Monopnictide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any pnictide that has a single pnictogen atom per molecule or unit cell.

    "Unlike the other members of the non-centrosymmetric monopnictides, TaAs is the first Weyl semimetal candidate with the Fermi energy suffciently close to both types of Weyl points to generate chiral quasiparticles at the Fermi surface.."

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"Unlike the other members of the non-centrosymmetric monopnictides, TaAs is the first Weyl semimetal candidate with the Fermi energy suffciently close to both types of Weyl points to generate chiral quasiparticles at the Fermi surface.."

Etymology

From mono- + pnictide.

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unit cell

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