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Random defects destroy long-range phase coherence, and inhibit the metal-insulator transition in the charge density wave (CDW) system IT-TaS/sub 2/. Photoelectron spectroscopy with high resolution reveals corresponding changes in the electronic structure. Core level spectra indicate a temperature-dependent limited growth of commensurate CDW domains. Screening by free carriers from the domain boundaries reduces the Coulomb repulsion in the Ta d band by ~I/3, compared to pure samples, yielding a finite spectral weight at the Fermi level.
Philip Johannes Walter Moll, Matthias Carsten Putzke, Yi-Chiang Sun, Chunyu Guo, Xiangwei Huang