},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.98.081407},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/857193},
}