Topological to trivial insulating phase transition in stanene

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 774-778

  Houssa, Michel ^a   van den Broek, Bas ^a   Iordanidou, Konstantina ^a   Lu, Anh Khoa Augustin ^a,b   Pourtois, Geoffrey ^b   Locquet, Jean Pierre ^a   Afanas’ev, Valery ^a   Stesmans, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

density functional theory (DFT) simulations; electronic structure; topological insulators; two dimensional (2D) materials

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; NANORIBBONS; TOPOLOGY;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; GATE VOLTAGES; INSULATING PHASE; OUT-OF PLANE; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SPIN-BASED DEVICES; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84959461550     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0956-y     Document Type: Article

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