Spin Orbit Coupling Gap and Indirect Gap in Strain-Tuned Topological Insulator-Antimonene

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cheung, Chi Ho ^a   Fuh, Huei Ru ^a   Hsu, Ming Chien ^a   Lin, Yeu Chung ^a   Chang, Ching Ray ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Large bulk band gap; Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ALPHA PHASE; ANISOTROPIC STRAIN; BAND INVERSION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INDIRECT BAND GAP; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84991696422     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1666-4     Document Type: Article

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