Single-Spin Dirac Fermion and Chern Insulator Based on Simple Oxides

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6434-6439

  Cai, Tianyi ^a   Li, Xiao ^b,c,f   Wang, Fa ^b,c   Ju, Sheng ^a   Feng, Ji ^b,c   Gong, Chang De ^d,e  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern insulator; CrO2 TiO2 heterostructure; first principles calculations; Single spin Dirac state

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TOPOLOGY;

CHERN INSULATOR; DATA STORAGE APPLICATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HALF-METALLIC MATERIALS; HALL CONDUCTANCE; ORBITAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SINGLE SPIN; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84944345177     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01791     Document Type: Article

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