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most citedPressure-induced semimetal to superconductor transition in a three-dimensional topological material ZrTe5

162 citations · 805 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 13 cited

Nonsymmorphic symmetry protected node-line semimetal in the trigonal YH3

Dexi Shao, Tong Chen, Qinyan Gu +5

Using ab initio calculations based on density-functional theory and effective model analysis, we propose that the trigonal YH3(Space Group: P-3c1) at ambient pressure is a node-lin…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 20 cited

High-pressure phases of Weyl semimetals NbP, NbAs, TaP and TaAs

Zhaopeng Guo, Pengchao Lu, Tong Chen +3

The high pressure phase diagrams of TaAs family (NbP, NbAs, TaP and TaAs) are explored systematically using crystal structure search together with first-principles calculations. Ou…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 12 cited

High temperature superconducting phase of HBr under pressure predicted by first-principles calculations

Qinyan Gu, Pengchao Lu, Kang Xia +2

The high pressure phases of HBr are explored with an ab initio crystal structure search. By taking into account the contribution of zero-point energy (ZPE), we find that the P4/nmm…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 158 cited

Direct Visualization of 2D Topological Insulator in Single-layer 1T'-WTe2

Zhen-Yu Jia, Ye-Heng Song, Xiang-Bing Li +9

We grow nearly freestanding single-layer 1T'-WTe2 on graphitized 6H-SiC(0001) by using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and characterize its electronic structure with scanning tunneli…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 72 cited

Pressure-induced metallization and superconducting phase in ReS2

Dawei Zhou, Yonghui Zhou, Chunying Pu +10

Among the family of TMDs, ReS2 takes a special position, which crystalizes in a unique distorted low-symmetry structure at ambient conditions. The interlayer interaction in ReS2 is…

cond-mat.supr-con2016★ 66 cited

Superconductivity Induced by High Pressure in Weyl Semimetal TaP

Yufeng Li, Yonghui Zhou, Zhaopeng Guo +13

Weyl semimetal defines a material with three dimensional Dirac cones which appear in pair due to the breaking of spatial inversion or time reversal symmetry. Superconductivity is t…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 22 cited

Unveiling the Charge Density Wave Inhomogeneity and Pseudogap State in 1T-TiSe2

Kai-Wen Zhang, Chao-Long Yang, Bin Lei +8

By using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) / spectroscopy (STS), we systematically characterize the electronic structure of lightly doped 1T-TiSe2, and demonstrate the existence…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 52 cited

Topological Dirac line nodes and superconductivity coexist in SnSe at high pressure

Xuliang Chen, Pengchao Lu, Xuefei Wang +15

Due to fundamental interest and potential applications in quantum computation, tremendous efforts have been invested to study topological superconductivity. However, bulk topologic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 116 cited

Origin of the superconductivity of WTe2 under pressure

Pengchao Lu, Joon-Seok Kim, Jing Yang +9

Tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) has attracted significant attention due to its interesting electronic properties, such as the unsaturated magnetoresistance and superconductivity. Recen…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 3 cited

The large unsaturated magnetoresistance of Weyl semimetals

Yiming Pan, Huaiqiang Wang, Pengchao Lu +3

The Weyl semimetal (WSM) is a novel topological gapless state with promises exotic transport due to chiral anomaly. Recently, a family of nonmagnetic WSM candidates including TaAs,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 94 cited

A new topological semimetal with iso-energetic Weyl fermions in TaAs under high pressure

Yonghui Zhou, Pengchao Lu, Yongping Du +11

TaAs as one of the experimentally discovered topological Weyl semimetal has attracted intense interests recently. The ambient TaAs has two types of Weyl nodes which are not on the…

cond-mat.supr-con2015★ 162 cited

Pressure-induced semimetal to superconductor transition in a three-dimensional topological material ZrTe5

Yonghui Zhou, Juefei Wu, Wei Ning +15

As a new type of topological materials, ZrTe5 shows many exotic properties under extreme conditions. Utilizing resistance and ac magnetic susceptibility measurements under high pre…

cond-mat.supr-con2015★ 15 cited

Pressure Induced Enhancement of Superconductivity in LaRu2P2

Baoxuan Li, Pengchao Lu, Jianzhong Liu +4

To explore new superconductors beyond the copper-based and iron-based systems is very important. The Ru element locates just below the Fe in the periodic table and behaves like the…