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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Plasmon resonance, described by the classical Drude model, involves collective electron oscillations for enhanced light-matter interactions.
  • The Drude model traditionally assumes no spatial dispersion in plasma frequency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the breakdown of plasmon resonance in ultrathin hafnium nitride (HfN) films.
  • To experimentally demonstrate a metal-insulator transition in nanoscale HfN.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of epitaxial hafnium nitride (HfN) films with varying thicknesses.
  • Experimental characterization of plasmonic properties and electronic behavior across different length scales.

Main Results:

  • Epitaxial HfN thick films showed Drude-like plasmon resonance in the visible spectrum.
  • Ultrathin HfN films exhibited breakdown of plasmon resonance and a metal-insulator transition.
  • Coulomb interactions and electron confinement in nanoscale films led to spatial dispersion of plasma frequency.

Conclusions:

  • The observed metal-insulator transition in nanoscale HfN suggests a breakdown of traditional plasmonics.
  • This phenomenon may indicate signatures of Wigner crystallization in transdimensional films.
  • Ultrathin HfN films offer a novel platform for exploring strongly correlated electron systems.