Mott insulating behaviors in few-layer 1T-TaSe<sub>2</sub>
ORAL
Abstract
Material systems with strong electron correlation may exhibit exotic properties in stark contrast to conventional Fermi liquid. Among them, Mott insulators continues to attract tremendous research interest due to its close relation with unconventional superconductors and quantum spin liquids. Recent advances in layered van der Waals materials provide a novel material family which intrinsically has great in-situ tunablility and therefore may act as a versatile quantum simulator for complicated systems. While the low temperature insulating phase with commensurate charge density wave (CCDW) order of the two-dimensional (2D) material 1T-TaS2 has been ascribed to a Mott insulator, recent work casts doubt on this identification by considering the vertical stacking order of 2D CDWs. On the other hand, the CCDW phase in question was reported to be fragile towards mechanical exfoliation, hindering direct characterization in atomic-layer limit. Here we present electrical transport characterization of few-layer 1T-TaSe2, a ‘sibling’ material with simpler phase diagram and more robust CCDW order. Our results provide evidence of Mott insulating behaviors in this long-thought trivial metal, thus hinting at an ideal platform for the investigation of strongly correlated physics in 2D systems.
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Presenters
Siqi Wang
University of California at Berkeley
University of California Berkeley
Authors
Siqi Wang
University of California at Berkeley
University of California Berkeley
Sui Yang
University of California at Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Kenji Watanabe
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
National Institute for Material Science
National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
nims
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
NIMS
National Institute for Material Science - Japan
NIMS Tsukuba
National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
National Institute of Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
National Institute for Material Science, Japan
National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
National institute for materials science
NIMS-Tsukuba
NIMS, Japan
National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
NIRM
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
NIMS Japan
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
Physics, NIMS
National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
NIMS - Tsukuba
Takashi Taniguchi
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
National Institute for Material Science
National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
nims
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
NIMS
National Institute for Material Science - Japan
NIMS Tsukuba
National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
National Institute of Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
National institute for materials science
NIMS-Tsukuba
NIMS, Japan
National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
NIMS Japan
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
Physics, NIMS
National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
NIMS - Tsukuba
Kai Rossnagel
Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University
