Local structure memory effects in the polar and nonpolar phases of MoTe2

Petkov, Valeri; Ren, Yang

doi:10.1103/physrevb.103.094101

Title: Local structure memory effects in the polar and nonpolar phases of MoTe₂

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.103.094101· OSTI ID:1797926

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Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

We use total scattering to study the reversible transition between the polar 1T' and nonpolar T_d phases of layered MoTe₂ taking place at 240 K. Whereas, macroscopically, the transition appears to be first order, locally, it is not. In particular, a great deal of the stacking sequence of Te-Mo-Te layers characteristic of the polar 1T' phase persists locally in the nonpolar T_d phase, and vice versa, over a broad temperature range extending about 100 K both below and above the transition. The intermixing ratio for the two sequences evolves gradually across the transition temperature, consistent with a second-order transition behavior. Here, the presence of coexisting local polar and nonpolar regions and the resulting variety of internal interfaces where the spatial inversion symmetry is broken may be behind some of the unusual electronic properties of T_d–MoTe₂, including its putative type-II Weyl semimetal state.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1797926

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 103, Issue 9; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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