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Ayani CG, Pisarra M, Ibarburu IM, Garnica M, Miranda R, Calleja F, Martín F, Vázquez de Parga AL. Probing the Phase Transition to a Coherent 2D Kondo Lattice. Small 2024; 20:e2303275. [PMID: 37875781 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
Abstract
Kondo lattices are systems with unusual electronic properties that stem from strong electron correlation, typically studied in intermetallic 3D compounds containing lanthanides or actinides. Lowering the dimensionality of the system enhances the role of electron correlations providing a new tuning knob for the search of novel properties in strongly correlated quantum matter. The realization of a 2D Kondo lattice by stacking a single-layer Mott insulator on a metallic surface is reported. The temperature of the system is steadily lowered and by using high-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy, the phase transition leading to the Kondo lattice is followed. Above 27 K the interaction between the Mott insulator and the metal is negligible and both keep their original electronic properties intact. Below 27 K the Kondo screening of the localized electrons in the Mott insulator begins and below 11 K the formation of a coherent quantum electronic state extended to the entire sample, i.e., the Kondo lattice, takes place. By means of density functional theory, the electronic properties of the system and its evolution with temperature are explained. The findings contribute to the exploration of unconventional states in 2D correlated materials.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cosme G Ayani
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Michele Pisarra
- Dipartimento di Física, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 30C and INFN, Sezione LNF, Gruppo collegato di Cosenza, Cubo 31C, Rende (CS), 87036, Italy
| | - Iván M Ibarburu
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Manuela Garnica
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Rodolfo Miranda
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Fabián Calleja
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Fernando Martín
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Dep. Química Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
| | - Amadeo L Vázquez de Parga
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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