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层状电荷密度波材料1T-TaS2中不同绝缘畴的起源

Origin of Distinct Insulating Domains in the Layered Charge Density Wave Material 1T-TaS2

Hyungryul Yang, Byeongin Lee, Junho Bang, Sunghun Kim, Dirk Wulferding, Sung-Hoon Lee, Doohee Cho

AI总结:

本研究结合STS与DFT计算揭示1T-TaS2中Mott绝缘畴与两类能带绝缘畴的堆叠起源,识别出埋藏的量子自旋液体候选Mott层。

摘要:

垂直电荷序决定着层状电荷密度波(CDW)材料的电子性质。各种堆叠序不可避免地产生具有不同电子结构的纳米尺度畴,而这些结构是体相探测手段无法触及的。本文利用扫描隧道谱(STS)和密度泛函理论(DFT)计算分析了体相1T-TaS2的堆叠特征。研究观察到Mott绝缘畴向能带绝缘畴转变,并恢复了CDW的垂直二聚化。此外,覆盖宽阔平台的STS测量揭示了两类不同的能带绝缘畴,其区别在于能带边缘展宽。这些DFT计算表明,Mott绝缘层优先位于次表层,在相邻的能带绝缘层中形成更宽的能带边缘。最终,研究识别出被认为承载量子自旋液体相的埋藏Mott绝缘层。这些结果解决了关于1T-TaS2中垂直电荷序的长期问题,为研究层状CDW材料中的涌现量子现象提供了新视角。

英文摘要:

Vertical charge order shapes the electronic properties in layered charge density wave (CDW) materials. Various stacking orders inevitably create nanoscale domains with distinct electronic structures inaccessible to bulk probes. Here, the stacking characteristics of bulk 1$T$-TaS$2$ are analyzed using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is observed that Mott-insulating domains undergo a transition to band-insulating domains restoring vertical dimerization of the CDWs. Furthermore, STS measurements covering a wide terrace reveal two distinct band insulating domains differentiated by band edge broadening. These DFT calculations reveal that the Mott insulating layers preferably reside on the subsurface, forming broader band edges in the neighboring band insulating layers. Ultimately, buried Mott insulating layers believed to harbor the quantum spin liquid phase are identified. These results resolve persistent issues regarding vertical charge order in 1$T$-TaS$2$, providing a new perspective for investigating emergent quantum phenomena in layered CDW materials.

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