1 Center for Joint Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China; 2 Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Department of Physics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, China
Abstract Materials with kagome lattices have attracted significant research attention due to their nontrivial features in energy bands. We theoretically investigate the evolution of electronic band structures of kagome lattices in response to uniaxial strain using both a tight-binding model and an antidot model based on a periodic muffin-tin potential. It is found that the Dirac points move with applied strain. Furthermore, the flat band of unstrained kagome lattices is found to develop into a highly anisotropic shape under a stretching strain along y direction, forming a partially flat band with a region dispersionless along ky direction while dispersive along kx direction. Our results shed light on the possibility of engineering the electronic band structures of kagome materials by mechanical strain.
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11904261 and 11904259).
Corresponding Authors:
Fan Yang
E-mail: fanyangphys@tju.edu.cn
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Luting Xu(徐露婷) and Fan Yang(杨帆) Band structures of strained kagome lattices 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 027101
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