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Here, we designed two promising schemes to realize the high-entropy structure in a series of quasi-two-dimensional compounds, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). In the intra-layer high-entropy plan, (HEM)X2 compounds with…
Half-Heusler compounds have attracted significant attention because of their topologically non-trivial electronic structure, which leads to unusual electron transport properties. We thoroughly investigated the magnetotransport properties of…
This paper presents the results of an extensive structural search of ternary solids containing lutetium, nitrogen and hydrogen. Based on thousands of thermodynamically stable structures, available online, the convex hull of the formation…
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Commensurate-incommensurate change on the one-dimensional S=1 bilinear-biquadratic model (${\cal H}(\alpha)=\sum_i \{{\bf S}_i\cdot {\bf S}_{i+1} +\alpha ({\bf S}_i\cdot{\bf S}_{i+1})^2\}$) is examined. The gapped Haldane phase has two…
Topological Insulators with gapless surface states and insulating bulk in non-centrosymmetric cubic systems have been extensively explored following the discovery of two-dimensional quantum spin hall effect in zincblende HgTe. In such…
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A large anomalous Hall effect (AHE) has recently been observed in the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) Co$_{1/3}$NbS$_{2}$ below a known magnetic phase transition at $T_N$ = 29 K. The spins in this material are widely…
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High-entropy alloys (HEAs) composed of multiple principal elements have been shown to offer improved radiation resistance over their elemental or dilute-solution counterparts. Using NiCoFeCrMn HEA as a model, here we introduce carbon and…