Pressure-induced Td to 1T′ structural phase transition in WTe{sub 2}
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031 (China)
- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203 (China)
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China)
WTe{sub 2} is provoking immense interest owing to its extraordinary properties, such as large positive magnetoresistance, pressure-driven superconductivity and possible type-II Weyl semimetal state. Here we report results of high-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman and electrical transport measurements on WTe{sub 2}. Both the XRD and Raman results reveal a structural transition upon compression, starting at 6.0 GPa and completing above 15.5 GPa. We have determined that the high-pressure lattice symmetry is monoclinic 1T′ with space group of P2{sub 1}/m. This transition is related to a lateral sliding of adjacent Te-W-Te layers and results in a collapse of the unit cell volume by ∼20.5%. The structural transition also casts a pressure range with the broadened superconducting transition, where the zero resistance disappears.
- OSTI ID:
- 22611471
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 6, Issue 7; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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