Double-Layer Kagome Metals Pt3Tl2 and Pt3In2

The connectivity and inherent frustration of the kagome lattice can produce interesting electronic structures and behaviors in compounds containing this structural motif. Here we report the properties of Pt3X2 (X = In and Tl) that adopt a double-layer kagome net structure related to that of the topologically nontrivial high-temperature ferromagnet Fe3Sn2 and the density wave hosting compound V3Sb2. We examined the structural and physical properties of single crystal Pt3Tl2 and polycrystalline Pt3In2 using X-ray and neutron diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and electrical transport measurements, along with density functional theory calculations of the electronic structure. Our calculations show that Fermi levels lie in pseudogaps in the densities of states with several bands contributing to transport, and this is consistent with our Hall effect, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements. Although electronic dispersions, characteristic of simple kagome nets with nearest-neighbor hopping, are not clearly seen, likely due to the extended nature of the Pt 5d states, we do observe moderately large and non-saturating magnetoresistance values and quantum oscillations in the magnetoresistance and magnetization associated with the kagome nets of Pt.

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This article investigates the properties of Pt3X2 (X = In and Tl), which adopt a double-layer kagome net structure related to topologically nontrivial compounds Fe3Sn2 and V3Sb2. Through various measurements and calculations, it is found that the Fermi levels of Pt3X2 lie in pseudogaps, and several bands contribute to transport. Despite the extended nature of the Pt 5d states, the observed moderately large and non-saturating magnetoresistance values and quantum oscillations suggest the presence of the kagome nets in Pt.