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Yang X, Bao JK, Lou Z, Li P, Jiang C, Wang J, Sun T, Liu Y, Guo W, Ramakrishnan S, Kotla SR, Tolkiehn M, Paulmann C, Cao GH, Nie Y, Li W, Liu Y, van Smaalen S, Lin X, Xu ZA. Commensurate Stacking Phase Transitions in an Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2108550. [PMID: 34871466 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202108550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Intercalation and stacking-order modulation are two active ways in manipulating the interlayer interaction of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), which lead to a variety of emergent phases and allow for engineering material properties. Herein, the growth of Pb-intercalated TMDCs-Pb(Ta1+x Se2 )2 , the first 124-phase, is reported. Pb(Ta1+x Se2 )2 exhibits a unique two-step first-order structural phase transition at around 230 K. The transitions are solely associated with the stacking degree of freedom, evolving from a high-temperature (high-T) phase with ABC stacking and R3m symmetry to an intermediate phase with AB stacking and P3m1, and finally to a low-temperature (low-T) phase again with R3msymmetry, but with ACB stacking. Each step involves a rigid slide of building blocks by a vector [1/3, 2/3, 0]. Intriguingly, gigantic lattice contractions occur at the transitions on warming. At low-T, bulk superconductivity with Tc ≈ 1.8 K is observed. The underlying physics of the structural phase transitions are discussed from first-principle calculations. The symmetry analysis reveals topological nodal lines in the band structure. The results demonstrate the possibility of realizing higher-order metal-intercalated phases of TMDCs and advance the knowledge of polymorphic transitions, and may inspire stacking-order engineering in TMDCs and beyond.
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- Xiaohui Yang
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
- Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute and International Center for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- Center for Correlated Matter, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology and College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
- Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
- Department of Quantum Matter, AdSM, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institute, Universität Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310024, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- Center for Correlated Matter, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
- State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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Adam ML, Bala AA. Superconductivity in quasi-2D InTaX 2(X = S, Se) type-II Weyl semimetals. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:225502. [PMID: 33690195 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abed1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Herein, first-principles calculations were employed to study the electronic, topological, and superconducting properties of InTaX2(X = S, Se). InTaX2exhibits nodal lines in the absence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC); on SOC inclusion, the nodal lines form Weyl rings with the Weyl points classified as a type-II Weyl semimetal (WSM) with tilted cones. Using Green functions method calculations, surface states distinguishable from the bulk states, and Fermi arcs surface states were visualized on the (001) easily cleavable indium terminated surface of both materials. The electron-phonon calculations using the Allen-Dynes relations predict InTaSe2and InTaS2to be superconducting around 2.38 K and 3.25 K. The prediction of these exotic properties in InTaX2(X = S, Se) makes them suitable for experimental validation of topological superconductivity in type-II WSMs.
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- Mukhtar Lawan Adam
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
- Physics Department, Bayero University, Kano 700231, Nigeria
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