Physics
Document Type
Article
Abstract
We use scanning tunneling microscopy to study the temperature evolution of the atomic-scale properties of the nearly commensurate charge density wave (NC-CDW) state of the low-dimensional material 1T-TaS2. Our measurements at 203, 300, and 354 K, roughly spanning the temperature range of the NC-CDW state, show that while the average CDW periodicity is temperature independent, domaining and the local evolution of the CDW lattice within a domain are temperature dependent. Further, we characterize the temperature evolution of the displacement field associated with the recently discovered intradomain chirality of the NC-CDW state by calculating the local rotation vector. Intradomain chirality throughout the NC-CDW phase is likely driven by a strong coupling of the CDW lattice to the atomic lattice. © 2023 American Physical Society.
Publication Title
Physical Review B
Publication Date
9-2023
Volume
108
Issue
11
ISSN
2469-9950
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.108.115421
Keywords
charge density, charge density waves, scanning tunneling microscopy
Repository Citation
Yu, Boning; Ainouche, Ghilles; Singh, Manoj; Sharma, Bishnu; Huber, James; and Boyer, Michael, "Temperature evolution of domains and intradomain chirality in 1T- TaS2" (2023). Physics. 11.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_physics/11
Copyright
Published source must be acknowledged with citation:
Yu, Boning, et al. "Temperature evolution of domains and intradomain chirality in 1 T− TaS 2." Physical Review B 108.11 (2023): 115421.