Prediction of large-gap quantum spin hall insulator and Rashba-Dresselhaus effect in two-dimensional g-TlA (A = N, P, As, and Sb) monolayer films

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2954-2962

  Li, Xinru ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Ma, Yandong ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Yu, Lin ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

density functional theories; quantum spin Hall effect; Rashba Dresselhaus effect; topological insulators; two dimensional monolayers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941749502     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0800-4     Document Type: Article

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