Thin films of topological crystalline insulator SnTe in contact with heterogeneous atomic layers

Tin telluride is a topological crystalline insulator that has gapless surface states protected by mirror symmetry. The symmetry remains intact when the insulator is reduced in thickness and becomes a thin film, according to ab initio calculations based on density functional theory. Furthermore, a Sn...

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Main Authors: Chi-Hsuan Lee, Chih-Kai Yang
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/aa5132