The electronic structure of a doped Mott-Hubbard surface

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Autori principali: Iannetti, Mattia, Modesti, Silvio, Di Santo, Giovanni, Caputo, Marco, Sheverdyaeva, Polina M., Moras, Paolo, Chiapolino, Fabio, Cea, Tommaso, Tresca, Cesare, Tosatti, Erio, Profeta, Gianni
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author Iannetti, Mattia
Modesti, Silvio
Di Santo, Giovanni
Caputo, Marco
Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
Moras, Paolo
Chiapolino, Fabio
Cea, Tommaso
Tresca, Cesare
Tosatti, Erio
Profeta, Gianni
author_facet Iannetti, Mattia
Modesti, Silvio
Di Santo, Giovanni
Caputo, Marco
Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
Moras, Paolo
Chiapolino, Fabio
Cea, Tommaso
Tresca, Cesare
Tosatti, Erio
Profeta, Gianni
contents The Sn/Si(111)-({\sqrt}3{\times}{\sqrt}3)R30° surface, a 2D Mott insulator, has long been predicted and then found experimetally to metallize and even turn superconducting upon boron doping. In order to clarify the structural, spectroscopic and theoretical details of that evolution, here we present ARPES data supplementing morphology and scanning tunneling measurements. These combined experimental results are compared with predictions from a variety of electronic structure approaches, mostly density functional DFT+U, but not neglecting Mott-Hubbard models, both ordered and disordered. These theoretical pictures address different spectroscopic aspects, including the 2D Fermi surface, the Hubbard bands, etc. While no single picture account for all observations at once,the emergent hypothesis compatible with all data is that metallization arises from sub-subsurface boron doping, additional to the main standard subsurface boron geometry, that would leave the surface insulating. These results advance the indispensable frame for the further understanding of this fascinating system.
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spellingShingle The electronic structure of a doped Mott-Hubbard surface
Iannetti, Mattia
Modesti, Silvio
Di Santo, Giovanni
Caputo, Marco
Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
Moras, Paolo
Chiapolino, Fabio
Cea, Tommaso
Tresca, Cesare
Tosatti, Erio
Profeta, Gianni
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Superconductivity
The Sn/Si(111)-({\sqrt}3{\times}{\sqrt}3)R30° surface, a 2D Mott insulator, has long been predicted and then found experimetally to metallize and even turn superconducting upon boron doping. In order to clarify the structural, spectroscopic and theoretical details of that evolution, here we present ARPES data supplementing morphology and scanning tunneling measurements. These combined experimental results are compared with predictions from a variety of electronic structure approaches, mostly density functional DFT+U, but not neglecting Mott-Hubbard models, both ordered and disordered. These theoretical pictures address different spectroscopic aspects, including the 2D Fermi surface, the Hubbard bands, etc. While no single picture account for all observations at once,the emergent hypothesis compatible with all data is that metallization arises from sub-subsurface boron doping, additional to the main standard subsurface boron geometry, that would leave the surface insulating. These results advance the indispensable frame for the further understanding of this fascinating system.
title The electronic structure of a doped Mott-Hubbard surface
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19682