Elastoresistivity Signatures of Nematic Fluctuations in Layered Antiferromagnet CoTa3S6
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| author | Lu, Tao Feng, Zili Ye, Mengxing Kurumaji, Takashi Ye, Linda |
| author_facet | Lu, Tao Feng, Zili Ye, Mengxing Kurumaji, Takashi Ye, Linda |
| contents | Nematic phases that break rotational symmetry are widely observed in quantum materials, and clarifying their origin and relationship with other symmetry-breaking phases remains an important but challenging task. In this work, we investigate nematic fluctuations in CoTa$_3$S$_6$ using elastoresistivity experiments to resolve the nature of the proposed nematic phase intertwined with collinear and non-coplanar antiferromagnetic orders. We observe a divergence-like antisymmetric elastoresistivity that rapidly develops below the stripe antiferromagnetic transition, consistent with a distinct nematic degree of freedom coupled to the magnetic order. While nematic fluctuations are strongly modulated by an external out-of-plane magnetic field and the onset temperature of resistivity anisotropy shows pronounced strain dependence, the antiferromagnetic transition temperatures remain nearly unchanged under either magnetic field or strain. Additionally, complementary magnetoresistance measurements reveal characteristic signatures of three-state nematicity in a hexagonal system. Our findings demonstrate CoTa$_3$S$_6$ as a unique case of intertwined nematic and AFM orders with distinct origins. |
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| spellingShingle | Elastoresistivity Signatures of Nematic Fluctuations in Layered Antiferromagnet CoTa3S6 Lu, Tao Feng, Zili Ye, Mengxing Kurumaji, Takashi Ye, Linda Strongly Correlated Electrons Nematic phases that break rotational symmetry are widely observed in quantum materials, and clarifying their origin and relationship with other symmetry-breaking phases remains an important but challenging task. In this work, we investigate nematic fluctuations in CoTa$_3$S$_6$ using elastoresistivity experiments to resolve the nature of the proposed nematic phase intertwined with collinear and non-coplanar antiferromagnetic orders. We observe a divergence-like antisymmetric elastoresistivity that rapidly develops below the stripe antiferromagnetic transition, consistent with a distinct nematic degree of freedom coupled to the magnetic order. While nematic fluctuations are strongly modulated by an external out-of-plane magnetic field and the onset temperature of resistivity anisotropy shows pronounced strain dependence, the antiferromagnetic transition temperatures remain nearly unchanged under either magnetic field or strain. Additionally, complementary magnetoresistance measurements reveal characteristic signatures of three-state nematicity in a hexagonal system. Our findings demonstrate CoTa$_3$S$_6$ as a unique case of intertwined nematic and AFM orders with distinct origins. |
| title | Elastoresistivity Signatures of Nematic Fluctuations in Layered Antiferromagnet CoTa3S6 |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12704 |