Here we report, the successful synthesis of single crystals of topological
semimetal (TSM) candidate, PdSn4β using the self-grown route. The synthesized
crystal is well characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission
scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
(XPS). Detailed Rietveld analysis of the powder XRD pattern of PdSn4β
confirmed the same to crystallize in the Aea2 space group instead of reported
Ccce. A large magnetoresistance (MR) along with Subnikov-de Haas oscillations
have been observed in magnetotransport measurements at 2K. The presence of a
weak antilocalization (WAL) effect in synthesized PdSn4β crystal is confirmed
and analyzed using Hikami Larkin Nagaoka (HLN) formalism, being applied on
magnetoconductivity of the same at the low magnetic field. An extended Kohler
rule is implemented on MR data, to determine the role of the scattering process
and temperature-dependent carrier density on transport phenomenon in PdSn4β.
Further, the non-trivial band topology and presence of edge states are shown
through density functional theory (DFT) based theoretical calculations. All
calculations are performed considering the Aea2 space group symmetry. The
calculated Z2 invariants suggest the presence of weak topological insulating
properties in PdSn4β. Clear evidence of topological edge states at the
Ξ point is visible in calculated edge state spectra. This is the first
report on PdSn4β, showing the presence of SdH oscillation in magneto
transport measurement.Comment: 26 PAGES TEXT + FIGS. REVISED J. APPL. PHYS. 202