Two-dimensional hexagonal Zn<sub>3</sub>Si<sub>2</sub> monolayer: Dirac cone material and Dirac half-metallic manipulation

Two-dimensional hexagonal Zn₃Si₂ monolayer: Dirac cone material and Dirac half-metallic manipulation

Guan Yurou, Song Lingling, Zhao Hui, Du Renjun, Liu Liming, Yan Cuixia^†, Cai Jinming^‡

(a) The calculated band structures of Zn₃Si₂ monolayer with SOC. The Fermi level is set to zero. (b) The zoom-in around the Fermi level corresponding to the red dotted box in (a), where the inset indicates the first Brillouin zone.