Tuning valley degeneracy with band inversion
Michael Y. Toriyama, Madison K. Brod, Lídia Gomes, Ferdaushi Alam Bipasha, Badih A. Assaf, Elif Ertekin, G. Jeffrey Snyder
Abstract
Valley degeneracy in materials with inverted bands can be increased by strengthening the band inversion. One method to tune the band inversion is by controlling the chemical interactions between cation and anion atomic orbitals.
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Inversion (geology)Degeneracy (biology)Atomic orbitalIonPhysicsMaterials scienceGeologyQuantum mechanicsPaleontologyElectronStructural basinBiologyBioinformaticsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsTopological Materials and Phenomena2D Materials and Applications