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High-entropy engineering of the crystal and electronic structures in a Dirac material

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  • Antu Laha

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Suguru Yoshida

    (Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University)

  • Francisco Marques dos Santos Vieira

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Hemian Yi

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Seng Huat Lee

    (Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University)

  • Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagari

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Yingdong Guan

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Lujin Min

    (Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University)

  • Jose Gonzalez Jimenez

    (Michigan State University)

  • Leixin Miao

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • David Graf

    (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)

  • Saugata Sarker

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Weiwei Xie

    (Michigan State University)

  • Nasim Alem

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Venkatraman Gopalan

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Cui-Zu Chang

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Ismaila Dabo

    (Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University)

  • Zhiqiang Mao

    (Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University)

Abstract

Dirac and Weyl semimetals are a central topic of contemporary condensed matter physics, and the discovery of new compounds with Dirac/Weyl electronic states is crucial to the advancement of topological materials and quantum technologies. Here we show a widely applicable strategy that uses high configuration entropy to engineer relativistic electronic states. We take the AMnSb2 (A = Ba, Sr, Ca, Eu, and Yb) Dirac material family as an example and demonstrate that mixing of Ba, Sr, Ca, Eu and Yb at the A site generates the compound (Ba0.38Sr0.14Ca0.16Eu0.16Yb0.16)MnSb2 (denoted as A5MnSb2), giving access to a polar structure with a space group that is not present in any of the parent compounds. A5MnSb2 is an entropy-stabilized phase that preserves its linear band dispersion despite considerable lattice disorder. Although both A5MnSb2 and AMnSb2 have quasi-two-dimensional crystal structures, the two-dimensional Dirac states in the pristine AMnSb2 evolve into a highly anisotropic quasi-three-dimensional Dirac state triggered by local structure distortions in the high-entropy phase, which is revealed by Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations measurements.

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  • Antu Laha & Suguru Yoshida & Francisco Marques dos Santos Vieira & Hemian Yi & Seng Huat Lee & Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagari & Yingdong Guan & Lujin Min & Jose Gonzalez Jimenez & Leixin Miao & David G, 2024. "High-entropy engineering of the crystal and electronic structures in a Dirac material," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47781-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47781-9
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