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- Researchers have discovered a new magnetic Weyl semimetal candidate called CoSnS, characterized by a unique quasi-two-dimensional structure of stacked Kagomé lattices, which may support unusual topological quantum states.
- The material shows a negative magnetoresistance indicative of the chiral anomaly linked to Weyl nodes near the Fermi level, suggesting robust intrinsic anomalous Hall effects.
- CoSnS exhibits impressive anomalous Hall conductivity and angle, indicating strong Berry curvature effects, making it a promising candidate for studying quantum anomalous Hall states in two-dimensional systems.
Article Abstract
Magnetic Weyl semimetals with broken time-reversal symmetry are expected to generate strong intrinsic anomalous Hall effects, due to their large Berry curvature. Here, we report a magnetic Weyl semimetal candidate, CoSnS, with a quasi-two-dimensional crystal structure consisting of stacked Kagomé lattices. This lattice provides an excellent platform for hosting exotic topological quantum states. We observe a negative magnetoresistance that is consistent with the chiral anomaly expected from the presence of Weyl nodes close to the Fermi level. The anomalous Hall conductivity is robust against both increased temperature and charge conductivity, which corroborates the intrinsic Berry-curvature mechanism in momentum space. Owing to the low carrier density in this material and the significantly enhanced Berry curvature from its band structure, the anomalous Hall conductivity and the anomalous Hall angle simultaneously reach 1130 Ω cm and 20%, respectively, an order of magnitude larger than typical magnetic systems. Combining the Kagomé-lattice structure and the out-of-plane ferromagnetic order of CoSnS, we expect that this material is an excellent candidate for observation of the quantum anomalous Hall state in the two-dimensional limit.
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