Spin—orbit stable dirac nodal line in monolayer B6O

The two-dimensional (2D) materials with nodal line band crossing have been attracting great research interest. However, it remains a challenge to find high-stable nodal line structure in 2D systems. Herein, based on the first-principles calculations and theoretical analysis, we propose that monolayer B₆O possesses symmetry protected Dirac nodal line (DNL) state, with its Fermi velocity of 10⁶ m/s in the same order of magnitude as that of graphene. The origin of DNL fermions is induced by coexistence of time-reversal symmetry and inversion symmetry. A two-band tight-binding model is further given to understand the mechanism of DNL. Considering its robustness against spin—orbit coupling (SOC) and high structural stability, these results suggest monolayer B₆O as a new platform for realizing future high-speed low-dissipation devices.     

Discovery of Two-Dimensional Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Triangular Transition-Metal Carbides

Though the quantum spin Hall effect(QSHE) in two-dimensional(2 D) crystals has been widely explored, the experimental realization of quantum transport properties is only limited to HgTe/CdTe or InAs/GaSb quantum wells. Here we employ a tight-binding model on the basis of d_(z~2), d_(xy), and d_(x~2-y~2) orbitals to propose QSHE in the triangular lattice, which are driven by a crossing of electronic bands at the Γ point. Remarkably, 2 D oxidized Mxenes W_2 M_2 C_3 are ideal materials with nontrivial gap of 0.12 eV, facilitating room-temperature observations in experiments. We also find that the nontrivially topological properties of these materials are sensitive to the cooperative effect of the electron correlation and spin-orbit coupling. Due to the feasible exfoliation from its 3 D MAX phase, our work paves a new direction towards realizing QSHE with low dissipation.