Abstract
Recent experimental evidence for Weyl fermions in topological semimetals has attracted considerable attention. These materials are three-dimensional analogue of graphene. The present work is motivated by the recent prediction of Weyl semi-metallic phase in Bi1-xSbx alloys. In this paper we present the electronic transport properties studied under high applied magnetic fields in Bi0.96Sb0.04 alloys. The sample exhibits extremely high magneto-resistance; MR(5 K, 8 T) = 9.8×104 %. This value is comparable to the MR observed in recently discovered other members of these emergent materials. Most importantly, this composition shows large MR at room temperature, MR (300 K, 8 T) = 435%, which is almost twice to that observed in Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 (= 200 % at 14.5 T) and Weyl semimetal NbP (= 250% at 9 T). We also discuss single crystal growth technique as well as Hall measurement data.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2016 |
| Editors | Surendra Singh, Saibal Basu, Shovit Bhattacharya, Amitabh Das |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics Inc. |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780735415003 |
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| State | Published - 19 May 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium - Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Duration: 26 Dec 2016 → 30 Dec 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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| Volume | 1832 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Conference
| Conference | 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium |
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| Country/Territory | India |
| City | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Period | 26/12/16 → 30/12/16 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Author(s).
Keywords
- Magneto-resistance
- Transport properties
- Weyl semimetal