Published August 28, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Charge density wave collapse of NbSe2 in the (LaSe)1.14(NbSe2)2 misfit layer compound

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Italy
  • 2. Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, UMR7588, F-75252 Paris, France
  • 3. CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Néel, 38042 Grenoble, France
  • 4. Nantes Université, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel, IMN, F-44000 Nantes, France

Description

Misfit layer compounds, heterostructures composed of a regular alternating stacking of rocksalt monochalcogenide bilayers and few-layer transition-metal dichalcogenides, are an emergent platform to investigate highly doped transition-metal dichalcogenides. Among them, (LaSe)1.14(NbSe2)2 displays Ising superconductivity, while the presence of a charge density wave (CDW) in the material is still under debate. Here, by using polarized Raman spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, we show that NbSe2 undergoes a doping-driven collapse of the CDW ordering within the misfit, and no signature of the CDW is detected down to 8 K. We provide a complete experimental and theoretical description of the lattice dynamics of this misfit compound. We show that the vibrational properties are obtained from those of the two subunits, namely, the LaSe unit and the NbSe2 bilayer, in the presence of a suitable field-effect doping, and then highlight the two-dimensional nature of the lattice dynamics of NbSe2 within the (LaSe)1.14(NbSe2)2 three-dimensional structure.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.075430;
arXiv
arXiv:2405.18939;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100010663; 10.13039/100010661; 10.13039/501100001665;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
9 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
865826; ANR-21-CE30-0054
Notes
These authors contributed equally to this work.; Contact Email: Contact author: ludovica.zullo@unitn.it; Contact Email: Contact author: marie-aude.measson@neel.cnrs.fr; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
H2020 European Research Council; Horizon 2020 Framework Programme; Agence Nationale de la Recherche