Kondo-coupled van der Waals antiferromagnet with high-mobility quasiparticles

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Main Authors: Zeng, Hai, Zhang, Yang, Ji, Bingke, Cai, Jiaqiang, Zou, Shuo, Wang, Zhuo, Dong, Chao, Luo, Kangjian, Yuan, Yang, Wang, Kai, Zhang, Jinglei, Xi, Chuanyin, Wang, Junfeng, Li, Liang, Dai, Yaomin, Li, Jing, Luo, Yongkang
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author Zeng, Hai
Zhang, Yang
Ji, Bingke
Cai, Jiaqiang
Zou, Shuo
Wang, Zhuo
Dong, Chao
Luo, Kangjian
Yuan, Yang
Wang, Kai
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanyin
Wang, Junfeng
Li, Liang
Dai, Yaomin
Li, Jing
Luo, Yongkang
author_facet Zeng, Hai
Zhang, Yang
Ji, Bingke
Cai, Jiaqiang
Zou, Shuo
Wang, Zhuo
Dong, Chao
Luo, Kangjian
Yuan, Yang
Wang, Kai
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanyin
Wang, Junfeng
Li, Liang
Dai, Yaomin
Li, Jing
Luo, Yongkang
contents Two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit high carrier mobility and tunability, making them suitable for low-power, high-performance electronic and spintronic applications. Incorporating narrow-band electronic correlation effects could further promote tunability, though mass renormalization may impact carrier mobility. It is therefore challenging to identify a vdW material with both high mobility and strong correlation. Herein, by a combination of optical spectroscopy and high-field quantum-oscillation measurements, we observe significant effective-mass enhancement in CeTe$_3$ at low temperature, arising from not only the band-structure modulation by antiferromagnetic ordering but also the narrow-band correlation effect. Despite the mass enhancement, the quantum mobility surprisingly \textit{increases} and reaches $\sim$2403 cm$^2$/Vs, likely benefiting from topological protection. Remarkably, these unique properties are maintained in atomically thin nanoflakes with quantum mobility enhanced to $\sim$3158 cm$^2$/Vs. Thus, CeTe$_3$ emerges as a promising Kondo-coupled vdW antiferromagnetic metal with high-mobility quasiparticles, potentially unlocking new device concepts.
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spellingShingle Kondo-coupled van der Waals antiferromagnet with high-mobility quasiparticles
Zeng, Hai
Zhang, Yang
Ji, Bingke
Cai, Jiaqiang
Zou, Shuo
Wang, Zhuo
Dong, Chao
Luo, Kangjian
Yuan, Yang
Wang, Kai
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanyin
Wang, Junfeng
Li, Liang
Dai, Yaomin
Li, Jing
Luo, Yongkang
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
Two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit high carrier mobility and tunability, making them suitable for low-power, high-performance electronic and spintronic applications. Incorporating narrow-band electronic correlation effects could further promote tunability, though mass renormalization may impact carrier mobility. It is therefore challenging to identify a vdW material with both high mobility and strong correlation. Herein, by a combination of optical spectroscopy and high-field quantum-oscillation measurements, we observe significant effective-mass enhancement in CeTe$_3$ at low temperature, arising from not only the band-structure modulation by antiferromagnetic ordering but also the narrow-band correlation effect. Despite the mass enhancement, the quantum mobility surprisingly \textit{increases} and reaches $\sim$2403 cm$^2$/Vs, likely benefiting from topological protection. Remarkably, these unique properties are maintained in atomically thin nanoflakes with quantum mobility enhanced to $\sim$3158 cm$^2$/Vs. Thus, CeTe$_3$ emerges as a promising Kondo-coupled vdW antiferromagnetic metal with high-mobility quasiparticles, potentially unlocking new device concepts.
title Kondo-coupled van der Waals antiferromagnet with high-mobility quasiparticles
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23653