Metal-insulator transition in 1T-TaS2-xSex

被引:5
作者
Shiino, O [1 ]
Watanabe, T
Endo, T
Hanaguri, T
Kitazawa, K
Nohara, M
Takagi, H
Murayama, C
Takeshita, N
Môri, N
Hasegawa, T
Yamaguchi, W
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Dept Supercond, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Adv Mat Sci, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1060032, Japan
[4] Tokyo Inst Technol, Mat & Struct Lab, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268503, Japan
[5] Natl Ind Res Inst Nagoya, Kita Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4620057, Japan
来源
PHYSICA B | 2000年 / 284卷
关键词
1T-TaS2-xSex; charge density wave; metal-insulator transition;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02846-X
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The transition metal dichalcogenide, 1T-TaS2, shows metal-insulator transition (MIT) accompanying the nearly commensurate (NC)-commensurate (C) charge density wave (CDW) phase transition at 180 K. It has been proposed that the low-temperature C-CDW phase is a Mott insulator. However, our specific heat and magnetic susceptibility measurements in the 1 T-Ta2 - xSex system revealed no indications of effective mass enhancement or intrinsic localized spins in the insulating phase. So we propose a new model for the MIT in which the interlayer coupling of the CDW superstructure plays an important role. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1673 / 1674
页数:2
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