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Double drumheadlike surface states in elemental group V nodal line semimetals

Yang Hang, Wanlin Guo( )
State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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Drumheadlike surface states are typical characteristics in nodal line semimetals and bring varieties of unusual attractive properties. Here we demonstrate the double drumheadlike surface states in group V elemental semimetals As, Sb, Bi, which family materials behave a nodal line topology with a 3D flowerlike nodal line, using first-principles calculations. On (001) surface of group V elemental semimetals, the projection pattern of the nodal line overlaps and a complicated double drumheadlike surface state appears inside the overlapped region. This double surface state is widely distributed on the surface region up to a penetration depth of 3.5 nm, which is much deeper than the depth of single surface state on (111) surface. Given that the simplicity of the elemental structure and the small gap induced by the spin orbit coupling, this family materials are promising candidates for the experimental observation of the novel double drumheadlike surface state.

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double drumheadlike surface statesnodal line semimetalselemental materialselectronic structure

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 4,
April 2020
Pages 927-931
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2706-z
Cite this article:
Hang Y, Guo W. Double drumheadlike surface states in elemental group V nodal line semimetals. Nano Research, 2020, 13(4): 927-931. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2706-z
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CalculationsElectronic structureSpin orbit coupling

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Received: 23 November 2019
Revised: 16 January 2020
Accepted: 09 February 2020
Published: 11 March 2020
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