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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science

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  • Charge density waves (CDWs) are crucial for understanding electron interactions and quantum phase transitions.
  • Carrier density significantly impacts CDW ground states, typically modified by doping.
  • Atomic-scale visualization of CDW in doped systems, especially without foreign ions, is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To visualize and understand doping-tunable granular charge ordering in semiconducting single-layer Cr2Se3.
  • To investigate the atomic-scale effects of doping on CDW behavior in a group VIB transition metal chalcogenide.

Main Methods:

  • Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for real-space atomic-scale observation.
  • Investigation of lattice distortion, bandgap modulation at the Fermi level (EF), and STM contrast inversion.
  • Controlled doping (hole and electron) to modulate charge ordering.

Main Results:

  • Real-space observation of granular charge ordering in Cr2Se3.
  • Evidence of charge ordering through lattice distortion, bandgap modulation, and STM contrast inversion.
  • Doping-dependent modulation: hole doping suppresses CDW, while electron doping induces a periodic 3√3 × 3√3 CDW phase.

Conclusions:

  • Semiconducting single-layer Cr2Se3 exhibits doping-tunable granular charge ordering.
  • This work provides atomic-scale insights into charge doping and ordering interactions in two-dimensional materials.
  • Advances understanding of CDW phenomena in group VIB transition metal chalcogenides.