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Quantum spin Hall insulator phase in monolayer WTe2 by uniaxial strain

Authors :
Hui Xiang
Bo Xu
Jinqiu Liu
Yidong Xia
Haiming Lu
Jiang Yin
Zhiguo Liu
Source :
AIP Advances, Vol 6, Iss 9, Pp 095005-095005-8 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
AIP Publishing LLC, 2016.

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

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