Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we predict half-fluorinated GaBi honeycomb under tensile strain to harbor a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator phase. We show that this QAH phase is driven by a single inversion in the band structure at the Γ point. Moreover, we have computed the electronic spectrum of a half-fluorinated GaBi nanoribbon with zigzag edges, which shows...

The power domination problem is to find a minimum placement of phase measurement units (PMUs) for observing the whole electric power system represented by a graph G. The number of such a minimum placement of PMUs is called the power domination number of G and is denoted by γp(G). Finding γp(G) of an arbitrary graph is known to be NP-complete. In this paper, we deal with the power domination pro...

We present and analyse low-temperature series and complex-temperature partition function zeros for the q-state Potts model with q = 4 on the honeycomb lattice and q = 3, 4 on the triangular lattice. A discussion is given on how the locations of the singularities obtained from the series analysis correlate with the complex-temperature phase boundary. Extending our earlier work, we include a simi...

Arrayed microchannels with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometres show great potential for application in microfluidics, microreactor devices and other areas. In this work, we report the formation of ordered arrays of cracks on solution-cast colloidal films, and the preparation of radially aligned microchannels. The polymer film coating enables the colloidal film to be detached from the ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and lethal pulmonary fibrotic lung disease. The diagnostic histological changes are called usual interstitial pneumonia and are characterized by histological temporal heterogeneity, whereby normal lung tissue is interspersed with interstitial fibrosis, honeycomb cysts and fibroblast foci. Pulmonary functions show restricted volumes and capaci...

The core of the vortex in the Néel order parameter for an easy-plane antiferromagnet on a honeycomb lattice is demonstrated to bind two zero-energy states. Remarkably, a single electron occupying this midgap band has its spin fragmented between the two sublattices: Whereas it yields a vanishing total magnetization, it shows a finite Néel order, orthogonal to the one of the assumed background. T...

The atomic and electronic structures of the Si(111)-E3×E3-Ag surface are studied by first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. It is found that a structural model consisting of two inequivalent Ag triangles is energetically more favorable than the well-established honeycomb-chained-triangle (HCT) model. The new structure should yield an empty-state STM image with a he...