A New Three-Dimensional Subsulfide Ir2In8S with Dirac Semimetal Behavior

Khoury, Jason F.; Rettie, Alexander J.  E.; Khan, Mojammel A.; Ghimire, Nirmal J.; Robredo, Iñigo; Pfluger, Jonathan E.; Pal, Koushik; Wolverton, Chris; Bergara, Aitor; Jiang, J. S.; Schoop, Leslie M.; Vergniory, Maia G.; Mitchell, J. F.; Chung, Duck Young; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.

doi:10.1021/jacs.9b10147

A New Three-Dimensional Subsulfide Ir₂In₈S with Dirac Semimetal Behavior

Journal Article · Wed Nov 06 23:00:00 EST 2019 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b10147· OSTI ID:1581283

^[1]; ^[2]; Khan, Mojammel A. ^[3]; Ghimire, Nirmal J. ^[4]; Robredo, Iñigo ^[5]; Pfluger, Jonathan E. ^[1]; Pal, Koushik ^[1]; ^[1]; Bergara, Aitor ^[6]; Jiang, J. S. ^[3]; ^[7]; Vergniory, Maia G. ^[8]; Mitchell, J. F. ^[3]; Chung, Duck Young ^[3]; ^[9]

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. College London, Bloomsbury (United Kingdom)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (United States)
Donostia International Physics Center (Spain); Univ. of the Basque Country, Donostia (Spain)
Donostia International Physics Center (Spain); Univ. of the Basque Country, Donostia (Spain); Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia (Spain)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Donostia International Physics Center (Spain)n; Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science (Spain)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Dirac and Weyl semimetals host exotic quasiparticles with unconventional transport properties, such as high magnetoresistance and carrier mobility. Recent years have witnessed a huge number of newly predicted topological semimetals from existing databases; yet, experimental verification often lags behind such predictions. Common reasons are synthetic difficulties or the stability of predicted phases. In this work, we report the synthesis of the type-II Dirac semimetal Ir₂In₈S, an air-stable compound with a new structure type. This material has two Dirac crossings in its electronic structure along the Gamma-Z direction of the Brillouin zone. Moreover, we show that Ir₂In₈S has a high electron carrier mobility of similar to 10 000 cm²/(V s) at 1.8 K and a large, nonsaturating transverse magnetoresistance of similar to 6000% at 3.34 K in a 14 T applied field. Shubnikov de-Haas oscillations reveal several small Fermi pockets and the possibility of a nontrivial Berry phase. With its facile crystal growth, novel structure type, and striking electronic structure, Ir₂In₈S introduces a new material system to study topological semimetals and enable advances in the field of topological materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0014520

OSTI ID:: 1581283

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1776865

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 48 Vol. 141; ISSN 0002-7863

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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