Germanene nanomeshes: Cooperative effects of degenerate perturbation and uniaxial strain on tuning bandgap*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374128 and 11674129) and partially supported by the Science and Technology Program of University of Jinan (Grant No. XKY1705).

Su Yan, Fan Xinyu
       

(color online) The calculated band structures for the germanene-based nanostructures under the 3% and 6% σz strains and the ones for the free-standing materials. The panels (a), (b), and (c) are for the (6, 6) PGS, Ge6-patterned nanomesh, and (GaAs)6-patterned superlattice, respectively.