Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2

Yang, Junjie; Colen, Jonathan; Liu, Jun; Nguyen, Manh Cuong; Chern, Gia-wei; Louca, Despina

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao4949

Title: Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe₂

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4949· OSTI ID:1499951

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Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Quasi–two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides exhibit dramatic properties that may transform electronic and photonic devices. We report on how the anomalously large magnetoresistance (MR) observed under high magnetic field in MoTe₂, a type II Weyl semimetal, can be reversibly controlled under tensile strain. The MR is enhanced by as much as ~30% at low temperatures and high magnetic fields when uniaxial strain is applied along the a crystallographic direction and reduced by about the same amount when strain is applied along the b direction. We show that the large in-plane electric anisotropy is coupled with the structural transition from the 1T' monoclinic to the T_d orthorhombic Weyl phase. A shift of the T_d-1T' phase boundary is achieved by minimal tensile strain. The sensitivity of the MR to tensile strain suggests the possibility of a nontrivial spin-orbital texture of the electron and hole pockets in the vicinity of Weyl points. Our ab initio calculations show a significant orbital mixing on the Fermi surface, which is modified by the tensile strains.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 3, Issue 12; ISSN 2375-2548

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