Anomalous Hall effect and magnetoresistance in microribbons of the magnetic Weyl semimetal candidate PrRhC2

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Contributors

  • Mickey Martini - , Institute of Applied Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Helena Reichlova - , Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Laura T. Corredor - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Dominik Kriegner - , Chair of Solid State Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Yejin Lee - , Institute of Applied Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Luca Tomarchio - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, University of Rome La Sapienza, National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Author)
  • Kornelius Nielsch - , Institute of Applied Physics, Chair of Metallic Materials and Metal Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Ali G. Moghaddam - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Tampere University (Author)
  • Jeroen Van Den Brink - , Chair of Solid State Theory, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Chair of Experimental Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Sabine Wurmehl - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Vitaliy Romaka - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Andy Thomas - , Chair of Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)

Abstract

PrRhC2 belongs to the rare-earth carbides family, whose properties are of special interest among topological semimetals due to the simultaneous breaking of both inversion and time-reversal symmetry. The concomitant absence of both symmetries grants the possibility to tune the Weyl nodes chirality and to enhance topological effects such as the chiral anomaly. In this paper, we report on the synthesis and compare the magnetotransport measurements of polycrystalline PrRhC2 samples and a single-crystalline PrRhC2 sample. Using a remarkable and sophisticated technique, the PrRhC2 single crystal is prepared via focused-ion-beam cutting from the polycrystalline material. Our magnetometric and specific heat analyses reveal a noncollinear antiferromagnetic state below 20K, as well as short-range magnetic correlations and/or magnetic fluctuations well above the onset of the magnetic transition. The transport measurements on the PrRhC2 single crystal display an electrical resistivity peak at 3K and an anomalous Hall effect below 6K indicative of a net magnetization component in the ordered state. Furthermore, we study the angular variation of magnetoresistivities as a function of the angle between the in-plane magnetic field and the injected electrical current. We find that both the transverse and the longitudinal resistivities exhibit fourfold angular dependencies due to higher-order terms in the resistivity tensor, consistent with the orthorhombic crystal symmetry of PrRhC2. Our experimental results may be interpreted as features of topological Weyl semimetallic behavior in the magnetotransport properties.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number104205
JournalPhysical review materials
Volume7
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023
Peer-reviewedYes