Topological insulating characteristic in half-Heusler compounds composed of light elements

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 378, Issue 22-23, 2014, Pages 1662-1666

  Wang, X T ^a,b   Dai, X F ^a   Jia, H Y ^a   Wang, L Y ^a   Liu, X F ^c   Cui, Y T ^b   Liu, G D ^a,b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; First principles calculations; Half Heusler compound; Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INSULATION; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HALF-HEUSLER COMPOUND; INSULATING GAP; LIGHT ELEMENTS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING EFFECTS; STRAIN ENGINEERING; VALENCE ELECTRON;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84900812918     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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