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  • Title: Dirac cone protected by non-symmorphic symmetry and three-dimensional Dirac line node in ZrSiS.
    Author: Schoop LM, Ali MN, Straßer C, Topp A, Varykhalov A, Marchenko D, Duppel V, Parkin SS, Lotsch BV, Ast CR.
    Journal: Nat Commun; 2016 May 31; 7():11696. PubMed ID: 27241624.
    Abstract:
    Materials harbouring exotic quasiparticles, such as massless Dirac and Weyl fermions, have garnered much attention from physics and material science communities due to their exceptional physical properties such as ultra-high mobility and extremely large magnetoresistances. Here, we show that the highly stable, non-toxic and earth-abundant material, ZrSiS, has an electronic band structure that hosts several Dirac cones that form a Fermi surface with a diamond-shaped line of Dirac nodes. We also show that the square Si lattice in ZrSiS is an excellent template for realizing new types of two-dimensional Dirac cones recently predicted by Young and Kane. Finally, we find that the energy range of the linearly dispersed bands is as high as 2 eV above and below the Fermi level; much larger than of other known Dirac materials. This makes ZrSiS a very promising candidate to study Dirac electrons, as well as the properties of lines of Dirac nodes.
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