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Strong Spin Filtering by Silicon Nanoparticles with Adsorbed Bismuth Atom Clusters: Role of Symmetry and Electrostatic Control of the Direction of the Spin Polarization
Alireza Saffarzadeh, George Kirczenow
We present a theoretical study, based on density functional theory and tight binding modeling, of the electronic structure and spin transport properties of silicon nanoparticles wi…
Electron beam splitting at topological insulator surface states and a proposal for electronic Goos-Hanchen shift measurement
Hassan Ghadiri, Alireza Saffarzadeh
The hexagonal warping effect on transport properties and Goos-Hänchen (GH) lateral shift of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator with a potential barrier is investig…
Doping-controlled surface conduction in topological insulators with warping effects
Masomeh Arabikhah, Alireza Saffarzadeh
Based on a self-consistent -matrix approximation, we explore the influence of magnetic and nonmagnetic doping on the surface electronic states and conductivity of topological in…
Nearly perfect spin-filtering in curved two-dimensional topological insulators
Alireza Saffarzadeh, George Kirczenow
The spintronic properties of curved nanostructures derived from two-dimensional topological insulators (2DTI's) are explored theoretically with density functional theory-based (DFT…
Electron scattering in a superlattice of line defects on the surface of topological insulators
H. Dehnavi, A. A. Masoudi, M. Saadat +2
The electron scattering from periodic line defects on the surface of topological insulators with hexagonal warping effect is investigated theoretically by means of a transfer matri…
Gas adsorption effects on electronic and magnetic properties of triangular graphene antidot lattices
Zahra Talebi Esfahani, Alireza Saffarzadeh, Ahmad Akhound +1
The adsorption effects of small molecules (HO, CO, NH, NO) and large molecules (Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and Tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ))…