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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted a lot of interest in condensed matter physics research due to the existence of multiple novel physical phenomena, including superconductivity and charge density wave order, and also TMDs provide a unique window for studying the interactions between different ground states. In this work, the electronic structure of 1T-NbSeTe is systematically examined by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) for the first time. A van Hove singularity (VHS) is identified at the M point, with binding energy of 250 meV below the Fermi level. Careful analysis is carried out to examine the band dispersions along different high symmetry directions and the possible many-body effect. However, the dispersion kink—a characteristic feature of electron-boson coupling is not obvious in this system. In TMD materials, the van Hove singularity near the Fermi level and the electron-boson (phonon) coupling are suggested to play an important role in forming charge density wave (CDW) and superconductivity, respectively. In this sense, our experimental results may provide a direct explanation for the weakened CDW and relatively low superconducting transition temperature in 1T-NbSeTe. These results may also provide an insight into the charge-density-wave orders in the relevant material systems.
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Keywords:
- transition metal dichalcogenides /
- angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy /
- van Hove singularity /
- electron-boson coupling
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图 1 1T-NbSeTe的晶体结构表征 (a) 沿(001)方向的单晶X射线衍射结果; (b) 1T-NbSeTe晶体结构示意图; (c) SEM测试的形貌特征; (d) 1T-NbSeTe的能量色散X射线谱和元素原子比例
Figure 1. Characterization of the 1T-NbSeTe sample: (a) X-ray diffraction pattern along (001); (b) illustration of the 1T-NbSeTe crystal structure; (c) scanning electron microscopy image of the sample surface; (d) energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and the element ratio.
图 2 1T-NbSeTe的等能面 (a)费米面; (b)—(f)分别为费米面以下100, 200, 300, 400, 500 meV处的等能面
Figure 2. Constant energy maps at different binding energies: (a) Fermi surface; (b)–(f) constant energy maps at 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 meV below the Fermi level, respectively.
图 3 1T-NbSeTe能带结构中的范霍夫奇点 (a)沿M-Γ-M方向的能带结构; (b)沿K-M-K方向的能带结构; (c) 布里渊区和高对称方向; (d)沿K-M-Γ方向的能带结构
Figure 3. van Hove singularity in the band structure of 1T-NbSeTe: (a) Band structure along the M-Γ-M direction
; (b) band structure along the K-M-K direction; (c) Brillouin zone and the high symmetry directions; (d) band structure along the K-M-Γ direction. 
图 4 不同高对称方向的能带色散 (a) K-Γ-K方向的能带结构; (b)在靠近费米能的低能区域((a)中蓝色虚线方框)通过MDC拟合提取的电子色散; (c), (d)与(a), (b)类似, 但沿着K-M-K方向; (e), (f)与(a), (b)类似, 但沿着M-Γ-M方向; (g)和(h)分别为高对称方向路径的实验结果与DFT计算结果
Figure 4. Band dispersion along different high symmetry directions: (a) Band structure along the K-Γ-K direction; (b) extracted band dispersion by fitting MDCs in the low energy region near the Fermi level ((marked by the blue dashed box in (a)); (c), (d), same as (a), (b), but along the K-M-K direction; (e), (f), same as (a), (b), but along the M-Γ-M direction; (g) and (h) are the experimental results and DFT calculation results along the high symmetry directions, respectively.
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[1] Manzeli S, Ovchinnikov D, Pasquier D, Yazyev O V, Kis A 2017 Nat. Rev. Mater. 2 17033
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Google Scholar
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