Pressure effects on crystal and electronic structure of bismuth tellurohalides

We study the possibility of pressure-induced transitions from a normal semiconductor to a topological insulator (TI) in bismuth tellurohalides using density functional theory and tight-binding method. In BiTeI this transition is realized through the formation of an intermediate phase, a Weyl semimet...

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Main Authors: I P Rusinov, T V Menshchikova, I Yu Sklyadneva, R Heid, K-P Bohnen, E V Chulkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/11/113003