Quantum anomalous Hall effect and tunable topological states in 3d transition metals doped silicene

Xiao-Long Zhang, Lan-Feng Liu, Wu-Ming Liu

Published 2013-01-17, updated 2013-02-08Version 4

We engineer quantum anomalous Hall effect in silicene via doping 3d transition metals. We show that there exists a stable quantum anomalous Hall effect in Vanadium doped silicene using both analytical model and Wannier interpolation. We also predict the quantum valley Hall effect and electrically tunable topological states could be realized in certain transition metal doped silicene where the energy band inversion occurs. Our finding provides new scheme for the realization of quantum anomalous Hall effect and platform for electrically controllable topological states.