Unexpected Giant-Gap Quantum Spin Hall Insulator in Chemically Decorated Plumbene Monolayer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Zhang, Chang Wen ^a   Ji, Wei Xiao ^a   Zhang, Run Wu ^a   Li, Sheng Shi ^b   Yan, Shi Shen ^b   Zhang, Bao Min ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Pei Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ORBIT;

EID: 84957544200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20152     Document Type: Article

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