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探测PdCrO$_2$极性表面上的隐藏Mott能隙与非公度电荷调制

Probing hidden Mott gap and incommensurate charge modulation on the polar surfaces of PdCrO$_2$

Chenhaoping Wen, Tian Qin, Xuefeng Zhang, Mingxin Zhang, Shiwei Shen, Zhongzheng Yang, Yanpeng Qi, Gang Li, Shichao Yan

AI总结:

本文结合STM与DMFT研究了PdCrO$_2$,在CrO$_2$表面揭示了由Cr-3d电子强关联导致的隐藏Mott能隙,并在Pd表面观察到非公度电荷调制与晶格干涉形成的moiré图案。

摘要:

本文报道了对PdCrO$_2$进行低温扫描隧道显微镜(STM)和动力学平均场理论(DMFT)的联合研究。PdCrO$_2$是一种在~37.5 K以下具有反铁磁序的delafossite金属。首先,在CrO$_2$终止的极性表面上,我们在Néel温度上下均探测到类能隙特征。DMFT计算表明,该能隙是由于Cr-3d电子的强关联作用而打开的,揭示了该能隙的隐藏Mott特性。随后,我们观察到两种Pd终止的极性表面:一种是具有由Fermi表面嵌套引起的非公度电荷调制的有序Pd表面,另一种是具有独立纳米尺度非周期性畴结构的重构Pd表面。在有序Pd表面上,非公度电荷调制与原子晶格之间的干涉形成了周期性moiré图案。我们的结果为全面理解这类材料的关联电子特性提供了重要的微观信息。

英文摘要:

Here we report a combined study of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) on PdCrO$_2$, a delafossite metal with an antiferromagnetic order below ~37.5 K. First, on the CrO$_2$-terminated polar surface we detect a gap-like feature both below and above the Néel temperature. The DMFT calculations indicate that this gap is opened due to the strong correlations of Cr-3d electrons, suggesting the hidden Mott nature of the gap. Then, we observe two kinds of Pd-terminated polar surfaces. One is a well-ordered Pd surface with the Fermi-surface-nesting-induced incommensurate charge modulation, while the other one is a reconstructed Pd surface with the individual nano-scale non-periodic domain structures. On the well-ordered Pd surface, the interference between the incommensurate charge modulation and the atomic lattice forms the periodic moiré pattern. Our results provide important microscopic information for fully understanding the correlated electronic properties of this class of materials.

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