Structure and binding of stanene on the Al${2}$O${3}$(0001) surface (original) (raw)

2020, arXiv: Materials Science

Stanene, the two-dimensional monolayer form of tin, has been predicted to be a 2D topological insulator due to its large spin-orbit interaction. However, a clear experimental demonstration of stanene's topological properties has eluded observation, in part because of the difficulty of choosing a substrate on which stanene will remain topologically nontrivial. In this paper, we present first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations of epitaxial monolayer stanene grown on the (0001) surface of alumina, Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$. We perform a detailed analysis of the binding energy and electronic structure of stanene on Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$, and demonstrate that it is a quantum spin Hall insulator. In addition, we discuss the relevance of decorated stanene and dumbbell stanene on the alumina surface.

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