2013/07/24 by I. Pallecchi, F. Bernardini, F. Caglieris +3
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides #Iron-based superconductors research #Topological Materials and Phenomena #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2013-40148-6
published as Eur. Phys. J. B (2013) 86: 338 · 13 pages, 5 figures accepted for publication on European Journal of Physics B
arxiv created 2013/07/24 · openalex publication_date 2013/07/27 · arxiv updated 2014/03/19 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this work we study the effect of the rare earth element in iron oxypnictides of composition REFeAsO (RE=rare earth). On one hand we carry out Density Functional Theory calculations of the band structure, which evidence the multiband character of these compounds and the presence of Dirac cones along the Y-Γ and Z-R directions of the reciprocal space. On the other hand, we explore transport behavior by means of resistivity, Hall resistance and magnetoresistance measurements, which confirm the dominant role of Dirac cones. By combining our theoretical and experimental approaches, we extract information on effective masses, scattering rates and Fermi velocities for different rare earth elements.