Nanostructure of a strain-induced charge-density wave in a 2D quantum material

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In this experiment, we will study a strained-induced orientational transition of a charge-density-wave (CDW) that we recently evidenced in TbTe3, a nearly-tetragonal 2D van der Waals material. In the pristine state, the CDW is oriented along the in-plane c axis, and under tensile strain along the perpendicular in-plane direction a, the CDW disappears along c while it appears along a. We showed that this transition is directly related to the ratio of the in-plane lattice constants a/c, and takes place when a=c. However, the way the CDW along a appears still has to be elucidated. In particular, it could appear through the nucleation of domains. The aim of this experiment is to check this scenario using a nanobeam. If domains appear, we will study their evolution under strain. If not, we will validate a scenario of spatially-coexisting CDW. We will additionally get a spatially-resolved measurement of CDW q-vectors under strain, and study the role of temperature.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-2011351895
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/2011351895
Provenance
Creator SUBHANKAR MANDAL ORCID logo; Vincent JACQUES; Antoine GALLO--FRANTZ ORCID logo; Luc ORTEGA (ORCID: 0000-0002-0105-097X); David LE BOLLOCH; Tobias SCHULLI; Claire LAULHE ORCID logo; Olivier PLANTEVIN (ORCID: 0000-0002-6131-181X)
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2028
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Representation
Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields