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Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material

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Guin,  Satya N.
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Kumar,  Nitesh
Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Shekhar,  Chandra
Chandra Shekhar, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Felser,  Claudia
Claudia Felser, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Litskevich, M., Hossain, M. S., Zhang, S.-B., Cheng, Z.-J., Guin, S. N., Kumar, N., et al. (2024). Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material. Nature Physics, 1-10. doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02469-1.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-7BAC-6
Abstract
Charge density waves appear in numerous condensed matter platforms ranging from high-temperature superconductors to quantum Hall systems. Despite such ubiquity, there has been a lack of direct experimental study of boundary states that can uniquely stem from the charge order. Here we directly visualize the bulk and boundary phenomenology of the charge density wave in a topological material, Ta2Se8I, using scanning tunnelling microscopy. At a monolayer step edge, we demonstrate the presence of an in-gap boundary mode persisting up to the charge ordering temperature with modulations along the edge that match the charge density wave wavevector along the edge. Furthermore, these results manifesting the presence of an edge state challenge the existing axion insulator interpretation of the charge-ordered phase in this compound. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2024.