Structural and electrical transport properties of Dirac-like semimetal PdSn4 under high pressure*

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0305700 and 2016YFA0401804), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1632275, 11574323, 11874362, 11704387, and 11804344), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China (Grant Nos. 1908085QA18, 1708085 QA19, and 1808085MA06), the Major Program of Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology, China (Grant No. 2018ZYFX002), and the Users with Excellence Project of Hefei Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2018HSC-UE012).

Zhang Bowen1, 2, An Chao3, 4, †, Zhou Yonghui1, Chen Xuliang1, Zhou Ying3, Chen Chunhua1, 2, Yuan Yifang1, 2, Yang Zhaorong1, 3, 5, ‡
       

(a) Synchrotron radiation x-ray diffraction patterns of PdSn4 under pressures (λ = 0.4133 Å). The XRD pattern upon decompression back to 0.0 GPa is denoted by DP. (b) The refinements at (b) 0.5 GPa and (c) 44.5 GPa were performed by using the RIETICA program with the Le Bail method. (d) Pressure dependence of the refined lattice parameters. (c) The empty symbols stand for unit volume. The volume versus pressure data was fitted by the third-order Birch–Murnaghan formula (solid red line).