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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wang, Y. D.
• Yao, W. L.
• Xin, Z. M.
• Han, T. T.
• Wang, Z. G.
• Chen, L.
• Cai, C.
• Li, Yuan
• Zhang, Y.

Titel

Band insulator to Mott insulator transition in 1T-TaS2

Ist Teil von

• Nature communications, 2020-08, Vol.11 (1), p.4215-4215, Article 4215

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract 1 T -TaS 2 undergoes successive phase transitions upon cooling and eventually enters an insulating state of mysterious origin. Some consider this state to be a band insulator with interlayer stacking order, yet others attribute it to Mott physics that support a quantum spin liquid state. Here, we determine the electronic and structural properties of 1 T -TaS 2 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and X-Ray diffraction. At low temperatures, the 2π/2c-periodic band dispersion, along with half-integer-indexed diffraction peaks along the c axis, unambiguously indicates that the ground state of 1 T -TaS 2 is a band insulator with interlayer dimerization. Upon heating, however, the system undergoes a transition into a Mott insulating state, which only exists in a narrow temperature window. Our results refute the idea of searching for quantum magnetism in 1 T -TaS 2 only at low temperatures, and highlight the competition between on-site Coulomb repulsion and interlayer hopping as a crucial aspect for understanding the material’s electronic properties.