Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe 2 −x Te x
Abstract
Polymorphism in materials often leads to significantly different physical properties - the rutile and anatase polymorphs of TiO₂ are a prime example. Polytypism is a special type of polymorphism, occurring in layered materials when the geometry of a repeating structural layer is maintained but the layer stacking sequence of the overall crystal structure can be varied; SiC is an example of a material with many polytypes. Although polymorphs can have radically different physical properties, it is much rarer for polytypism to impact physical properties in a dramatic fashion. Here we study the effects of polytypism and polymorphism on the superconductivity of TaSe₂, one of the archetypal members of the large family of layered dichalcogenides. We show that it is possible to access 2 stable polytypes and 2 stable polymorphs in the TaSe2-xTex solid solution, and find that the 3R polytype shows a superconducting transition temperature that is between 6 and 17 times higher than that of the much more commonly found 2H polytype. Thus, the reason for this dramatic change is not apparent, but we propose that it arises either from a remarkable dependence of Tc on subtle differences in the characteristics of the single layers present, or from amore »
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- Department of Chemistry and
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
- Joseph Henry Laboratories and Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, and
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- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235154
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1193219
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-108044-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE FG02-08ER46544; AC02-98CH10886; SC00112704
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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- Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 112 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; layered dichalcogenides; superconductivity; charge density wave; polymorphism; polytypism
Citation Formats
Luo, Huixia, Xie, Weiwei, Tao, Jing, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Gyenis, András, Krizan, Jason W., Yazdani, Ali, Zhu, Yimei, and Cava, Robert Joseph. Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe 2 −x Te x. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1502460112.
Luo, Huixia, Xie, Weiwei, Tao, Jing, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Gyenis, András, Krizan, Jason W., Yazdani, Ali, Zhu, Yimei, & Cava, Robert Joseph. Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe 2 −x Te x. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502460112
Luo, Huixia, Xie, Weiwei, Tao, Jing, Inoue, Hiroyuki, Gyenis, András, Krizan, Jason W., Yazdani, Ali, Zhu, Yimei, and Cava, Robert Joseph. Tue .
"Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe 2 −x Te x". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502460112.
@article{osti_1235154,
title = {Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe 2 −x Te x},
author = {Luo, Huixia and Xie, Weiwei and Tao, Jing and Inoue, Hiroyuki and Gyenis, András and Krizan, Jason W. and Yazdani, Ali and Zhu, Yimei and Cava, Robert Joseph},
abstractNote = {Polymorphism in materials often leads to significantly different physical properties - the rutile and anatase polymorphs of TiO₂ are a prime example. Polytypism is a special type of polymorphism, occurring in layered materials when the geometry of a repeating structural layer is maintained but the layer stacking sequence of the overall crystal structure can be varied; SiC is an example of a material with many polytypes. Although polymorphs can have radically different physical properties, it is much rarer for polytypism to impact physical properties in a dramatic fashion. Here we study the effects of polytypism and polymorphism on the superconductivity of TaSe₂, one of the archetypal members of the large family of layered dichalcogenides. We show that it is possible to access 2 stable polytypes and 2 stable polymorphs in the TaSe2-xTex solid solution, and find that the 3R polytype shows a superconducting transition temperature that is between 6 and 17 times higher than that of the much more commonly found 2H polytype. Thus, the reason for this dramatic change is not apparent, but we propose that it arises either from a remarkable dependence of Tc on subtle differences in the characteristics of the single layers present, or from a surprising effect of the layer stacking sequence on electronic properties that instead are expected to be dominated by the properties of a single layer in materials of this kind.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1502460112},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 11,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502460112
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