Extremely Large Anomalous Hall Conductivity and Unusual Axial Diamagnetism in a Quasi‐1D Dirac Material La3MgBi5

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2024-09, Vol.36 (36), p.e2400166-n/a
• Main Authors: Yi, Zhe‐Kai, Ouyang, Zhen‐Feng, Guo, Peng‐Jie, Liang, Hui, Li, Yi‐Ran, Su, Ping, Li, Na, Zhou, Ying, Wu, Dan‐Dan, Sun, Yan, Yue, Xiao‐Yu, Li, Qiu‐Ju, Wang, Shou‐Guo, Sun, Xue‐Feng, Wang, Yi‐Yan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: anomalous Hall effect; axial diamagnetism; Diamagnetism; dirac material; Electron transport; Fermions; Ferromagnetic materials; Hall effect; La3MgBi5; Magnetic properties; Physical properties; Quantum transport; Skew angle; Transport phenomena
• ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095; 1521-4095
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400166

Anomalous Hall effect (AHE), one of the most important electronic transport phenomena, generally appears in ferromagnetic materials but is rare in materials without magnetic elements. Here, a study of La3MgBi5 is presented, whose band structure carries multitype Dirac fermions. Although magnetic elements are absent in La3MgBi5, the signals of AHE can be observed. In particular, the anomalous Hall conductivity is extremely large, reaching 42,356 Ω−1 cm−1 with an anomalous Hall angle of 8.8%, the largest one that has been observed in the current AHE systems. The AHE is suggested to originate from the combination of skew scattering and Berry curvature. Another unique property discovered in La3MgBi5 is the axial diamagnetism. The diamagnetism is significantly enhanced and dominates the magnetization in the axial directions, which is the result of the restricted motion of the Dirac fermion at the Fermi level. These findings not only establish La3MgBi5 as a suitable platform to study AHE and quantum transport but also indicate the great potential of 315‐type Bi‐based materials for exploring novel physical properties. Anomalous Hall effect is observed in quasi‐1D Dirac Material La3MgBi5. The obtained anomalous Hall conductivity is the largest one in the current anomalous Hall effect systems. Especially, the absence of magnetic elements makes La3MgBi5 one of the few non‐magnetic materials that can exhibit anomalous Hall effect.