Metal-to-insulator transition in two-dimensional ferromagnetic monolayer induced by substrate*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11574223), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20150303), and the Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor Program of Jiangsu Province, China.

Qi Can1, 2, Hu Jun1, 2, †
       

(color online) Projected density of states (PDOS) on d orbitals of the Ta atom (top panels) and s and p orbitals of the anion atoms (bottom panels) for (a) TaS/Al2O3(0001), (b) TaSe/Al2O3(0001), and (c) TaTe/Al2O3(0001). The vertical dashed lines indicate the Fermi energy. d±2, d±1, and d0 stand for the dxy+(x2y2), dxz+yz, and dz2 orbitals, respectively. p±1 stands for the px+y orbital.