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Tuning the electronic properties of low-dimensional materials is helpful in building nano electronic devices. Here, we investigate the structural and electronic structures of one-dimensional helical Se atomic chain by using first-principles calculations. Our results show that this structure has a much lower energy than the one with a straight-line structure. Our phonon calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations suggest that this structure is both dynamically and thermally stable. The band structure shows that it is a semiconductor with a gap of about 2.0 eV and Rashba-type splitting near the X point. The helical structure is good for tuning the electronic properties by using strains. As a result, a 5% strain leads to a 20% change in the band gap while the Rashba energy offset is doubled. Moreover, we find that the valence band is a flat band, over which hole doping can induce ferromagnetism and the system becomes half-metallic. Further increasing the doping level can transform the system into a ferromagnetic metal. Such a strategy is then applied to one-dimensional helical Te atomic chain and similar results are obtained.
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Keywords:
- one-dimensional atomic chain /
- Rashba effect /
- electronic structure /
- strain tuning /
- flat band
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图 1 一维螺旋Se原子链的结构与稳定性 (a)结构的俯视图(上)和侧视图(下)(黑色方框代表原胞); (b) 螺旋型和直线型结构的总能随晶格常数的变化; (c) 螺旋型结构的声子谱; (d) T = 300 K, ab initio分子动力学模拟结果与模拟中的始末状态结构
Figure 1. Geometric structures and stability of one-dimensional helical Se atomic chain: (a) Top (up) and side (bottom) views of the structure (The black box represents the primitive cell); (b) total energies as a function of the lattice constant for both the helical and linear chains; (c) the simulated phonon spectrum of the helical structure; (d) results from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and the initial and final geometric structures during the simulation at T = 300 K.
图 2 一维螺旋结构Se原子链的能带结构 (a) 不考虑SOC; (b) 考虑SOC; (c) 考虑SOC时X点附近的导带
Figure 2. Band structures of the one-dimensional helical Se atomic chain: (a) Without SOC; (b) with SOC; (c) the conduction bands near X from SOC calculations.
图 3 一维螺旋结构Se原子链的应力调控 (a) 带隙随应变的变化; (b) Rashba能量偏移(上)和动量偏移(下)
Figure 3. Strain tuning of the one-dimensional helical Se atomic chain: (a) Band gap vs. strain; (b) Rashba energy (up) and momentum (bottom) offsets.
图 4 空穴掺杂浓度 Nh对一维螺旋Se原子链结构的影响 (a) 平均每个Se原子的磁矩随 Nh的变化(FM代表铁磁序); (b) Nh = 1.0和(c) Nh = 2.0的能带结构 (虚线代表费米能级)
Figure 4. Influences of the hole doping concentration Nh on the structure of one-dimensional helical Se atomic chain: (a) The average magnetic momentum per Se atomic vs. Nh (FM denotes the ferromagnetic ordering); band structures with (b) Nh = 1.0 and (c) Nh = 2.0 (The dotted line represents the Fermi level).
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[1] Bychkov Y A, Rashba É I 1984 JETP Lett. 39 78
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[5] LaShell S, McDougall B A, Jensen E 1996 Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 3419
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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