Commensurate-incommensurate transitions in rare-gas monolayers adsorbed on graphite and in layered charge-density-wave systems

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 1610-1613 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bak ◽  
D. Mukamel ◽  
J. Villain ◽  
K. Wentowska
2013 ◽  
Vol 102 (19) ◽  
pp. 192602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Liu ◽  
R. Ang ◽  
W. J. Lu ◽  
W. H. Song ◽  
L. J. Li ◽  
...  

Pramana ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-261
Author(s):  
S N Behera ◽  
G C Mohanty

Author(s):  
S. Ritchie ◽  
J. C. Bennett ◽  
A. Prodan ◽  
F.W. Boswell ◽  
J.M. Corbett

A continuous sequence of compounds having composition NbxTa1-xTe4; 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 have been studied by electron diffraction and microscopy. Previous studies have shown that the end members of the series, TaTε4 and NbTε4 possess a quasi-one-dimensional character and exhibit charge density wave (CDW) distortions. In these compounds, the subcell structure is tetragonal with axes (a × a × c) and consists of the metal atoms (Nb or Ta) centered within an extended antiprismatic cage of Te atoms. At room temperature, TaTε4 has a commensurate modulation structure with a 2a × 2a × 3c unit cell. In NbTε4, an incommensurate modulation with × ∼ 16c axes is observed. Preliminary studies of the mixed compounds NbxTα1-xTε4 showed a discontinuous jump of the modulation wave vector commensurate to incommensurate when the Nb dopant concentration x, exceeded x ≃ 0.3, In this paper, the nature of the compositional dependence of is studied in greater detail and evidence is presented for a stepwise variation of . This constitutes the first direct evidence for a Devil's staircase in CDW materials.


1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dumas ◽  
N. Thirion ◽  
M. Almeida ◽  
E. B. Lopes ◽  
M. J. Matos ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 135-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Slot ◽  
K. O'Neill ◽  
H. S.J. van der Zant ◽  
R. E. Thorne

1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (C3) ◽  
pp. C3-1639-C3-1645 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Monceau ◽  
H. Salva ◽  
Z. Z. Wang

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