Ultrafast atomic dimerization of Peierls distortion in semimetal molybdenum ditelluride
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| author | Wang, Zhong Hu, Chunlong Gong, Changchang Hua, Fuyong You, Qian Liang, Wenxi |
| author_facet | Wang, Zhong Hu, Chunlong Gong, Changchang Hua, Fuyong You, Qian Liang, Wenxi |
| contents | Semimetal molybdenum ditelluride (1T'-MoTe$_2$) possess diverse phase transitions enriching its application prospects. The structural response during these transitions is crucial to understanding the underlying mechanisms, but the desired details of pathway and time span are still insufficient. Here, we investigate the lattice evolution in few-layer 1T'-MoTe$_2$ after photoexcitation, using ultrafast electron diffraction and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The observed complex lattice responses with unintuitively evolving Bragg peak intensity and interplanar spacing, are best interpreted as the combination of shear displacement and Mo-Mo bond shortening in a few picoseconds, and a metastable structure in nanoseconds, basing on the analyses of structure factor and pair distribution function. The DFT calculations reveal that, the photodoped electrons induced population change of the antibonding states close to Fermi level, lead to the shear displacement and the dimerization of Mo pairs. Our findings present new insights for elucidating the picture of Peierls distortion in 1T'-MoTe$_2$. |
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| spellingShingle | Ultrafast atomic dimerization of Peierls distortion in semimetal molybdenum ditelluride Wang, Zhong Hu, Chunlong Gong, Changchang Hua, Fuyong You, Qian Liang, Wenxi Materials Science Semimetal molybdenum ditelluride (1T'-MoTe$_2$) possess diverse phase transitions enriching its application prospects. The structural response during these transitions is crucial to understanding the underlying mechanisms, but the desired details of pathway and time span are still insufficient. Here, we investigate the lattice evolution in few-layer 1T'-MoTe$_2$ after photoexcitation, using ultrafast electron diffraction and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The observed complex lattice responses with unintuitively evolving Bragg peak intensity and interplanar spacing, are best interpreted as the combination of shear displacement and Mo-Mo bond shortening in a few picoseconds, and a metastable structure in nanoseconds, basing on the analyses of structure factor and pair distribution function. The DFT calculations reveal that, the photodoped electrons induced population change of the antibonding states close to Fermi level, lead to the shear displacement and the dimerization of Mo pairs. Our findings present new insights for elucidating the picture of Peierls distortion in 1T'-MoTe$_2$. |
| title | Ultrafast atomic dimerization of Peierls distortion in semimetal molybdenum ditelluride |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21096 |