Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2
Abstract
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 Td orthorhombic Weyl phase. A shift of the Td-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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- Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1499951
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-01ER45927
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Yang, Junjie, Colen, Jonathan, Liu, Jun, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Chern, Gia-wei, and Louca, Despina. Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao4949.
Yang, Junjie, Colen, Jonathan, Liu, Jun, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Chern, Gia-wei, & Louca, Despina. Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4949
Yang, Junjie, Colen, Jonathan, Liu, Jun, Nguyen, Manh Cuong, Chern, Gia-wei, and Louca, Despina. 2017.
"Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4949. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1499951.
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title = {Elastic and electronic tuning of magnetoresistance in MoTe2},
author = {Yang, Junjie and Colen, Jonathan and Liu, Jun and Nguyen, Manh Cuong and Chern, Gia-wei and Louca, Despina},
abstractNote = {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 Td orthorhombic Weyl phase. A shift of the Td-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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year = {Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2017},
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