RIS ID

127382

Publication Details

Zhuang, J., Liu, C., Zhou, Z., Casillas-Garcia, G., Feng, H., Xu, X., Wang, J., Hao, W., Wang, X., Dou, S. Xue., Hu, Z. & Du, Y. (2018). Dirac Signature in Germanene on Semiconducting Substrate. Advanced Science, 5 (7), 1800207-1-1800207-8.

Abstract

2D Dirac materials supported by nonmetallic substrates are of particular interest due to their significance for the realization of the quantum spin Hall effect and their application in field-effect transistors. Here, monolayer germanene is successfully fabricated on semiconducting germanium film with the support of a Ag(111) substrate. Its linear-like energy-momentum dispersion and large Fermi velocity are derived from the pronounced quasiparticle interference patterns in a √3 x √3 superstructure. In addition to Dirac fermion characteristics, the theoretical simulations reveal that the energy gap opens at the Brillouin zone center of the √3 x √3 restructured germanene, which is evoked by the symmetry-breaking perturbation potential. These results demonstrate that the germanium nanosheets with √3 x √3 germanene can be an ideal platform for fundamental research and for the realization of high-speed and low-energy-consumption field-effect transistors.

Grant Number

ARC/DP140102581, ARC/DP160102627, ARC/DP170101467, ARC/LE120100104

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