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The electric pulse-induced responses of 1T-TaS2 and 1T-TaS1.6Se0.4 crystals in the commensurate charge-density-wave (CCDW) phase in the hysteresis temperature range have been investigated. We observed that abrupt multiple steps of the resistance are excited by electric pulses at a fixed temperature forming multi metastable like states. We propose that the response of the system corresponds to the rearrangements of the textures of CCDW domains and the multi-resistance states or the nonvolatile resistance properties excited simply by electric pulses have profound significance for the exploration of solid-state devices.
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Electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions are two major driving forces that stabilize various charge-ordered phases of matter. The intricate interplay between the two give rises to a peculiar charge density wave (CDW) state, which is also known as a Mott insulator, as the ground state of layered compound 1T-TaS2. The delicate balance also makes it possible to use external perturbations to create and manipulate novel phases in this material. Here, we study a mosaic CDW phase induced by voltage pulses from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), and find that the new phase exhibit electronic structures that are entirely different from the Mott ground state of 1T-TaS2 at low temperatures. The mosaic phase consists of nanometer-sized domains characterized by well-defined phase shifts of the CDW order parameter in the topmost layer, and by altered stacking relative to the layer underneath. We discover that the nature of the new phases is dictated by the stacking order, and our results shed fresh light on the origin of the Mott phase in this layered compound.
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