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Controlling magnetoresistance by tuning semimetallicity through dimensional confinement and heteroepitaxy.

Shouvik ChatterjeeShoaib KhalidHadass S InbarAranya GoswamiTaozhi GuoYu-Hao ChangElliot YoungAlexei V FedorovDan ReadAnderson JanottiChristopher J Palmstrøm
Published in: Science advances (2021)
Controlling electronic properties via band structure engineering is at the heart of modern semiconductor devices. Here, we extend this concept to semimetals where, using LuSb as a model system, we show that quantum confinement lifts carrier compensation and differentially affects the mobility of the electron and hole-like carriers resulting in a strong modification in its large, nonsaturating magnetoresistance behavior. Bonding mismatch at the heteroepitaxial interface of a semimetal (LuSb) and a semiconductor (GaSb) leads to the emergence of a two-dimensional, interfacial hole gas. This is accompanied by a charge transfer across the interface that provides another avenue to modify the electronic structure and magnetotransport properties in the ultrathin limit. Our work lays out a general strategy of using confined thin-film geometries and heteroepitaxial interfaces to engineer electronic structure in semimetallic systems, which allows control over their magnetoresistance behavior and simultaneously provides insights into its origin.
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