On the Quantum Spin Hall Gap of Monolayer 1T'-WTe2.

Zheng, Feipeng; Cai, Chaoyi; Ge, Shaofeng; Zhang, Xuefeng; Liu, Xin; Lu, Hong; Zhang, Yudao; Qiu, Jun et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Positive quantum spin Hall gap in mono-layer 1T'-WTe2 is consistently supported by density-functional theory calculations, ultrafast pump-probe, and electrical transport measurements. It is argued that monolayer 1T'-WTe2 , which was predicted to be a semimetallic quantum spin Hall material, is likely a truly 2D quantum spin Hall insulator with a positive quantum spin Hall gap.