Topological insulator behavior of WS{sub 2} monolayer with square-octagon ring structure
- Centre for Physical Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India 151001 (India)
- Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI (United States)
- Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, India, 171005 (India)
- Department of Physics, Panjab University Chandigarh, India 160014 (India)
We report electronic behavior of an allotrope of monolayer WS{sub 2} with a square octagon ring structure, refereed to as (so-WS{sub 2}) within state-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The WS{sub 2} monolayer shows semi-metallic characteristics with Dirac-cone like features around Γ. Unlike p-orbital’s Dirac-cone in graphene, the Dirac-cone in the so-WS{sub 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{sub 2} monolayer. These characteristics suggest the so-WS{sub 2} monolayer to be a promising candidate for the next-generation electronic and spintronics devices.
- OSTI ID:
- 22608907
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1731, Issue 1; Conference: DAE solid state physics symposium 2015, Uttar Pradesh (India), 21-25 Dec 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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