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Quantum spin Hall insulator phase in monolayer WTe2 by uniaxial strain
- Source :
- AIP Advances, Vol 6, Iss 9, Pp 095005-095005-8 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Monolayer WTe2, which is predicted to be large-gap quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulators with distorted 1T (1T’) structure, attracts rapidly growing interests. However, the intrinsic semimetallic nature of the monolayer 1T’-WTe2 limits their direct applications based on QSH effect. By first-principles density functional theoretical calculations, we demonstrate a phase transition from semimetal to QSH insulator under the uniaxial strains along a and b axis in monolayer 1T’-WTe2. The electronic phase transition results from the geometric structure deformation upon the uniaxial strains. This suggests monolayer 1T’-WTe2 as a promising material for application in strain-tunable topological quantum electronics.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21583226
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- AIP Advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.847ee2d844144dc6aab7dcd02183848e
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962662