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COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s43246-020-00060-8
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- National Science Council of the Republic of China [MOST 107-2112-M-002-018, MOST 106-2112-M-006-013-MY3]
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Topological materials such as Dirac or Weyl semimetals are new states of matter characterized by symmetry-protected surface states responsible for exotic low-temperature magnetotransport properties. Here, transport measurements on AuSn4 single crystals, a topological nodal-line semimetal candidate, reveal the presence of two-dimensional superconductivity with a transition temperature T-c similar to 2.40K. The two-dimensional nature of superconductivity is verified by a Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, Bose-metal phase, and vortex dynamics interpreted in terms of thermally-assisted flux motion in two dimensions. The normal-state magnetoconductivity at low temperatures is found to be well described by the weak-antilocalization transport formula, which has been commonly observed in topological materials, strongly supporting the scenario that normal-state magnetotransport in AuSn4 is dominated by the surface electrons of topological Dirac-cone states. The entire results are summarized in a phase diagram in the temperature-magnetic field plane, which displays different regimes of transport. The combination of two-dimensional superconductivity and surface-driven magnetotransport suggests the topological nature of superconductivity in AuSn4.
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