Topology of nonsymmorphic crystalline insulators and superconductors

K Shiozaki, M Sato, K Gomi - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Topological classification in our previous paper [K. Shiozaki and M. Sato, Phys. Rev. B 90,
165114 (2014) PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB. 90.165114] is extended to …

The electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of monolayer PbTe and the tunability of the electronic structure by external fields and defects

A Bafekry, C Stampfl, FM Peeters - physica status solidi (b), 2020 - Wiley Online Library
First‐principles calculations, within the framework of density functional theory, are used to
investigate the structural, electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of monolayer …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental formation of monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides

K Chang, SSP Parkin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides (MX, M= Ge⁠, Sn, Pb; X= S⁠, Se, Te) are a family
of novel two-dimensional (2D) materials that have atomic structures closely related to that of …

Quantum spin Hall effect in IV-VI topological crystalline insulators

S Safaei, M Galicka, P Kacman… - New Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We envision that the quantum spin Hall effect should be observed in (111)-oriented thinfilms
of SnSe and SnTe topological crystalline insulators. Using a tight-binding approach …

Aperiodic topological crystalline insulators

H Huang, YS Wu, F Liu - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) are usually described with topological protection
imposed by the crystalline symmetry. In general, however, the existence of TCI states does …

Electrically tunable quantum spin Hall state in topological crystalline insulator thin films

J Liu, L Fu - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Based on electronic structure calculations and theoretical analysis, we predict the (111) thin
films of the SnTe class of three-dimensional (3D) topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) …

Topological electronic structure of twin boundaries and twinning superlattices in the SnTe material class

S Samadi, R Rechciński, R Buczko - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The topological electronic structure of a single twin boundary and coherent twinning
superlattices (TSLs) based on the SnTe class of materials is calculated and discussed within …

Topological properties of snse/eus and snte/cate interfaces

S Yang, C Wu, N Marom - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
We use density functional theory calculations to study the electronic structure of epitaxial
(111) interfaces of the topological crystalline insulators SnSe and SnTe with the magnetic …

Layered topological crystalline insulators

Y Kim, CL Kane, EJ Mele, AM Rappe - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) are insulating materials whose topological property
relies on generic crystalline symmetries. Based on first-principles calculations, we study a …

Pentagonal nanowires from topological crystalline insulators: a platform for intrinsic core–shell nanowires and higher-order topology

G Hussain, G Cuono, P Dziawa, D Janaszko… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the experimental realization of Pb1− xSnx Te pentagonal nanowires (NWs)
with [110] orientation using molecular beam epitaxy techniques. Using first-principles …