著者
Hikaru Sawahata Naoya Yamaguchi Hiroki Kotaka Fumiyuki Ishii
出版者
The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science
雑誌
e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology (ISSN:13480391)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.16, pp.427-430, 2018-11-24 (Released:2018-11-24)
参考文献数
29
被引用文献数
1

We investigate the effect of the electric field on the edge states in one-bilayer Bi(111) by first-principles calculations. We calculate the band structures of armchair and zigzag Bi nanoribbons. With increasing strength of the electric field E > 2.1 V/Å, the armchair nanoribbon shows a topological phase transition from non-trivial metallic edge states to insulating edge states. However, under the same conditions, the zigzag nanoribbon shows a topological phase transition from non-trivial metallic edge states to trivial metallic edge states. We expect that these findings will contribute to the development of, e.g., spin current switches for use in next-generation devices. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2018.427]