Closing of the Mott gap near step edges in NiS2

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Autori principali: Yasui, Yuuki, Iwata, Kota, Okazaki, Shota, Miyasaka, Shigeki, Sugimoto, Yoshiaki, Hanaguri, Tetsuo, Takagi, Hidenori, Sasagawa, Takao
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Yasui, Yuuki
Iwata, Kota
Okazaki, Shota
Miyasaka, Shigeki
Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
Hanaguri, Tetsuo
Takagi, Hidenori
Sasagawa, Takao
author_facet Yasui, Yuuki
Iwata, Kota
Okazaki, Shota
Miyasaka, Shigeki
Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
Hanaguri, Tetsuo
Takagi, Hidenori
Sasagawa, Takao
contents A prototypical charge-transfer type Mott insulator NiS2 pyrite exhibits a metal-insulator transition with bandwidth control. Recent discoveries on surface-specific electronic states on other 3d transition-metal disulfide pyrites motivate us to further investigate the surface of NiS2, where metallic surface conduction is discussed. Here, the spectroscopic-imaging scanning-tunneling-microscopy observations revealed that the surface is not metallic, contrary to the expectation. Instead, the Mott gap is closed near step edges, suggesting possible electrical conduction from one-dimensional channels. The edge anomaly was observed irrespective of its magnetic order and is limited to the insulator phases.
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spellingShingle Closing of the Mott gap near step edges in NiS2
Yasui, Yuuki
Iwata, Kota
Okazaki, Shota
Miyasaka, Shigeki
Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
Hanaguri, Tetsuo
Takagi, Hidenori
Sasagawa, Takao
Strongly Correlated Electrons
A prototypical charge-transfer type Mott insulator NiS2 pyrite exhibits a metal-insulator transition with bandwidth control. Recent discoveries on surface-specific electronic states on other 3d transition-metal disulfide pyrites motivate us to further investigate the surface of NiS2, where metallic surface conduction is discussed. Here, the spectroscopic-imaging scanning-tunneling-microscopy observations revealed that the surface is not metallic, contrary to the expectation. Instead, the Mott gap is closed near step edges, suggesting possible electrical conduction from one-dimensional channels. The edge anomaly was observed irrespective of its magnetic order and is limited to the insulator phases.
title Closing of the Mott gap near step edges in NiS2
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19636