• Corpus ID: 55364294

Resistivity Anomaly in Weyl Semimetal candidate Molybdenum Telluride

@article{Suri2018ResistivityAI,
  title={Resistivity Anomaly in Weyl Semimetal candidate Molybdenum Telluride},
  author={Dhavala Suri and Christopher Linderalv and Bogdan Karpiak and Linnea Anderson and Sandeep Kumar Singh and Andr{\'e} Dankert and Fangcheng Chou and Raman Sankar and Paul Erhart and Saroj Prasad Dash and R. S. Patel},
  journal={arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics},
  year={2018}
}

• D. Suri, Christopher Linderalv, +8 authors R. S. Patel
• Published 16 January 2018
• Physics
• arXiv: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

The Weyl semi-metal candidate MoTe$_{2}$ is expected to exhibit a range of exotic electronic transport properties. It exhibits a structural phase transition near room temperature that is evident in the thermal hysteresis in resistivity and thermopower (Seebeck coefficient) as well as large spin-orbit interaction. Here, we also document a resistivity anomaly of up to 13% in the temperature window between 25 and 50 K, which is found to be strongly anisotropic. Based on the experimental data in conjunction with density functional theory calculations, we conjecture that the anomaly can be related to the presence of defects in the system. These findings open opportunities for further investigations and understanding of the transport behavior in these newly discovered semi-metallic layered systems.