Antiferromagnetic stripe phase and large-gap insulating ground state of the correlated $\sqrt{3}\times \sqrt{3}$~R30${}^{\circ }$-Sn/Si(111) single atomic layer

Mohammadmehdi Torkzadeh, Mattia Iannetti, Mathieu Lizée +10

The one-third monolayer Sn layer on Si(111) has long been considered a benchmark system for exploring two-dimensional Mott physics, owing to its narrow bandwidth and sizable on-sit…