Robust Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals from Periodic Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Materials
Abstract
A nodal-line semimetal (NLSM) is suppressed in the presence of spin–orbit coupling unless it is protected by a nonsymmorphic symmetry. We show that two-dimensional (2D) materials can realize robust NLSMs when vacancies are introduced on the lattice. As a case study we investigate borophene, a boron honeycomb-like sheet. While the Dirac cones of pristine borophene are shown to be gapped out by spin–orbit coupling and by magnetic exchange, robust nodal lines (NLs) emerge in the spectrum when selected atoms are removed. We propose an effective 2D model and a symmetry analysis to demonstrate that these NLs are topological and protected by a nonsymmorphic glide plane. Finally, our findings offer a paradigm shift to the design of NLSMs: instead of searching for nonsymmorphic materials, robust NLSMs may be realized simply by removing atoms from ordinary symmorphic crystals.
- Authors:
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- Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF (Brazil)
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (United States)
- Shandong Univ., Jinan (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); CAPES; CNPq; FAPDF
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1831512
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0004890
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Liu, F., Qu, F., Žutić, I., Xie, S., Liu, D., Fonseca, A. A., and Malard, M. Robust Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals from Periodic Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Materials. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01249.
Liu, F., Qu, F., Žutić, I., Xie, S., Liu, D., Fonseca, A. A., & Malard, M. Robust Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals from Periodic Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01249
Liu, F., Qu, F., Žutić, I., Xie, S., Liu, D., Fonseca, A. A., and Malard, M. Tue .
"Robust Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals from Periodic Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01249. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1831512.
@article{osti_1831512,
title = {Robust Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals from Periodic Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Materials},
author = {Liu, F. and Qu, F. and Žutić, I. and Xie, S. and Liu, D. and Fonseca, A. A. and Malard, M.},
abstractNote = {A nodal-line semimetal (NLSM) is suppressed in the presence of spin–orbit coupling unless it is protected by a nonsymmorphic symmetry. We show that two-dimensional (2D) materials can realize robust NLSMs when vacancies are introduced on the lattice. As a case study we investigate borophene, a boron honeycomb-like sheet. While the Dirac cones of pristine borophene are shown to be gapped out by spin–orbit coupling and by magnetic exchange, robust nodal lines (NLs) emerge in the spectrum when selected atoms are removed. We propose an effective 2D model and a symmetry analysis to demonstrate that these NLs are topological and protected by a nonsymmorphic glide plane. Finally, our findings offer a paradigm shift to the design of NLSMs: instead of searching for nonsymmorphic materials, robust NLSMs may be realized simply by removing atoms from ordinary symmorphic crystals.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01249},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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