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Stable Flatbands, Topology, and Superconductivity of Magic Honeycomb Networks

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2020-04-08 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity

Abstract

We propose a new principle to realize flatbands which are robust in real materials, based on a network superstructure of one-dimensional segments. This mechanism is naturally realized in the nearly commensurate charge-density wave of 1T-TaS2{}_2 with the honeycomb network of conducting domain walls, and the resulting flatband can naturally explain the enhanced superconductivity. We also show that corner states, which are a hallmark of the higher-order topological insulators, appear in the network superstructure.

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@article{arxiv.1907.00012,
  title  = {Stable Flatbands, Topology, and Superconductivity of Magic Honeycomb Networks},
  author = {Jongjun M. Lee and Chenhua Geng and Jae Whan Park and Masaki Oshikawa and Sung-Sik Lee and Han Woong Yeom and Gil Young Cho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.00012},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7+16 pages, 2+14 figures, Accepted version to PRL