First-principles prediction of a new family of layered topological insulators

Ping Li, Jiangying Yu, Jinrong Xu +2

Dozens of layered V${}_2$IV${}_2$VI${}_6$ (V=P, As, Sb, Bi, IV=Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, VI=S, Se, Te) materials are investigated, several of which have been successfully synthesized in experiment…