Dirac Semimetal Heterostructures: 3D Cd As on 2D Graphene.

Dirac semimetal is an emerging class of quantum matters, ranging from 2D category, such as, graphene and surface states of topological insulator to 3D category, for instance, Cd As and Na Bi. As 3D Dirac semimetals typically possess Fermi-arc surface states, the 2D-3D Dirac van der Waals heterostructures should be promising for future electronics. Here, graphene-Cd As heterostructures are fabricated through direct layer-by-layer stacking. The electronic coupling results in a notable interlayer charge transfer, which enables us to modulate the Fermi level of graphene through Cd As . A planar graphene p-n-p junction is achieved by selective modification, which demonstrates quantized conductance plateaus. Moreover, compared with the bare graphene device, the graphene-Cd As hybrid device presents large nonlocal signals near the Dirac point due to the charge transfer from the spin-polarized surface states in the adjacent Cd As . The results enrich the family of van der Waals heterostructure and should inspire more studies on the application of Dirac/Weyl semimetals in spintronics.