Topical review: recent progress of charge density waves in 2D transition metal dichalcogenide-based heterojunctions and their applications

Z Xu, H Yang, X Song, Y Chen, H Yang, M Liu… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Charge density wave (CDW) is an intriguing physical phenomenon especially found in two-
dimensional (2D) layered systems such as transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). The …

Three-Dimensional Charge Density Wave and Surface-Dependent Vortex-Core States in a Kagome Superconductor

Z Liang, X Hou, F Zhang, W Ma, P Wu, Z Zhang, F Yu… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The transition-metal-based kagome metals provide a versatile platform for correlated
topological phases hosting various electronic instabilities. While superconductivity is rare in …

The metallic nature of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides and MXenes

W Xu, Y Ke, Z Wang, W Zhang, ATS Wee - Surface Science Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Metallic two-dimensional (2D) materials such as transition-metal dichalcogenides
(TMDCs) and MXenes exhibit intriguing properties, including superconductivity, magnetism …

Proximity Effects on the Charge Density Wave Order and Superconductivity in Single-Layer NbSe2

P Dreher, W Wan, A Chikina, M Bianchi, H Guo… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Collective electronic states such as the charge density wave (CDW) order and
superconductivity (SC) respond sensitively to external perturbations. Such sensitivity is …

Discovery of a Cooper-pair density wave state in a transition-metal dichalcogenide

X Liu, YX Chong, R Sharma, JCS Davis - Science, 2021 - science.org
Pair density wave (PDW) states are defined by a spatially modulating superconductive order
parameter. To search for such states in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), we used …

Three-dimensional charge density wave and robust zero-bias conductance peak inside the superconducting vortex core of a kagome superconductor CsVSb

Z Liang, X Hou, F Zhang, W Ma, P Wu, Z Zhang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
The transition-metal-based kagome metals provide a versatile platform for correlated
topological phases hosting various electronic instabilities. While superconductivity is rare in …

Chirality locking charge density waves in a chiral crystal

G Li, H Yang, P Jiang, C Wang, Q Cheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In Weyl semimetals, charge density wave (CDW) order can spontaneously break the chiral
symmetry, gap out the Weyl nodes, and drive the material into the axion insulating phase …

Nematic transition and nanoscale suppression of superconductivity in Fe (Te, Se)

H Zhao, H Li, L Dong, B Xu, J Schneeloch, R Zhong… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The interplay of different electronic phases underlies the physics of unconventional
superconductors. One of the most intriguing examples is a high-temperature …

Uniaxial strain-induced phase transition in the 2D topological semimetal IrTe2

CW Nicholson, M Rumo, A Pulkkinen… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Strain is ubiquitous in solid-state materials, but despite its fundamental importance and
technological relevance, leveraging externally applied strain to gain control over material …

Multiband charge density wave exposed in a transition metal dichalcogenide

Á Pásztor, A Scarfato, M Spera, F Flicker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In the presence of multiple bands, well-known electronic instabilities may acquire new
complexity. While multiband superconductivity is the subject of extensive studies, the …