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硫族拓扑绝缘体中的五重层间耦合与拓扑相变

Inter-quintuple layer coupling and topological phase transitions in the chalcogenide topological insulators

Karunya Shirali, William A. Shelton, Ilya Vekhter

AI总结:

本文通过DFT计算研究改变c/a比对四种硫族拓扑绝缘体拓扑相变的影响,发现相变主要由五重层间竞争的库仑与范德瓦尔斯相互作用控制,为合金化拓扑调控提供依据。

摘要:

在三维拓扑绝缘体中驱动量子相变为调控拓扑态及其性质提供了途径。我们使用基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的计算,通过改变晶格常数的c/a比,系统地研究了Bi$_2$Se$_3$、Sb$_2$Se$_3$、Bi$_2$Te$_3$和Sb$_2$Te$_3$中的拓扑相变。这确保了在各向异性应力和应变下没有净静水压力,并允许清晰识别导致相变的物理机制。作为c/a的函数,所有这些材料都表现出五重层(QLs)的结构和电子稳定性,以及在拓扑相变附近五重层间距离和能隙的准线性行为。我们的结果表明,该相变主要由五重层间物理控制,即由相邻五重层中外层原子片之间竞争的库仑相互作用和范德瓦尔斯相互作用控制。我们讨论了这些结果对通过合金化进行拓扑调控的意义。

英文摘要:

Driving quantum phase transitions in the 3D topological insulators offers pathways to tuning the topological states and their properties. We use DFT-based calculations to systematically investigate topological phase transitions in Bi$_2$Se$_3$, Sb$_2$Se$_3$, Bi$_2$Te$_3$ and Sb$_2$Te$_3$ by varying the $c/a$ ratio of lattice constants. This ensures no net hydrostatic pressure under anisotropic stress and strain and allows a clear identification of the physics leading to the transition. As a function of $c/a$, all of these materials exhibit structural and electronic stability of the quintuple layers (QLs), and quasi-linear behavior of both the inter-quintuple layer distance and the energy gap near the topological transition. Our results show that the transition is predominantly controlled by the inter-QL physics, namely by competing Coulomb and van der Waals interactions between the outer atomic sheets in neighboring quintuple layers. We discuss the implications of our results for topological tuning by alloying.

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