Structural and electronic properties of the pure and stable elemental 3D topological Dirac semimetal $\alpha$-Sn

Ivan Madarevic, Umamahesh Thupakula, Gertjan Lippertz +10

In-plane compressively strained $\alpha$-Sn films have been theoretically predicted and experimentally proven to possess non-trivial electronic states of a 3D topological Dirac semimeta…