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Charge density wave incommensuration in tise2 systems measured with hard x-ray scattering

De La Pena Munoz, Gilberto

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Title
Charge density wave incommensuration in tise2 systems measured with hard x-ray scattering
Author(s)
De La Pena Munoz, Gilberto
Issue Date
2018-04-04
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Abbamonte, Peter M.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Chiang, Tai-Chang
Committee Member(s)
  • Clark, Bryan
  • Cooper, Lance
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • TiSe2
  • CDW
  • Charge density wave
  • Superconductivity
  • X-rays
  • Phase transition
  • Incommensurate
Abstract
Unconventional superconductivity cannot be understood independently of the phases that order around it. Characterizing the charge order in modulated superconductors provides essential information that could reveal a common underlying mechanism. We performed low temperature experiments on 1T-TiSe 2 crystals tuned by three parameters: pressure, copper intercalation, and sulfur substitution. Resistivity measurements revealed a previously unreported superconductive phase in sulfur substituted samples. Our hard x-ray diffraction experiments determined that the charge order phase does not terminate inside the superconductive phase of these systems, as was formerly believed. The phase diagrams established in this work suggest that incommensurations of the charge density wave could play a role in the emergence of superconductivity.
Graduation Semester
2018-05
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2018 Gilberto De La Pena Munoz

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