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arXiv 1901.05060cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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二维结构搜索预测双层Bi的低能相

Low energy phases of bilayer Bi predicted by structure search in two dimensions

Sobhit Singh, Zeila Zanolli, Maximilian Amsler, B. Belhadji, Jorge O. Sofo, Matthieu J. Verstraete, Aldo H. Romero

摘要:

我们采用从头计算结构搜索算法,探索在准二维的Bi的构型空间。在最小跳跃方法内的结构搜索计算期间,限制势将原子的运动限制在预定义的厚度内,以找到双层Bi的稳定和亚稳定形式。除了恢复两个已知的低能量结构(褶皱单斜和屈曲六方),我们的计算预测三个新的结构的双层铋。我们将这些结构称为双层Bi的$α$、$β$和$γ$相,它们的能量分别比单斜基态的能量高63、72和83 meV/原子,因此可以使用适当的衬底合成。我们还比较了不同阶段的结构,电子和振动特性。褶皱单斜相、褶皱六方相和$β$相表现出半导体能隙,而$α$和$γ$相是金属相。我们注意到一个不寻常的墨西哥帽型带色散导致一个van Hove奇异的屈曲六边形双层Bi。值得注意的是,我们发现在电子光谱的$γ$阶段的dirac保护拓扑狄拉克点。新的结构表明,双层铋提供了一个新的操场,研究扭曲介导的金属-绝缘体相变。

英文摘要:

We employ an ab-initio structure search algorithm to explore the configurational space of Bi in quasi two dimensions. A confinement potential restricts the movement of atoms within a pre-defined thickness during structure search calculations within the minima hopping method to find the stable and metastable forms of bilayer Bi. In addition to recovering the two known low-energy structures (puckered monoclinic and buckled hexagonal), our calculations predict three new structures of bilayer Bi. We call these structures the $α$, $β$, and $γ$ phases of bilayer Bi, which are, respectively, 63, 72, and 83 meV/atom higher in energy than that of the monoclinic ground state, and thus potentially synthesizable using appropriate substrates. We also compare the structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of the different phases. The puckered monoclinic, buckled hexagonal, and $β$ phases exhibit a semiconducting energy gap, whereas $α$ and $γ$ phases are metallic. We notice an unusual Mexican-hat type band dispersion leading to a van Hove singularity in the buckled hexagonal bilayer Bi. Notably, we find symmetry-protected topological Dirac points in the electronic spectrum of the $γ$ phase. The new structures suggest that bilayer Bi provides a novel playground to study distortion-mediated metal-insulator phase transitions.

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