Room-temperature multistage metastability in a moiré superstructure
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| author | Lv, B. Q. Su, Yifan Zong, Alfred Morey, Karna Fichera, Bryan T. Liu, Qiaomei Wu, Dong Ma, Yongchang Zhang, Dupeng Zhou, Faran Hashimoto, Makoto Lu, Dong-Hui Walko, Donald A. Wen, Haidan Li, Jiarui Sarker, Suchismita Ruff, Jacob P. C. Wang, N. L. Gedik, Nuh |
| author_facet | Lv, B. Q. Su, Yifan Zong, Alfred Morey, Karna Fichera, Bryan T. Liu, Qiaomei Wu, Dong Ma, Yongchang Zhang, Dupeng Zhou, Faran Hashimoto, Makoto Lu, Dong-Hui Walko, Donald A. Wen, Haidan Li, Jiarui Sarker, Suchismita Ruff, Jacob P. C. Wang, N. L. Gedik, Nuh |
| contents | Metastability is fundamental not only to phase ordering and transitions, but also to a broad range of modern technologies, from memory devices to metallic glasses. In condensed-matter physics, charge density waves (CDWs) offer versatile platforms for accessing metastable states due to their sensitivity to external stimuli. However, most metastable CDW states are stabilized only at low temperatures, limiting their practical utility. In this study, we report the observation of electrically driven, room-temperature, nonvolatile metastable states in the bulk form of EuTe$_4$, a recently discovered compound that hosts an innate moiré superlattice characterized by the stacking of incommensurate monolayer and bilayer CDWs. Systematic transport measurements reveal discrete resistivity plateaus and strong electric-field sensitivity, with a large number of metastable states readily induced across a wide temperature window within a giant hysteresis loop, making them well-suited for high-temperature, multi-bit memory applications. By integrating photoemission spectroscopy, diffraction, and in-situ transport measurements, we uncover that these metastable states do not stem from conventional mechanisms such as the emergence of new ordered phases or changes in incommensurate periodicity. Instead, they are characterized by a suppression of the original CDW amplitude and a reduction in correlation length, pointing to a unique electric-field-induced switching of out-of-plane CDW phases in the moiré superstructure. Our findings not only provide critical insights into metastable phenomena in moiré systems with stacked electronic orders but also establish EuTe$_4$ as a promising platform for developing room-temperature, multi-bit memory devices. |
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| spellingShingle | Room-temperature multistage metastability in a moiré superstructure Lv, B. Q. Su, Yifan Zong, Alfred Morey, Karna Fichera, Bryan T. Liu, Qiaomei Wu, Dong Ma, Yongchang Zhang, Dupeng Zhou, Faran Hashimoto, Makoto Lu, Dong-Hui Walko, Donald A. Wen, Haidan Li, Jiarui Sarker, Suchismita Ruff, Jacob P. C. Wang, N. L. Gedik, Nuh Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Metastability is fundamental not only to phase ordering and transitions, but also to a broad range of modern technologies, from memory devices to metallic glasses. In condensed-matter physics, charge density waves (CDWs) offer versatile platforms for accessing metastable states due to their sensitivity to external stimuli. However, most metastable CDW states are stabilized only at low temperatures, limiting their practical utility. In this study, we report the observation of electrically driven, room-temperature, nonvolatile metastable states in the bulk form of EuTe$_4$, a recently discovered compound that hosts an innate moiré superlattice characterized by the stacking of incommensurate monolayer and bilayer CDWs. Systematic transport measurements reveal discrete resistivity plateaus and strong electric-field sensitivity, with a large number of metastable states readily induced across a wide temperature window within a giant hysteresis loop, making them well-suited for high-temperature, multi-bit memory applications. By integrating photoemission spectroscopy, diffraction, and in-situ transport measurements, we uncover that these metastable states do not stem from conventional mechanisms such as the emergence of new ordered phases or changes in incommensurate periodicity. Instead, they are characterized by a suppression of the original CDW amplitude and a reduction in correlation length, pointing to a unique electric-field-induced switching of out-of-plane CDW phases in the moiré superstructure. Our findings not only provide critical insights into metastable phenomena in moiré systems with stacked electronic orders but also establish EuTe$_4$ as a promising platform for developing room-temperature, multi-bit memory devices. |
| title | Room-temperature multistage metastability in a moiré superstructure |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18998 |