Theoretical prediction of Weyl fermions in the paramagnetic electride Y2C
- Authors
- Liu, Liangliang; Wang, Chongze; Yi, Seho; Kim, Dou Kyun; Park, Chul Hong; Choi, Jun-Hyung
- Issue Date
- Jun-2019
- Publisher
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
- Citation
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v.99, no.22, pp.1 - 6
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B
- Volume
- 99
- Number
- 22
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 6
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/147747
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.220401
- ISSN
- 2469-9950
- Abstract
- Recent experimental observations of Weyl fermions in materials open a new frontier of condensed-matter physics. Based on first-principles calculations, we here discover the Weyl fermions in a two-dimensional (2D) layered electride material Y2C. We find that the Y 4d orbitals and the anionic s-like orbital confined in the interstitial spaces between [Y2C](2+) cationic layers are hybridized to give rise to van Have singularities near the Fermi energy E-F, which induce a ferromagnetic (FM) order via the Stoner-type instability. This FM phase with broken time-reversal symmetry hosts the Weyl nodal lines near E-F, which are converted into the multiple pairs of Weyl nodes by including spin-orbit coupling. Furthermore, we find that Y2C has a topologically nontrivial surface state near E-F as well as a tiny magnetic anisotropy energy, consistent with the observed surface state and paramagnetism at low temperatures below similar to 2 K. Our findings demonstrate the existence of Weyl fermions in a 2D electride material thereby providing a platform to study the interesting interplay of Weyl fermion physics and electride materials.
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