Interplay of Defects and the Charge Density Wave State in Hf-Doped ZrTe${}_3$

Ghilles Ainouche, Resmi Sudheer, Susree Mohapatra +6

We carry out temperature-dependent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies of the charge density wave (CDW) compound ZrTe${}_3$ which is intentionally doped with Hf. Previous bul…