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Giant negative magnetoresistance induced by the chiral anomaly in individual Cd3As2 nanowires

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Li, Cai-Zhen, Wang, Li-Xian, Liu, Haiwen, Wang, Jian, Liao, Zhi-Min, Yu, Da-Peng·2015·Nature Communications

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Dirac electronic materials beyond graphene and topological insulators have recently attracted considerable attention. Cd3As2 is a Dirac semimetal with linear dispersion along all three momentum directions and can be viewed as a three-dimensional analogue of graphene. By breaking of either time-reversal symmetry or spatial inversion symmetry, the Dirac semimetal is believed to transform into a Weyl semimetal with an exotic chiral anomaly effect, however the experimental evidence of the chiral anomaly is still missing in Cd3As2. Here we show a large negative magnetoresistance with magnitude of -63% at 60 K and -11% at 300 K in individual Cd3As2 nanowires. The negative magnetoresistance can be modulated by gate voltage and temperature through tuning the density of chiral states at the Fermi level and the inter-valley scatterings between Weyl nodes. The results give evidence of the chiral anomaly effect and are valuable for understanding the Weyl fermions in Dirac semimetals.

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  • The chiral magnetic effect was first observed in Dirac systems such as Bi0.97Sb0.03, Na3Bi, Cd3As2, and ZrTe5 before the experimental discovery of WSMs.

    “The chiral magnetic effect was first observed in Dirac systems such as Bi 0.97 Sb 0.03 (301), Na 3 Bi (Figure 8c) (105), Cd 3 As 2 (45, 106), and ZrTe 5 (Figure 8d) (107) before the experimental discovery of WSMs.”

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    The Abstract and Discussion report negative magnetoresistance in Cd3As2 nanowires as evidence of the chiral anomaly, supporting Cd3As2 as an example of the phenomenon. The paper does not establish that this observation preceded the experimental discovery of Weyl semimetals, and it does not explicitly call its Cd3As2 result an observation of the chiral magnetic effect. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • However, a saturation behavior is seen in Na3Bi, which is attributed to the field-dependent internode relaxation time in the quantum limit.

    “However, a saturation behavior is seen in Na 3 Bi (Figure 8c), which is attributed to the field-dependent internode relaxation time in the quantum limit (105).”

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    The Results section (Negative MR under B//E; page unavailable) mentions negative magnetoresistance in Na3Bi, but does not describe its saturation or attribute it to a field-dependent internode relaxation time. The Discussion (page unavailable) addresses the quantum limit in Cd3As2 nanowires, not that proposed explanation for Na3Bi. Searches for saturation and internode relaxation found no passage addressing the claim. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Authors
Li, C.-Z., Wang, L.-X., Liu, H., Wang, J., Liao, Z.-M., & Yu, D.-P.
Affiliations
Peking University (CN)
Corresponding author
Liao, Zhi-Min
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2015-12-17
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
10137-10137
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1745316358
Cited by
453
References
39
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FWCI
27.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (11327902, 2013CB932602, 11274014, 11234001)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › 2D Materials and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Keywords
Cd3As2, negative magnetoresistance, chiral anomaly, Weyl semimetals, Dirac semimetal, Weyl fermions, nanowires, intervalley scattering, gate voltage tuning, temperature dependence

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