Nature Communications (Dec 2019)
Weyl-like points from band inversions of spin-polarised surface states in NbGeSb
- I. Marković,
- C. A. Hooley,
- O. J. Clark,
- F. Mazzola,
- M. D. Watson,
- J. M. Riley,
- K. Volckaert,
- K. Underwood,
- M. S. Dyer,
- P. A. E. Murgatroyd,
- K. J. Murphy,
- P. Le Fèvre,
- F. Bertran,
- J. Fujii,
- I. Vobornik,
- S. Wu,
- T. Okuda,
- J. Alaria,
- P. D. C. King
Affiliations
- I. Marković
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- C. A. Hooley
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- O. J. Clark
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- F. Mazzola
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- M. D. Watson
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- J. M. Riley
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- K. Volckaert
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- K. Underwood
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- M. S. Dyer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
- P. A. E. Murgatroyd
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
- K. J. Murphy
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
- P. Le Fèvre
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, CNRS-CEA, L’Orme des Merisiers
- F. Bertran
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, CNRS-CEA, L’Orme des Merisiers
- J. Fujii
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC
- I. Vobornik
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC
- S. Wu
- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
- T. Okuda
- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University
- J. Alaria
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
- P. D. C. King
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13464-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Bulk band inversions in solids may unlock topological surface phenomena and symmetry-protected states. Here, the authors generate a surface state band inversion in the nonsymmorphic semimetal NbGeSb, leading to protected crossing points in the resulting spin-orbital entangled surface band structure.
