Quantum spin Hall insulator in halogenated arsenene films with sizable energy gaps

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Dongchao ^a,b   Chen, Li ^a,b   Shi, Changmin ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Cui, Guangliang ^a   Zhang, Pinhua ^a   Chen, Yeqing ^a  

^a LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; HALOGENATION; ORBIT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84976384245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28487     Document Type: Article

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