Magnetoelastic coupling driven magnon gap in a honeycomb antiferromagnet
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Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to He, Jiaming (ORCID:0000000225945081).
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The effects of dimensional reduction and ion intercalation on superconductivity (SC) in the presence of charge density waves (CDWs) in two-dimensional crystals of 2H-TaSe 2 were characterized. We prepared atomically thin crystals by mechanical exfoliation and performed electrical transport measurements on devices made by photolithography. The superconducting transition temperature ($T$ $^{SC}_{c}$) was found to increase monotonically as the thickness decreased, changing from 0.14 K in the bulk to higher than 1.4 K for a 3-nm-thick crystal. Here, the temperature dependence of upper critical field was found to be anomalous. The CDW transition temperature ($T$ $^{CDW}_{c}$) was found to decrease, but to a less extent than $T$ $^{SC}_{c}$, from 120 K in the bulk to around 113 K for the 3-nm-thick crystal. In addition, ion intercalation was found to increase $T$ $^{SC}_{c}$ and suppress $T$ $^{CDW}_{c}$ in an atomically thin crystal of 2H-TaSe 2 . The implications of these findings are discussed. We suggest that dimensional reduction and ion intercalation are potentially effective ways to engineer material properties for layered transition metal chalcogenides.