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Emerging weak antilocalization effect in Ta0.7Nb0.3Sb2 semimetal single crystals |
Meng Xu1,2, Lei Guo2(), Lei Chen3, Ying Zhang4, Shuang-Shuang Li4, Weiyao Zhao5(), Xiaolin Wang6, Shuai Dong2, Ren-Kui Zheng4() |
1. College of Science, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China 2. School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China 3. School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China 4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Functional Thin Films, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China 5. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Monash University, Clayton 3800 VIC, Australia 6. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, & ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia |
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Abstract Weak antilocalization (WAL) effect is commonly observed in low-dimensional systems, three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators and semimetals. Here, we report the growth of high-quality Ta0.7Nb0.3Sb2 single crystals via the chemical vapor transport (CVT). Clear sign of the WAL effect is observed below 50 K, probably due to the strong spin−orbital coupling in 3D bulk. In addition, it is worth noting that a relatively large MR of 120% appears under 1 T magnetic field at T = 2 K. Hall measurements and two-band model fitting results reveal high carrier mobility (>1000 cm2·V−1·s−1 in 2–300 K region), and off-compensation electron/hole ratio of ~8:1. Due to the angular dependence of the WAL effect and the fermiology of the Ta0.7Nb0.3Sb2 crystals, interesting magnetic-field-induced changes of the symmetry of the anisotropic magnetoresistance (MR) from two-fold (≤ 0.6 T) to four-fold (0.8–1.5 T) and finally to two-fold (≥ 2 T) are observed. This phenomenon is attributed to the mechanism shift from the low-field WAL dominated MR to WAL and fermiology co-dominated MR and finally to high-field fermiology dominated MR. All these signs indicate that Ta0.7Nb0.3Sb2 may be a topological semimetal candidate, and these magnetotransport properties may attract more theoretical and experimental exploration of the (Ta,Nb)Sb2 family.
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Keywords
topological semimetal
magnetoresistance
weak antilocalization effect
spin−orbital coupling
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Corresponding Author(s):
Lei Guo,Weiyao Zhao,Ren-Kui Zheng
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Issue Date: 30 November 2022
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