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Banabir Pal¹, Yanwei Cao^2,3, Xiaoran Liu⁴

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, USA. bp435@physics.rutgers.edu.

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Trigonal distortions in titanium dichalcogenides significantly impact electronic properties. Anomalously large crystal field splitting, driven by these distortions, controls electronic phase protection and unconventional electronic structures.

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Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Solid-State Chemistry

Background:

Lattice distortions are crucial for material electronic ground states.
Trigonal distortions are common in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, but their precise effects on electronic structure and topology remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the electronic structure of titanium dichalcogenides (TiX2, X=S, Se, Te).
Understand the impact of increasing trigonal distortion magnitude on electronic and topological properties.

Main Methods:

Utilized polarization-dependent X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS).
Employed X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
Performed atomic multiplet cluster calculations.

Main Results:

Observed an anomalously large crystal field splitting in TiX2 compounds.
Found that crystal field splitting is linked to unconventional electronic structures.
Demonstrated that distortion magnitude increases from TiS2 to TiTe2.

Conclusions:

The large crystal field splitting, influenced by trigonal symmetry and metal-ligand hybridization, governs the electronic phase protection.
The conventional crystal field picture is insufficient; electron-electron correlations are vital for understanding the electronic ground state at the Fermi energy.