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Impurities and Defects in Topological Insulators

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Impurities and defects in topological insulators can be regarded as a boundary of the system. The bound states may be formed around these impurities or defects for the same reason as the formation of the edge or surface states.

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Shen, SQ. (2012). Impurities and Defects in Topological Insulators. In: Topological Insulators. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 174. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32858-9_8

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