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Title: Charge-density-wave formation in Ta[sub 2]NiSe[sub 7] studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (United States)
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virgnia 22901 (United States)

Scanning tunneling microscope images of Ta[sub 2]NiSe[sub 7] taken at 77 and 4.2 K show a complex electronic rearrangment occurring below the charge-density-wave (CDW) onset temperature of 52.5 K. A large energy gap of 41.0[plus minus]3.0 meV is observed and a CDW amplitude modulation of wavelength [similar to]2[ital b][sub 0] is detected. The electronic transfer between chains appears to drive the CDW formation.

DOE Contract Number:
FG05-84ER45072
OSTI ID:
6916340
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 69:12; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English