Tunable quantum spin Hall effect via strain in two-dimensional arsenene monolayer

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Zhang, Chang Wen ^a   Ji, Wei Xiao ^a   Zhang, Run Wu ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Pei Ji ^a   Ren, Miao Juan ^a   Chen, Xin Lian ^a   Yuan, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

arsenene; band inversion; first principles calculations; quantum spin Hall effect

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ENERGY GAP; MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY; TENSILE STRAIN; TOPOLOGY;

ARSENENE; BAND INVERSION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; NONTRIVIAL TOPOLOGY; QUANTUM SPIN HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM SPIN HALLS; TOPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84957600338     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/5/055305     Document Type: Article

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