Topological insulator behavior of WS 2 monolayer with square-octagon ring structure

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2016

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Kumar, Ashok
Pandey, Ravindra
Ahluwalia, P. K.
Tankeshwar, K.

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American Institute of Physics Inc.

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We report electronic behavior of an allotrope of monolayer WS 2 with a square octagon ring structure, refereed to as (so-WS 2 ) within state-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The WS 2 monolayer shows semi-metallic characteristics with Dirac-cone like features around Cyrillic capital letter GHE. Unlike p-orbital's Dirac-cone in graphene, the Dirac-cone in the so-WS 2 monolayer originates from the d-electrons of the W atom in the lattice. Most interestingly, the spin-orbit interaction associated with d-electrons induce a finite band-gap that results into the metal-semiconductor transition and topological insulator-like behavior in the so-WS 2 monolayer. These characteristics suggest the so-WS 2 monolayer to be a promising candidate for the next-generation electronic and spintronics devices.

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DFT, Electronic Structure, Monolayer, TMDs, Topological Insulator

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Kumar A., Pandey R., Ahluwalia P.K. et.al. (2016) Topological insulator behavior of WS 2 monolayer with square-octagon ring structure

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