Magnetoresistance signature of two-dimensional electronic states in Co${}_3$Sn${}_2$S${}_2$

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) Dirac bands and flat bands are characteristics of a kagome lattice. However, experimental studies on their electrical transport are few, because three-dimensional (3D) bulk bands of kagome materials, consisting of stacked 2D kagome layers, dominate the transport. We report a magnetoresistance (MR) study of a kagome material, Co${}_3$Sn${}_2$S${}_2$. Based on analysis of the temperature, magnetic field, and field angle dependence of the resistivity, we obtain a complete anatomy of MR. Besides a magnon MR, a chirality-dependent MR, and a chiral-anomaly-induced MR, the most intriguing feature is an orbital MR that scales only with the out-of-plane field, which strongly indicates its 2D nature. We attribute it to the Dirac band of the kagome lattice.

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• Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field
• Nearly-flat bands with nontrivial topology
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• Antisymmetric Seebeck effect in a tilted Weyl semimetal