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Anisotropic transport in a possible quasi-one-dimensional topological candidate: TaNi2Te3

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We report on the solid-state synthesis and the strongly anisotropic transport properties of the ternary telluride TaNi2Te3, whose three orthogonal resistivity coefficients exhibit a large ratio of 1.4:1:2294 (14:1:2303) at 300 K (2 K), thereby demonstrating its quasi-one-dimensional (q1D) electronic structure. The Kohler’s rule in different current/field configurations shows a moderate violation. Its one dimensionality manifests itself in the needle-like shape of crystal, the large anisotropic resistivity and the flat Fermi surface normal to the chain direction. Moreover, the first-principles calculations also provide evidence for the existence of the nontrivial topological carriers in this q1D system. Our calculation demonstrates that TaNi2Te3 is a strong topological nontrivial material with topological indices (1; 1 0 1) and its nontrivial topology is also evidenced from its bulk-surface correspondence. Our study may therefore offer a new platform for engineering the topologically nontrivial phase in low-dimensional materials, in analogy to the recently discovered q1D topological TaNiTe5.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11974061, U1732162, and U1832147). Wen-He Jiao. is thankful for the financial support from the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. LY19A040002), and Bin Li thanks NUPTSF (Grant Nos. NY219087 and NY220038). Raman Sankar acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan, China under Project MOST-108-2112-M-001-049-MY2 and from Academia Sinica for the budget of ASiMATE-109-13. The authors thank C. M. J. Andrew, A. F. Bangura, Zhen-Jie Feng, Xin Lu and Xian-Gang Wan for fruitful discussions. Xiang-Lin Ke acknowledges the financial support from the start-ups at Michigan State University.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China

    Yi Liu, Ping-Gen Cai & Xiao-Feng Xu

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-2320, USA

    Chun-Qiang Xu & Xiang-Lin Ke

  3. School of Physics and Key Laboratory of MEMS of the Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China

    Chun-Qiang Xu

  4. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China

    Wen-He Jiao

  5. New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory of Jiangsu Province and School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Bin Li

  6. Department of Physics, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, China

    Wei Zhou, Bin Qian & Xue-Fan Jiang

  7. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, China

    Kalaivaman R & Raman Sankar

  8. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Guang-Han Cao

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Xiao-Feng Xu and Bin Li wrote the draft. Kalaivaman R and Raman Sankar grew the single crystals used in this study. Yi Liu and Chun-Qiang Xu collected the experimental data; Raman Sankar and Xiao-Feng Xu conceived the project. All authors contributed to the writing and revisions.

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Liu, Y., Xu, CQ., Jiao, WH. et al. Anisotropic transport in a possible quasi-one-dimensional topological candidate: TaNi2Te3. Tungsten 5, 325–331 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42864-021-00098-2

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