A metallic mosaic phase and the origin of Mott insulating state in 1T-TaS2

Abstract

Electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions are two major driving forces that stabilize various charge-ordered phases of matter. The intricate interplay between the two give rises to a peculiar charge density wave (CDW) state, which is also known as a Mott insulator, as the ground state of layered compound 1T-TaS2. The delicate balance also makes it possible to use external perturbations to create and manipulate novel phases in this material. Here, we study a mosaic CDW phase induced by voltage pulses from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), and find that the new phase exhibit electronic structures that are entirely different from the Mott ground state of 1T-TaS2 at low temperatures. The mosaic phase consists of nanometer-sized domains characterized by well-defined phase shifts of the CDW order parameter in the topmost layer, and by altered stacking relative to the layer underneath. We discover that the nature of the new phases is dictated by the stacking order, and our results shed fresh light on the origin of the Mott phase in this layered compound.

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