Spin-Orbit Coupling Electronic Structures of Organic-Group Functionalized Sb and Bi Topological Monolayers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Atomic Model and Calculation Schemes
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Atomic Structure
3.2. Band Structure and Topological Property
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Monolayers | Space Symmetry | a/Å | dMM/Å | dMX/Å | hm/Å | ht/Å | Ecoh/(eV·unitcell−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sb | P6/MMM | 4.744 | 2.739 | – | – | – | 8.728 |
SbCH3 | P-3M1 | 5.020 | 2.898 | 2.099 | 0.058 | 5.005 | 14.367 |
SbNH2 | C2/M | 4.965 | 2.894 | 1.955 | 0.017 | 4.984 | 15.293 |
SbOH | P-3M1 | 5.016 | 2.896 | 1.769 | 0.044 | 5.485 | 16.232 |
Bi | P6/MMM | 4.960 | 2.864 | – | – | – | 7.998 |
BiCH3 | P-3M1 | 5.309 | 3.066 | 2.225 | 0.067 | 5.244 | 12.943 |
BiNH2 | C2/M | 5.455 | 3.184 | 2.134 | 0.479 | 5.547 | 13.520 |
BiOH | P-3M1 | 5.289 | 3.059 | 1.917 | 0.173 | 5.928 | 14.501 |
Monolayers | ED (K) | Eg (G-K) | Monolayers | ED K) | Eg (G-K) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SbCH3 | 0.388 | - | BiCH3 | 1.312 | 0.745 |
SbNH2 | 0.370 | - | BiNH2 | 1.396 | 0.498 |
SbOH | 0.311 | - | BiOH | 1.348 | 0.309 |
TRIP | Parity δ | P | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | +1 | +1 | +1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | +1 | +1 | −1 | +1 | −1 | +1 | −1 |
3 M | +1 | −1 | −1 | +1 | +1 | −1 | −1 | +1 | +1 | −1 | +1 | −1 | +1 |
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Gong, Q.; Zhang, G. Spin-Orbit Coupling Electronic Structures of Organic-Group Functionalized Sb and Bi Topological Monolayers. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2041. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122041
Gong Q, Zhang G. Spin-Orbit Coupling Electronic Structures of Organic-Group Functionalized Sb and Bi Topological Monolayers. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):2041. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122041
Chicago/Turabian StyleGong, Qi, and Guiling Zhang. 2022. "Spin-Orbit Coupling Electronic Structures of Organic-Group Functionalized Sb and Bi Topological Monolayers" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 2041. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122041