Insulator-to-metal Mott transition facilitated by lattice deformation in monolayer $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$ on graphite

Xiaohu Zheng, Ogasawara Takuma, Huaxue Zhou +7

Creating heterostructures with graphene/graphite is a practical method for charge-doping $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$, but not sufficient to cause the insulator-to-metal transition. In this study,…