Anomalous enhancement of atomic vibration induced by electronic transition in 2H-MoTe2under compression
Xingyu Hao1,2, Zhiying Guo1, Haijing Li1,2
1Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In this work, we explore the atomic vibration and local structure in 2H-MoTe2by using high-pressure x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy up to ∼20 GPa. The discrepancy between the Mo-Te and Mo-Mo bond length in 2H-MoTe2obtained from extended-XAFS and other techniques shows abnormal increase at 7.3 and 14.8 GPa, which is mainly due to the abrupt enhancement of vibration perpendicular to the bond direction.Ab initiocalculations are performed to study the electronic structure of 2H-MoTe2up to 20 GPa and confirm a semiconductor to semimetal transition around 8 GPa and a Lifshitz transition around 14 GPa. We attribute the anomalous enhancement of vibration perpendicular to the bond direction to electronic transitions. We find the electronic transition induced enhancement of local vibration for the first time. Our finding offers a novel insight into the local atomic vibration and provides a new platform for understanding the relationship between the electronic transition and atomic vibration.
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