Crystals (Oct 2022)

Coincident Nodal Line and Nodal Surface Phonon States in Ternary Phosphide Compound BaLiP

  • Hong Cui,
  • Yunjian Chen,
  • Qin Kang,
  • Pengyue Shan,
  • Tie Yang,
  • Peng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101478
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 10
p. 1478

Abstract

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With the continuous development of topological properties in condensed matter systems, the current research focus has been expanded into phononic bosonic states. Compared with the conventional electronic fermions, topological phonons exhibit very distinct features. In this study, based on density functional calculations, we have systematically investigated the topological phonons in the ternary phosphide compound BaLiP. Coincident nodal line and nodal surface states are revealed in the middle part of the phononic spectrum and they are formed by the same two phonon bands. Detailed band structure mechanism and symmetry operation formalism are provided. More importantly, evident surface states are observed from the entire nodal line and they are all well separated from the bulk state projection, very beneficial and preferable for future experimental investigation. Lastly, the mechanical properties are also examined and several important parameters are provided, which can be very useful for the practical application. Considering the multiple advantages of the topological nodal states in this material, the corresponding experimental study can be immediately inspired.

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