Tight-binding model investigation of the biaxial strain induced topological phase transition in GeCH3

We propose a tight-binding (TB) model, that includes spin-orbit coupling (SOC), to describe the electronic properties of methyl-substituted germanane (GeCH3). This model gives an electronic spectrum in agreement with first principle results close to the Fermi level. Using the Z2 formalism, we show t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. B 2017-08, Vol.96 (8)
Hauptverfasser: Rezaei, Mohsen, Sisakht, Esmaeil Taghizadeh, Fazileh, Farhad, Aslani, Zahra, Peeters, F M
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Zusammenfassung:We propose a tight-binding (TB) model, that includes spin-orbit coupling (SOC), to describe the electronic properties of methyl-substituted germanane (GeCH3). This model gives an electronic spectrum in agreement with first principle results close to the Fermi level. Using the Z2 formalism, we show that a topological phase transition from a normal insulator (NI) to a quantum spin Hall (QSH) phase occurs at 11.6% biaxial tensile strain. The sensitivity of the electronic properties of this system on strain, in particular its transition to the topological insulating phase, makes it very attractive for applications in strain sensors and other microelectronic applications.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.085441