Issue 31, 2022

Prediction of novel two-dimensional Dirac nodal line semimetals in Al2B2 and AlB4 monolayers

Abstract

Topological semimetal phases in two-dimensional (2D) materials have gained widespread interest due to their potential applications in novel nanoscale devices. Despite the growing number of studies on 2D topological nodal lines (NLs), candidates with significant topological features that combine nontrivial topological semimetal phase with superconductivity are still rare. Herein, we predict Al2B2 and AlB4 monolayers as new 2D nonmagnetic Dirac nodal line semimetals with several novel features. Our extensive electronic structure calculations combined with analytical studies reveal that, in addition to multiple Dirac points, these 2D configurations host various highly dispersed NLs around the Fermi level, all of which are semimetal states protected by time-reversal and in-plane mirror symmetries. The most intriguing NL in Al2B2 encloses the K point and crosses the Fermi level, showing a considerable dispersion and thus providing a fresh playground to explore exotic properties in dispersive Dirac nodal lines. More strikingly, for the AlB4 monolayer, we provide the first evidence for a set of 2D nonmagnetic open type-II NLs coexisting with superconductivity at a rather high transition temperature. The coexistence of superconductivity and nontrivial band topology in AlB4 not only makes it a promising material to exhibit novel topological superconducting phases, but also a rather large energy dispersion of type-II nodal lines in this configuration may offer a platform for the realization of novel topological features in the 2D limit.

Graphical abstract: Prediction of novel two-dimensional Dirac nodal line semimetals in Al2B2 and AlB4 monolayers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Feb 2022
Accepted
18 Jun 2022
First published
20 Jun 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 11270-11283

Prediction of novel two-dimensional Dirac nodal line semimetals in Al2B2 and AlB4 monolayers

S. Abedi, E. Taghizadeh Sisakht, S. J. Hashemifar, N. Ghafari Cherati, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari and F. M. Peeters, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 11270 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00888B

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