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Room Temperature Commensurate Charge Density Wave on Epitaxially Grown Bilayer 2H-Tantalum Sulfide on Hexagonal Boron Nitride

The breaking of multiple symmetries by periodic lattice distortion at a commensurate charge density wave (CDW) state is expected to give rise to intriguing interesting properties. However, accessing the commensurate CDW state on bulk TaS2 crystals typically requires cryogenic temperatures (77 K), wh...

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Published in:ACS nano 2020-04, Vol.14 (4), p.3917-3926
Main Authors: Fu, Wei, Qiao, Jingsi, Zhao, Xiaoxu, Chen, Yu, Fu, Deyi, Yu, Wei, Leng, Kai, Song, Peng, Chen, Zhi, Yu, Ting, Pennycook, Stephen J, Quek, Su Ying, Loh, Kian Ping
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Language:English
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Summary:The breaking of multiple symmetries by periodic lattice distortion at a commensurate charge density wave (CDW) state is expected to give rise to intriguing interesting properties. However, accessing the commensurate CDW state on bulk TaS2 crystals typically requires cryogenic temperatures (77 K), which precludes practical applications. Here, we found that heteroepitaxial growth of a 2H-tantalum disulfide bilayer on a hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) substrate produces a robust commensurate CDW order at room temperature, characterized by a Moiré superlattice of 3 × 3 TaS2 on a 4 × 4 h-BN unit cell. The CDW order is confirmed by scanning transmission electron microscopy and Raman measurements. Theoretical calculations reveal that the stabilizing energy for the CDW phase of the monolayer and bilayer 2H-TaS2-on-h-BN substrates arises primarily from interfacial electrostatic interactions and, to a lesser extent, interfacial strain. Our work shows that engineering interfacial electrostatic interactions in an ultrathin van der Waals heterostructure constitutes an effective way to enhance CDW order in two-dimensional materials.
ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/acsnano.0c00303