scholarly journals Nanostructured and Modulated Low-Dimensional Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 203-204 ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Albert Prodan ◽  
Herman J.P. van Midden ◽  
Erik Zupanič ◽  
Rok Žitko
Keyword(s):  
Charge Density ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Related Pair ◽  
Good Accord ◽  
Long Range Ordering ◽  
Low Dimensional

Charge density wave (CDW) ordering in NbSe3 and the structurally related quasi one-dimensional compounds is reconsidered. Since the modulated ground state is characterized by unstable nano-domains, the structural information obtained from diffraction experiments is to be supplemented by some additional information from a method, able to reveal details on a unit cell level. Low-temperature (LT) scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can resolve both, the local atomic structure and the superimposed charge density modulation. It is shown that the established model for NbSe3 with two incommensurate (IC) modes, q1 = (0,0.241,0) and q2 = (0.5,0.260,0.5), locked in at T1=144K and T2=59K and separately confined to two of the three available types of bi-capped trigonal prismatic (BCTP) columns, must be modified. The alternative explanation is based on the existence of modulated layered nano-domains and is in good accord with the available LT STM results. These confirm i.a. the presence of both IC modes above the lower CDW transition temperature. Two BCTP columns, belonging to a symmetry-related pair, are as a rule alternatively modulated by the two modes. Such pairs of columns are ordered into unstable layered nano-domains, whose q1 and q2 sub-layers are easily interchanged. The mutually interchangeable sections of the two unstable IC modes keep a temperature dependent long-range ordering. Both modes can formally be replaced by a single highly inharmonic long-period commensurate CDW.

scholarly journals A full gap above the Fermi level: the charge density wave of monolayer VS2

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camiel van Efferen ◽  
Jan Berges ◽  
Joshua Hall ◽  
Erik van Loon ◽  
Stefan Kraus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Fermi Level ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Charge Density Wave ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Electronic Energy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Metal Metal

AbstractIn the standard model of charge density wave (CDW) transitions, the displacement along a single phonon mode lowers the total electronic energy by creating a gap at the Fermi level, making the CDW a metal–insulator transition. Here, using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, we show that VS2 realizes a CDW which stands out of this standard model. There is a full CDW gap residing in the unoccupied states of monolayer VS2. At the Fermi level, the CDW induces a topological metal-metal (Lifshitz) transition. Non-linear coupling of transverse and longitudinal phonons is essential for the formation of the CDW and the full gap above the Fermi level. Additionally, x-ray magnetic circular dichroism reveals the absence of net magnetization in this phase, pointing to coexisting charge and spin density waves in the ground state.

Twisted charge-density-wave patterns in bilayer 2D crystals and modulated electronic states

2D Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaoyao Chen ◽  
Liwei Liu ◽  
Xuan Song ◽  
Han Yang ◽  
zeping Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Density ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Interlayer Coupling ◽  
Charge Density Waves ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Lattices ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
2D Crystals

Abstract The twistronics of the atomic-thick two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials has opened a new venue to investigate the interlayer coupling. Till now, most studies focus on the twist of atomic lattices and the resulted moiré superstructures, while the reports about the twist of charge density waves (CDW), the superstructures of which are from individual layers are limited. Here, using molecular beam epitaxy, we construct bilayer (BL) 1T-NbSe2 vertical structures. With high resolution scanning tunneling microscopy observations, we identify two cases of CDW twisted stacking with atomic precision. The typical twist angles are 0o and 60o between the 1st and the 2nd layer, although the top Se atomic lattices of these two layers are parallel. Compared to the single layer case, the dI/dV at BL shows an insulator-to-metal transition, with the Hubbard bands shrinking towards the Fermi level (EF ). More intriguingly, interlayer coupling states rise near EF , which are dependent on the CDW twist angles. These findings give fresh insight into the engineering of 2D materials by CDW twisting and are potentially applicable for future nanoelectronic devices.

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