학술논문
Stabilization mechanism of molecular orbital crystals in IrTe2
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Communications Physics, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2399-3650
Abstract
The transition metal dichalcogenide IrTe2 is a candidate system to realise topological superconductivity, a sought-after state which could host Majorana fermions, and hence is of interest to the field of quantum computing. Here, the authors combine high-pressure X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations to investigate the evolution in the crystal- and electronic structure of IrTe2 as a function of pressure, highlighting the role of the Te-Ir-Te bond angle.