Discovery of a strain-stabilised smectic electronic order in LiFeAs

Chi Ming Yim; Christopher Trainer; Ramakrishna Aluru; Shun Chi; Walter N. Hardy; Ruixing Liang; Doug Bonn; Peter Wahl

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04909-y

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Discovery of a strain-stabilised smectic electronic order in LiFeAs

Chi Ming Yim,
Christopher Trainer,
Ramakrishna Aluru,
Shun Chi,
Walter N. Hardy,
Ruixing Liang,
Doug Bonn,
Peter Wahl

Affiliations

Chi Ming Yim: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh
Christopher Trainer: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh
Ramakrishna Aluru: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh
Shun Chi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Walter N. Hardy: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Ruixing Liang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Doug Bonn: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Peter Wahl: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04909-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Small structural distortions may lead to dramatic modification in the electronic states in strong correlated materials. Here, Yim et al. image a strain-stabilized smectic electronic order in LiFeAs with both broken rotational symmetry and reduced translational symmetry.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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