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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2016-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa5132 |