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most citedRaman Spectroscopy of Bi2Se3-xTex (x= 0 to 3) Topological Insulator Crystals

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Ferromagnetic Spin Glass State and Anomalous Hall Effect in Topological Semimetal Candidate Mn2Sb2Te5

M. M. Sharma, Ankush Saxena, S. M. Huang +3

Materials that intrinsically possess both magnetism and topological states represent a key frontier of quantum materials research. Recently, Mn2(Bi/Sb)2Te5 has emerged as a promisi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Field driven Metal-Insulator transition in rhombohedral Bismuth and Arsenic crystals

N. K. Karn, Mukul S. Laad, V. P. S. Awana

The metal to insulator (MIT) transition is accompanied by huge changes in physical responses by the control and tuning of experimental parameters like doping, pressure, chemical co…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Crystal Growth & Physical Property Characterization of Mixed Topological Insulator BiSbTe

Dinesh Kumar, Kapil Kumar, N. K. Karn +3

This article reports the synthesis of a single crystalline mixed topological insulator (TI) BiSbTe and its detailed structural and magneto-transport properties. The single crys…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 3 cited

Magneto transport and first principle study of strong topological insulator gray Arsenic

N. K. Karn, Kapil Kumar, Geet Awana +3

This article reports the synthesis of a single crystalline gray Arsenic (As) via the Bismuth flux method. The X-ray Diffraction (XRD) pattern revealed the single phase of the grown…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Investigation of Angle dependent SdH oscillations in Topological Insulator Bismuth

N. K. Karn, Yogesh Kumar, Geet Awana +1

The current article investigated the band structure in the presence and absence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC), examined the Z2 invariants, and investigated the detailed angle-depend…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Anisotropy in Electronic and Magneto-transport of 2D superconductor NbSe

N. K. Karn, M. M. Sharma, I. Felner +1

This article reports the successful synthesis of single crystalline two-dimensional thin flakes of NbSe. The XRD pattern of the grown crystal ensured its crystallization in a s…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Superconductivity at 9 K in Pb-Bi Alloy

N. K. Karn, Kapil Kumar, Naveen Kumar +4

In the present work, we report the synthesis of Pb-Bi alloy with enhanced Tc of up to 9K, which is higher than that of Pb. The alloy is synthesized via a solid-state reaction route…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Weak Anti-Localization Effect in Topological NiInS Single Crystal

Kapil Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, V. P. S. Awana

NiInS is the most recent entrant into the family of topological insulator (TI) materials, the same exhibits very high MR in a low-temperature regime. Here, we report th…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 3 cited

Fermi surface and band structure of BiPd from ARPES studies

H. Lohani, P. Mishra, Anurag Gupta +2

We present a detailed electronic structure study of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor BiPd based on our angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements and Dens…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 2 cited

Electronic Transport and Fermi Surface Topology of Zintl Phase Compound SrZn2Ge2

M. K. Hooda, A. Chakraborty, S. Roy +7

We report a comprehensive study on the electronic transport properties of SrZn2Ge2 single crystals. The electrical resistivity of the compound exhibits metallic behavior, following…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 6 cited

Absence of superconductivity in LK-99 at ambient conditions

Kapil Kumar, N. K. Karn, Yogesh Kumar +1

The report of synthesis of modified Lead apatite (LK-99) with evidence of superconductivity at more than boiling water temperature has steered the whole scientific community. There…

cond-mat.supr-con2023

Normal state magneto transport properties of FeSeTe superconductor: The role of topological surface states

N. K. Karn, M. M. Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

Doped Iron Chalcogenide (FeCh) superconductors are extensively studied in the context of topological superconductivity. However, the evidence of topological surface states in elect…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 12 cited

Weak Antilocalization and topological edge states in PdSn

N. K. Karn, M. M. Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

Here we report, the successful synthesis of single crystals of topological semimetal (TSM) candidate, PdSn using the self-grown route. The synthesized crystal is well character…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 4 cited

Two-fold anisotropic superconducting state in topological superconductor SnAu

M. M. Sharma, Ganesh Gurjar, S. Patnaik +1

Here we report the anisotropic magnetotransport properties in the superconducting state of SnAu single crystal. SnAu single crystal is synthesized through an easy melt grow…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Band topology and non-trivial surface States in type-II Dirac semi-metal (Ni, Pd)Te2

NK Karn, VPS Awana

The semi-metals having electrons near the Fermi level follow the relativistic equation of motion, and show Dirac or Weyl-type behavior. Their orbital resolved electronic bands anal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 16 cited

Detailed structural and topological analysis of SnBi2Te4 single crystal

Ankush Saxena, N. K. Karn, M. M. Sharma +1

We report herein the successful synthesis of the topological material SnBi2Te4 in single-crystal form. Phase purity and unidirectional growth are evident from X-ray diffraction (XR…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 11 cited

Investigation of structural and magneto-transport properties of PdTe2 single crystals

Yogesh Kumar, Prince Sharma, M. M. Sharma +1

The growth and structural analysis of topological semimetal (TSM) PdTe2 were carried out in this study. The self-flux method was employed to grow the single crystals which were str…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Weak antilocalization and ferromagnetism in magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2

Kapil Kuma, M. M. Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

Here we report successful synthesis of single crystalline magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2. The synthesized crystal is characterized through various tools viz. X-ray diffraction, f…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 2 cited

Sn2Pd: a possible superconducting material with topological surface states

M. M. Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

In this article, we report the detailed magneto transport measurements of the topological semimetal (TSM) candidate, Sn2Pd. Single crystal of Sn2Pd is synthesized through the self-…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Thickness-Dependent Magneto Transport of Bi2Se3/SiO2 Topological Insulator thin films

Yogesh Kumar, Prince Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

Topological insulators are immensely investigated for their surface states related properties as these materials can be used for various spintronics, quantum computing, and optoele…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 16 cited

Probing the topological surface states in superconducting Sn4Au single crystal: A magneto transport study

M. M. Sharma, Poonam Rani, V. P. S. Awana

Materials exhibiting bulk superconductivity along with magnetoresistance (MR) in their normal state have emerged as suitable candidates for topological superconductivity. In this a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 5 cited

Surface states induced weak anti-localization effect in Bi0.85Sb0.15 topological single crystal

Yogesh Kumar, VPS Awana

We report, an experimental evidence of surface states (SS) driven magneto-transport in a Bi0.85Sb0.15 single crystal. Detailed high field (up to 12T) and low temperature (down to 2…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 7 cited

Detailed magneto-heat capacity analysis of SnAs topological superconductor

M. M. Sharma, V. P. S. Awana

In this article, we report magneto-heat capacity analysis of superconducting SnAs, which is characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Effect of magnetic (Nd) doping on electrical and magnetic properties of topological Sb2Te3 single crystal

Kapil Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, M. Singh +3

Here, we report the growth and characterization of single crystals of NdxSb2-xTe3, by solid state reaction route via self-flux method. The phase and layered growth are confirmed th…