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Oladehin O, Feng K, Haddock JW, Galeano-Cabral J, Wei K, Xin Y, Latturner SE, Baumbach RE. Mn substitution in the topological metal Zr 2Te 2P. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:485501. [PMID: 36195084 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac9770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Results are reported for Mn intercalated Zr2Te2P, where x-ray diffraction , energy dispersive spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy measurements reveal that the van der Waals bonded Te-Te layers are partially filled by Zr and Mn ions. This leads to the chemical formulas Zr0.07Zr2Te2P and Mn0.06Zr0.03Zr2Te2P for the parent and substituted compounds, respectively. The impact of the Mn ions is seen in the anisotropic magnetic susceptibility, where Curie-Weiss fits to the data indicate that the Mn ions are in the divalent state. Heat capacity and electrical transport measurements reveal metallic behavior, but the electronic coefficient of the heat capacity (γMn≈ 36.6 mJ (mol·K2)-1) is enhanced by comparison to that of the parent compound. Magnetic ordering is seen atTM≈4 K, where heat capacity measurements additionally show that the phase transition is broad, likely due to the disordered Mn distribution. This transition also strongly reduces the electronic scattering seen in the normalized electrical resistance. These results show that Mn substitution simultaneously introduces magnetic interactions and tunes the electronic state, which improves prospects for inducing novel behavior in Zr2Te2P and the broader family of ternary tetradymites.
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- O Oladehin
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, United States of America
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States of America
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Dai J, Frantzeskakis E, Aryal N, Chen KW, Fortuna F, Rault JE, Le Fèvre P, Balicas L, Miyamoto K, Okuda T, Manousakis E, Baumbach RE, Santander-Syro AF. Experimental Observation and Spin Texture of Dirac Node Arcs in Tetradymite Topological Metals. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:196407. [PMID: 34047592 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.196407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report the observation of a nontrivial spin texture in Dirac node arcs, i.e., novel topological objects formed when Dirac cones of massless particles extend along an open one-dimensional line in momentum space. We find that such states are present in all the compounds of the tetradymite M_{2}Te_{2}X family (M=Ti, Zr, or Hf and X=P or As) regardless of the weak or strong character of the topological invariant. The Dirac node arcs in tetradymites are thus the simplest possible textbook example of a type-I Dirac system with a single spin-polarized node arc.
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- J Dai
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HSRC), Hiroshima University, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Zografos, 157 84 Athens, Greece
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Hosen MM, Dimitri K, Nandy AK, Aperis A, Sankar R, Dhakal G, Maldonado P, Kabir F, Sims C, Chou F, Kaczorowski D, Durakiewicz T, Oppeneer PM, Neupane M. Distinct multiple fermionic states in a single topological metal. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3002. [PMID: 30068909 PMCID: PMC6070493 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05233-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Among the quantum materials that have recently gained interest are the topological insulators, wherein symmetry-protected surface states cross in reciprocal space, and the Dirac nodal-line semimetals, where bulk bands touch along a line in k-space. However, the existence of multiple fermion phases in a single material has not been verified yet. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and first-principles electronic structure calculations, we systematically study the metallic material Hf2Te2P and discover properties, which are unique in a single topological quantum material. We experimentally observe weak topological insulator surface states and our calculations suggest additional strong topological insulator surface states. Our first-principles calculations reveal a one-dimensional Dirac crossing—the surface Dirac-node arc—along a high-symmetry direction which is confirmed by our ARPES measurements. This novel state originates from the surface bands of a weak topological insulator and is therefore distinct from the well-known Fermi arcs in semimetals. The existence of multiple topological phases in a single material, although theoretically possible, has not been verified. Here, the authors observe weak topological insulator surface states and a one-dimensional Dirac-node crossing surface state in a single metallic material Hf2Te2P.
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- M Mofazzel Hosen
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 516, S-75120, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 516, S-75120, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.,Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 516, S-75120, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 50-950, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 516, S-75120, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
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