Hole-doped 1T-TaS2 is shown to host individually resolvable particle-like electrons whose spatial statistics suggest attractive nearest-neighbor and repulsive six-neighbor interactions, with voltage-pulse-induced hopping demonstrated.
Emergent Electronic Kagome Lattice in Correlated Charge-Density-Wave State of 1T-TaS$_2$
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Quantum materials with tunable correlated and/or topological electronic states, such as the electronic Kagome lattice, provide an ideal platform to study the exotic quantum properties. However, the real-space investigations on the correlated electronic Kagome lattice have been rarely reported. Herein, we report on the electronic Kagome lattice emerging in the correlated charge-density-wave (CDW) state of 1T-TaS$_2$ at ~200 K via variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (VT-STM). This emergent Kagome lattice can be considered a fractional electron-filling superstructure with reduced translational and rotational symmetries, confirmed by STM measurements and density functional theory simulations. The characteristic band structure and density of states of this electronic Kagome lattice are further explored based on theoretical calculations. Our results demonstrate a self-organized electronic Kagome lattice from the correlated CDW state via the effective tuning parameter of temperature and provide a platform to directly explore the interplay of correlated electrons and topological physics.
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Real-space titration and manipulation of particle-like correlated electrons in doped Mott insulator
Hole-doped 1T-TaS2 is shown to host individually resolvable particle-like electrons whose spatial statistics suggest attractive nearest-neighbor and repulsive six-neighbor interactions, with voltage-pulse-induced hopping demonstrated.