Two-Dimensional Metallicity with a Large Spin-Orbit Splitting: DFT Calculations of the Atomic, Electronic, and Spin Structures of the Au/Ge(111)-(3×3)R30° Surface
Density functional theory (DFT) is applied to study the atomic, electronic, and spin structures of the Au monolayer at the Ge(111) surface. It is found that the theoretically determined most stable atomic geometry is described by the conjugated honeycomb-chained-trimer (CHCT) model, in a very good a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Condensed Matter Physics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531498 |