Abstract
RV6Sn6 (R = rare earth) compounds are appealing materials platforms for exploring the interplay between R-site magnetism and nontrivial band topology associated with the nonmagnetic vanadium-based kagome network. Here we present the synthesis and characterization of the kagome metal TbV6Sn6 via single crystal x-ray diffraction, magnetization, transport, and heat capacity measurements. Magnetization measurements reveal strong, uniaxial magnetic anisotropy rooted in the alignment of Tb3+ moments in the interplane direction below 4.3(2) K. TbV6Sn6 exhibits multiband transport behavior with high mobilities of charge carriers, and our measurements suggest TbV6Sn6 is a promising candidate for hosting Chern gaps driven via the interplay between Tb-site magnetic order and the band topology of the V-site kagome network.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 104202 |
Journal | Physical Review Materials |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported via the UC Santa Barbara NSF Quantum Foundry funded via the Q-AMASE-i program under Award No. DMR-1906325. We acknowledge the use of the computing facilities of the Center for Scientific Computing at UC Santa Barbara supported by NSF CNS 1725797 and NSF DMR 1720256. B.R.O. and P.M.S. acknowledge financial support from UC Santa Barbara through the Elings Fellowship. This work is based upon research conducted at the Center for High Energy X-ray Sciences (CHEXS) which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. DMR-1829070. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.