Tunable structural phase transition and superconductivity in the Weyl semimetal Mo1-xWxTe2
Tunable structural phase transition and superconductivity in the Weyl semimetal Mo1-xWxTe2
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.101.140505
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发表时间:
2020-04-16
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Chu, C. W.
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作者:
Dahal, R.;Deng, L. Z.;Chu, C. W.
The relationship among structural transition, superconductivity, and doping in the Weyl semimetal Mo1-xWxTe2 has been established through a systematic study of the doping and pressure effects. Doping-dependent resistivity measurements at ambient pressure revealed that the structural transition temperature increases linearly with increasing W content in Mo1-xWxTe2. The observed structural transition temperature (T-s) of MoTe2 at ambient pressure is 249 K and that of WTe2 is 613 K. Temperature-dependent synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements further confirmed the structural transition in WTe2 at ambient pressure. Pressure was found to continuously suppress the T-s in Mo(0.90)Wa(0.10)Te(2), Mo0.60W0.40Te2, and Mo0.25W0.75Te2, and superconductivity emerges in Mo0.90W0.10Te2 and Mo0.60W0.40Te2 above 1.25 K when T-s is suppressed to a lower temperature.