Orbital-selective band modifications in a charge-ordered kagome metal LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$
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| author | Lou, Rui Zhang, Yumeng Cheng, Erjian Feng, Xiaolong Fedorov, Alexander Li, Zongkai Luo, Yixuan Generalov, Alexander Ma, Haiyang Wei, Quanxing Zhou, Yi Changdar, Susmita Schnelle, Walter Chen, Dong Chen, Yulin Liu, Jianpeng Guo, Yanfeng Borisenko, Sergey Vyalikh, Denis V. Felser, Claudia Büchner, Bernd Liu, Zhongkai |
| author_facet | Lou, Rui Zhang, Yumeng Cheng, Erjian Feng, Xiaolong Fedorov, Alexander Li, Zongkai Luo, Yixuan Generalov, Alexander Ma, Haiyang Wei, Quanxing Zhou, Yi Changdar, Susmita Schnelle, Walter Chen, Dong Chen, Yulin Liu, Jianpeng Guo, Yanfeng Borisenko, Sergey Vyalikh, Denis V. Felser, Claudia Büchner, Bernd Liu, Zhongkai |
| contents | The origin of the charge order in kagome lattice materials has attracted great interest due to the unique electronic structure features connected to kagome networks and the interplay between electron and lattice degrees of freedom. Recently, compounds with composition $Ln$Nb$_6$Sn$_6$ ($Ln$ = Ce-Nd, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu, Y) appear as a new family of kagome metals, structurally analogous to $R$V$_6$Sn$_6$ ($R$ = Sc, Y, or rare earth) systems. Among them, LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$ emerges as a novel material hosting charge density wave (CDW) with a $\sqrt{3}$ $\times$ $\sqrt{3}$ $\times$ $3$ wave vector, akin to that in ScV$_6$Sn$_6$. Here, we employ high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and density functional theory calculations to systematically investigate the electronic properties of LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$. Our observation reveals the characteristic band structures of the "166" kagome system. A charge instability driven by Fermi surface nesting is decisively ruled out through an analysis of the interactions between van Hove singularities. Across the CDW transition, we observe orbital-selective band modifications, with noticeable evolutions of Lu 5$d$ and Sn 5$p$ electrons, while Nb 4$d$ electrons exhibit minimal change, suggesting that the Lu and Sn sites other than the Nb kagome lattice play a key role in the formation of CDW. Our findings substantiate a universal lattice-driven CDW mechanism rather than a charge-instability-driven one in the "166" kagome compounds, making it a distinct material class compared to other charge-ordered kagome systems, such as $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A$ = K, Rb, Cs) and FeGe. |
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| spellingShingle | Orbital-selective band modifications in a charge-ordered kagome metal LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$ Lou, Rui Zhang, Yumeng Cheng, Erjian Feng, Xiaolong Fedorov, Alexander Li, Zongkai Luo, Yixuan Generalov, Alexander Ma, Haiyang Wei, Quanxing Zhou, Yi Changdar, Susmita Schnelle, Walter Chen, Dong Chen, Yulin Liu, Jianpeng Guo, Yanfeng Borisenko, Sergey Vyalikh, Denis V. Felser, Claudia Büchner, Bernd Liu, Zhongkai Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science The origin of the charge order in kagome lattice materials has attracted great interest due to the unique electronic structure features connected to kagome networks and the interplay between electron and lattice degrees of freedom. Recently, compounds with composition $Ln$Nb$_6$Sn$_6$ ($Ln$ = Ce-Nd, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu, Y) appear as a new family of kagome metals, structurally analogous to $R$V$_6$Sn$_6$ ($R$ = Sc, Y, or rare earth) systems. Among them, LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$ emerges as a novel material hosting charge density wave (CDW) with a $\sqrt{3}$ $\times$ $\sqrt{3}$ $\times$ $3$ wave vector, akin to that in ScV$_6$Sn$_6$. Here, we employ high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and density functional theory calculations to systematically investigate the electronic properties of LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$. Our observation reveals the characteristic band structures of the "166" kagome system. A charge instability driven by Fermi surface nesting is decisively ruled out through an analysis of the interactions between van Hove singularities. Across the CDW transition, we observe orbital-selective band modifications, with noticeable evolutions of Lu 5$d$ and Sn 5$p$ electrons, while Nb 4$d$ electrons exhibit minimal change, suggesting that the Lu and Sn sites other than the Nb kagome lattice play a key role in the formation of CDW. Our findings substantiate a universal lattice-driven CDW mechanism rather than a charge-instability-driven one in the "166" kagome compounds, making it a distinct material class compared to other charge-ordered kagome systems, such as $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A$ = K, Rb, Cs) and FeGe. |
| title | Orbital-selective band modifications in a charge-ordered kagome metal LuNb$_6$Sn$_6$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04019 |