Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Atomic-scale visualization of chiral charge density wave superlattices and their reversible switching

  • Xuan Song,
  • Liwei Liu,
  • Yaoyao Chen,
  • Han Yang,
  • Zeping Huang,
  • Baofei Hou,
  • Yanhui Hou,
  • Xu Han,
  • Huixia Yang,
  • Quanzhen Zhang,
  • Teng Zhang,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Yuan Huang,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Hong-Jun Gao,
  • Yeliang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29548-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Single-layer NbSe2 has a charge density wave with two degenerate domains, related by mirror reflection. Here, using scanning tunneling microscopy, the authors observe the time-dependent movement of domain walls, and demonstrate reversible switching between the two domain types using a voltage pulse from the microscope tip.