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Grain-Boundary Scattering between Chiral Domains in Chiral Topological Semimetal CoSi

  • Nicholas A. Lanzillo
  • Ion Garate
  • Ching-Tzu Chen
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Abstract

We evaluate the electron scattering properties in CoSi thin films having either twin (heterochiral) or non-twin (homochiral) grain boundaries using first-principles quantum transport calculations. We find that scattering across a twin grain boundary is more resistive than scattering across a non-twin grain boundary and that non-twin grain boundaries have a greater percentage of surface conduction than twin grain boundaries. This is corroborated by the transmission eigenstate profiles, which show that the surface Fermi-arc electrons can transmit past the non-twin grain boundaries between homochiral domains on the same surface without significant backscattering. In contrast, these surface electrons get scattered along the twin grain boundaries between heterochiral domains to the opposite surface, resulting in partial forward transmission and partial backscattering that yields higher grain-boundary resistivity. This work helps elucidate the complexities of electron transport in chiral topological semimetals for potential application in next-generation nano-interconnects.

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@misc{lanzillo2026grainboundary,
  title = {{Grain-Boundary Scattering between Chiral Domains in Chiral Topological Semimetal CoSi}},
  author = {Nicholas A. Lanzillo and Ion Garate and Ching-Tzu Chen},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.28426},
  eprint = {2610.28426},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28426},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Grain-Boundary Scattering between Chiral Domains in Chiral Topological Semimetal CoSi
AU  - Nicholas A. Lanzillo
AU  - Ion Garate
AU  - Ching-Tzu Chen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/20
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.28426
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.28426
AB  - We evaluate the electron scattering properties in CoSi thin films having either twin (heterochiral) or non-twin (homochiral) grain boundaries using first-principles quantum transport calculations. We find that scattering across a twin grain boundary is more resistive than scattering across a non-twin grain boundary and that non-twin grain boundaries have a greater percentage of surface conduction than twin grain boundaries. This is corroborated by the transmission eigenstate profiles, which show that the surface Fermi-arc electrons can transmit past the non-twin grain boundaries between homochiral domains on the same surface without significant backscattering. In contrast, these surface electrons get scattered along the twin grain boundaries between heterochiral domains to the opposite surface, resulting in partial forward transmission and partial backscattering that yields higher grain-boundary resistivity. This work helps elucidate the complexities of electron transport in chiral topological semimetals for potential application in next-generation nano-interconnects.
ER  -