Pressure-induced semimetal-metal and metal-metal transitions in 1T and 2H TaS2

Abstract
The reversible transition from the semimetallic (1T2) to the metallic (1T1) octahedral form of the layer crystal TaS2 which takes place on heating at 325 K is investigated at pressures up to 60 kbar and in the temperature range 170-330 K. Resistivity data as a function of temperature reveal a semimetal-metal transition under pressure within the 1T2 phase, and a model to account for this result is proposed. A new shear-induced transition under pressure in the trigonal prism metal 2H TaS2 is described, and the resistivity values suggest that 1T1 is the resultant phase at high pressure.

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