Transition-metal pentatelluride ZrTe5 and HfTe5: A paradigm for large-gap quantum spin hall insulators

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Weng, Hongming ^a,b   Dai, Xi ^a,b   Fang, Zhong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; TOPOLOGY; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EXTERNAL STRAINS; LAYERED COMPOUND; QUANTUM MATTER; QUANTUM SPIN HALLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; WEAK INTERLAYERS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84898761464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011002     Document Type: Article

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