The goal of this review is to briefly introduce the chemistry of the topological insulators (TIs) based on thallium chalcogenides. Numerous phase diagrams of ternary Tl-BV-X (BV – Sb, Bi; X – Se, Te) systems having TlBVX2 type compounds which exhibit spin polarized topological su...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21362
By using X-ray powder diffraction and differential thermal analyses, scanning electron microscopy technique and microhardness measurements the phase equilibria in the Tl9TbTe6-Tl9BiTe6 system were investigated. According to the obtained experimental results the T-x diagram and co...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22221
This work devoted to the calculation and 3D visualization of the crystallization surface of Ge and immiscibility surface of alloys based on thallium and copper in the Cu-Tl-Ge system. For determining and modeling these properties were used thermodynamic equations which are solved...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21808
The calculation and 3D modeling of the partial Gibbs free energy and YbTe liquidus, as well as the crystallization surface of solid solutions based on (Sb2Te3)y(Bi2Te3)1-y in the ternary YbTe-Sb2Te3-Bi2Te3 system were carried out by using the equations of thermodynamics of non-mo...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/21890
The phase equilibria in the YbTe-PbTe-Bi2Te3 system were investigated by means of differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive analysis (SEM-EDS) techniques. Isothermal sections at 300 and 800 K, the liquidus...
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