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Title: Charge density wave surface reconstruction in a van der Waals layered material
(Submitted on 18 Mar 2023 (v1), last revised 25 Aug 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Surface reconstruction plays a vital role in determining the surface electronic structure and chemistry of semiconductors and metal oxides. However, it has been commonly believed that surface reconstruction does not occur in van der Waals layered materials, as they do not undergo significant bond breaking during surface formation. In this study, we present evidence that charge density wave (CDW) order in these materials can, in fact, cause CDW surface reconstruction through interlayer coupling. Using density functional theory calculations on the 1T-TaS2 surface, we reveal that CDW reconstruction, involving concerted small atomic displacements in the subsurface layer, results in a significant modification of the surface electronic structure, transforming it from a Mott insulator to a band insulator. This new form of surface reconstruction explains several previously unexplained observations on the 1T-TaS2 surface and has important implications for interpreting surface phenomena in CDW-ordered layered materials.
Submission history
From: Sung-Hoon Lee [view email][v1] Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:07:08 GMT (7186kb,D)
[v2] Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:30:04 GMT (2830kb,D)
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