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Front. Phys.    2019, Vol. 14 Issue (4) : 43201    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-019-0909-0
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New topological semimetal candidate of nonsymmorphic PdSb2 with unique six-fold degenerate point
Guangcun Shan1,2(), Hai-Bin Gao3
1. School of Instrument Science and Opto-electronic Engineering & Institute of Quantum Sensing, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
2. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nthnitzer Str. 40, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
3. Institute of Experimental Physics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrcken, Germany
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Issue Date: 27 June 2019
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Guangcun Shan,Hai-Bin Gao. New topological semimetal candidate of nonsymmorphic PdSb2 with unique six-fold degenerate point[J]. Front. Phys. , 2019, 14(4): 43201.
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