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- Title
Electronic Structure of Monolayer FeSe on Si(001) from First Principles.
- Authors
Carva, Karel; Vlaic, Petru; Honolka, Jan
- Abstract
The huge increase in the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe induced by an interface to SrTiO3 remains unexplained to date. However, there are numerous indications of the critical importance of specific features of the FeSe band topology in the vicinity of the Fermi surface. Here, we explore how the electronic structure of FeSe changes when located on another lattice matched substrate, namely a Si(001) surface, by first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. We study non-magnetic (NM) and checkerboard anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) magnetic orders in FeSe and determine which interface arrangement is preferred. Our calculations reveal interesting effects of Si proximity on the FeSe band structure. Bands corresponding to hole pockets at the Γ point in NM FeSe are generally pushed down below the Fermi level, except for one band responsible for a small remaining hole pocket. Bands forming electron pockets centered at the M point of the Brillouin zone become less dispersive, and one of them is strongly hybridized with Si. We explain these changes by a redistribution of electrons between different Fe 3 d orbitals rather than charge transfer to/from Si, and we also notice an associated loss of degeneracy between d x z and d y z orbitals.
- Subjects
SUPERCONDUCTING transition temperature; FERMI surfaces; FERMI level; DENSITY functional theory; BRILLOUIN zones
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 2, p270
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano12020270