Internal interfaces in Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are predicted to host distinct topological features that are different from the commonly studied external interfaces (crystal-to-vacuum boundaries). However, the lack of atomically sharp and crystallographically oriented internal interfaces in WSMs makes it difficult to experimentally investigate hidden topological states buried inside the material. Here, we study a unique internal interface known as merohedral twin boundary in chemically synthesized single-crystal nanowires (NWs) of CoSi, a chiral WSM of space group P213 (No. 198). High resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy reveals that this internal interface is (001) twin plane and connects two enantiomeric counterparts at an atomically sharp interface with inversion twinning. Ab-initio calculations show localized internal Fermi arcs at the (001) twin boundary that can be clearly distinguished from both external Fermi arcs and bulk states. These merohedrally twinned CoSi NWs provide an ideal material system to probe unexplored topological properties associated with internal interfaces in WSMs.
@article{arxiv.2212.13688,
title = {Atomically Sharp Internal Interface in a Chiral Weyl Semimetal Nanowire},
author = {Nitish Mathur and Fang Yuan and Guangming Cheng and Sahal Kaushik and Iñigo Robredo and Maia G. Vergniory and Jennifer Cano and Nan Yao and Song Jin and Leslie M. Schoop},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13688},
year = {2023}
}