Uniaxial strain-induced phase transition in the 2D topological semimetal IrTe2

Christopher W. Nicholson; Maxime Rumo; Aki Pulkkinen; Geoffroy Kremer; Björn Salzmann; Marie-Laure Mottas; Baptiste Hildebrand; Thomas Jaouen; Timur K. Kim; Saumya Mukherjee; KeYuan Ma; Matthias Muntwiler; Fabian O. von Rohr; Cephise Cacho; Claude Monney

doi:10.1038/s43246-021-00130-5

Communications Materials (Mar 2021)

Uniaxial strain-induced phase transition in the 2D topological semimetal IrTe2

Christopher W. Nicholson,
Maxime Rumo,
Aki Pulkkinen,
Geoffroy Kremer,
Björn Salzmann,
Marie-Laure Mottas,
Baptiste Hildebrand,
Thomas Jaouen,
Timur K. Kim,
Saumya Mukherjee,
KeYuan Ma,
Matthias Muntwiler,
Fabian O. von Rohr,
Cephise Cacho,
Claude Monney

Affiliations

Christopher W. Nicholson: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Maxime Rumo: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Aki Pulkkinen: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Geoffroy Kremer: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Björn Salzmann: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Marie-Laure Mottas: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Baptiste Hildebrand: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Thomas Jaouen: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg
Timur K. Kim: Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus
Saumya Mukherjee: Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus
KeYuan Ma: Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich
Matthias Muntwiler: Paul-Scherrer-Institute
Fabian O. von Rohr: Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich
Cephise Cacho: Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus
Claude Monney: Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00130-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Uniaxial strain is a powerful approach to tune material properties and select between nearly degenerate phases. Here, uniaxial strain is used to stabilize the elusive 6×1 charge ordered ground state of IrTe2, revealing insights into its electronic structure and type-II topological Dirac states.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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