High spin Chern-number insulators (HSCI) have emerged as a novel 2D topological phase of condensed matter that is beyond the classification of topological quantum chemistry. In this work, we report the observation of a semimetallic Sb monolayer carrying the same band topology as HSCI with a spin Chern number equal to 2. Our calculations further indicate a moderate lattice strain can make Sb monolayer an insulator or a semimetal with a tunable spin Chern number from 0 to 3. The results suggest strained Sb monolayers as a promising platform for exploring exotic properties of the HSCI topological matter.
@article{arxiv.2312.02316,
title = {Tunable High Spin Chern-Number Insulator Phases in Strained Sb Monolayer},
author = {Jacob Cook and Po-Yuan Yang and Theo Volz and Clayton Conner and Riley Satterfield and Joseph Berglund and Qiangsheng Lu and Rob G. Moore and Yueh-Ting Yao and Tay-Rong Chang and Guang Bian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.02316},
year = {2024}
}